Ralph Branca
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (Hawk)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon, NY
High School: Davis (Mount Vernon, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1944
Final Game: September 7, 1956
Relatives: Father-In-Law of Bobby Valentine
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 BRO NL 18 P 21 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.48 .960 1.09
1945 BRO NL 19 P 16 29 7 20 2 1 .931 1.69 .966 1.06
1946 BRO NL 20 P 24 10 3 6 1 1 .900 0.38 .960 1.01
1947 BRO NL 21 P 43 47 9 35 3 0 .936 1.02 .968 0.91 AS,MVP-11
1948 BRO NL 22 P 36 29 10 18 1 0 .966 0.78 .962 0.91 AS,MVP-21
1949 BRO NL 23 P 34 23 6 15 2 0 .913 0.62 .957 0.91 AS
1950 BRO NL 24 P 43 27 8 19 0 0 1.000 0.63 .959 0.97
1951 BRO NL 25 P 42 31 12 19 0 2 1.000 0.74 .961 0.96
1952 BRO NL 26 P 16 13 5 7 1 1 .923 0.75 .954 0.98
1953 TOT MLB 27 P 24 20 7 12 1 1 .950 0.79 .955 0.88
1953 BRO NL 27 P 7 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.29 .950 0.87
1953 DET AL 27 P 17 18 7 10 1 0 .944 1.00 .956 0.88
1954 TOT AL 28 P 22 8 58.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1.86 0.55 .962 2.00 0.93
1954 DET AL 28 P 17 5 45.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.59 0.47 .962 2.01 0.93
1954 NYY AL 28 P 5 3 12.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 2.84 0.80 .960 1.99 0.92
1956 BRO NL 30 P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 0.80
12 Seasons P 322 8 60.0 253 72 169 12 7 .953 36.15 0.75 .962 2.01 0.95
12 Seasons TOT 322 8 60.0 253 72 169 12 7 .953 36.15 0.75 .914 2.01 0.95

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1944 BRO NL 18 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 BRO NL 19 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO NL 20 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BRO NL 21 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 22 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 23 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 24 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 25 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 26 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 27 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 27 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 28 17 5 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 28 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BRO NL 30 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 322 8 322 322 322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 28 230 80% 20% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1954 NYY AL 28 62 66% 15% 4 75% 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1956 BRO NL 30 10 60% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 302 76% 19% 11 91% 2 2 0 2 10 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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