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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 18 BRO NL 0 2 .000 7.05 21 1 10 0 0 1 44.2 46 36 35 2 32 16 5 0 4 214 50 1.746 9.3 0.4 6.4 3.2 0.50
1945 19 BRO NL 5 6 .455 3.04 16 15 1 7 0 1 109.2 73 44 37 4 79 69 0 0 6 476 124 1.386 6.0 0.3 6.5 5.7 0.87
1946 20 BRO NL 3 1 .750 3.88 24 10 7 2 2 3 67.1 62 34 29 4 41 42 0 1 1 297 87 1.530 8.3 0.5 5.5 5.6 1.02
1947 21 BRO NL 21 12 .636 2.67 43 36 5 15 4 1 280.0 251 100 83 22 98 148 6 1 7 1158 155 1.246 8.1 0.7 3.2 4.8 1.51 AS,MVP-11
1948 22 BRO NL 14 9 .609 3.51 36 28 4 11 1 1 215.2 189 93 84 24 80 122 4 0 9 905 114 1.247 7.9 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.53 AS,MVP-21
1949 23 BRO NL 13 5 .722 4.39 34 27 1 9 2 1 186.2 181 100 91 21 91 109 2 0 3 813 94 1.457 8.7 1.0 4.4 5.3 1.20 AS
1950 24 BRO NL 7 9 .438 4.69 43 15 16 5 0 7 142.0 152 80 74 24 55 100 0 4 1 621 87 1.458 9.6 1.5 3.5 6.3 1.82
1951 25 BRO NL 13 12 .520 3.26 42 27 11 13 3 3 204.0 180 81 74 19 85 118 3 0 6 855 120 1.299 7.9 0.8 3.8 5.2 1.39
1952 26 BRO NL 4 2 .667 3.84 16 7 5 2 0 0 61.0 52 29 26 8 21 26 4 0 2 251 95 1.197 7.7 1.2 3.1 3.8 1.24
1953 27 TOT MLB 4 7 .364 4.70 24 14 8 7 0 1 113.0 113 67 59 11 36 55 4 0 5 485 87 1.319 9.0 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.53
1953 27 BRO NL 0 0 9.82 7 0 5 0 0 0 11.0 15 12 12 4 5 5 2 0 0 51 44 1.818 12.3 3.3 4.1 4.1 1.00
1953 27 DET AL 4 7 .364 4.15 17 14 3 7 0 1 102.0 98 55 47 7 31 50 2 0 5 434 98 1.265 8.6 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.61
1954 28 TOT AL 4 3 .571 5.12 22 8 5 0 0 0 58.0 72 38 33 10 43 22 3 0 0 288 71 1.983 11.2 1.6 6.7 3.4 0.51
1954 28 DET AL 3 3 .500 5.76 17 5 4 0 0 0 45.1 63 33 29 10 30 15 2 0 0 227 65 2.051 12.5 2.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1954 28 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 2.84 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 9 5 4 0 13 7 1 0 0 61 121 1.737 6.4 0.0 9.2 5.0 0.54
1956 30 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
12 Seasons 88 68 .564 3.79 322 188 74 71 12 19 1484.0 1372 702 625 149 663 0 829 31 6 44 6372 104 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .564 3.79 43 25 10 9 2 3 198 183 94 83 20 88 111 4 1 6 850 104 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25
BRO (11 yrs) 80 58 .580 3.70 283 166 66 64 12 18 1324.0 1202 609 545 132 589 0 757 26 6 39 5650 107 1.353 8.2 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.29
DET (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.64 34 19 7 7 0 1 147.1 161 88 76 17 61 65 4 0 5 661 85 1.507 9.8 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.84 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 9 5 4 0 13 7 1 0 0 61 121 1.737 6.4 0.0 9.2 5.0 0.54
NL (11 yrs) 80 58 .580 3.70 283 166 66 64 12 18 1324.0 1202 609 545 132 589 0 757 26 6 39 5650 107 1.353 8.2 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.29
AL (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.50 39 22 8 7 0 1 160.0 170 93 80 17 74 72 5 0 5 722 87 1.525 9.6 1.0 4.2 4.1 0.97

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 21 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 8.64 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 12 8 8 1 5 0 8 1 0 0 43 2.040 13.0 1.1 5.4 8.6 1.60
1949 23 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 4 4 4 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 34 0.923 4.2 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 2 .333 6.35 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 12 12 1 9 0 14 1 0 0 77 1.471 8.5 0.5 4.8 7.4 1.56
2 WS 1 2 .333 6.35 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 12 12 1 9 0 14 1 0 0 77 1.471 8.5 0.5 4.8 7.4 1.56

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 BRO NL 21
1948 BRO NL 22 1 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.333 3.0 3.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1949 BRO NL 23

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 28 TOT AL 22 288 234 38 72 10 3 10 1 2 43 22 .308 .418 .504 .923 .304 118 3 3 6 2
1954 28 DET AL 17 227 191 33 63 8 3 10 1 1 30 15 .330 .424 .560 .984 .317 107 3 2 3 1
1954 28 NYY AL 5 61 43 5 9 2 0 0 0 1 13 7 .209 .397 .256 .652 .243 11 0 1 3 1
1956 30 BRO NL 1 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 23 297 241 38 73 10 3 10 1 2 45 24 .303 .416 .494 .910 .301 119 3 3 6 2 0
162 Game Avg. 50 651 529 83 160 22 7 22 2 4 99 53 .303 .416 .494 .910 .301 261 7 7 13 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 28 TOT AL 22 8 2 0 6 0 0 5 3 .625 0 4 0 0 2 25% 42 66 29 15 4 2 3 4.0 4.5 3.7
1954 28 DET AL 17 5 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .600 0 2 0 0 1 20% 37 50 29 12 4 2 1 4.4 6.2 3.7
1954 28 NYY AL 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 50 66 36 3 0 0 2 3.1 1.6 3.6
1 Season 22 8 2 0 6 0 0 5 3 .625 0 4 0 0 2 25% 42 66 29 15 4 2 3 4.0 4.5 3.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 28 TOT AL 22 14 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 1.019 4 3 7 1 3 10 5 9 6 2 7 0 6.1
1954 28 DET AL 17 12 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 8 1.040 4 3 5 1 3 8 5 7 6 2 7 0 6.7
1954 28 NYY AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.941 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1956 30 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.051 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
2 Seasons 23 15 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 0.990 4 3 8 1 3 11 5 10 7 2 8 0 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1944 18 BRO NL
1945 19 BRO NL
1946 20 BRO NL
1947 21 BRO NL
1948 22 BRO NL
1949 23 BRO NL
1950 24 BRO NL
1951 25 BRO NL
1952 26 BRO NL
1953 27 TOT MLB
1953 27 BRO NL
1953 27 DET AL
1954 28 TOT AL 288 43% 3.5% 7.6% 14.9% 8.0% 32% 0.66 71% 51 3 6%
1954 28 DET AL 227 42% 4.4% 6.6% 13.2% 9.3% 33% 0.68 74% 40 3 8%
1954 28 NYY AL 61 49% 0.0% 11.5% 21.3% 3.3% 22% 0.58 61% 11 0 0%
1956 30 BRO NL 9 44% 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 56% 4 0 0%
12 Seasons 297 43% 50.2% 279.1% 223.2% 7.7% 2% 0.66 70% 55 3 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1944 18 BRO NL 46 2 4
1945 19 BRO NL 73 4 6
1946 20 BRO NL 62 4 1
1947 21 BRO NL 251 22 7
1948 22 BRO NL 189 24 9
1949 23 BRO NL 181 21 3
1950 24 BRO NL 152 24 1
1951 25 BRO NL 180 19 6
1952 26 BRO NL 52 8 2
1953 27 TOT MLB 113 11 5
1953 27 BRO NL 15 4 0
1953 27 DET AL 98 7 5
1954 28 TOT AL 288 72 10 1 13 5 5 3 7 25 8 3 32% 3 0 0 108 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1954 28 DET AL 227 63 10 1 12 5 5 3 7 21 7 2 33% 3 0 0 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1954 28 NYY AL 61 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 0 0 0 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 30 BRO NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Seasons 297 1372 149 1 13 5 5 3 7 25 8 3 32% 3 44 1 115 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1944 18 0 2 .000 7.05 21 1 10 0 0 1 44.2 46 36 35 2 32 16 5 0 4 214 50 1.746 9.3 0.4 6.4 3.2 0.50 50
1945 19 5 8 .385 4.20 37 16 11 7 0 2 154.1 119 80 72 6 111 85 5 0 10 690 88 1.490 6.9 0.3 6.5 5.0 0.77 88
1946 20 8 9 .471 4.10 61 26 18 9 2 5 221.2 181 114 101 10 152 127 5 1 11 987 88 1.502 7.3 0.4 6.2 5.2 0.84 88
1947 21 29 21 .580 3.30 104 62 23 24 6 6 501.2 432 214 184 32 250 275 11 2 18 2145 118 1.359 7.8 0.6 4.5 4.9 1.10 118
1948 22 43 30 .589 3.36 140 90 27 35 7 7 717.1 621 307 268 56 330 397 15 2 27 3050 117 1.326 7.8 0.7 4.1 5.0 1.20 117
1949 23 56 35 .615 3.57 174 117 28 44 9 8 904.0 802 407 359 77 421 506 17 2 30 3863 111 1.353 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.20 111
1950 24 63 44 .589 3.73 217 132 44 49 9 15 1046.0 954 487 433 101 476 606 17 6 31 4484 107 1.367 8.2 0.9 4.1 5.2 1.27 107
1951 25 76 56 .576 3.65 259 159 55 62 12 18 1250.0 1134 568 507 120 561 724 20 6 37 5339 109 1.356 8.2 0.9 4.0 5.2 1.29 109
1952 26 80 58 .580 3.66 275 166 60 64 12 18 1311.0 1186 597 533 128 582 750 24 6 39 5590 108 1.349 8.1 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.29 108
1953 27 84 65 .564 3.74 299 180 68 71 12 19 1424.0 1299 664 592 139 618 805 28 6 44 6075 106 1.346 8.2 0.9 3.9 5.1 1.30 106
1954 28 88 68 .564 3.80 321 188 73 71 12 19 1482.0 1371 702 625 149 661 827 31 6 44 6363 104 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25 104
1955 29 88 68 .564 3.80 321 188 73 71 12 19 1482.0 1371 702 625 149 661 827 31 6 44 6363 104 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25 104
1956 30 88 68 .564 3.79 322 188 74 71 12 19 1484.0 1372 702 625 149 663 0 829 31 6 44 6372 104 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25 104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1944 18 1 3 .250 7.60 45.0 49 42 38 2 34 16 5 1.844 9.8 6.8 3.2 0.47 0.4 21
1945 19 8 4 .667 3.03 113.0 76 42 38 4 82 71 0 1.398 6.1 6.5 5.7 0.87 0.3 16
1946 20 3 4 .429 4.71 65.0 69 38 34 4 46 41 0 1.769 9.6 6.4 5.7 0.89 0.6 24
1947 21 22 9 .710 2.61 283.0 255 91 82 22 100 150 6 1.254 8.1 3.2 4.8 1.50 0.7 43
1948 22 13 11 .542 3.56 220.0 198 97 87 25 84 124 4 1.282 8.1 3.4 5.1 1.48 1.0 36
1949 23 9 11 .450 4.31 188.0 184 100 90 21 93 110 2 1.473 8.8 4.5 5.3 1.18 1.0 34
1950 24 7 9 .438 4.59 145.0 158 82 74 25 57 102 0 1.483 9.8 3.5 6.3 1.79 1.6 43
1951 25 13 9 .591 3.41 203.0 187 86 77 20 88 117 3 1.355 8.3 3.9 5.2 1.33 0.9 42
1952 26 3 3 .500 4.42 59.0 57 32 29 9 23 25 4 1.356 8.7 3.5 3.8 1.09 1.4 16
1953 27 5 7 .417 4.54 117.0 116 66 59 11 37 57 4 1.308 8.9 2.8 4.4 1.54 0.8 24
1954 28 2 4 .333 5.84 57.0 79 41 37 11 47 22 3 2.211 12.5 7.4 3.5 0.47 1.7 22
1956 30 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
12 Seasons 86 74 .538 3.88 1497.0 1428 717 645 154 693 837 31 1.417 8.6 5.0 1.21 0.9 322

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1947
1948 (P)
1949

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (11, 12%)
1948 NL (21, 2%)
0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL  2.668 (3rd)
1951 NL  3.265 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  21 (2nd)
1948 NL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .636 (6th)
1948 NL  .609 (9th)
1949 NL  .722 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 NL  1.246 (6th)
1948 NL  1.247 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  8.068 (5th)
1948 NL  7.887 (4th)
1951 NL  7.941 (4th)
Career  8.321 (236th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  4.757 (3rd)
1948 NL  5.091 (2nd)
1949 NL  5.255 (2nd)
1951 NL  5.206 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  43 (9th)
1950 NL  43 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  7 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 NL  280.0 (2nd)
1948 NL  215.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  148 (2nd)
1948 NL  122 (5th)
1949 NL  109 (4th)
1951 NL  118 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 NL  36 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 NL  15 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (4th)
1951 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  22 (3rd)
1948 NL  24 (3rd)
1949 NL  21 (6th)
1950 NL  24 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 NL  79 (10th)
1947 NL  98 (3rd)
1949 NL  91 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  251 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 NL  1.510 (8th)
1948 NL  1.525 (7th)
1951 NL  1.388 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL  12 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 NL  6 (4th)
1947 NL  7 (2nd)
1948 NL  9 (2nd)
1951 NL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  5 (5th)
1947 NL  6 (1st)
1948 NL  4 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 NL  1158 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL  155 (3rd)
1951 NL  120 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 NL  born 1926-01-06 (9th)
1946 NL  born 1926-01-06 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 63 (390), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (470), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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