Ralph Branca

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon, NY us

Died: November 23, 2016 in Rye, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Davis HS (Mount Vernon, NY)

School: New York University (New York, NY)

Debut: June 12, 1944 (Age 18-158d, 9,730th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 7, 1956 (Age 30-245d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca

Nicknames: Hawk

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Bobby Valentine

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.8

ERA

3.79

322

188

1484.0

829

WHIP

1.371

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-17 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 4

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	105	2	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-9	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.1	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	13.50	17.76	9	1	3	2	0	1	38			0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.248	3.57	-0.42%	-2.57	1b start a 1	2b 123 1 out d1
2	106	6	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.1	9	5	4	3	4	1	1	9.53	9.29	25	4	10	5	0	3	28			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.283	3.16	-0.47%	-2.60	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
3	107	9	Apr 29	BRO		NYG	W,17-7	2-GF	W(1-2)	3	7.2	5	2	2	5	8	1	0	5.40	6.43	33	5	12	3	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.147	2.03	0.20%	2.25	2t 123 1 out tie	9t end a10
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	108	12	May 2(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-6	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	6.30	6	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.081	4.39	0.14%	0.71	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
5	109	14	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	1	7.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.98	5.48	28	8	13	3	0	4	52			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.184	2.81	-0.32%	-0.28	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
6	110	17	May 9(1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.11	4.81	36	8	19	7	0	1	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.334	3.23	0.58%	2.60	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
7	111	18	May 9(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,8-10	6-7	BS(1)	-1	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.68	5.02	10	4	4	1	0	1		3	2	1	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.56	-0.328	4.71	-0.59%	-2.14	6b 123 0 out a2	7b 3 out d3
8	112	24	May 18	BRO		STL	L,3-4	CG	L(2-4)	8	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	1	4.54	4.89	36	10	14	6	0	3	57			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.072	2.67	-0.11%	0.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	113	28	May 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-5)	3	8.0	5	3	3	5	5	0	0	4.35	4.65	34	8	15	7	0	1	60			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.029	1.36	0.03%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	114	32	May 27	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.99	4.22	36	10	16	7	0	1	72			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.18	0.406	1.17	0.24%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	115	35	May 31(1)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	1	3.86	4.22	37	7	21	6	0	4	61			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.353	2.27	0.38%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	116	40	Jun 4	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.40	3.91	36	10	17	7	0	1	75			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.866	3.27	0.95%	4.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	117	43	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	8	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.86	4.07	19	2	7	4	0	4	22			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.276	1.65	-0.29%	-3.77	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 2 out a1
14	118	46	Jun 11	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-13	W(6-5)	2	12.2	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.52	3.93	47	15	22	7	0	2	80			0	1	0	43	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.97	0.785	3.40	0.81%	4.20	1b start tie	13b 12- 2 out a1
15	119	49	Jun 16	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	2	3	1	4	7	1	0	3.30	3.94	34	8	14	4	0	1	78			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.221	1.94	0.23%	1.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	120	54	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.19	3.77	32	7	18	5	0	3	67			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	.68	0.298	.71	0.19%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	121	57	Jun 25	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.10	3.72	35	7	18	6	0	3	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.485	2.12	0.53%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	122	60	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(9-6)	3	9.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	0	2.95	3.62	35	11	13	5	0	1	71			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.28	0.144	1.52	0.10%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	123	64	Jul 3	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	GS-7	W(10-6)	3	7.0	6	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.13	3.76	27	12	8	2	0	4	46			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.255	.45	-0.10%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
20	124	65	Jul 4	BRO		NYG	W,13-12	9-9	BS(2)	0	0.1	3	4	3	0	1	2	0	3.33	3.93	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.95	-0.795	2.02	-0.33%	-3.76	9t --- 0 out a1	9t --- 1 out d3
21	125	69	Jul 7	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	GS-5		2	4.1	3	3	2	5	1	0	0	3.35	3.99	22	6	8	2	0	2	43			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.172	2.10	-0.18%	-1.33	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
22	126	76	Jul 17(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS-7	W(11-6)	9	7.0	8	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.38	3.91	32	9	11	3	0	3	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	-0.242	2.81	-0.26%	-0.60	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
23	127	81	Jul 21(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.35	3.91	39	6	20	8	0	2	62			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.141	2.23	0.24%	1.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
24	128	86	Jul 25(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7		3	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.40	4.04	27	4	16	7	0	3	44			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.072	4.49	-0.18%	-0.32	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
25	129	91	Jul 30	BRO		PIT	L,5-10	GS-4	L(12-7)	4	3.2	6	6	6	0	1	3	0	3.65	4.24	17	8	5	4	0	3	26			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.391	2.68	-0.83%	-4.02	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	130	102	Aug 12	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	9-GF		12	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.26	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.39	-0.063	16.94	-0.27%	-0.65	9b 1-3 0 out tie	9b end d 1
27	131	105	Aug 15	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(13-7)	2	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.60	4.27	29	4	19	8	0	1	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.151	8.54	0.63%	1.09	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
28	132	123	Aug 31(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-2	L(13-8)	15	1.2	1	3	3	5	0	0	0	3.72	4.34	11	1	5	1	0	0	36			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.269	10.26	-1.40%	-2.47	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	133	126	Sep 3(1)	BRO		NYG	L,5-7	6-8		2	3.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.66	4.33	11	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.106	5.82	0.56%	1.56	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
30	134	130	Sep 6(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-10		2	9.1	9	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.53	4.27	39	10	19	10	0	2	66			0	0	0	35	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.63	0.381	19.43	2.72%	2.39	1b start tie	10b 123 1 out tie
31	135	134	Sep 11(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.62	4.32	22	7	11	3	0	1	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.047	4.16	-0.13%	-0.15	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out a2
32	136	141	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	W,12-6	GS-4		4	4.0	4	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.77	4.42	19	7	5	2	0	2	35			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.07	-0.271	1.39	-0.21%	-2.92	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
33	137	147	Sep 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-5	7-8		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.73	4.42	8	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.04	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
34	138	150	Sep 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.57	4.33	34	10	17	5	0	0	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.273	.17	0.05%	3.37	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
35	139	153	Oct 1	BRO		BSN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-9)	4	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	0	1	3.54	4.27	26	8	12	1	0	0	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.086	.00	0.00%	1.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
36	140	155	Oct 3	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.55	4.26	9	2	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.04	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
							19-17		W-L:14-9,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.1	215.2	189	93	85	81	121	24	4	3.55	4.26	906	0.58		23%	0%	65	55	9	44%	10	5	0	813	33	8	4	12	0	13	1.15	1.313	3.31	2.47%	14.06

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