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: 22-19 / in Starts: 17-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 4

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	218	4	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	7-GF	W(1-0)	99	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.00	3.15	11	2	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.157	3.36	0.25%	1.51	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
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
2	219	14	May 1	BRO		PIT	L,2-6	7-GF		9	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.98	11	2	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.024	.43	0.04%	1.52	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
3	220	17	May 4	BRO		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.91	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	1.40	0.06%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	221	19	May 6	BRO		STL	L,7-11	8-8	HL(1-1)	1	0.1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.30	4	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.277	5.97	-0.50%	-1.69	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 1-3 1 out a1
5	222	21	May 8	BRO		CHC	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	3.23	7	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.091	1.63	0.15%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	223	24	May 12	BRO	@	BSN	T,5-5	10-GF(12)		3	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.46	3.37	12	2	7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.389	7.38	0.75%	1.39	10b --- 0 out tie	12b end tie
7	224	26	May 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	1.17	3.59	14	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.082	4.24	0.18%	1.52	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
8	225	33	May 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-8	8-GF	S(2)	6	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.56	3.69	11	2	4	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.029	1.56	0.07%	-0.14	8b 123 0 out a7	9b end a 9
9	226	36	May 26	BRO		BSN	L,10-12	7-8		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.40	3.15	7	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.09	0.01%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
10	227	37	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	1.91	2.76	36	15	15	5	0	1	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.358	5.41	0.86%	1.39	1b start tie	9b 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
11	228	42	Jun 2	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.69	2.51	32	8	16	3	0	2	77			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.615	5.86	1.66%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	229	46	Jun 6	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	7	2	1	5	3	0	0	1.55	2.69	36	10	16	9	0	2	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.514	8.61	1.91%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	230	49	Jun 10(1)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	1.46	2.82	34	6	18	5	0	2	69			0	1	0	29	3	0	2	2	0	0	1.83	0.640	9.07	1.91%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	231	53	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	11	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.44	2.82	32	14	13	6	0	1	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	0.209	7.17	0.78%	2.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
15	232	57	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(3)	4	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.56	2.95	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.092	10.70	0.31%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
16	233	60	Jun 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-3		2	3.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.04	2.99	16	2	8	3	1	3	30			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.271	6.12	-0.78%	-2.48	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
17	234	63	Jun 24(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	6-GF(8)	BS(1)	1	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.96	2.91	10	4	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.070	4.93	-0.20%	0.43	6b -23 1 out a1	8b end d 1
18	235	66	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(5-2)	3	8.0	8	5	5	4	6	2	0	2.34	3.21	36	11	13	4	0	2	48			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.499	8.31	-2.10%	-0.98	1b start a 1	8b 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	236	73	Jul 4(2)	BRO		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.30	3.10	36	12	13	5	0	2	68			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.433	10.80	1.98%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	237	76	Jul 7	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(7-2)	2	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.27	3.05	37	7	21	5	1	2	66			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.187	5.35	0.51%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
21	238	78	Jul 12	BRO		CHC	W,9-3	GS-5		4	4.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.18	2.97	16	3	8	2	0	0	59			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.146	3.33	0.32%	1.41	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a2
22	239	90	Jul 24	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-3		11	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.32	2.98	13	2	7	4	1	0	38			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.197	4.19	-0.43%	-2.33	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d2
23	240	94	Jul 28	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-2)	3	8.0	9	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.23	2.98	35	10	15	5	0	2	58			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.42	0.109	3.33	0.15%	1.98	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
24	241	97	Aug 1	BRO	@	PIT	L,9-12	GS-4		3	3.0	3	6	6	5	1	1	1	2.65	3.23	18	3	7	3	0	1	25			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.307	2.10	-0.32%	-3.47	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out a3
25	242	99	Aug 3	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	14-GF(14)	BL(8-3)	1	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.80	3.23	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	-0.799	6.57	-0.73%	-1.76	14b --- 0 out a1	14b end d 1
26	243	102	Aug 5(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-3)	1	9.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.60	3.14	35	7	26	9	0	0	73			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.676	2.61	0.63%	4.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	244	105	Aug 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.2	1	3	3	5	1	1	0	2.78	3.34	11	3	2	1	0	0	37			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.243	1.43	-0.24%	-2.76	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
28	245	106	Aug 11(1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(10-3)	1	9.0	6	1	1	5	10	1	0	2.66	3.34	39	11	12	4	0	1	76			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	2	.72	0.251	.48	0.10%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	246	111	Aug 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-4)	3	8.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.70	3.34	29	7	15	6	0	1	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.057	.97	-0.04%	1.02	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
30	247	116	Aug 19	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-13	GS-6	L(10-5)	3	5.0	6	5	5	0	2	2	0	2.92	3.46	21	10	6	0	0	3	37			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.121	.91	-0.09%	-2.69	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d5
31	248	120	Aug 24	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.75	3.27	29	9	9	4	0	1	91			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.752	2.49	0.94%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	249	124	Aug 27(1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-5)	2	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.60	3.24	32	12	11	1	0	0	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.392	2.42	0.74%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
33	250	129	Sep 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-4	L(12-6)	4	4.0	5	5	5	1	2	3	0	2.80	3.45	18	2	10	2	0	3	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.295	1.98	-0.68%	-2.99	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
34	251	133	Sep 5	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.76	3.42	34	8	12	0	0	9	66			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.268	1.78	0.40%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	252	136	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-7)	3	7.0	4	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.75	3.49	26	12	6	1	0	4	59			0	2	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.076	2.88	0.17%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
36	253	140	Sep 15	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-11	GS-3	L(13-8)	5	3.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.90	3.49	18	1	4	0	0	7	29			0	1	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.266	2.41	-0.32%	-2.48	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d3
37	254	143	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(13-9)	2	5.2	10	7	3	3	4	1	0	2.96	3.53	31	8	6	1	0	10	30			0	0	0	27	3	0	2	0	0	1	.94	-0.249	4.61	-0.74%	-3.51	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d5
38	255	146	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	5-7		2	3.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.55	12	2	6	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.000	.81	0.00%	0.52	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
39	256	149	Sep 25(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-1	L(13-10)	3	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.14	3.63	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.257	8.37	-1.32%	-2.97	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d2
40	257	155	Sep 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-8	2-3		4	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.21	3.64	8	0	3	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.072	8.39	-0.68%	-1.29	2b 1-- 2 out d4	3b 3 out d5
41	258	156	Oct 1	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GS-8	L(13-11)	0	8.0	5	3	3	5	5	2	1	3.22	3.76	36	4	22	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	1	.99	0.035	41.19	0.87%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
42	259	158	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(13-12)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.26	3.83	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	-0.711	395.00	-35.56%	-1.86	9b -23 1 out a2	9b end d 1
							22-19		W-L:13-12,Sv:3,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.8	204.0	180	81	74	85	118	19	3	3.26	3.83	858	0.60		19%	1%	70	55	8	75%	5	8	1	764	24	2	6	13	0	8	1.12	1.876	6.38	-28.96%	20.90

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