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: 13-11 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 5

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	38	6	Apr 22	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	GS-7		99	6.1	7	4	3	6	3	1	0	4.26	6.53	32	10	7	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.16	-0.309	3.64	-0.58%	-1.72	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
2	39	11	Apr 28(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-10	3-4		5	2.0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.32	6.06	10	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.37	-0.059	1.34	-0.13%	-1.11	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d5
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
3	40	18	May 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	6.01	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.53	0.02%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	41	20	May 11	BRO		PHI	W,12-11	GS-1		1	0.2	5	4	2	0	1	0	0	5.40	5.58	8	1	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.352	4.88	-0.77%	-4.12	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d4
5	42	25	May 17	BRO		PIT	W,16-6	GS-3		5	2.0	3	4	3	3	1	0	0	6.75	5.67	12	3	2	0	0	3	34			1	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.351	5.24	-0.82%	-3.44	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out tie
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
6	43	42	Jun 4(2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	6-6		17	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.57	5.58	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.053	3.92	-0.17%	-0.59	6b 12- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d3
7	44	44	Jun 6	BRO	@	PIT	W,13-8	GS-5		1	4.0	6	5	5	6	0	1	0	7.71	6.75	22	7	5	0	1	4	24			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.030	6.12	0.09%	-2.51	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out a7
8	45	61	Jun 25	BRO		CIN	L,3-15	6-7		18	1.0	2	4	4	2	1	0	0	9.35	6.74	6	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.067	1.72	-0.22%	-2.71	6t 1-- 1 out d4	7t -2- 1 out d6
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
9	46	73	Jul 7(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-1		11	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.84	6.40	4	0	2	0	0	1	52			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.049	3.82	0.14%	0.45	1b start a 1	1b 3 out a1
10	47	80	Jul 15	BRO	@	STL	L,4-10	5-7		7	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.71	5.96	10	4	3	0	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.015	.65	-0.08%	-0.56	5b 123 1 out d5	7b 3 out d8
11	48	90	Jul 26	BRO		PIT	L,0-5	9-GF		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.36	5.81	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
12	49	93	Jul 28	BRO		PIT	L,3-7	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.75	5.37	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.012	.41	0.04%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
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
13	50	97	Aug 1	BRO		STL	L,1-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.48	5.50	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.014	3.27	0.09%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	51	101	Aug 5	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-4	5-GF	W(1-0)	3	5.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.70	5.12	18	3	11	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.166	3.84	0.62%	1.24	5b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
15	52	103	Aug 8	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.52	5.13	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.079	7.16	0.29%	0.44	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
16	53	108	Aug 12	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.18	4.92	9	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.264	14.07	1.01%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
17	54	113	Aug 18	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	4-5		5	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.98	4.65	6	0	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.123	8.62	0.44%	0.91	4t 1-3 2 out tie	5t 3 out tie
18	55	119	Aug 25(1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-6		6	5.1	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	4.76	4.80	24	5	7	1	0	4	48			0	2	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.047	14.03	-0.40%	0.28	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
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
19	56	137	Sep 12	BRO		STL	L,2-10	6-7		17	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.54	4.84	9	1	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.19	0.021	3.61	0.24%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
20	57	139	Sep 14	BRO		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.73	4.20	31	8	10	1	4	2	88			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.310	12.27	3.78%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	58	145	Sep 18(2)	BRO		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.17	3.82	33	3	17	2	5	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.425	7.89	2.20%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	59	148	Sep 21	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.08	3.76	6	0	4	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.116	10.36	0.87%	1.30	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 4
23	60	152	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	L,9-11	GS-4		3	3.1	3	5	4	2	2	1	0	3.48	3.93	17	6	5	2	1	2	36			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.12	-0.294	15.86	-2.50%	-2.72	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d2
24	61	156	Oct 1	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-3	L(3-1)	5	2.2	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.74	3.88	16	3	3	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.247	51.30	-6.19%	-2.09	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d2
							13-11		W-L:3-1,Sv:3	3.3	67.1	62	34	28	39	41	4	0	3.74	3.88	297	0.68		7%	8%	51	47	10	40%	2	5	0	254	15	0	6	4	0	5	.89	-0.173	9.61	-2.04%	-4.89

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