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Norm Branch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: March 22, 1915 in Spokane, WA us

Died: November 21, 1971 in Navasota, TX

Buried: Montgomery New Cemetery, Montgomery, TX

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: May 5, 1941 (Age 26-044d, 9,062nd in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 20, 1942 (Age 27-151d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Norman Downs Branch

Nicknames: Red

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1941 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

3.73

62.2

WHIP

1.548

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-19

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 17

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	1	21	May 5	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.28	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.013	.35	0.03%	1.17	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
2	2	25	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-13	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.78	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
3	3	26	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.28	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
4	4	29	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-13	8-GF		2	2.0	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	6.00	6.12	14	2	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-2.95	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d12
5	5	34	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	9-GF	BW(1-0)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14	5.64	4	0	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	-0.074	9.59	-0.09%	-0.08	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end tie
6	6	36	May 22	NYY		DET	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.00	5.12	8	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	0.288	5.41	0.40%	0.44	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	7	38	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	7-7	W(2-0)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	4.96	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.023	1.08	0.03%	0.55	7t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
8	8	44	May 30(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-13	4-GF(8)		5	4.1	3	3	3	5	3	1	0	5.14	5.85	21	5	5	2	0	3		2	0	4	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.37	4b 12- 2 out d10	8b end d13
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
9	9	62	Jun 21	NYY		DET	L,2-7	8-GF		21	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.50	5.72	9	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.24	0.02%	1.05	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
10	10	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF	L(2-1)	5	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.96	5.54	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.359	11.92	-1.09%	-1.18	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
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
11	11	82	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		16	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.67	5.15	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.001	.22	0.00%	0.16	8b -2- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
12	12	83	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	5-GF	W(3-1)	0	4.1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.74	4.49	16	3	6	0	0	5		2	0	1	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.620	11.25	1.79%	2.56	5b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
13	13	89	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	5-9		4	3.2	3	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.91	4.76	18	4	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.04	0.097	5.92	0.17%	1.04	5b -2- 2 out tie	9b 123 1 out a2
14	14	97	Jul 29	NYY		DET	L,3-6	7-7		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.73	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.049	1.47	0.02%	0.79	7t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
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
15	15	102	Aug 3(1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-6	8-GF		4	1.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.67	4.89	7	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.06	0.00%	0.98	8t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
16	16	103	Aug 3(2)	NYY		SLB	L,0-5	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	4.75	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
17	17	106	Aug 6(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.41	4.80	15	5	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.045	.24	0.02%	1.59	5b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
18	18	108	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	4.74	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
19	19	115	Aug 13(1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	11-GF(11)		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.019	.03	0.00%	0.55	11t 1-- 1 out d2	11t end d 2
20	20	126	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.06	4.48	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.044	.00	0.00%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
21	21	130	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.92	4.24	6	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.04	7b -23 1 out d6	8b end d 8
22	22	132	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	8-10	BW(4-1)	2	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.05	4.35	7	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-0.38	8b 12- 2 out a1	10b 1-- 0 out a3
Sept				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
23	23	135	Sep 1(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-11	5-8	W(5-1)	3	3.2	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.21	4.07	16	4	5	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.237	.00	0.00%	0.58	5b 123 0 out a3	8b -2- 2 out a2
24	24	146	Sep 14(2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		12	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	4.01	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.24	8t 1-- 2 out d3	8t end d 3
25	25	147	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.95	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.01	0.282	.00	0.00%	1.60	9t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 2
26	26	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	3.92	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.121	.00	0.00%	0.16	9t -2- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
27	27	156	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	7-GF		4	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	3.80	9	8	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.58	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
							8-19		W-L:5-1,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.1	47.0	37	16	15	26	28	2	0	2.87	3.80	195	0.95		6%	0%	34		29	17%	7	3	0	165	9	0	1	3	0	0	.98	0.993	2.14	1.29%	13.21

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