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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: 19-14 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 3

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	141	2	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	0	2.00	3.96	34	6	17	5	0	1	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.250	2.06	0.41%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	142	6	Apr 24(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	7	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.11	3.75	30	4	16	6	0	3	38			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.102	3.50	-0.17%	-1.11	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a3
3	143	10	Apr 28	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	2	2	6	5	1	0	3.33	4.15	36	9	14	2	0	2	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.090	1.98	0.15%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a13
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	144	14	May 3	BRO		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	6	7	0	0	2.43	3.83	39	9	16	4	0	1	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.494	3.30	0.68%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	145	18	May 7	BRO		CHC	W,10-4	GS-4		3	4.0	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.13	4.20	20	4	7	5	0	3	32			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.228	2.91	-0.36%	-1.88	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
6	146	22	May 12	BRO		PIT	W,11-6	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	13	6	6	3	9	0	1	3.69	3.74	43	6	23	11	0	1	43			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.094	2.23	-0.14%	-1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	147	26	May 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-11	W(6-0)	4	10.1	7	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.65	3.99	40	14	17	4	0	2	64			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.411	2.44	0.48%	1.12	1b start tie	11b --- 1 out a4
8	148	30	May 21	BRO	@	STL	W,15-6	GS-2		3	2.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.99	4.05	12	2	7	3	0	1	34			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.209	3.11	-0.32%	-1.94	1b start a 1	2b 3 out d2
9	149	33	May 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	W(7-0)	2	9.0	9	1	1	4	2	0	1	3.59	4.00	39	12	19	5	1	1	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.279	2.29	0.45%	3.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
10	150	39	May 30(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-7	GS-2	L(7-1)	5	1.2	7	6	6	2	1	2	0	4.28	4.40	14	3	5	4	0	3	16			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.387	2.79	-1.06%	-5.22	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d5
11	151	40	May 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-4	5-9		0	4.1	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.15	4.38	19	6	9	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	-0.036	6.02	-0.10%	0.86	5b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 1 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
12	152	45	Jun 5	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.24	4.40	29	8	13	6	0	1	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.115	4.03	-0.24%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
13	153	49	Jun 9	BRO		CHC	W,9-5	GS-8	W(8-1)	3	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	4.41	4.22	31	7	16	5	0	2	43			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.126	1.72	0.30%	-0.79	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a6
14	154	54	Jun 15	BRO	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-2		5	1.1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.45	4.26	11	3	6	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.302	8.57	-1.18%	-3.91	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
15	155	63	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-10	CG	W(9-1)	9	9.0	12	10	10	5	5	5	0	4.96	4.82	41	17	8	5	0	6	23			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	3	0	0	.42	-0.393	1.99	-1.11%	-5.33	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
16	156	66	Jun 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(10-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	5	6	0	0	4.63	4.65	37	13	13	6	0	0	74			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.371	5.59	1.41%	3.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
17	157	70	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-16	GS-2	L(10-2)	3	1.1	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	4.90	4.69	14	4	4	3	0	2	22			0	0	0	11	2	1	2	0	0	1	1.02	-0.338	6.13	-1.22%	-4.90	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d5
18	158	74	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-7	GS-2	L(10-3)	2	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.15	4.78	10	3	3	1	0	2	31			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.320	6.08	-1.23%	-3.35	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d3
19	159	77	Jul 9	BRO		NYG	L,5-9	2-6		2	4.1	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.12	4.85	18	7	7	3	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.063	3.86	-0.23%	-0.43	2t 12- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d4
20	160	79	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	8-9		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.81	7	2	5	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.035	2.66	0.12%	0.98	8t --3 0 out d1	9t 3 out d2
21	161	85	Jul 20	BRO		PIT	L,6-8	GS-7		5	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	2	0	5.08	4.87	27	6	9	3	1	2	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.105	5.48	-0.36%	-0.83	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a1
22	162	90	Jul 25	BRO		STL	T,4-4	GS-6		4	5.2	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.13	4.82	24	7	8	2	0	3	43			0	0	0	20	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.242	10.30	-1.45%	-1.16	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
23	163	93	Jul 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(11-3)	2	9.0	10	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.86	4.69	40	9	18	4	0	4	64			0	1	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.230	4.16	0.73%	3.40	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
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	164	97	Aug 1	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-0	SHO	W(12-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.56	4.54	33	10	16	5	0	1	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.101	1.37	0.35%	4.67	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a9
25	165	102	Aug 6	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-8	L(12-4)	4	7.0	5	4	1	0	3	1	0	4.41	4.49	28	11	11	3	0	3	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.54	-0.045	9.25	-0.16%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a1
26	166	107	Aug 10	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-7		3	6.2	6	5	4	4	3	0	0	4.45	4.45	29	7	13	6	0	2	43			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.291	8.99	-1.13%	-1.77	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
27	167	112	Aug 17	BRO		PHI	L,7-11	GS-2		6	1.1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.58	4.47	10	3	3	1	0	0	34			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.240	8.23	-0.93%	-2.55	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d1
28	168	117	Aug 22	BRO	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-9	L(12-5)	4	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.67	4.58	6	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.484	9.60	-2.00%	-0.90	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 1-- 0 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
29	169	128	Sep 1(1)	BRO		CIN	W,11-8	9-GF	S(1)	9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	4.57	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	0.080	23.48	0.37%	0.79	9t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 3
30	170	138	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	L,1-10	7-8		7	2.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.71	4.56	11	5	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	2	.12	-0.025	1.04	-0.13%	-1.94	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
31	171	143	Sep 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-9	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.65	4.49	6	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.16	0.01%	1.04	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
32	172	145	Sep 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS-9	W(13-5)	1	8.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.49	4.43	34	11	17	4	0	1	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.427	6.97	1.78%	1.92	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a6
33	173	152	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7		6	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	4.37	4.28	27	7	10	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.332	19.95	3.79%	2.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
34	174	155	Oct 1	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.1	4	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.39	4.30	22	2	11	5	0	2	49			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.102	24.33	-1.22%	-0.30	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out tie
							19-14		W-L:13-5,Sv:1	4.0	186.2	181	100	91	91	109	21	2	4.39	4.30	822	0.63		22%	0%	52	50	6	33%	1	2	0	724	38	7	3	14	0	7	.95	-0.893	5.23	-3.72%	-4.39

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