Ralph Branca
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca
Born: January 6, 1926
Mount Vernon, NY USA
Deceased: 2016
Rye, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 220
College: New York University
Career: 1944-1956
Minor League Statistics
Ralph Branca compiled a career record of 88 wins and 68 losses in his 322-game career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1944 season and last took the field during the 1956 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1944 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.05 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.7 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 214 |
1945 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.04 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 109.7 | 73 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 476 |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.88 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 67.3 | 62 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 297 |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 12 | .636 | 2.67 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 280.0 | 251 | 100 | 83 | 22 | 98 | 0 | 148 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1158 |
1948 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.51 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 215.7 | 189 | 93 | 84 | 24 | 80 | 0 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 905 |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.39 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 186.7 | 181 | 100 | 91 | 21 | 91 | 0 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 813 |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.69 | 43 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 142.0 | 152 | 80 | 74 | 24 | 55 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 621 |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.26 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 204.0 | 180 | 81 | 74 | 19 | 85 | 0 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 855 |
1952 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.84 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 251 |
1953 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
1953 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 102.0 | 98 | 55 | 47 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 434 |
1954 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.76 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 227 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Totals | 88 | 68 | .564 | 3.79 | 322 | 188 | 74 | 71 | 12 | 19 | 1484.0 | 1372 | 702 | 625 | 149 | 663 | 0 | 829 | 31 | 6 | 44 | 6372 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1944 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .100 | .100 | .125 | .225 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .111 | .304 | .111 | .415 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 113 | 97 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .124 | .183 | .134 | .317 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 82 | 74 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .203 | .253 | .216 | .469 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 79 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .081 | .197 | .097 | .294 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .118 | .211 | .294 | .505 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 71 | 63 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .175 | .200 | .190 | .390 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1953 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .400 | .385 | .785 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 322 | 537 | 464 | 35 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 160 | .142 | .204 | .172 | .376 | 80 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1944 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .476 | |
1945 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.688 | |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .375 | |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.023 | |
1948 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .778 | |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .618 | |
1950 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .628 | |
1951 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .738 | |
1952 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .750 | |
1953 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | |
1953 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.000 | |
1954 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 17 | 5 | 45.3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .471 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 5 | 3 | 12.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.842 | .800 |
1956 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
Totals | 322 | 8 | 60.0 | 72 | 169 | 12 | 7 | .953 | 36.150 | .748 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Totals | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 3 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | .333 |
1949 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | 1.000 |
Totals | 4 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | .500 |
Awards
1947 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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