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Ralph Branca Ralph Branca

Full name: Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca Born: January 6, 1926, Mount Vernon, New York First Game: June 12, 1944; Final Game: September 7, 1956 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 220 P on TSN All-Star Team (1947) Ralph Branca Collectibles! Ralph Branca Memorabilia! Ralph Branca Cards! Ralph Branca Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1944 BRO N                21     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        3   0   0       0    0      .000  .000  .000   0.0 1944 BRO N
1945 BRO N                16    40    1    4   1   0   0    0    0       11   0   2       0    0      .100  .100  .125   0.0 1945 BRO N
1946 BRO N                24    18    3    2   0   0   0    0    5        8   0   0       1    0      .111  .304  .111   0.0 1946 BRO N
1947 BRO N                43    97    8   12   1   0   0    9    7       34   0   9       2    0      .124  .183  .134   0.0 1947 BRO N
1948 BRO N                36    74    3   15   1   0   0    2    5       16   0   3       3    0      .203  .253  .216   0.0 1948 BRO N
1949 BRO N                34    62    5    5   1   0   0    2    9       26   0   8       1    0   1  .081  .197  .097   0.0 1949 BRO N
1950 BRO N                43    34    3    4   0   0   2    7    4       10   0   7       1    0      .118  .211  .294   0.0 1950 BRO N
1951 BRO N                42    63    6   11   1   0   0    4    2       26   0   6       1    0   0  .175  .200  .190   0.0 1951 BRO N
1952 BRO N                16    19    0    3   0   0   0    2    0        9   0   1       0    0   0  .158  .158  .158   0.0 1952 BRO N
1953 BRO N                 7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        0   0   0       0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1953 BRO N
1953 DET A                17    34    3    4   0   1   0    4    2       14   0   1       2    0   0  .118  .167  .176   0.0 1953 DET A
1953 Total                24    34    3    4   0   1   0    4    2       14   0   1       2    0   0  .118  .167  .176   0.0 1953 Total
1954 DET A                17    13    2    4   1   0   0    1    2        3   0   0   0   1    0   0  .308  .400  .385   0.0 1954 DET A
1954 NY  A                 5     4    1    2   0   0   0    0    0        0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500   0.0 1954 NY  A
1954 TOT A                22    17    3    6   1   0   0    1    2        3   0   0   0   1    0   0  .353  .421  .412   0.0 1954 TOT A
1956 BRO N                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1956 BRO N
Total NL                 283   413   29   56   5   0   2   26   32   0i 143   0  36   0i  9    0   1i .136  .198  .162   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                  39    51    6   10   1   1   0    5    4       17   0   1   0i  3    0   0  .196  .255  .255   0.0 Total AL        
Total                    322   464   35   66   6   1   2   31   36   0i 160   0  37   0i 12    0   1i .142  .204  .172   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1947 BRO N Daily Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1947 BRO N
1949 BRO N Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1949 BRO N
Total            Splits    4     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1948 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1948 NL   

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1944 BRO N                21   1   0   0  10   1   44.2   46   214   2   36   35   32       16   9       4   5   0   0   2   7.05  -0.9 1944 BRO N
1945 BRO N                16  15   7   0   1   1  109.2   73   476   4   44   37   79       69  11       6   0   0   5   6   3.04   0.7 1945 BRO N
1946 BRO N                24  10   2   2   7   3   67.1   62   297   4   34   29   41       42   4       1   0   1   3   1   3.88  -0.3 1946 BRO N
1947 BRO N                43  36  15   4   5   1  280    251  1158  22  100   83   98      148   9       7   6   1  21  12   2.67   4.2 1947 BRO N
1948 BRO N                36  28  11   1   4   1  215.2  189   905  24   93   84   80      122   8       9   4   0  14   9   3.51   1.2 1948 BRO N
1949 BRO N                34  27   9   2   1   1  186.2  181   813  21  100   91   91      109   5       3   2   0  13   5   4.39  -0.9 1949 BRO N
1950 BRO N                43  15   5   0  16   7  142    152   621  24   80   74   55      100   5       1   0   4   7   9   4.69  -0.9 1950 BRO N
1951 BRO N                42  27  13   3  11   3  204    180   855  19   81   74   85      118   6       6   3   0  13  12   3.26   1.5 1951 BRO N
1952 BRO N                16   7   2   0   5   0   61     52   251   8   29   26   21       26   2       2   4   0   4   2   3.84  -0.2 1952 BRO N
1953 BRO N                 7   0   0   0   5   0   11     15    51   4   12   12    5        5   0       0   2   0   0   0   9.82  -0.3 1953 BRO N
1953 DET A                17  14   7   0   3   1  102     98   434   7   55   47   31       50  13       5   2   0   4   7   4.15  -0.4 1953 DET A
1953 Total                24  14   7   0   8   1  113    113   485  11   67   59   36       55  13       5   4   0   4   7   4.70  -0.7 1953 Total
1954 DET A                17   5   0   0   4   0   45.1   63   227  10   33   29   30       15   3   1   0   2   0   3   3   5.76  -1.1 1954 DET A
1954 NY  A                 5   3   0   0   1   0   12.2    9    61   0    5    4   13        7   2   2   0   1   0   1   0   2.84   0.1 1954 NY  A
1954 TOT A                22   8   0   0   5   0   58     72   288  10   38   33   43       22   5   3   0   3   0   4   3   5.12  -1.0 1954 TOT A
1956 BRO N                 1   0   0   0   1   0    2      1     9   0    0    0    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00   0.1 1956 BRO N
Total NL                 283 166  64  12  66  18 1324   1202  5650 132  609  545  589   0i 757  59   0i 39  26   6  80  58   3.70   4.2 Total NL        
Total AL                  39  22   7   0   8   1  160    170   722  17   93   80   74       72  18   3i  5   5   0   8  10   4.50  -1.4 Total AL        
Total                    322 188  71  12  74  19 1484   1372  6372 149  702  625  663   0i 829  77   3i 44  31   6  88  68   3.79   2.8 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

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World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1947 BRO N Daily Splits    3   1   0   0   0   0    8.1   12    43   1    8    8    5   0    8   0   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   1   1   8.64 1947 BRO N
1949 BRO N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.2    4    34   0    4    4    4   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   4.15 1949 BRO N
Total            Splits    4   2   0   0   0   0   17     16    77   1   12   12    9   0   14   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   1   2   6.35 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1948 NL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      1    13   1    2    2    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6.00 1948 NL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG
1944 BRO N         P   21     2    8    0    0 1.000
1945 BRO N         P   16     7   20    2    1  .931
1946 BRO N         P   24     3    6    1    1  .900
1947 BRO N         P   43     9   35    3    0  .936
1948 BRO N         P   36    10   18    1    0  .966
1949 BRO N         P   34     6   15    2    0  .913
1950 BRO N         P   43     8   19    0    0 1.000
1951 BRO N         P   42    12   19    0    2 1.000
1952 BRO N         P   16     5    7    1    1  .923
1953 BRO N         P    7     0    2    0    1 1.000
1953 DET A         P   17     7   10    1    0  .944
1953 Total         P   24     7   12    1    1  .950
1954 DET A         P   17     2    6    0    1 1.000
1954 NY  A         P    5     1    3    1    0  .800
1954 TOT A         P   22     3    9    1    1  .923
1956 BRO N         P    1     0    1    0    0 1.000
Total              P  322    72  169   12    7  .953
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1947 BRO N Daily   P    3    1    0     8.1     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1949 BRO N Daily   P    1    1    0     8.2     1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    4    2    0    17       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1948 NL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    2    0     -

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1943).

Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Brooklyn Dodgers (July 10, 1953).

Released by Detroit Tigers (July 16, 1954).

Signed by New York Yankees (July 22, 1954).

Released by New York Yankees (October 19, 1954).

Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (September 3, 1956).

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