Player

Ralph Branca

Player Info
Full Name
Ralph Theodore Joseph
Born
January 6, 1926
Mount Vernon, NY, USA
Died
November 23, 2016
Size
6'3" / 220 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
June 12, 1944
Final Game
September 7, 1956
Career
13 years
Teams
Honors
3 x All-Star
1949, 1948, 1947
1947 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1947 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
Career Batting
322
G
.142
AVG
66
H
2
HR
31
RBI
.376
OPS
6
OPS vs Lg
9% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Career Pitching
88-68
W-L
3.79
ERA
322
G
829
SO
19
SV
1.37
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2
1954 Detroit Tigers 3 3 5.76 17 5 0 45.1 15 30
1954 New York Yankees 1 0 2.84 5 3 0 12.1 7 13
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 9.82 7 0 0 11.0 5 5
1953 Detroit Tigers 4 7 4.15 17 14 1 102.0 50 31
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers 4 2 3.84 16 7 0 61.0 26 21
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 13 12 3.26 42 27 3 204.0 118 85
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 7 9 4.69 43 15 7 142.0 100 55
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 13 5 4.39 34 27 1 186.1 109 91
1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 14 9 3.51 36 28 1 215.1 122 80
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers 21 12 2.67 43 36 1 280.0 148 98
1946 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 1 3.88 24 10 3 67.0 42 41
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers 5 6 3.04 16 15 1 109.2 69 79
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 2 7.05 21 1 1 44.1 16 32
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1956 NL 2.0 9.00 9.00 1.500
1954 AL 58.0 3.41 6.67 1.983
1953 AL 113.0 4.38 2.87 1.319
1952 NL 61.0 3.84 3.10 1.197
1951 NL 204.0 5.21 3.75 1.299 ✓
1950 NL 142.0 6.34 3.49 1.458
1949 NL 186.7 5.26 4.39 1.457 ✓
1948 NL 215.7 5.09 3.34 1.247 ✓
1947 NL 280.0 4.76 3.15 1.246 ✓
1946 NL 67.3 5.61 5.48 1.530
1945 NL 109.7 5.66 6.48 1.386
1944 NL 44.7 3.22 6.45 1.746
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1954 Detroit Tigers 17 13 4 1 0 0 2 .308
1954 New York Yankees 5 4 2 0 0 0 1 .500
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 Detroit Tigers 17 34 4 0 1 0 3 .118
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers 16 19 3 0 0 0 0 .158
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 42 63 11 1 0 0 6 .175
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 43 34 4 0 0 2 3 .118
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 34 62 5 1 0 0 5 .081
1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 36 74 15 1 0 0 3 .203
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers 43 97 12 1 0 0 8 .124
1946 Brooklyn Dodgers 24 18 2 0 0 0 3 .111
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers 16 40 4 1 0 0 1 .100
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1954 AL 19 .059 .429 10.5 15.8 138 0.0
1953 AL 37 .059 .200 5.4 37.8 -4 0.0
1952 NL 20 .000 .300 0.0 45.0 -9 0.0
1951 NL 71 .016 .297 2.8 36.6 9 0.0
1950 NL 45 .177 .091 8.9 22.2 36 2.1
1949 NL 79 .016 .139 11.4 32.9 -16 0.0
1948 NL 82 .014 .259 6.1 19.5 33 0.0
1947 NL 113 .010 .191 6.2 30.1 -12 0.0
1946 NL 23 .000 .200 21.7 34.8 24 0.0
1945 NL 42 .025 .138 0.0 26.2 -36 0.0
1944 NL 6 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 -100 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
P 322 72 169 12 7 .953
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1954 New York Yankees P 5 1 3 1 0 .800
1954 Detroit Tigers P 17 2 6 0 1 1.000
1953 Detroit Tigers P 17 7 10 1 0 .944
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers P 7 0 2 0 1 1.000
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers P 16 5 7 1 1 .923
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers P 42 12 19 0 2 1.000
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers P 43 8 19 0 0 1.000
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers P 34 6 15 2 0 .913
1948 Brooklyn Dodgers P 36 10 18 1 0 .966
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers P 43 9 35 3 0 .936
1946 Brooklyn Dodgers P 24 3 6 1 1 .900
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers P 16 7 20 2 1 .931
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers P 21 2 8 0 0 1.000
Postseason Pitching
Year Round Team G W-L SV IP SO ERA
Career 4 1-2 0 17.0 14 6.35
1949 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 1 0-1 0 8.1 6 4.15
1947 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 3 1-1 0 8.1 8 8.64
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 4 7 0 0 0 .000
1949 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 1 3 0 0 0 .000
1947 World Series Brooklyn Dodgers 3 4 0 0 0 .000