Nickname: Hawk
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 01-06-1926
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, NY, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1947,1948,1949
Height: 6 ft., 3 in. Weight: 220 lbs.
(Ralph Branca at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 1819 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N P 18 21 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .261 .000 .000 0 - 3 0 - 0 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N P 19 16 42 40 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 .100 .265 .100 .125 0 - 11 2 - 0 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N P 20 24 24 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .256 .304 .111 5 0 8 1 0 0 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N P 21 43 113 97 12 11 1 0 0 9 8 .124 .265 .183 .134 7 0 34 9 0 0 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N P 22 36 82 74 15 14 1 0 0 2 3 .203 .261 .253 .216 5 0 17 3 0 0 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N P 23 34 80 62 5 4 1 0 0 2 5 .081 .262 .208 .097 10 0 26 8 0 0 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N P 24 43 45 34 4 2 0 0 2 7 3 .118 .261 .211 .294 4 0 10 7 0 0 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N P 25 42 71 63 11 10 1 0 0 4 6 .175 .260 .200 .190 2 0 26 6 0 0 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N P 26 16 20 19 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 .158 .253 .158 .158 0 0 9 1 0 0 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A P 27 17 37 34 4 3 0 1 0 4 3 .118 .262 .167 .176 2 0 14 1 0 0 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N P 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .266 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A P 28 5 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .257 .500 .500 0 - 0 0 0 0 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A P 28 17 15 13 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 .308 .257 .400 .385 2 0 3 0 0 0 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N P 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .256 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1956 BRO:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N 18 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 19 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 5 - - - - - - - 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 2 18 4 3 1 1.33 1 2 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .20 .50 0 0 0 0 13 95 40 21 7 1.90 1 29 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 .06 .00 .00 .25 1 0 0 0 16 66 35 13 10 2.69 3 11 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 .08 .00 .00 .75 0 0 0 0 6 67 27 11 5 2.45 1 18 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 10 38 20 7 1 2.86 1 14 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .67 1 0 0 0 12 59 22 12 7 1.83 1 12 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 3 17 3 4 4 .75 0 7 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 6 33 11 6 0 1.83 2 4 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 5 10 5 1 0 5.00 1 3 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1956 BRO:N
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 19 14 1 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .143 26 3 0 0 0 0 6 .115 .115 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 20 11 2 0 0 0 3 4 .182 .182 7 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .000 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N 21 47 6 1 0 0 5 17 .128 .149 50 6 0 0 0 2 17 .120 .120 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N 22 33 5 0 0 0 3 10 .152 .152 41 10 1 0 0 2 7 .244 .268 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N 23 22 3 1 0 0 4 11 .136 .182 40 2 0 0 0 6 15 .050 .050 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N 24 20 1 0 0 0 3 4 .050 .050 14 3 0 0 2 1 6 .214 .643 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N 25 31 4 1 0 0 0 10 .129 .161 32 7 0 0 0 2 16 .219 .219 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N 26 9 2 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 10 1 0 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A 27 13 3 0 1 0 0 6 .231 .385 21 1 0 0 0 2 8 .048 .048 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A 28 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 11 4 1 0 0 1 3 .364 .455 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1956 BRO:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 19 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 29 3 1 0 0 0 10 .103 .138 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 20 10 1 0 0 0 3 6 .100 .100 8 1 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .125 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N 21 33 4 0 0 0 3 16 .121 .121 64 8 1 0 0 4 18 .125 .141 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N 22 22 4 0 0 0 3 6 .182 .182 52 11 1 0 0 2 11 .212 .231 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N 23 21 2 0 0 0 3 11 .095 .095 41 3 1 0 0 7 15 .073 .098 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N 24 11 2 0 0 1 2 2 .182 .455 23 2 0 0 1 2 8 .087 .217 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N 25 24 2 0 0 0 0 10 .083 .083 39 9 1 0 0 2 16 .231 .256 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 15 3 0 0 0 0 8 .200 .200 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A 27 15 1 0 0 0 1 6 .067 .067 19 3 0 1 0 1 8 .158 .263 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A 28 - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 12 4 1 0 0 2 3 .333 .417 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1956 BRO:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1944 BRO:N 18 21 7.05 .274 .261 0 2 1 - - - 1 20 - 0 0 44.2 46 2 32 - 16 - 5 4 0 - - - 1944
1945 BRO:N 19 16 3.04 .189 .265 5 6 1 - - - 15 1 10 7 0 109.2 73 4 79 - 69 - 0 6 0 - - - 1945
1946 BRO:N 20 24 3.88 .246 .256 3 1 3 0 0 7 10 14 3 2 2 67.1 62 4 39 6 42 .77 0 1 2 1 4 54 1946
1947 BRO:N 21 43 2.67 .240 .265 21 12 1 1 0 5 36 7 22 15 4 280.0 251 22 99 10 148 .89 6 6 1 0 22 211 1947
1948 BRO:N 22 36 3.51 .232 .261 14 9 1 2 0 4 28 8 17 11 1 215.2 189 24 81 4 122 .89 4 9 0 0 12 176 1948
1949 BRO:N 23 34 4.39 .250 .262 13 5 1 0 0 1 27 7 10 9 2 186.2 181 21 91 3 109 .93 2 3 0 4 14 173 1949
1950 BRO:N 24 43 4.69 .271 .261 7 9 7 0 2 16 15 28 4 5 0 142.0 152 24 55 5 100 .96 0 1 4 1 11 131 1950
1951 BRO:N 25 42 3.26 .237 .260 13 12 3 2 1 11 27 15 16 13 3 204.0 180 19 85 6 118 .84 3 6 0 3 13 186 1951
1952 BRO:N 26 16 3.84 .232 .253 4 2 0 0 1 5 7 9 2 2 0 61.0 52 8 21 3 26 1.20 4 2 0 2 8 57 1952
1953 DET:A 27 17 4.15 .253 .262 4 7 1 1 0 3 14 3 7 7 0 102.0 98 7 32 2 50 .90 2 5 0 1 9 95 1953
1953 BRO:N 27 7 9.82 .341 .266 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 11.0 15 4 5 0 5 .40 2 0 0 0 2 15 1953
1954 NY:A 28 5 2.84 .209 .257 1 0 0 - - - 3 2 - 0 0 12.2 9 0 13 - 7 - - - - - - - 1954
1954 DET:A 28 17 5.76 .330 .257 3 3 0 1 0 4 5 12 1 0 0 45.1 63 10 30 3 15 .74 2 0 0 0 3 41 1954
1956 BRO:N 30 1 .00 .143 .256 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 2 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 5 1956
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1944 BRO:N 18 - - - - - 47.25 1.1 5.82 43.1 36 35 - 214 9 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944
1945 BRO:N 19 - - - - - 3.10 107.1 .00 2.1 44 37 - 476 10 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945
1946 BRO:N 20 2 5 0 0 .11 4.57 43.1 2.25 24.0 35 28 5.6 297 4 0 10 4 6 1 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 2 1 1946
1947 BRO:N 21 12 7 2 1 .08 3.08 266.1 .68 13.1 100 92 4.2 1162 10 0 12 6 6 1 6 6 17 1 0 0 4 2 0 1947
1948 BRO:N 22 10 5 1 0 .07 3.47 197.1 3.93 18.1 92 84 4.3 907 9 0 9 5 7 2 5 1 13 1 2 1 2 2 0 1948
1949 BRO:N 23 1 2 0 0 .02 4.43 170.2 3.94 16.0 100 91 6.9 822 5 0 6 2 7 3 6 1 10 2 1 1 2 1 0 1949
1950 BRO:N 24 3 5 0 0 .05 5.15 94.1 3.78 47.2 80 74 5.2 621 6 0 20 3 4 3 2 2 4 4 3 5 9 7 0 1950
1951 BRO:N 25 5 8 0 0 .06 3.16 176.1 3.90 27.2 81 74 2.8 859 7 0 8 6 8 1 2 4 11 2 1 4 3 3 2 1951
1952 BRO:N 26 2 2 1 0 .07 5.45 38.0 1.17 23.0 29 26 6.2 251 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 1952
1953 DET:A 27 4 3 0 1 .06 4.20 98.2 2.70 3.1 55 47 4.1 435 13 0 4 0 3 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1953
1953 BRO:N 27 0 1 0 0 .06 - - 9.82 11.0 12 12 - 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1953
1954 NY:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954
1954 DET:A 28 1 1 0 0 .04 7.23 18.2 4.73 26.2 33 29 6.3 227 3 1 11 10 4 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 1954
1956 BRO:N 30 0 0 0 0 .00 - - .00 2.0 0 0 - 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1956
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N 18 91 28 - - 1 18 8 .308 .165 77 18 - - 1 14 8 .234 .154 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 19 156 31 - - 1 32 25 .199 .170 231 42 - - 3 47 45 .182 .169 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 20 154 35 9 0 2 21 30 .227 .120 100 27 6 0 2 20 12 .270 .167 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N 21 554 124 23 7 11 49 94 .224 .081 493 127 15 3 11 49 54 .258 .090 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N 22 431 95 19 3 15 40 70 .220 .085 382 94 14 5 9 40 52 .246 .095 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N 23 285 70 14 2 7 33 56 .246 .104 439 111 24 5 14 58 53 .253 .117 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N 24 351 99 13 3 17 31 66 .282 .081 209 53 5 5 7 24 34 .254 .103 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N 25 359 65 9 1 6 42 64 .181 .105 405 115 15 1 13 43 54 .284 .096 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N 26 128 27 2 1 5 15 11 .211 .105 96 25 6 2 3 6 15 .260 .059 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A 27 163 47 6 4 5 16 17 .288 .089 225 51 9 2 2 15 33 .227 .063 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 41 15 1 0 4 5 5 .366 .109 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A 28 22 4 0 0 0 3 5 .182 .120 21 5 2 0 0 10 2 .238 .323 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A 28 61 24 2 1 3 16 5 .393 .208 130 39 6 2 7 14 10 .300 .097 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N 30 7 1 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1956 BRO:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1944 BRO:N 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 20 139 41 11 0 4 19 19 .295 .120 115 21 4 0 0 22 23 .183 .161 1946 BRO:N
1947 BRO:N 21 408 110 15 8 8 59 46 .270 .126 639 141 23 2 14 39 102 .221 .058 1947 BRO:N
1948 BRO:N 22 313 79 17 5 11 31 40 .252 .090 500 110 16 3 13 49 82 .220 .089 1948 BRO:N
1949 BRO:N 23 258 71 15 2 9 48 32 .275 .157 466 110 23 5 12 43 77 .236 .084 1949 BRO:N
1950 BRO:N 24 196 59 9 4 10 20 28 .301 .093 364 93 9 4 14 35 72 .255 .088 1950 BRO:N
1951 BRO:N 25 332 95 14 0 7 39 41 .286 .105 432 85 10 2 12 46 77 .197 .096 1951 BRO:N
1952 BRO:N 26 85 15 1 2 2 11 9 .176 .115 139 37 7 1 6 10 17 .266 .067 1952 BRO:N
1953 DET:A 27 180 52 8 3 5 13 20 .289 .067 208 46 7 3 2 18 30 .221 .080 1953 DET:A
1953 BRO:N 27 15 5 0 0 2 3 1 .333 .167 29 10 1 0 2 2 4 .345 .065 1953 BRO:N
1954 NY:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954 NY:A
1954 DET:A 28 77 25 1 1 5 17 6 .325 .181 114 38 7 2 5 13 9 .333 .102 1954 DET:A
1956 BRO:N 30 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 1956 BRO:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1944 BRO:N 18 1.000 .961 21 1 44.2 2 8 0 0 0
1945 BRO:N 19 .931 .963 16 15 109.2 7 20 2 - 1
1946 BRO:N 20 .900 .960 24 10 67.1 3 6 1 0 1
1947 BRO:N 21 .933 .966 43 36 280.0 9 33 3 3 0
1948 BRO:N 22 .964 .963 36 28 215.2 8 19 1 0 0
1949 BRO:N 23 .913 .953 34 27 186.2 6 15 2 1 0
1950 BRO:N 24 1.000 .961 43 15 142.0 8 16 0 0 0
1951 BRO:N 25 1.000 .962 42 27 204.0 12 20 0 0 2
1952 BRO:N 26 .923 .953 16 7 61.0 5 7 1 1 1
1953 DET:A 27 .944 .957 17 14 102.0 7 10 1 0 0
1953 BRO:N 27 1.000 .956 7 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1
1954 NY:A 28 .800 .959 5 3 12.2 1 3 1 - 0
1954 DET:A 28 1.000 .959 17 5 45.1 1 6 0 0 1
1956 BRO:N 30 1.000 .966 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 2,628 1,468 2,715 1,828 3,244 3,678 3,298 2,538 2,119
Ralph Branca - Historical Batting Stastistics
Ralph Branca - Batting - Home / Road Splits
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Ralph Branca - Historical Pitching Stastistics
Ralph Branca - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
Ralph Branca - Pitching - Left / Right Splits
Ralph Branca - Historical Fielding Stastistics - Pitcher
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
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