Ralph Branca

Bats R Throws R6'3" 220 lbBorn 1926 Mount Vernon, USADebut 1944Team BRO3x All-Star

Awards: Baseball Magazine All-Star, TSN All-Star

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
1956	BRO	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	NYY	22	19	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	0.353	0.421	0.412	0.833	135.8
1953	DET	24	37	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	14	0.118	0.167	0.176	0.343	-14.5
1952	BRO	16	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0.158	0.158	0.158	0.316	-28.8
1951	BRO	42	71	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	2	26	0.175	0.200	0.190	0.390	-4.4
1950	BRO	43	45	3	4	0	0	2	7	0	4	10	0.118	0.211	0.294	0.505	27.9
1949	BRO	34	79	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	9	26	0.081	0.197	0.097	0.294	-20.3
1948	BRO	36	82	3	15	1	0	0	2	0	5	16	0.203	0.253	0.216	0.469	21.5
1947	BRO	43	113	8	12	1	0	0	9	0	7	34	0.124	0.183	0.134	0.317	-21.8
1946	BRO	24	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0.111	0.304	0.111	0.415	33.0
1945	BRO	16	42	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.100	0.100	0.125	0.225	-48.9
1944	BRO	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-120.4
Career		322	537	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	36	160	0.142	0.204	0.172	0.376	-3.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
1956	BRO	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	9	0	2	2
1954	NYY	4	3	5.12	22	8	0	58.0	288	10	43	22
1953	DET	4	7	4.70	24	14	1	113.0	485	11	36	55
1952	BRO	4	2	3.84	16	7	0	61.0	251	8	21	26
1951	BRO	13	12	3.26	42	27	3	204.0	855	19	85	118
1950	BRO	7	9	4.69	43	15	7	142.0	621	24	55	100
1949	BRO	13	5	4.39	34	27	1	186.7	813	21	91	109
1948	BRO	14	9	3.51	36	28	1	215.7	905	24	80	122
1947	BRO	21	12	2.67	43	36	1	280.0	1158	22	98	148
1946	BRO	3	1	3.88	24	10	3	67.3	297	4	41	42
1945	BRO	5	6	3.04	16	15	1	109.7	476	4	79	69
1944	BRO	0	2	7.05	21	1	1	44.7	214	2	32	16
Career		88	68	3.79	322	188	19	1484.0	6372	149	663	829

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
1956	BRO	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1954	NYY	P	22	58	3	9	1	1	0.923
1953	DET	P	24	0	7	12	1	1	0.950
1952	BRO	P	16	0	5	7	1	1	0.923
1951	BRO	P	42	0	12	19	0	2	1.000
1950	BRO	P	43	0	8	19	0	0	1.000
1949	BRO	P	34	0	6	15	2	0	0.913
1948	BRO	P	36	0	10	18	1	0	0.966
1947	BRO	P	43	0	9	35	3	0	0.936
1946	BRO	P	24	0	3	6	1	1	0.900
1945	BRO	P	16	0	7	20	2	1	0.931
1944	BRO	P	21	0	2	8	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
1947	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1949	0	1	4.15	1	1	0	8.7	4	0	4	6	0.92
1947	1	1	8.64	3	1	0	8.3	12	1	5	8	2.04
Career	1	2	6.35	4	2	0	17.0	16	1	9	14	1.47