Ralph Branca - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Ralph Branca

Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca

Born: January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon, NY
Died: November 23, 2016 in Rye, NY
(90 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'3"

Wt: 220

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High School: Davis HS (Mount Vernon, NY)
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, NY)
Played in the Major Leagues
Played in the Minor Leagues

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Glossary

#	Players	Pos	HoF		Score	IP	ERA	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	BB	K
	Ralph Branca	RP			1000	170.0	1.80	34	0	1.000	34	34	34	0	0	102	34	102	136

1	Ed Walsh	SP	✔		938	270.2	1.82	18	12	.607	39	29	23	5	3	214	55	56	158
2	Smoky Joe Wood	SP		938	255.0	2.03	21	10	.672	40	28	21	5	2	202	58	75	176
3	Al Spalding	SP		938	291.2	2.14	26	7	.796	35	33	28	2	1	330	69	16	14
4	Addie Joss	SP	✔		936	289.2	1.89	20	12	.623	36	32	29	6	1	235	61	45	115
5	Mordecai Brown	SP	✔		933	265.1	2.06	20	11	.648	40	28	23	5	4	226	61	56	115
6	Christy Mathewson	SP	✔		931	274.0	2.13	21	11	.665	36	32	25	5	2	242	65	48	143
7	Monte Ward	SS	✔		924	302.2	2.10	20	13	.617	36	32	30	3	0	285	71	31	113
8	Bill James	SP		923	254.0	2.28	17	10	.638	39	29	21	2	1	220	64	93	119
9	Walter Johnson	SP	✔		922	274.0	2.17	19	13	.599	37	31	25	5	2	228	66	63	163
10	Larry Corcoran	SP		922	298.1	2.36	22	11	.665	35	33	32	3	0	268	78	62	138
11	Orval Overall	SP		921	261.0	2.23	18	12	.603	37	31	23	5	2	209	65	94	159
12	Nick Maddox	SP		920	249.1	2.29	18	8	.683	38	30	19	4	0	201	63	70	80
13	Ed Reulbach	SP		920	256.0	2.28	18	10	.632	39	29	20	4	1	206	65	87	111
14	Jack Pfiester	SP		919	262.0	2.02	17	11	.617	37	31	18	4	0	213	59	72	123
15	Babe Ruth	RF	✔		919	267.0	2.28	21	10	.671	36	32	23	4	1	213	68	96	107
16	Carl Lundgren	SP		916	274.0	2.42	19	11	.623	37	31	26	4	1	234	74	99	111
17	Glenn Liebhardt	SP		915	267.0	2.17	16	15	.507	39	29	21	3	1	237	65	80	122
18	Rube Foster	SP		913	237.2	2.36	16	9	.637	39	29	17	4	1	205	62	86	83
19	Sam Leever	SP		912	263.1	2.47	19	10	.660	38	30	24	4	1	242	72	58	84
20	Will White	SP		911	299.2	2.28	19	14	.580	34	34	33	3	0	291	76	42	88
21	Jeff Tesreau	SP		911	252.0	2.43	17	11	.615	37	31	18	4	1	203	68	86	132
22	Jake Weimer	SP		910	270.0	2.23	18	13	.584	35	33	26	4	0	225	67	90	120
23	Rube Waddell	SP	✔		910	269.2	2.16	18	13	.574	37	31	24	5	0	224	65	73	211
24	Eddie Cicotte	SP		909	254.0	2.38	16	12	.583	40	28	20	3	2	228	67	65	108
25	Chief Bender	SP	✔		909	258.2	2.46	18	11	.625	39	29	22	3	3	227	71	61	147
26	Eddie Plank	SP	✔		908	265.1	2.35	19	11	.627	37	31	24	4	1	234	69	63	133
27	Tommy Bond	SP		907	299.0	2.31	19	13	.589	34	34	32	3	0	310	77	16	72
28	Jim Devlin	SP		907	308.1	2.05	16	17	.486	34	34	33	2	0	315	70	20	60
29	Ed Summers	SP		905	271.2	2.42	18	12	.602	38	30	21	2	1	253	73	60	98
30	Pete Alexander	SP	✔		905	272.2	2.56	20	11	.642	37	31	23	5	2	256	78	50	115
31	Jim McCormick	SP		904	297.2	2.43	18	15	.553	34	34	32	2	0	285	80	52	119
32	Jose Fernandez	SP		903	211.0	2.58	17	8	.691	34	34	0	0	0	160	60	63	264
33	Mellie Wolfgang	SP		903	213.0	2.18	10	9	.517	50	18	10	2	0	175	52	62	73
34	Jim Scott	SP		902	237.0	2.30	13	14	.486	40	28	15	3	1	203	60	76	118
35	Clayton Kershaw	SP		902	226.0	2.36	17	7	.692	34	34	3	2	0	167	59	59	248
36	Joe McGinnity	SP	✔		902	276.2	2.66	20	11	.634	37	31	25	3	2	263	82	65	86
37	Deacon Phillippe	SP		901	268.2	2.59	19	11	.634	38	30	25	3	1	259	77	37	96
38	Andy Coakley	SP		901	266.0	2.35	14	15	.496	37	31	22	3	1	253	69	78	106
39	Ernie Shore	SP		901	237.0	2.47	16	10	.602	39	29	14	2	1	219	65	65	75
40	Tim Keefe	SP	✔		900	287.1	2.62	19	13	.603	34	34	32	2	0	253	84	69	146
41	Dave Foutz	SP		900	290.2	2.84	21	10	.690	37	31	29	2	1	268	92	74	115
42	Russ Ford	SP		900	274.0	2.59	18	13	.582	37	31	23	3	2	247	79	69	131
43	Cy Young	SP	✔		900	290.2	2.63	20	12	.618	36	32	30	3	1	280	85	48	111
44	Bob Caruthers	SP		900	296.0	2.83	23	10	.688	36	32	31	3	0	280	93	62	94
45	Candy Cummings	SP		899	302.2	2.49	20	13	.607	34	34	33	3	0	353	84	16	18
46	Old Hoss Radbourn	SP	✔		899	299.0	2.67	20	13	.613	35	33	32	2	0	286	89	58	121
47	Frank Arellanes	SP		899	226.1	2.28	13	12	.522	41	27	14	1	4	198	57	47	82
48	John Clarkson	SP	✔		899	294.0	2.81	21	12	.648	34	34	31	2	0	278	92	77	128
49	Ed Killian	SP		899	276.2	2.38	18	13	.567	37	31	26	4	1	253	73	83	89
50	Harry Coveleski	SP		898	243.0	2.39	16	11	.596	39	29	16	3	2	208	65	73	100
51	Spud Chandler	SP		898	255.2	2.84	19	7	.717	36	32	19	4	1	228	81	80	106
52	Bill Sweeney	SP		898	297.1	2.67	21	13	.613	34	34	32	2	0	294	88	49	177
53	Tom Hughes	SP		897	237.2	2.56	15	11	.589	44	24	15	2	4	194	67	65	131
54	Cy Morgan	SP		897	257.1	2.51	14	14	.500	37	31	19	3	1	210	72	103	119
55	Hod Eller	SP		896	236.2	2.62	16	11	.600	44	24	14	2	1	221	69	58	104
56	Terry Larkin	SP		896	302.2	2.43	17	15	.527	34	34	33	2	0	314	82	24	78
57	Charlie Ferguson	SP		896	291.2	2.67	19	12	.607	35	33	32	3	1	270	87	56	140
58	George McQuillan	SP		896	240.1	2.38	13	14	.489	42	26	16	3	2	211	64	61	90
59	Bill Donovan	SP		896	286.0	2.69	18	13	.572	36	32	28	3	1	254	85	102	150
60	Mickey Welch	SP	✔		896	293.0	2.71	19	13	.594	34	34	32	3	0	280	88	79	113
61	Jack Chesbro	SP	✔		896	272.0	2.68	19	12	.600	37	31	24	3	0	248	81	65	119
62	Frank Smith	SP		896	253.2	2.59	16	12	.556	40	28	21	3	1	221	73	75	117
63	Lew Richie	SP		895	245.1	2.54	13	12	.532	43	25	16	4	2	215	69	89	79
64	George Bradley	SP		895	297.2	2.42	17	15	.531	35	33	31	3	0	304	80	20	63
65	Doc White	SP		895	261.2	2.39	16	13	.548	37	31	23	4	0	236	70	58	119
66	Vic Willis	SP	✔		895	276.0	2.63	17	14	.548	35	33	27	3	1	250	81	84	114
67	Bob Ewing	SP		895	282.0	2.49	15	14	.512	36	32	25	2	0	257	78	75	122
68	Frank Owen	SP		895	266.2	2.55	16	13	.550	38	30	23	3	0	243	76	58	86
69	Buck O'Brien	SP		895	249.0	2.63	17	14	.537	37	31	21	2	0	225	73	92	118
70	Craig Kimbrel	RP		895	66.2	1.80	4	2	.605	68	0	0	0	41	36	13	25	110
71	Bob Rhoads	SP		894	285.1	2.61	16	14	.542	37	31	26	4	0	271	83	83	88
72	Reb Russell	SP		894	225.1	2.33	14	10	.579	42	26	14	4	2	197	58	47	86
73	Kevin Cameron	RP		894	85.0	3.02	2	0	1.000	68	0	0	0	1	79	29	47	69
74	Butch Wensloff	SP		894	257.2	2.60	15	12	.552	38	30	18	1	1	207	75	88	116
75	Jimmy Dygert	SP		894	240.1	2.65	14	12	.538	43	25	15	4	0	194	71	93	142
76	Hippo Vaughn	SP		894	257.1	2.49	17	13	.565	37	31	20	4	0	232	71	77	134
77	Bill Vinton	SP		894	288.2	2.46	16	17	.472	34	34	31	2	0	278	79	67	147
78	Jack Coombs	SP		893	252.2	2.78	17	12	.590	39	29	20	4	1	222	78	92	115
79	Claude Hendrix	SP		893	261.1	2.65	16	13	.554	40	28	20	3	2	234	77	77	120
80	Tom Walker	SP		893	273.1	2.70	18	12	.600	35	33	26	2	0	279	82	72	69
81	Joe Benz	SP		892	223.1	2.43	12	12	.503	41	27	12	3	0	201	60	55	89
82	Lefty Leifield	SP		892	243.2	2.47	16	13	.561	39	29	18	4	1	222	67	73	82
83	Charlie Chech	SP		892	262.1	2.52	14	13	.524	41	27	19	3	1	261	74	70	81
84	Harry Krause	SP		892	251.2	2.50	17	12	.581	41	27	19	5	1	214	70	70	143
85	Hooks Wiltse	SP		892	246.1	2.47	16	10	.607	42	26	18	3	4	221	68	58	113
86	Clint Rogge	SP		892	255.2	2.73	16	11	.581	38	30	15	4	0	250	78	90	93
87	Mike Crudale	RP		892	69.1	2.09	3	1	.750	67	1	0	0	0	52	16	30	57
88	Chris Withrow	RP		891	69.1	3.07	4	0	1.000	68	0	0	0	1	44	24	35	73
89	Fred Goldsmith	SP		891	292.2	2.73	20	12	.622	34	34	32	3	0	306	89	31	79
90	Carson Smith	RP		891	66.0	1.96	2	4	.375	68	0	0	0	11	45	14	21	84
91	Jim Palmer	SP	✔		891	248.2	2.86	17	10	.638	35	33	13	3	0	211	79	83	139
92	Kid Nichols	SP	✔		891	291.0	2.95	21	12	.634	36	32	31	3	1	283	96	73	108
93	Heinie Berger	SP		891	257.2	2.60	14	12	.525	39	29	18	2	0	217	74	76	145
94	Noodles Hahn	SP		891	291.0	2.55	19	13	.580	35	33	30	4	0	275	82	55	132
95	Fred Toney	SP		891	247.0	2.69	16	11	.577	38	30	18	3	1	228	74	65	80
96	Doc Reisling	SP		890	258.1	2.45	12	16	.441	41	27	21	3	1	251	70	62	83
97	Jim Hughes	SP		890	282.2	3.00	21	11	.669	35	33	29	2	0	260	94	97	95
98	Bugs Raymond	SP		890	250.2	2.49	13	17	.441	40	28	17	3	1	212	69	83	118
99	Bob Wicker	SP		890	276.1	2.73	17	14	.552	37	31	26	3	0	257	84	78	126
100	Larry Cheney	SP		890	237.2	2.70	15	13	.537	40	28	17	3	2	203	71	93	117

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