Ralph Branca Baseball Stats, Awards, and Player Information
Bats: Right | Throws: Right | Height: 6'3 | Weight: 220
Regular Season Stats
Pitching Stats
Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | Sv | BS | Hld | H | R | ER | BB | HBP | SO | GS | QS | CG | ShO | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 44.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.05 | 1.75 |
1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 109.2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 44 | 37 | 79 | 0 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.04 | 1.39 |
1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 67.1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 34 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.88 | 1.53 |
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 280.0 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 100 | 83 | 98 | 6 | 148 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2.67 | 1.25 |
1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 215.2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 93 | 84 | 80 | 4 | 122 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.51 | 1.25 |
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 186.2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 100 | 91 | 91 | 2 | 109 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.39 | 1.46 |
1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 142.0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 80 | 74 | 55 | 0 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.69 | 1.46 |
1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 204.0 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 81 | 74 | 85 | 3 | 118 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3.26 | 1.30 |
1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 61.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.20 |
1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 1.82 |
1953 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 102.0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 55 | 47 | 31 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.15 | 1.26 |
1954 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 45.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.76 | 2.05 |
1954 | New York Yankees | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 1.74 |
1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
– | – | 322 | 1,484.0 | 88 | 68 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1,372 | 702 | 625 | 663 | 31 | 829 | 188 | 0 | 71 | 12 | 3.79 | 1.37 |
Hitting Stats
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | Avg | OBP | Slg | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .119 | .214 |
1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .304 | .111 | .415 |
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 106 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .168 | .123 | .291 |
1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 77 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .244 | .208 | .452 |
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .177 | .086 | .263 |
1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .178 | .244 | .422 |
1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 69 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .183 | .174 | .357 |
1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 |
1953 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .162 | .171 | .334 |
1954 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .400 | .385 | .785 |
1954 | New York Yankees | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
– | – | 314 | 501 | 35 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 36 | 160 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .190 | .160 | .350 |
Fielding Stats
Year | Team | Pos | G | PO | A | E | TC | DP | SB | CS | CSPct | FPct | RF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.48 | |||
1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 16 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 1 | .931 | 1.69 | |||
1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .900 | 0.37 | |||
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 43 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 47 | 0 | .936 | 1.02 | |||
1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 36 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 0 | .966 | 0.78 | |||
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 34 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 0 | .913 | 0.62 | |||
1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 43 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.63 | |||
1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 42 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.74 | |||
1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .923 | 0.75 | |||
1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.29 | |||
1953 | Detroit Tigers | P | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .944 | 1.00 | |||
1954 | Detroit Tigers | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.47 | |||
1954 | New York Yankees | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .800 | 0.80 | |||
1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
– | – | P | 322 | 72 | 169 | 12 | 253 | 7 | .953 | 0.75 |
Post-Season Stats
Pitching Stats
Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | Sv | BS | Hld | H | R | ER | BB | HBP | SO | GS | QS | CG | ShO | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 0.02 |
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 0.01 |
– | – | 4 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 0.01 |
Hitting Stats
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | Avg | OBP | Slg | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
– | – | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Fielding Stats
Year | Team | Pos | G | PO | A | E | TC | DP | SB | CS | CSPct | FPct | RF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | |||
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
– | – | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 |
Awards
Year | Team | Award | Stats |
---|---|---|---|
1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | All-Star (P) | 21–12, 1 Sv, 148 SO, 2.67 ERA |
1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | All-Star (P) | 14–9, 1 Sv, 122 SO, 3.51 ERA |
1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | All-Star (P) | 13–5, 1 Sv, 109 SO, 4.39 ERA |
Frequently asked questions about Ralph Branca
How many career wins does Ralph Branca have?
Ralph Branca has 88 career wins.
What is Ralph Branca's career earned run average (ERA)?
Ralph Branca has a 3.79 career earned run average (ERA).
How many batters did Ralph Branca strike out in his career?
Ralph Branca has 829 career strikeouts.
How many saves does Ralph Branca have in his career?
Ralph Branca has 19 career saves.
Is Ralph Branca in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
No, Ralph Branca is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many teams did Ralph Branca play for?
Ralph Branca played for 3 teams: Brooklyn Dodgers , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees .
How many seasons did Ralph Branca play?
Ralph Branca played 12 seasons between 1944 and 1956.