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)
• College: New York University (New York, NY)
• Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, NY)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Compared to Contemporary Relief Pitchers (Top 100)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jimmie Newberry	RP	6	1943-1948	4.3	-0.2	0.0	4.5	0.0
2	Rodolfo Fernández	RP	10	1932-1946	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
3	John Brown	RP	5	1944-1948	1.7	0.1	-0.1	1.7	0.0
4	Johnny Williams	RP	6	1943-1948	1.0	-0.2	0.1	1.1	0.0
5	Juan Guilbe	RP	2	1940-1947	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.0
6	Red Howard	RP	6	1936-1946	0.7	0.5	-0.3	0.5	0.0
7	Sidney Williams	RP	2	1945-1946	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
8	Alfred Saylor	RP	4	1941-1945	0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.8	-0.1
9	Armando Cota	RP	2	1944-1946	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
10	Gilberto Garza	RP	4	1940-1946	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
11	Francisco Mora	RP	4	1943-1946	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.8	0.0
12	Ollie West	RP	4	1942-1945	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
13	Rufus Ligon	RP	3	1932-1945	0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0
14	Dick Barrett	RP	1	1945	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
15	Red Wiggins	RP	1	1945	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
16	Al Jones	RP	2	1944-1945	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	Garcia Massingale	RP	2	1944-1945	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
18	Eddie Locke	RP	3	1943-1945	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.5	0.0
19	Raymond Smith	RP	1	1945	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
20	John Lewis	RP	1	1945	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
21	Ralph Branca	RP	1	1945	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Carlos Villarreal	RP	1	1945	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Willie Young	RP	1	1945	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Jimmie Bennett	RP	2	1945-1948	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
25	Lovell Harden	RP	2	1944-1945	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
26	Manuel Ríos	RP	3	1941-1945	-0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1
27	Oscar Tavizón	RP	3	1940-1945	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
28	Cannonball Berry	RP	3	1937-1948	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
29	Ramón García	RP	2	1945-1946	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
30	Weedy Edwards	RP	2	1944-1947	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
31	Fred Blaylock	RP	1	1945	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
32	Willie McMeans	RP	2	1944-1945	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
33	Allen Bryant	RP	3	1940-1946	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
34	Nap Gulley	RP	3	1943-1947	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
35	Eddie Jefferson	RP	2	1945-1946	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
36	Vicente Torres	RP	2	1942-1946	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
37	Valente Cruz	RP	2	1940-1946	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
38	Clarence Locke	RP	5	1944-1948	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
39	Luis Pillot	RP	3	1941-1946	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
40	Procopio Herrera	RP	2	1945-1946	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
41	Frank Carswell	RP	4	1944-1948	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
42	Hosea Allen	RP	4	1941-1947	-0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
43	Tony Walker	RP	2	1944-1945	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
44	Félix Zulueta	RP	1	1945	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
45	Bernard Fernández	RP	4	1938-1945	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
46	George Mack	RP	1	1945	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
47	Pee Wee Jenkins	RP	4	1944-1948	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
48	Earl Bumpus	RP	4	1944-1948	-1.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1
49	Ray Robinson	RP	3	1938-1947	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.2	0.0
50	Claude Poole	RP	3	1945-1948	-1.3	-0.3	-0.4	-0.7	0.0
51	Guillermo Prieto	RP	5	1941-1946	-1.5	0.0	-0.1	-1.4	0.0
52	Rogelio Serrano	RP	4	1941-1946	-1.7	0.0	-0.4	-1.3	-0.1
53	Willie Burns	RP	5	1935-1945	-2.2	0.2	0.0	-2.4	0.0
54	Percy Forrest	RP	6	1938-1946	-3.2	0.0	0.1	-3.3	0.0

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