Slim Branham

Finis Ernest Branham
(Legs; Ironman; Rascacielos)
Also known as Finest Branham
Born: April 7, 1900
in Castalian Springs, TN
Died: January 19, 1957 in Cleveland, OH
(56 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 198

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Notes:

• Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery (Cleveland, OH)
• Relatives: George Branham (Brother)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1920	DM	NNL	20	SP	2	3	.400	6	5		3	1	0	44.0	15	9	30	0	12	17	1		0	164	1.84	207
1921	CTS	WES	21	SP	8	7	.533	22	12		9	0	1	141.2	76	52	153	2	35	75	3		8	602	3.30	157
1922	CTS	NNL/NvM	22	SP	8	11	.421	30	18		12	1	0	178.2	106	87	191	5	64	96	2		6	777	4.38	111
1922-23	SC	CUB	22	SP	0	0		3	2		0	0	0	9.2	8	7	9	0	9	2	1		3	49	6.52	53
1923	CTS/CAG	IND/NvM	23	SP	4	4	.500	11	7		5	1	0	64.2	32	26	52	2	27	36	0	0	4	276	3.62	107
1924	HBG/HG	ECL/IND	24	SP	2	3	.400	7	7		1	0	0	41.0	37	30	51	1	21	14	0	0	2	53	6.59	65
1925	DS/SLS	NNL/NNC	25	SP	7	5	.583	26	16		3	0	0	105.2	77	76	128	0	58	24	1		2	498	6.47	84
1926	CEL	NNL	26	SP	0	7	.000	10	7		1	0	0	40.0	50	43	55	3	27	15	6	0	5	203	9.68	55
1927	CHT	NNL	27	SP	2	6	.250	9	5		2	0	0	38.0	39	26	51		15	14	0		2		6.16	67
8	10			SP	33	46	.418	124	79		36	3	1	663.1	440	356	720	13	268	293	14	0	32	2622	4.83	99
162 Game Average					11	15	.418	42	26		12	1	0	222.1	147	119	241	6	90	98	5	0	11	996	4.83	99

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
8	Negro Leagues				33	45	.423	118	76		35	3	1	639.0	419	338	698	13	249	282	13	0	29	2505	4.76	101
2	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	3	1		1	0	0	14.2	13	11	13	0	10	9	0		0	68	6.75	64
1	vs Latin Leagues				0	0		3	2		0	0	0	9.2	8	7	9	0	9	2	1		3	49	6.52	53

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Dayton Marcos			SP	2	3	.400	6	5		3	1	0	44.0	15	9	30	0	12	17	1		0	164	1.84	207
3	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	20	22	.476	61	37		26	2	1	379.1	210	162	393	9	120	203	5	0	18	1628	3.84	124
1	Santa Clara			-	0	0		3	2		0	0	0	9.2	8	7	9	0	9	2	1		3	49	6.52	53
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	5.2	4	3	3	0	6	4	0		0	27	4.76	78
1	Homestead Grays			-	0	1	.000	2	2		0	0	0	11.0	10	10	14	1	7	3	0	0	0	53	8.18	59
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	2	2	.500	5	5		1	0	0	30.0	27	20	37		14	11	0		2		6.00	69
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	5	1	.833	12	8		2	0	0	52.1	34	33	62	0	34	9	1		2	251	5.68	93
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	2	4	.333	14	8		1	0	0	53.1	43	43	66		24	15	0		0	247	7.26	74
1	Cleveland Elites			-	0	7	.000	10	7		1	0	0	40.0	50	43	55	3	27	15	6	0	5	203	9.68	55
1	Cleveland Hornets			RP	2	6	.250	9	5		2	0	0	38.0	39	26	51		15	14	0		2		6.16	67

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1920	DM	NNL	20	SP	44.0	0.95	1.36	10.4%	11.1%	7.3%	8.5%	1.42	1.31	0.0%	0.5%
1921	CTS	WES	21	SP	141.2	1.33	1.68	12.5%	12.0%	5.8%	8.8%	2.14	1.37	0.3%	0.5%
1922	CTS	NNL/NvM	22	SP	178.2	1.43	1.47	12.4%	12.4%	8.2%	8.5%	1.50	1.43	0.6%	0.8%
1922-23	SC	CUB	22	SP	9.2	1.86	1.34	4.1%	8.8%	18.4%	8.1%	0.22	1.09	0.0%	0.4%
1923	CTS/CAG	IND/NvM	23	SP	64.2	1.22	1.32	13.0%	11.5%	9.8%	7.4%	1.33	1.35	0.7%	1.2%
1924	HBG/HG	ECL/IND	24	SP	41.0	1.76	1.40	7.3%	10.5%	10.9%	7.6%	0.67	1.56	0.5%
1925	DS/SLS	NNL/NNC	25	SP	105.2	1.76	1.42	4.8%	10.3%	11.6%	8.0%	0.41	1.19	0.0%
1926	CEL	NNL	26	SP	40.0	2.05	1.60	7.4%	9.9%	13.3%	8.6%	0.56	1.15	1.5%	1.4%
1927	CHT	NNL	27	SP	38.0	1.74	1.45	7.8%	9.9%	8.4%	7.4%	0.93	1.34
8	10			SP	663.1	1.49	1.49	10.0%	10.8%	9.1%	8.1%	1.09	1.34	0.6%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
8	Negro Leagues				639.0	1.48	1.49	10.0%	10.8%	8.8%	8.1%	1.13	1.34	0.6%	0.8%
2	vs Major Leagues				14.2	1.57	1.37	13.2%	13.4%	14.7%	8.3%	0.90	1.62	0.0%	1.0%
1	vs Latin Leagues				9.2	1.86	1.34	4.1%	8.8%	18.4%	8.1%	0.22	1.09	0.0%	0.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Dayton Marcos			SP	44.0	0.95	1.36	10.4%	11.1%	7.3%	8.5%	1.42	1.31	0.0%	0.5%
3	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	379.1	1.35	1.53	12.5%	11.4%	7.4%	8.2%	1.69	1.39	0.6%	0.8%
1	Santa Clara			-	9.2	1.86	1.34	4.1%	8.8%	18.4%	8.1%	0.22	1.09	0.0%	0.4%
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	5.2	1.59	1.23	14.8%	13.3%	22.2%	7.2%	0.67	1.84	0.0%	1.9%
1	Homestead Grays			-	11.0	1.91	1.55	5.7%	10.1%	13.2%	8.9%	0.43	1.14	1.9%	1.2%
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	30.0	1.70	1.34	7.9%	10.8%	10.0%	6.3%	0.79	1.71
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	53.1	1.69	1.42	6.1%	9.5%	9.7%	7.9%	0.63	1.20
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	52.1	1.83	1.43	3.6%	9.5%	13.5%	8.0%	0.26	1.18	0.0%	1.4%
1	Cleveland Elites			-	40.0	2.05	1.60	7.4%	9.9%	13.3%	8.6%	0.56	1.15	1.5%	1.4%
1	Cleveland Hornets			RP	38.0	1.74	1.45	7.8%	9.9%	8.4%	7.4%	0.93	1.34

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1920	DM	NNL	20	SP	6	164	145	15	30	3	0	0	4		12	17		0	7		3	.207	.268	.228	.495
1921	CTS	WES	21	SP	22	602	534	76	153	28	9	2	34		35	75		8	25		8	.287	.340	.384	.724
1922	CTS	NNL/NvM	22	SP	30	777	684	106	191	29	7	5	18		64	96		6	23		16	.279	.346	.364	.710
1922-23	SC	CUB	22	SP	3	49	36	8	9	1	0	0	4		9	2		3	0	1	0	.250	.429	.278	.706
1923	CTS/CAG	IND/NvM	23	SP	11	276	239	32	52	0	1	2	0		27	36		4	1		0	.218	.307	.251	.558
1924	HBG/HG	ECL/IND	24	SP	7	53	42	37	51	1	0	1	2		21	14		2	4		1	1.214	1.138	1.310	2.448
1925	DS/SLS	NNL/NNC	25	SP	26	498	7	77	128	0	0	0	0	0	58	24		2	0	0	0	18.286	2.806	18.286	21.092
1926	CEL	NNL	26	SP	10	203	158	50	55	11	2	3	18		27	15		5	13		5	.348	.458	.500	.958
1927	CHT	NNL	27	SP	9			39	51						15	14		2
8	10			SP	124	2622	1845	440	720	73	19	13	80	0	268	293		32	73	1	33	.275	.349	.371	.719

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
8	Negro Leagues				118	2505	1754	419	698	69	18	13	76	0	249	282		29	70	0	32	.277	.346	.375	.721
1	vs Latin Leagues				3	49	36	8	9	1	0	0	4		9	2		3	0	1	0	.250	.429	.278	.706
2	vs Major Leagues				3	68	55	13	13	3	1	0	0		10	9		0	3		1	.236	.354	.327	.681

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Dayton Marcos			SP	6	164	145	15	30	3	0	0	4		12	17		0	7		3	.207	.268	.228	.495
3	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	61	1628	1437	210	393	57	16	9	52		120	203		18	48		24	.273	.337	.373	.710
1	Santa Clara			-	3	49	36	8	9	1	0	0	4		9	2		3	0	1	0	.250	.429	.278	.706
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	2	27	20	4	3	0	1	0	0		6	4		0	1		0	.150	.346	.250	.596
1	Homestead Grays			-	2	53	42	10	14	1	0	1	2		7	3		0	4		1	.333	.429	.429	.857
1	Harrisburg Giants			RP	5			27	37						14	11		2				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	12	251	7	34	62	0	0	0	0	0	34	9		2	0	0	0	.571	.625	.571	1.196
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	14	247		43	66						24	15		0				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	Cleveland Elites			-	10	203	158	50	55	11	2	3	18		27	15		5	13		5	.348	.458	.500	.958
1	Cleveland Hornets			RP	9			39	51						15	14		2				.000	.000	.000	.000

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