Born:(1926-01-06)January 6, 1926 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Died: November 23, 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90) Rye Brook, New York, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 12, 1944, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 7, 1956, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
88–68
Earned run average
3.79
Strikeouts
829
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1944–1953)
Detroit Tigers (1953–1954)
New York Yankees (1954)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1956)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1947–1949)
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (January 6, 1926 – November 23, 2016), nicknamed "Hawk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1944 through 1956. Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944–1953, 1956), Detroit Tigers (1953–1954), and New York Yankees (1954).[1] He was a three-time All-Star. In a 1951 playoff, Branca surrendered a walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants; the game-winning hit was known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World".
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (January 6, 1926 – November 23, 2016), nicknamed "Hawk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons...
later served as the New York State Athletic Commissioner. (His uncle, RalphBranca, pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers for many years, including the 1947...
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relieved by RalphBranca in the bottom of the ninth inning when Clyde Sukeforth instructed manager Chuck Dressen to bring in Branca. Branca then surrendered...
single off Spec Shea to score Pete Reiser from second base, but starter RalphBranca was knocked out in a five-run fifth. A single, walk and hit-by-pitch...
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struck first in the third on Phil Rizzuto's sacrifice fly with two on off RalphBranca, but Pee Wee Reese tied the game in the fourth on a home run off Tommy...
became a celebrity for his walk-off home run off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher RalphBranca to win the 1951 National League pennant. The home run, nicknamed the...
Some of the guests included Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, Booby Thompson, RalphBranca, and other baseball greats. In 2011, Dr. Durham was the first African-American...
pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher RalphBranca (who later gave up Bobby Thomson's famous Shot Heard 'Round the World...
however, hit a stunning three-run walk-off home run off the Dodgers' RalphBranca to secure the NL Championship for New York. To this day Thomson's home...
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New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher RalphBranca to win the National League pennant on October 3, 1951. The Giants won...
he teamed with the ex–Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher "Big Numba Thirteen" RalphBranca on WABC's pre- and post-game radio shows of the New York Mets in their...
but it previously produced several major-league players, including RalphBranca and Eddie Yost. Home games are played at Maimonides Park, home of the...
All-Star Game RalphBranca starter Pee Wee Reese starter Rex Barney #2 in NL in strikeouts (138) #4 in NL in shutouts (4) RalphBranca #5 in NL in strikeouts...
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