Ralph Branca

Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (January 6, 1926 – November 23, 2016) was an American baseball player. He was a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1944 through 1956, Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944–53, 1956), Detroit Tigers (1953–54), and New York Yankees (1954).

Branca died on the morning of November 23, 2016 at a nursing home in Rye Brook, New York, aged 90.

References

Other websites



 Baseball Library 
 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Ralph Branca (ESPN Classic) 
 Joshua Prager's The Echoing Green 

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