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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1926-01-06 · Played 1944–1956 · College: New York University (1944) · Career WAR 14.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=brancra01, LAHMAN=brancra01, MLBAM=111378, RETROSHEET=branr103

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1944	BRO	NL	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1945	BRO	NL	16	40	1	4	1	0	0	0		0	11	.100	.100	.125	.225	-0.4
1946	BRO	NL	24	18	3	2	0	0	0	0		5	8	.111	.304	.111	.415	0.0
1947	BRO	NL	43	97	8	12	1	0	0	9		7	34	.124	.183	.134	.317	-0.6
1948	BRO	NL	36	74	3	15	1	0	0	2		5	16	.203	.253	.216	.469	0.0
1949	BRO	NL	34	62	5	5	1	0	0	2		9	26	.081	.197	.097	.294	-0.5
1950	BRO	NL	43	34	3	4	0	0	2	7		4	10	.118	.211	.294	.505	0.1
1951	BRO	NL	42	63	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	2	26	.175	.200	.190	.390	-0.2
1952	BRO	NL	16	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	.158	.158	.158	.316	-0.1
1953	BRO	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2
1953	DET	AL	17	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	14	.118	.167	.176	.343
1954	DET	AL	17	13	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	.308	.400	.385	.785	0.3
1954	NYA	AL	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1956	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			322	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	-1.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1944	BRO	NL	0	2	21	1	0	0	1	44.2	46	35	2	32	16	7.05	1.746	-0.6
1945	BRO	NL	5	6	16	15	7	0	1	109.2	73	37	4	79	69	3.04	1.386	2.0
1946	BRO	NL	3	1	24	10	2	2	3	67.1	62	29	4	41	42	3.88	1.530	0.1
1947	BRO	NL	21	12	43	36	15	4	1	280.0	251	83	22	98	148	2.67	1.246	6.9
1948	BRO	NL	14	9	36	28	11	1	1	215.2	189	84	24	80	122	3.51	1.247	3.7
1949	BRO	NL	13	5	34	27	9	2	1	186.2	181	91	21	91	109	4.39	1.457	0.5
1950	BRO	NL	7	9	43	15	5	0	7	142.0	152	74	24	55	100	4.69	1.458	0.1
1951	BRO	NL	13	12	42	27	13	3	3	204.0	180	74	19	85	118	3.26	1.299	3.4
1952	BRO	NL	4	2	16	7	2	0	0	61.0	52	26	8	21	26	3.84	1.197	0.3
1953	BRO	NL	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	12	4	5	5	9.82	1.818	0.9
1953	DET	AL	4	7	17	14	7	0	1	102.0	98	47	7	31	50	4.15	1.265
1954	DET	AL	3	3	17	5	0	0	0	45.1	63	29	10	30	15	5.76	2.051	-0.9
1954	NYA	AL	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	12.2	9	4	0	13	7	2.84	1.737
1956	BRO	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0.00	1.500	0.1
Total			88	68	322	188	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	625	149	663	829	3.79	1.371	16.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1944	BRO	NL	P	21			2	8	0	0
1945	BRO	NL	P	16			7	20	2	1
1946	BRO	NL	P	24			3	6	1	1
1947	BRO	NL	P	43			9	35	3	0
1948	BRO	NL	P	36			10	18	1	0
1949	BRO	NL	P	34			6	15	2	0
1950	BRO	NL	P	43			8	19	0	0
1951	BRO	NL	P	42			12	19	0	2
1952	BRO	NL	P	16			5	7	1	1
1953	BRO	NL	P	7			0	2	0	1
1953	DET	AL	P	17			7	10	1	0
1954	DET	AL	P	17	5	45.1	2	6	0	1
1954	NYA	AL	P	5	3	12.2	1	3	1	0
1956	BRO	NL	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0
Total				322	8	60.0	72	169	12	7

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1947	TSN All-Star	ML

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