Ralph Branca
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title:
Ralph Branca
text:
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca, 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, Detroit Tigers (1953–1954), and New York Yankees (1954). 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".
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American baseball player (1926–2016)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Branca
date created:
2005-07-18T02:10:38Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T08:24:14Z
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