Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca

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Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for surrendering the famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run to Bobby Thomson in 1951.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball pitcher
human
allStarSelection National League All-Star
bats right
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-01-06
dateOfDeath 2016-11-23
era 20th-century baseball
ethnicGroup Italian American
familyName Branca
finalMLBSeason 1956
givenName Ralph
homeRunAllowedInNotableGame Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run
league Major League Baseball
middleName Joseph
Theodore
MLBDebut 1944
nickname Ralph Branca
notableEvent 1951 National League pennant playoff
notableFor surrendering the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run
notableGame 1951-10-03 playoff game between Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
numberOfAllStarSelections 3
occupation baseball player
opponentInNotablePlay Bobby Thomson
placeOfBirth Mount Vernon, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Rye, New York, United States
linked to: Rye, New York
positionPlayed pitcher
religion Roman Catholicism
residence New York metropolitan area
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
team Brooklyn Dodgers
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
throws right

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Ralph Branca fullName Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca