How Ralph Branca's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Ralph Branca posted a career Games Started % of 58.39, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1945, posting 93.75, well above the starting pitcher average of .665 that year. The lowest point came in 1956 at .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .593 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 58.33 in 1953 to 36.36 in 1954 and .000 in 1956. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 93.75 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Ralph Branca Lifetime Games Started %

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Ralph Branca
Games Started %
Career58.39
Season Avg.58.39
162 Game Avg.58.39
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Ralph Branca Games Started % Per Season

Ralph Branca's Games Started % for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ralph Branca Games Started % per season line chart

Ralph Branca Games Started % by Team

Ralph Branca's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ralph Branca career Games Started % by team bar chart

Ralph Branca Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ralph Branca's career Games Started % shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ralph Branca Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Ralph Branca Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ralph Branca's seasonal Games Started % alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ralph Branca Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ralph Branca Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ralph Branca's MLB career with Games Started % alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ralph Branca Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table