Ralph Branca vs. Declan Cronin — Career Comparison

Ralph Branca
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Branca built a career as a starting pitcher and Declan Cronin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ralph Branca posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Ralph Branca had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Branca and Declan Cronin

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.95
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.14
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.53
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.41
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.39
58.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.43
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
3.79
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4452
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1372
8.32
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.9
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
4.02
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829
5.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.19
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6372
38.64
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
39.5
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
4.26
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5678
34.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
34.97
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Ralph Branca and Declan Cronin

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
48.3
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
7.19
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
27
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
9
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.8
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
25.35
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.8
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.95
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.55
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.15
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.26
95.26
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.05
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Branca and Declan Cronin

Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
322
359.78
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
518.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
73.74
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
63.69
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.71
17.55
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
89.39
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
113.97
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
39.11
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
34.64
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
71.51
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.86
9.89
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
40.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
160
178.77
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.34
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
12
13.41
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA