Ralph Branca vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Ralph Branca
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Claude Passeau posted a stronger line than Ralph Branca. Claude Passeau posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.32 vs 3.79) and WHIP (1.318 vs 1.371). By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Branca and Claude Passeau

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
1.1
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.53
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.39
58.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
3.79
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4452
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1372
8.32
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
4.02
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
5.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.19
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6372
38.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
4.26
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5678
34.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Ralph Branca and Claude Passeau

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
48.3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.8
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
25.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.8
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.26
95.26
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Branca and Claude Passeau

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PAverified
322
359.78
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
537
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
464
518.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
66
73.74
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
57
63.69
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
15.71
17.55
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
80
89.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
102
113.97
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
35
39.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
31
34.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
64
71.51
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
8.86
9.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
40.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
178.77
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.34
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
13.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100