Al Brancato

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 188lb (175cm, 85kg)

Born: May 29, 1919 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: June 14, 2012 in Media, PA

Buried: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, PA

High School: South Philadelphia HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: September 7, 1939 (Age 20-101d, 8,700th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1945 (Age 26-113d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Albert Brancato

Nicknames: Bronk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.3

930

199

.214

117

RBI

OBP

.290

SLG

.290

OPS

.580

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	L,5-19	CG	53	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	0	4	2	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	11	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14 (2)	May 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-13	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	17 (2)	May 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,17-11	GF	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	18	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
14	19	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	13.1	5	3	0	8	1
15	20	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
16	21	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
17	22	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	23	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
19	24	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
20	25	May 14	PHA		SLB	L,5-10	GS	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	26	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	27	May 16	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
23	28	May 17	PHA		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
24	29	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
25	30	May 19	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
26	31	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	2	8	2
27	32	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
28	33	May 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
29	34	May 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	35	May 24 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	36	May 25	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	GS	0		3	5	0	8	1
32	37	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	6	1	9	0
33	38	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	39	May 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	16.0	1	9	2	12	2
35	40	May 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	41	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	42	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
39	44	Jun 1 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
40	45	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
41	46	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	3
42	47	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
43	48	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	2	1	2	5	0
44	49	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
45	50	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	51	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	0		5	2	1	8	0
47	52	Jun 11	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
48	53	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	54	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
50	55	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	56	Jun 17	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	57	Jun 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
53	58	Jun 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
54	59	Jun 21	PHA		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
55	60	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-14	GS	27	4.0	0	1	1	2	0
56	61	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
57	62	Jun 24	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
58	63	Jun 25	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
59	64	Jun 26	PHA		DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	65	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
61	66	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	67	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	68	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	69	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
65	70	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
66	71	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	72	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
68	73	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	74	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	75	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
71	76	Jul 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
72	77	Jul 13	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
73	78	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 15	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	80	Jul 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
76	81	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
77	82	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
78	83	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	84	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	85	Jul 20 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	49	13.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	87	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	88	Jul 23	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
84	89	Jul 24	PHA		SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
85	90	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
86	91	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
87	92	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
88	93	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
89	94	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	95	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	11.0	0	3	0	3	1
91	96	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	8	2	12	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	97	Aug 2	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
93	98	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	99	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	100	Aug 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	101	Aug 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
97	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
99	104	Aug 8	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	105	Aug 9	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	107	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	6	2	12	3
103	108	Aug 12	PHA		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
104	109	Aug 13	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	53	11.0	3	4	1	8	1
106	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
107	112	Aug 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
108	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
109	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
110	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
111	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
112	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	6	3	10	1
113	118	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
114	120 (1)	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	123 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
116	124	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	125	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
118	126	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	127	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
120	128	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	129	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	130	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,11-13	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
123	131	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	132	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	1	2	3	6	0
125	133	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
126	134	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-8	GS	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
127	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
128	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
129	137	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	L,7-13	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
130	138	Sep 10	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
132	140	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	141	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
134	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	2	10	2
136	144	Sep 15	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
137	145	Sep 16	PHA		SLB	L,8-9	CG	53	12.0	7	4	1	12	1
138	146	Sep 17	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
139	147	Sep 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
140	148	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	0		5	2	2	9	3
141	150 (1)	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
142	151	Sep 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
143	154 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
							146gm		1219.0	267	403	61	731	82