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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Cliff Branch Center Field
Retired (1972, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .210 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .665 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 30 Age at Death 87 Date of Birth 09-02-1938
HR 6 Drafted Round 3, Pick 33
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 1 years
(77 games)
RBI 19
SB 2
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed A  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF D- (11.1%) Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (93.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 22 42.00 7 / 8 1 / 2 2 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 11 7 / 10 3 / 3 25 / 42
1961 Minors 23 24.00 3 / 4 4 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 6 0 / 0 2 / 4 1 / 3 14 / 24
1962 Minors 24 17.00 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 5 9 / 17
1963 Minors 25 26.00 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 3 4 / 6 5 / 6 17 / 26
1963 Majors 25 2.03 12 0 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1964 Minors 26 19.00 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 4 0 / 1 3 / 5 2 / 3 8 / 19
1965 Majors 27 16.00 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 3 5 / 16
1966 Minors 28 2.00 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1966 Majors 28 7.24 34 8 0 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 2 / 7
1967 Majors 29 27.42 162 9 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 4 2 / 27
1968 Minors 30 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 15
1968 Majors 30 2.91 21 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1969 Majors 31 1.67 10 2 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1970 Majors 32 19.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 19
1971 Majors 33 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 15
1972 Majors 34 18.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 18
Total 239 19 0 18 / 30 11 / 27 7 / 38 15 / 38 4 / 34 19 / 45 14 / 40 88 / 252
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Cliff Branch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-05-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have waived Cliff Branch.
1969-04-12The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Cliff Branch for assignment.
1969-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Cliff Branch to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Hick Olson to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Gordon Kienzle to the major league team.
1968-06-27The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Cliff Branch for assignment.
1968-06-03The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Cliff Branch to the major league team.
1968-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Julie Schreiber to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Dan Rigby to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Cliff Branch for assignment. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have sent Frank Little to the minors.
1966-09-23The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Cliff Branch to the major league team.
1966-08-14The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Cliff Branch for assignment.
1966-07-15The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Cliff Branch to the major league team.
1966-07-15The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have acquired Cliff Branch from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have waived Cliff Branch.
1964-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have sent Cliff Branch to the minors. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have sent Hick Olson to the minors.
1963-09-19The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Cliff Branch to the major league team.
1960-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have renamed Ray Goodwin to Cliff Branch.