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Name	Team	Age
Henry Branson	Retired (1958, Age 38)	Died (2007, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8 (1950)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	9 years (44 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	C
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	1/26/1920
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	4	6
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)
B  (67.6 %)	B- (59.2 %)	C  (37.1 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Majors

72.60

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 14

1 / 15

1 / 72

1951

Majors

58.09

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 58

1952

Majors

61.79

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 61

1953

Majors

73.70

0 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 15

0 / 4

0 / 73

1954

Majors

73.20

1 / 16

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 13

0 / 10

1 / 73

1955

Majors

70.69

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 13

1 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 70

1956

Majors

68.29

1 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 13

2 / 68

1957

Majors

48.90

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 48

1958

Majors

29.80

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 29

Total

0

0

0

2 / 81

0 / 69

0 / 90

0 / 77

2 / 80

1 / 81

1 / 74

6 / 552

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1958-11-01	Henry Branson has retired from the Philadelphia Phillies
1958-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Brooklyn Dodgers receive Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Henry Branson.
1952-05-09	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds receive Dick Carney, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 1 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Henry Branson.
1951-08-29	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds receive Henry Branson, Jim Bunning from the Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers in exchange for Billy Dobson, Bill Diaz.
1951-08-08	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers. The Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers receive Jim Bunning, Henry Branson from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Billy Dobson, Bill Diaz.