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Slim Branham



Finis Ernest Branham
(Legs; Ironman; Rascacielos)
Also known as Finest Branham
Born: April 7, 1900
in Castalian Springs, TN
Died: January 19, 1957 in Cleveland, OH
          (56 years old)

Bats: R
Throws: R
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 198
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Notes:


• Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery (Cleveland, OH)
• Relatives: George Branham (Brother)


Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Compare With:

Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
SP
18
1923-1945
✔
66.0
28.9
3.0
34.5
-0.4
2
SP
18
1917-1938
✔
58.3
24.6
-1.0
35.9
-1.1
3
SP
26
1907-1932
✔
54.6
4.6
0.3
50.0
-0.1
4
SP
20
1908-1926
✔
49.3
2.2
0.5
46.2
0.4
5
SP
19
1907-1926
40.3
13.9
-4.9
33.1
-1.8
6
SP
22
1911-1936
39.6
-0.2
-0.4
40.3
-0.1
7
SP
15
1923-1937
✔
37.4
-0.7
-0.1
38.4
0.0
8
SP
15
1923-1937
36.7
1.7
-0.1
35.2
-0.1
9
SP
12
1915-1926
33.0
-1.2
-0.1
34.3
0.0
10
SP
11
1921-1932
31.6
4.1
-0.3
28.0
-0.2
11
SP
23
1919-1941
30.3
-2.5
-0.3
33.1
0.0
12
SP
12
1921-1932
26.2
0.7
-0.6
26.3
-0.1
13
SP
18
1920-1939
✔
25.9
-1.7
-0.1
27.7
0.0
14
SP
20
1924-1945
25.1
-2.1
0.0
27.3
0.0
15
SP
16
1922-1937
24.9
2.9
-0.8
23.1
-0.2
16
SP
16
1921-1936
23.9
1.7
0.0
22.2
0.0
17
SP
18
1925-1948
23.6
0.7
-0.1
23.0
-0.1
18
SP
11
1912-1928
23.1
1.6
-0.5
22.0
0.0
19
SP
14
1919-1932
20.8
-0.5
-0.1
21.4
0.0
20
SP
10
1921-1931
20.7
-2.0
-0.4
23.1
0.0
21
SP
13
1922-1939
20.7
0.4
0.0
20.3
0.0
22
SP
15
1919-1936
20.3
11.1
-0.4
11.0
-1.3
23
SP
8
1919-1931
20.2
-1.5
0.0
21.8
0.0
24
SP
17
1922-1940
19.6
-0.4
-0.1
20.1
0.0
25
SP
22
1920-1944
17.0
-0.2
0.8
16.7
-0.2
26
SP
12
1916-1930
17.0
0.1
0.0
16.8
0.0
27
SP
8
1925-1932
16.6
-1.6
0.0
18.2
0.0
28
SP
11
1920-1932
16.6
-1.5
-0.3
18.4
-0.1
29
SP
12
1921-1935
16.4
-1.4
-0.2
18.2
-0.1
30
SP
8
1923-1930
15.8
0.0
-0.9
16.9
-0.2
31
SP
14
1919-1932
15.4
0.1
-0.1
15.3
0.0
32
SP
11
1920-1930
14.8
-2.2
-0.1
17.1
0.0
33
SP
8
1926-1936
14.1
0.0
-0.1
14.2
0.0
34
SP
13
1919-1934
13.5
6.1
-1.7
9.6
-0.5
35
SP
12
1916-1932
12.6
3.7
0.3
9.3
-0.8
36
SP
19
1909-1932
12.6
-2.7
0.0
15.4
0.0
37
SP
5
1926-1941
12.1
0.8
0.1
11.1
0.0
38
SP
7
1921-1927
11.7
3.7
0.0
8.1
-0.2
39
SP
18
1917-1934
11.7
1.6
-0.5
10.8
-0.2
40
SP
13
1923-1940
11.3
0.4
0.0
11.1
-0.2
41
SP
25
1917-1944
11.2
1.1
-0.7
10.7
0.1
42
SP
9
1921-1929
10.8
-1.3
-0.4
12.5
0.0
43
SP
10
1921-1930
10.4
0.7
0.4
9.4
-0.1
44
SP
18
1918-1939
10.4
-0.1
-0.4
11.9
-0.9
45
SP
6
1922-1931
10.0
-0.3
-0.1
10.3
0.0
46
SP
16
1919-1935
9.5
5.1
-0.1
5.2
-0.6
47
SP
11
1921-1931
9.4
-1.4
0.0
10.8
0.0
48
SP
10
1917-1930
8.8
1.0
-0.2
8.0
0.0
49
SP
6
1925-1930
8.7
-1.3
-0.1
10.2
0.0
50
SP
9
1925-1934
8.0
-0.9
0.0
8.8
0.0
51
SP
9
1914-1928
7.8
-0.1
-0.2
8.1
0.0
52
SP
5
1926-1930
7.8
0.8
-0.8
8.0
-0.2
53
SP
16
1921-1937
7.2
0.5
0.2
6.8
-0.3
54
SP
14
1913-1928
7.0
-0.7
-0.1
8.3
-0.5
55
SP
13
1921-1935
6.8
2.0
-0.2
5.1
0.0
56
SP
5
1923-1927
6.8
1.7
0.5
4.7
-0.1
57
SP
7
1921-1927
6.5
0.9
0.3
5.3
-0.1
58
SP
14
1924-1941
5.7
1.5
0.5
3.9
-0.2
59
SP
6
1924-1929
5.4
1.1
-0.1
4.4
0.0
60
SP
9
1923-1931
5.3
0.3
-0.2
5.3
0.0
61
SP
6
1923-1928
5.1
0.2
0.1
4.8
0.0
62
SP
14
1926-1944
5.1
-2.5
0.0
7.6
0.0
63
SP
9
1919-1928
5.1
0.5
0.2
4.3
0.0
64
SP
6
1921-1926
5.0
-0.8
-0.2
6.0
0.0
65
SP
18
1906-1927
4.9
3.5
-0.5
2.0
-0.2
66
SP
4
1925-1928
4.7
-0.6
-0.5
5.9
-0.1
67
SP
9
1920-1932
4.6
0.1
0.0
4.6
0.0
68
SP
13
1912-1930
4.6
1.1
-4.2
8.2
-0.5
69
SP
5
1924-1928
4.3
0.3
0.0
4.1
0.0
70
SP
6
1924-1930
4.3
0.8
0.1
3.4
0.0
71
SP
19
1910-1931
4.0
-1.5
-0.8
6.3
-0.1
72
SP
12
1920-1932
3.8
-1.3
-0.1
5.2
0.0
73
SP
12
1921-1934
3.5
-0.6
0.3
3.8
-0.1
74
SP
7
1923-1929
3.4
-0.6
-0.1
4.1
0.0
75
SP
4
1916-1928
2.8
0.6
-0.2
2.5
0.0
76
SP
3
1925-1927
2.7
-0.1
0.0
2.8
0.0
77
SP
4
1920-1926
2.7
-0.7
0.0
3.3
0.0
78
SP
3
1925-1927
2.5
-0.3
0.0
2.8
0.0
79
SP
14
1916-1934
2.2
-1.1
-0.1
3.4
0.0
80
SP
6
1919-1927
2.1
0.2
0.3
1.6
0.0
81
SP
3
1926-1928
1.9
-0.6
0.0
2.5
0.0
82
SP
6
1923-1929
1.3
0.8
-0.1
0.6
0.0
83
SP
2
1925-1927
1.1
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
84
SP
4
1921-1926
1.1
0.2
-0.2
1.2
0.0
85
SP
7
1923-1931
1.0
1.9
0.2
-0.8
-0.2
86
SP
10
1921-1931
1.0
1.5
-1.1
0.9
-3.7
87
SP
11
1922-1934
0.9
0.3
-0.1
0.6
0.0
88
SP
3
1924-1926
0.9
-0.1
0.0
1.0
0.0
89
SP
5
1920-1927
0.7
-0.2
0.0
0.9
0.0
90
SP
4
1923-1929
0.7
-0.1
0.0
0.9
0.0
91
SP
10
1921-1932
0.7
0.8
-0.4
0.3
0.0
92
SP
2
1922-1926
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
93
SP
7
1923-1929
0.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.6
0.0
94
SP
12
1917-1929
0.3
2.4
-0.6
-0.7
-0.8
95
SP
3
1922-1929
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
96
SP
1
1926
0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
97
SP
9
1926-1944
0.2
0.7
0.0
-0.4
0.0
98
SP
2
1921-1926
0.2
-0.5
0.0
0.7
0.0
99
SP
3
1924-1931
0.1
-0.6
0.1
0.6
-0.1
100
SP
3
1926-1928
0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0

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