| Harvey Branch | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1937-02-08)February 8, 1937 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | |
| Died: January 15, 2021(2021-01-15) (aged 83) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 18, 1962, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 18, 1962, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 5.40 |
| Strikeouts | 2 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Harvey Alfred Branch (February 8, 1937—January 15, 2021) was an American professionalbaseball player. He was aleft-handedpitcher who had a seven-year career inminor league baseball, but whoseMajor League tenure consisted of a singlegame in the uniform of theSt. Louis Cardinals on September 18, 1962.
Branch attendedAlabama State University where he playedcollege baseball andbasketball for theHornets.[1] He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg). He originally signed with theChicago Cubs in 1958 and spent five years in their minor league system. In1962, after Branch enjoyed a second consecutive successful season with the Double-ASan Antonio Missions — recording 216strikeouts in 237innings pitched[2] — the Cubs traded him to the Cardinals on September 1 forright-handed pitcherPaul Toth.
Seventeen days later, Branch made his MLB appearance as the Cardinals'starting pitcher — against Toth and the Cubs atWrigley Field.[3] He yielded a solohome run toRon Santo in the secondinning,walked in arun in the third, and gave up a third run on atriple and a ground ball out in the fifth.[3] He left the game for apinch hitter,Red Schoendienst, in the top of the sixth inning with St. Louis trailing, 3–1.[3] Branch was thelosing pitcher in an eventual 4–3 Redbird defeat. (Toth got the victory.)[3] All told, Branch yielded fivehits and threeearned runs in his five innings of work, with five walks and twostrikeouts. Those would also stand as his career MLB totals.
Branch made the Cardinals' 40-manspring training roster in1963[4] but was sent to the Triple-AAtlanta Crackers for the full season.[2] After spending that year and 1964 in the minor leagues, Branch left the game.
Branch died on January 15, 2021.[5]
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