# Harvey Branch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harvey_Branch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harvey_Branch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Branch > Source revision: 1333926507 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American baseball player (born 1939)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Harvey Branch |position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) |image= |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1937|2|8}} |birth_place=[Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee), U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2021|1|15|1937|2|8}} |death_place=Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 18 |debutyear=1962 |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 18 |finalyear=1962 |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) |stat1value=0–1 |stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average) |stat2value=5.40 |stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s |stat3value=2 |teams= *[St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{by|1962}}) }} '''Harvey Alfred Branch''' (February 8, 1937—January 15, 2021) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. He was a [left-handed](/source/left-handed) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who had a seven-year career in [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball), but whose [Major League](/source/Major_League_Baseball) tenure consisted of a single [game](/source/games_played) in the uniform of the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) on September 18, 1962. Branch attended [Alabama State University](/source/Alabama_State_University) where he played [college baseball](/source/Alabama_State_Hornets_baseball) and [basketball](/source/Alabama_State_Hornets_basketball) for the [Hornets](/source/Alabama_State_Hornets).{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Charlie |title=Tiefenauer, Branch Steady Staff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/117859620/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=[The Atlanta Constitution](/source/The_Atlanta_Constitution) |date=15 April 1963 |pages=12}} He stood {{convert|6|ft}} tall and weighed {{convert|170|lb}}. He originally signed with the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) in 1958 and spent five years in their minor league system. In {{by|1962}}, after Branch enjoyed a second consecutive successful season with the Double-A [San Antonio Missions](/source/San_Antonio_Missions) — recording 216 [strikeouts](/source/strikeouts) in 237 [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched)[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=branch001har Minor league statistics] from [Baseball Reference](/source/Baseball_Reference) — the Cubs traded him to the Cardinals on September 1 for [right-handed](/source/right-handed) pitcher [Paul Toth](/source/Paul_Toth). Seventeen days later, Branch made his MLB appearance as the Cardinals' [starting pitcher](/source/starting_pitcher) — against Toth and the Cubs at [Wrigley Field](/source/Wrigley_Field).[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B09180CHN1962.htm 1962-9-18 box score from Retrosheet] He yielded a solo [home run](/source/home_run) to [Ron Santo](/source/Ron_Santo) in the second [inning](/source/inning_(baseball)), [walked](/source/base_on_balls) in a [run](/source/run_(baseball)) in the third, and gave up a third run on a [triple](/source/triple_(baseball)) and a ground ball out in the fifth. He left the game for a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter), [Red Schoendienst](/source/Red_Schoendienst), in the top of the sixth inning with St. Louis trailing, 3–1. Branch was the [losing pitcher](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) in an eventual 4–3 Redbird defeat. (Toth got the victory.) All told, Branch yielded five [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and three [earned runs](/source/earned_runs) in his five innings of work, with five walks and two [strikeouts](/source/strikeouts). Those would also stand as his career MLB totals. Branch made the Cardinals' 40-man [spring training](/source/spring_training) roster in {{by|1963}}''Baseball Digest,'' April 1963, page 124 but was sent to the Triple-A [Atlanta Crackers](/source/Atlanta_Crackers) for the full season. After spending that year and 1964 in the minor leagues, Branch left the game. Branch died on January 15, 2021.[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brancha01 Harvey Branch] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/brancha01|brm=branch001har}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Branch, Harvey}} Category:1937 births Category:2021 deaths Category:African-American baseball players Category:Alabama State Hornets baseball players Category:Atlanta Crackers players Category:Baseball players from Memphis, Tennessee Category:Burlington Bees players Category:Houston Buffs players Category:Jacksonville Suns players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Paris Lakers players Category:St. Cloud Rox players Category:St. Louis Cardinals players Category:San Antonio Missions players Category:Sultanes de Monterrey players Category:Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen Category:American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Category:Alabama State Hornets basketball players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:African-American United States Army personnel Category:20th-century United States Army personnel {{US-baseball-pitcher-1930s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Harvey Branch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Branch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Branch?action=history)). 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