Slim Branham
Dayton Marcos 1920; Cleveland Tate Stars 1922; Harrisburg Giants 1924; Detroit Stars 1925; St. Louis Stars 1925; Cleveland Elites 1926; Indianapolis ABCs 1931; New York Black Yankees 1932
Percentile snapshot
1925 season — qualified pitchers
of 136 qualified 1925 pitchers (min 97 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .313 | -6.9 | -6.5 | .147 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 24 | 54 | 49 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .260 | .327 | .587 | 58.5 | 56.8 | .268 | 0.8 |
| 1924 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 80.5 | 80.7 | .310 | 0.0 |
| 1925 | 25 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .341 | .386 | .512 | .899 | 132.3 | 139.1 | .403 | 0.3 |
| 1926 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -43.9 | -48.3 | .093 | -1.8 |
| 1931 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 266.6 | 288.5 | .651 | 0.1 |
| 1932 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 4.000 | 776.4 | 905.4 | 1.685 | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 39.3 | 2.06 | .966 | 3.43 | 3.19 | 88.9 | 174.3 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 147 | 77 | 50 | 73 | 5 | 136.3 | 5.08 | 1.445 | 4.82 | 4.56 | 97.3 | 92.1 | 0.8 |
| 1924 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 34.7 | 5.45 | 1.673 | 2.60 | 5.49 | 125.1 | 80.5 | 0.0 |
| 1925 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 74 | 57 | 22 | 0 | 104.3 | 6.38 | 1.735 | 1.90 | 6.29 | 119.9 | 82.2 | 0.3 |
| 1926 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 40.0 | 9.68 | 2.050 | 3.38 | 6.20 | 132.2 | 48.5 | -1.8 |
| 1931 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 7.71 | 3.000 | 3.86 | 6.45 | 153.2 | 54.6 | 0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-08-11 | DAY @ KCM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1922-06-11 | ABC @ CTS Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1920-08-28 | DAY @ CHG Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1922-05-05 | CTS @ PTK Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1922-05-06 | CTS @ PTK Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-05-06 | CTS @ PTK Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1922-07-16 | KCM @ CTS Gameday | 6.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 1920-08-28 | DAY @ CHG Gameday | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1922-07-04 | PTK @ CTS Gameday | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1922-06-11 | ABC @ CTS Gameday | 7.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.