Portrait of Ralph Branca, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Ralph Branca." Printed on back: "Ralph Branca. Pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers. Born: Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1926. Height: 6-3. Weight: 220. Bats: right. Throws: right. Compiled a record of 13 and 12 in 1951. Big Ralph threw the pitch which Bobby Thomson hit for Giants' pennant-winning home run. Experts agree that nothing was wrong with the pitch, but Bobby reached up and connected. Ralph first came into majors in 1944. No. 96 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
