Ralph Branca, the three-time MLB All-Star pitcher who surrendered the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run, died Wednesday morning at the age of 90.
Branca spent 12 seasons in the big leagues, including a pair of stints with the Brooklyn Dodgers. A right-handed pitcher who also played for the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees, he made three straight All-Star appearances from 1947-49.
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He is perhaps best known, however, as the pitcher of record for Bobby Thomson’s home run, which gave the New York Giants the National League pennant in 1951.