Bill
Branch
 
Nickname: Legislative
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 17, 1994 in Usa
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 21 CO GE   3 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5
2017 22 CO GE   3 3 3 3 6 7 6 5 6 5
2018 23 CO GE   3 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 5
2019 24 CO GE   3 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 5
2020 25 VA FF   3 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 5
2021 26 VA FF   3 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6
2022 27 VA FF   3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
2023 28 VA FF   3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 7
2024 29 VA FF   3 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 8 7
2025 30 VA FF   3 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 8 8
2026 31 VA FF   3 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 8 8
2027 32 VA FF   3 3 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 8
2028 33 WA GE $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 8 9 8
2029 34 WA GE $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 21 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 22 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 23 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 24 CO GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 25 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 26 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 27 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 28 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 29 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 30 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 31 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 32 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 33 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 34 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2016 21 AA   6 5 .545 74 1 0 0 0 73.7 75 32 8 30 35 3.91 .262 .332 .402 .734  
2017 22 AA   4 3 .571 66 0 0 0 0 60.3 76 46 10 25 23 6.86 .309 .373 .541 .913  
2018 23 AA   3 1 .750 29 0 0 0 1 41.7 23 9 2 15 16 1.94 .164 .245 .243 .488  
    A   5 1 .833 23 0 0 0 0 42.0 40 7 0 9 19 1.50 .261 .302 .307 .610  
2019 24 A   4 1 .800 37 0 0 0 2 34.3 35 21 2 15 16 5.51 .261 .336 .388 .724  
2020 25 AAA   0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 3 2 4 3 2.08 .213 .275 .404 .679  
    AA   3 1 .750 56 0 0 0 3 93.3 84 33 8 37 48 3.18 .244 .318 .372 .690  
2021 26 AAA   8 4 .667 74 0 0 0 1 102.0 104 46 16 42 49 4.06 .263 .334 .446 .780  
2022 27 AA   3 3 .500 73 0 0 0 4 64.7 66 26 6 27 24 3.62 .265 .337 .418 .755  
2023 28 AA   0 0 .000 49 0 0 0 0 78.3 86 43 6 28 39 4.94 .270 .329 .390 .719  
2024 29 A   4 4 .500 62 0 0 0 31 72.3 55 19 1 31 42 2.36 .210 .294 .271 .565  
2025 30 A   2 5 .286 72 0 0 0 26 85.0 81 38 6 45 35 4.02 .265 .359 .376 .735  
2026 31 A   7 2 .778 57 0 0 0 33 71.7 47 10 0 29 42 1.26 .188 .272 .224 .496  
2027 32 A   6 5 .545 46 0 0 0 26 55.0 47 16 1 22 40 2.62 .232 .307 .291 .597  
2028 33 WA GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4
    AA   4 4 .500 33 0 0 0 20 40.3 30 13 1 21 28 2.90 .208 .309 .299 .608  
    A   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 10.0 10 5 0 4 3 4.50 .238 .304 .310 .614  
2029 34 WA GE 0 2 .000 54 0 0 0 2 71.0 64 37 8 37 28 4.69 .241 .342 .350 .692 1.7
2 Years Sim 0 2 .000 56 0 0 0 3 72.3 65 37 8 37 28 4.60 .240 .340 .347 .687 2.1
2 Years AAA 8 5 .615 82 0 0 0 1 115.0 114 49 18 46 52 3.83 .258 .328 .441 .769  
7 Years AA 23 17 .575 380 1 0 0 28 452.3 440 202 41 183 213 4.02 .255 .326 .394 .721  
7 Years A 28 18 .609 304 0 0 0 119 370.3 315 116 10 155 197 2.82 .233 .312 .306 .618  
16 Years Minors 59 40 .596 766 1 0 0 148 937.6 869 367 69 384 462 3.52 .247 .321 .366 .687  
Season Average 0 1 .000 28 0 0 0 1 36.2 32 18 4 18 14 4.60 .240 .340 .347 .687  
Career Highs 0 2 .000 54 0 0 0 2 71.0 64 37 8 37 28 4.69 .241 .342 .350 .692  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   45 24 5 25 18   .237 .326 .337 .662
vs LH   20 13 3 12 10   .247 .344 .370 .714
Home 0 1 .000 26 0 0 0 1 33.7 30 15 5 17 12 4.01 .242 .333 .363 .696
Away 0 1 .000 30 0 0 0 2 38.7 35 22 3 20 16 5.12 .238 .329 .333 .663
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 11.3 13 6 2 6 5 4.77 .271 .352 .438 .789
May 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 8.7 10 6 2 7 0 6.24 .313 .436 .500 .936
June 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 6.0 4 5 0 5 2 7.50 .182 .333 .182 .515
July 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 5 1 6 8 4.50 .231 .333 .308 .641
August 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 0 16.7 7 1 0 4 5 0.54 .137 .200 .137 .337
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 1 19.7 22 14 3 9 8 6.41 .278 .352 .430 .783
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2017 22 AA   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2018 23 AA   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
2026 31 A   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.0  
2027 32 A   7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
2029 34 WA GE 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1 Years Sim 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2 Years AA 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
2 Years A 8 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .750 1.150 1.1  
4 Years Minors 16 6 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .667 1.095 1.5  
162 Game Average 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Away 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2028 33 WA GE P 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2029 34 WA GE P 54 0 71.0 1 11 2 0 .857 1.52    
Career Totals   56 0 72.3 1 11 2 0 .857 1.49    
Career Highs   54 0 71.0 1 11 2 0 .857 1.52    
History
Entered 2016 Amatuer Draft and went undrafted
Claimed by Colorado on 4/10/2016
Injured on 6/24/2018 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Virginia on 3/3/2020 (Going to VA: P Bill Branch, VA's 1st round pick in 2020. Going to CO: P Aimon Gonzalez, RF Bob Hammer)
Injured on 7/25/2023 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/2026 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week