Roy Branch

Biography

Roy Branch (born July 12, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in two games for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1979. Branch attended Beaumont High School in St. Louis, Missouri. His senior season, he threw a perfect game, striking out every batter he faced in that game, and went 7–0 with a 0.59 earned run average. He was drafted in the first round, with the fifth overall pick of the 1971 MLB draft by the Kansas City Royals. He was drafted one round before the Royals selected future Hall of Famer George Brett. Branch threw a no-hitter in his first minor league season. Injuries limited his professional career. He had a bone chip removed from his elbow after only 3 starts in 1971, then had a strangulated hernia in 1973. He initially refused a demotion by the Royals in 1974.

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