Ewell Blackwell

Full Name: Ewell Blackwell	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/195	First Game: April 21, 1942
Birthdate: October 23, 1922	Final Game: April 18, 1955
Birthplace: Fresno, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 29, 1996
Deathplace: Hendersonville, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 23, 1922 in Fresno, California, Ewell Blackwell (Ewell Blackwell) played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 10 year career. Blackwell broke into the bigs on April 21, 1942 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.45 ERA in 194.1 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ewell Blackwell's best season was 1947, when he posted a 2.47 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 193 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1942	CIN	N	2	0	0	0	6.00	1	4	2	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	0
1946	CIN	N	33	25	9	13	2.45	100	62	53	10	5	0	194.1	160	1	79	4	4
1947	CIN	N	33	33	22	8	2.47	193	91	75	23	6	0	273	227	10	95	2	4
1948	CIN	N	22	20	7	9	4.54	114	73	70	4	1	1	138.2	134	12	52	1	4
1949	CIN	N	30	4	5	5	4.23	55	36	36	0	0	1	76.2	80	7	34	1	3
1950	CIN	N	40	32	17	15	2.97	188	105	86	18	1	4	261	203	12	112	11	13
1951	CIN	N	38	32	16	15	3.44	120	110	89	11	2	2	232.2	204	16	97	5	9
1952	NY	A	5	2	1	0	.56	7	2	1	0	0	1	16	12	0	12	0	0
1952	CIN	N	23	17	3	12	5.38	48	66	61	3	0	0	102	107	6	60	2	5
1952	Total		28	19	4	12	4.73	55	68	62	3	0	1	118	119	6	72	2	5
1953	NY	A	8	4	2	0	3.66	11	10	8	0	0	1	19.2	17	2	13	0	1
1955	KC	A	2	0	0	1	6.75	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	5	0	1
Total	NL		221	163	79	77	3.32	819	547	472	69	15	8	1281.1	1118	64	532	28	42
Total	AL		15	6	3	1	2.72	20	15	12	0	0	2	39.2	32	3	30	0	2
Total			236	169	82	78	3.30	839	562	484	69	15	10	1321	1150	67	562	28	44

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1942	CIN	N	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
1946	CIN	N	P	33	7	58	3	7	.956
1947	CIN	N	P	33	10	70	3	2	.964
1948	CIN	N	P	22	7	40	1	2	.979
1949	CIN	N	P	30	4	18	1	1	.957
1950	CIN	N	P	40	8	54	5	2	.925
1951	CIN	N	P	38	6	46	5	5	.912
1952	NY	A	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000
1952	CIN	N	P	23	2	18	0	1	1.000
1952	Total		P	28	3	20	0	1	1.000
1953	NY	A	P	8	1	3	1	0	.800
1955	KC	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	236	46	311	19	20	.949

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1942	CIN	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946	CIN	N	33	56	2	6	0	2	.107	.123	.125	1	0	1	12	6	0
1947	CIN	N	33	106	5	13	0	4	.123	.131	.142	2	0	1	17	7	2
1948	CIN	N	22	48	3	11	0	1	.229	.229	.292	3	0	0	6	3	4
1949	CIN	N	30	19	3	4	0	0	.211	.211	.211	0	0	0	4	1	0
1950	CIN	N	40	89	7	13	0	5	.146	.191	.157	1	0	5	9	7	1
1951	CIN	N	39	82	10	24	1	6	.293	.333	.390	3	1	5	12	2	1
1952	NY	A	5	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0
1952	CIN	N	23	32	1	5	0	3	.156	.156	.219	2	0	0	11	1	0
1952	Total		28	37	1	6	0	4	.162	.162	.216	2	0	0	12	1	0
1953	NY	A	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1955	KC	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		222	433	31	76	1	21	.176	.198	.215	12	1	12	71	27	8
Total	AL		15	10	0	1	0	1	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	2	1	0
Total			237	443	31	77	1	22	.174	.196	.212	12	1	12	73	28	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1942).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Schmitz, Jim Greengrass, Ernie Nevel, Bob Marquis and $35000 (August 28, 1952).
Sold by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics with Tom Gorman and Dick Kryhoski for $50000 (March 30, 1955).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (April 30, 1955).

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