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Rip Sewell

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Full Name: Truett Banks Sewell Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180 First Game: June 14, 1932
Birthdate: May 11, 1907 Final Game: September 18, 1949
Birthplace: Decatur, Alabama MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: September 3, 1989
Deathplace: Plant City, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 11, 1907 in Decatur, Alabama, Rip Sewell (Truett Banks Sewell) played for the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 13 year career. Sewell broke into the bigs on June 14, 1932 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.08 ERA in 176.1 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rip Sewell's best season was 1943, when he posted a 2.54 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 65 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1932 DET A 5 0 0 0 12.66 2 15 15 0 0 0 10.2 19 2 8 0 0 0
1938 PIT N 17 0 0 1 4.23 17 27 18 0 0 1 38.1 41 3 21 0 3 2
1939 PIT N 52 12 10 9 4.08 69 93 80 5 1 2 176.1 177 10 73 0 1 1
1940 PIT N 33 23 16 5 2.80 60 71 59 14 2 1 189.2 169 6 67 0 2 3
1941 PIT N 39 32 14 17 3.72 76 126 103 18 2 2 249 225 18 84 0 8 3
1942 PIT N 40 33 17 15 3.41 69 117 94 18 5 2 248 259 13 72 0 4 2
1943 PIT N 35 31 21 9 2.54 65 94 75 25 2 3 265.1 267 6 75 0 2 2
1944 PIT N 38 33 21 12 3.18 87 112 101 24 3 2 286 263 15 99 0 1 3
1945 PIT N 33 24 11 9 4.07 60 116 85 9 1 1 188 212 9 91 0 5 2
1946 PIT N 25 20 8 12 3.68 33 68 61 11 2 0 149.1 140 6 53 0 2 1
1947 PIT N 24 12 6 4 3.57 36 58 48 4 1 0 121 121 11 36 0 1 3
1948 PIT N 21 17 13 3 3.48 36 51 47 7 0 0 121.2 126 9 37 0 1 1
1949 PIT N 28 6 6 1 3.91 26 35 33 2 1 1 76 82 8 32 0 0 0
Total NL 385 243 143 97 3.43 634 968 804 137 20 15 2108.2 2082 114 740 0 30 23
Total AL 5 0 0 0 12.66 2 15 15 0 0 0 10.2 19 2 8 0 0 0
Total 390 243 143 97 3.48 636 983 819 137 20 15 2119.1 2101 116 748 0 30 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1932 DET A P 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 PIT N P 17 0 0 0 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1939 PIT N P 52 0 0 9 47 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1940 PIT N P 33 0 0 17 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1941 PIT N P 39 0 0 21 56 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1942 PIT N P 40 0 0 19 51 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1943 PIT N P 35 0 0 13 60 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1944 PIT N P 38 0 0 21 49 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1945 PIT N P 33 0 0 10 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1946 PIT N P 25 0 0 8 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1947 PIT N P 24 0 0 10 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1948 PIT N P 21 0 0 10 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1949 PIT N P 28 0 0 3 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .882
Total P 390 0 0 142 445 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 .954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1932 DET A 5 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 PIT N 17 12 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1939 PIT N 52 55 5 11 1 4 .200 .241 .273 1 0 3 11 0 4 0 0 1
1940 PIT N 47 73 14 14 1 4 .192 .224 .288 2 1 3 19 0 1 0 0 1
1941 PIT N 42 92 12 16 1 5 .174 .200 .228 2 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 4
1942 PIT N 41 87 9 13 0 4 .149 .178 .184 3 0 3 19 0 1 2 0 2
1943 PIT N 41 105 9 30 0 17 .286 .299 .343 4 1 2 21 0 1 7 0 2
1944 PIT N 44 112 10 25 1 12 .223 .237 .304 4 1 2 19 0 2 1 0 1
1945 PIT N 35 64 10 20 0 6 .313 .380 .359 3 0 7 11 0 1 1 0 1
1946 PIT N 26 50 4 9 0 1 .180 .241 .220 2 0 4 12 0 2 1 0 4
1947 PIT N 24 40 2 5 1 4 .125 .146 .200 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 3
1948 PIT N 21 42 5 6 1 2 .143 .250 .238 1 0 6 15 0 1 0 0 0
1949 PIT N 28 16 1 1 0 0 .063 .250 .063 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 0
Total NL 418 748 81 151 6 59 .202 .240 .263 22 3 37 153 1 19 12 0 20
Total AL 5 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 423 750 81 152 6 59 .203 .241 .264 22 3 37 154 1 19 12 0 20

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Buffalo (International) to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 10, 1937).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 29, 1947).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 1, 1949).

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