Ewell Blackwell
Ewell Blackwell (The Whip)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 23, 1922 in Fresno, CA
High School: Bonita (Bonita, CA)
School: University of La Verne
Signed
by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1942
Final Game: April 18, 1955
Died: October 29, 1996 in Hendersonville, NC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 19 CIN NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 23 CIN NL 33 63 56 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 .107 .123 .125 .248 -28 7 0 0 6 1 AS
1947 24 CIN NL 33 114 106 5 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 17 .123 .131 .142 .272 -27 15 2 0 7 1 AS,MVP-2
1948 25 CIN NL 22 51 48 3 11 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 .229 .229 .292 .521 42 14 4 0 3 1 AS
1949 26 CIN NL 30 20 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .211 .421 13 4 0 0 1 1 AS
1950 27 CIN NL 40 101 89 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 5 9 .146 .191 .157 .349 -7 14 1 0 7 1 AS,MVP-11
1951 28 CIN NL 39 89 82 10 24 3 1 1 6 0 0 5 12 .293 .333 .390 .724 92 32 1 0 2 1 AS,MVP-19
1952 29 TOT MLB 28 38 37 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .162 .162 .216 .378 4 8 0 0 1 1
1952 29 CIN NL 23 33 32 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .156 .156 .219 .375 3 7 0 0 1 1
1952 29 NYY AL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 1 0 0 0 /1
1953 30 NYY AL 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 32 KCA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 237 483 443 31 77 12 1 1 22 0 0 12 73 .174 .196 .212 .408 10 94 8 0 28 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 330 303 21 53 8 1 1 15 0 8 50 .174 .196 .212 .408 10 64 5 0 19
CIN (8 yrs) 222 472 433 31 76 12 1 1 21 0 0 12 71 .176 .198 .215 .413 11 93 8 0 27
NYY (2 yrs) 13 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 222 472 433 31 76 12 1 1 21 0 0 12 71 .176 .198 .215 .413 11 93 8 0 27
AL (3 yrs) 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1942 19 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .256 .000 .328 .000 .356 .000 .684 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1946 23 CIN NL 63 56 1 0.5 89 .136 .107 .258 .123 .332 .125 .361 .248 .693 -28 .020 -9.5 -1.0 .160 .036 .018
1947 24 CIN NL 114 102 2 0.5 105 .146 .123 .273 .131 .348 .142 .404 .272 .752 -27 .018 -19.6 -2.0 .168 .028 .019
1948 25 CIN NL 51 44 3 1.8 99 .262 .229 .265 .229 .339 .292 .393 .521 .732 42 .162 -3.9 -0.4 .341 .063 .063
1949 26 CIN NL 20 16 1 1.7 105 .267 .211 .272 .211 .345 .211 .406 .421 .752 13 .136 -2.4 -0.2 .267 .000 .000
1950 27 CIN NL 101 84 3 1.0 108 .163 .146 .270 .191 .346 .157 .418 .349 .764 -7 .050 -14.1 -1.4 .247 .067 .011
1951 28 CIN NL 89 61 11 4.8 105 .333 .293 .270 .333 .344 .390 .409 .724 .753 92 .532 -1.1 -0.1 .627 .159 .098 .0
1952 29 TOT MLB 38 32 1 0.8 96 .240 .162 .260 .162 .334 .216 .387 .378 .721 4 .051 -4.8 -0.5 .258 .054 .054
1952 29 CIN NL 33 28 1 1.0 97 .238 .156 .262 .156 .334 .219 .389 .375 .724 3 .064 -4.2 -0.4 .259 .063 .063
1952 29 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 91 .250 .200 .253 .200 .332 .200 .369 .400 .701 14 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1953 30 NYY AL 5 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .000 .342 .000 .392 .000 .733 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1955 32 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
10 Seasons 483 402 22 1.5 102 .206 .174 .268 .196 .343 .212 .399 .408 .742 10 .113 -57.1 -5.7 .283 .065 .038 .0
162 Game Avg. 330 275 15 1.5 102 .206 .174 .268 .196 .343 .212 .399 .408 .742 10 .113 -57.1 -5.7 .283 .065 .038
CIN (8 yrs) 472 392 22 1.5 102 .208 .176 .268 .198 .343 .215 .400 .413 .743 11 .118 -55.2 -5.5 .288 .067 .039 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 10 9 0 0.0 96 .125 .100 .260 .100 .337 .100 .380 .200 .717 -44 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
NL (8 yrs) 472 392 22 1.5 102 .208 .176 .268 .198 .343 .215 .400 .413 .743 11 .118 -55.2 -5.5 .288 .067 .039 .0
AL (3 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 96 .125 .100 .260 .100 .337 .100 .380 .200 .717 -44 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CIN NL 24 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 19 CIN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1946 23 CIN NL 63 0.0% 19.1% 1.6% 1.6% 17% 12.00 4.7 28.0 70%
1947 24 CIN NL 114 0.0% 14.9% 0.9% 1.8% 15% 17.00 6.2 26.5 78%
1948 25 CIN NL 51 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 5.9% 27% 8.0 48.0 82%
1949 26 CIN NL 20 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.8 75%
1950 27 CIN NL 101 0.0% 8.9% 5.0% 1.0% 8% 1.80 9.9 17.8 79%
1951 28 CIN NL 89 1.1% 13.5% 5.6% 5.6% 21% 2.40 6.8 82.0 13.7 78%
1952 29 TOT MLB 38 0.0% 31.6% 0.0% 5.3% 33% 3.1 9.3 66%
1952 29 CIN NL 33 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 6.1% 40% 2.9 10.7 64%
1952 29 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 80%
1953 30 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 80%
1955 32 KCA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
10 Seasons 483 0.2% 15.1% 2.5% 2.9% 18% 6.08 6.1 443.0 20.1 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 32 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 0 0 34% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 32 KCA AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1 0% 77 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 2800% 1 8 800% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1943 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1944 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 23 35 64 57 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 .105 .121 .123 .243 -30 7 0 0 6
1947 24 68 178 163 7 19 3 0 0 6 0 2 29 .117 .127 .135 .262 -28 22 2 0 13
1948 25 90 229 211 10 30 6 0 0 7 0 2 35 .142 .150 .171 .321 -12 36 6 0 16
1949 26 120 249 230 13 34 6 0 0 7 0 2 39 .148 .155 .174 .329 -10 40 6 0 17
1950 27 160 350 319 20 47 7 0 0 12 0 7 48 .147 .166 .169 .335 -9 54 7 0 24
1951 28 199 439 401 30 71 10 1 1 18 0 0 12 60 .177 .201 .214 .415 12 86 8 0 26
1952 29 227 477 438 31 77 12 1 1 22 0 0 12 72 .176 .198 .215 .412 11 94 8 0 27
1953 30 235 482 443 31 77 12 1 1 22 0 0 12 73 .174 .196 .212 .408 10 94 8 0 27
1954 31 235 482 443 31 77 12 1 1 22 0 0 12 73 .174 .196 .212 .408 10 94 8 0 27
1955 32 237 483 443 31 77 12 1 1 22 0 0 12 73 .174 .196 .212 .408 10 94 8 0 28 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1946 23 34 60 59 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 13 .119 .133 .136 .269 1 33
1947 24 34 112 111 5 14 2 0 0 4 0 1 18 .126 .134 .144 .278 2 33
1948 25 23 50 50 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 22
1949 26 31 20 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 30
1950 27 42 98 93 8 14 1 0 0 6 0 5 9 .151 .194 .161 .355 3 40
1951 28 40 89 84 10 24 3 1 1 6 0 5 12 .286 .326 .381 .707 10 39
1952 29 29 39 39 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 28
1953 30 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
10 Seasons 245 474 462 33 59 7 1 1 22 0 12 76 .128 .150 .154 .303 21 237
162 Game Avg. 162 313 305 22 39 5 1 1 15 0 8 50 .128 .150 .154 .303 14 237

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *
1949 *
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-NL-2-52%
1950-NL-11-12%
1951-NL-19-2%
0.66 Career Shares (344th)

Youngest s c a p y
1942 NL--born 1922-10-23--3rd

             

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