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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1942 19 CIN NL 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 55 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1946 23 CIN NL 9 13 .409 2.45 33 25 5 10 5 0 194.1 160 62 53 1 79 100 4 0 4 803 136 1.230 7.4 0.0 3.7 4.6 1.27 AS
1947 24 CIN NL 22 8 .733 2.47 33 33 0 23 6 0 273.0 227 91 75 10 95 193 4 1 2 1086 166 1.179 7.5 0.3 3.1 6.4 2.03 AS,MVP-2
1948 25 CIN NL 7 9 .438 4.54 22 20 2 4 1 1 138.2 134 73 70 12 52 114 4 0 1 599 86 1.341 8.7 0.8 3.4 7.4 2.19 AS
1949 26 CIN NL 5 5 .500 4.23 30 4 17 0 0 1 76.2 80 36 36 7 34 55 3 0 1 335 98 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 6.5 1.62 AS
1950 27 CIN NL 17 15 .531 2.97 40 32 7 18 1 4 261.0 203 105 86 12 112 188 13 0 11 1102 142 1.207 7.0 0.4 3.9 6.5 1.68 AS,MVP-11
1951 28 CIN NL 16 15 .516 3.44 38 32 5 11 2 2 232.2 204 110 89 16 97 120 9 1 5 996 118 1.294 7.9 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.24 AS,MVP-19
1952 29 TOT MLB 4 12 .250 4.73 28 19 7 3 0 1 118.0 119 68 62 6 72 55 5 0 2 533 78 1.619 9.1 0.5 5.5 4.2 0.76
1952 29 CIN NL 3 12 .200 5.38 23 17 5 3 0 0 102.0 107 66 61 6 60 48 5 0 2 461 70 1.637 9.4 0.5 5.3 4.2 0.80
1952 29 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 0.56 5 2 2 0 0 1 16.0 12 2 1 0 12 7 0 0 0 72 594 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 3.9 0.58
1953 30 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 3.66 8 4 3 0 0 1 19.2 17 10 8 2 13 11 1 0 0 88 101 1.525 7.8 0.9 5.9 5.0 0.85
1955 32 KCA AL 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 18 62 2.000 6.8 2.3 11.3 4.5 0.40
10 Seasons 82 78 .513 3.30 236 169 49 69 15 10 1321.0 1150 562 484 67 562 0 839 44 2 28 5576 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .513 3.30 40 28 8 12 3 2 222 193 94 81 11 94 141 7 0 5 936 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49
CIN (8 yrs) 79 77 .506 3.32 221 163 42 69 15 8 1281.1 1118 547 472 64 532 819 42 2 28 5398 120 1.288 7.9 0.4 3.7 5.8 1.54
NYY (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 2.27 13 6 5 0 0 2 35.2 29 12 9 2 25 18 1 0 0 160 156 1.514 7.3 0.5 6.3 4.5 0.72
KCA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 18 62 2.000 6.8 2.3 11.3 4.5 0.40
NL (8 yrs) 79 77 .506 3.32 221 163 42 69 15 8 1281.1 1118 547 472 64 532 819 42 2 28 5398 120 1.288 7.9 0.4 3.7 5.8 1.54
AL (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 2.72 15 6 7 0 0 2 39.2 32 15 12 3 30 0 20 2 0 0 178 133 1.563 7.3 0.7 6.8 4.5 0.67

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1952 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.400 7.2 1.8 5.4 7.2 1.33
1 WS 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.400 7.2 1.8 5.4 7.2 1.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1946 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1947 CIN NL 24 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1948 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1949 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1950 CIN NL 27 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1951 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
6 Seasons (6 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 1.32 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 8 2 2 0 5 0 12 0 0 2 53 0.951 5.3 0.0 3.3 7.9 2.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 32 KCA AL 2 18 12 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 .222 6 2 1 0 0 0
1 Season 2 18 12 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 .222 6 2 1 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 612 408 102 102 0 0 34 0 0 170 68 .250 .500 .500 1.000 .222 204 68 34 0 0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 32 KCA AL 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0% 2 0 0 0 7 2.013 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1 Season 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0% 2 0 0 0 2.013 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1942 19 CIN NL
1946 23 CIN NL
1947 24 CIN NL
1948 25 CIN NL
1949 26 CIN NL
1950 27 CIN NL
1951 28 CIN NL
1952 29 TOT MLB
1952 29 CIN NL
1952 29 NYY AL
1953 30 NYY AL
1955 32 KCA AL 18 28% 5.6% 11.1% 27.8% 5.6% 33% 0.67 50% 8 2 25%
10 Seasons 18 28% 372.2% 4661.1% 3122.2% 5.6% 0% 0.67 50% 8 2 25%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1942 19 CIN NL 3 0 2
1946 23 CIN NL 160 1 4
1947 24 CIN NL 227 10 2
1948 25 CIN NL 134 12 1
1949 26 CIN NL 80 7 1
1950 27 CIN NL 203 12 11
1951 28 CIN NL 204 16 5
1952 29 TOT MLB 119 6 2
1952 29 CIN NL 107 6 2
1952 29 NYY AL 12 0 0
1953 30 NYY AL 17 2 0
1955 32 KCA AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 18 1150 67 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1942 19 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 55 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 55
1943 20 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 55 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 55
1944 21 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 55 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 55
1945 22 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 55 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 55
1946 23 9 13 .409 2.51 35 25 6 10 5 0 197.1 163 66 55 1 82 101 4 0 6 819 133 1.242 7.4 0.0 3.7 4.6 1.23 133
1947 24 31 21 .596 2.49 68 58 6 33 11 0 470.1 390 157 130 11 177 294 8 1 8 1905 152 1.206 7.5 0.2 3.4 5.6 1.66 152
1948 25 38 30 .559 2.96 90 78 8 37 12 1 609.0 524 230 200 23 229 408 12 1 9 2504 129 1.236 7.7 0.3 3.4 6.0 1.78 129
1949 26 43 35 .551 3.10 120 82 25 37 12 2 685.2 604 266 236 30 263 463 15 1 10 2839 124 1.264 7.9 0.4 3.5 6.1 1.76 124
1950 27 60 50 .545 3.06 160 114 32 55 13 6 946.2 807 371 322 42 375 651 28 1 21 3941 129 1.249 7.7 0.4 3.6 6.2 1.74 129
1951 28 76 65 .539 3.14 198 146 37 66 15 8 1179.1 1011 481 411 58 472 771 37 2 26 4937 127 1.257 7.7 0.4 3.6 5.9 1.63 127
1952 29 80 77 .510 3.28 226 165 44 69 15 9 1297.1 1130 549 473 64 544 826 42 2 28 5470 121 1.290 7.8 0.4 3.8 5.7 1.52 121
1953 30 82 77 .516 3.29 234 169 47 69 15 10 1317.0 1147 559 481 66 557 837 43 2 28 5558 120 1.294 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.50 120
1954 31 82 77 .516 3.29 234 169 47 69 15 10 1317.0 1147 559 481 66 557 837 43 2 28 5558 120 1.294 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.50 120
1955 32 82 78 .513 3.30 236 169 49 69 15 10 1321.0 1150 562 484 67 562 0 839 44 2 28 5576 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49 120

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1942 19 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 4 1 0 2.667 12.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 0.0 2
1946 23 13 8 .619 2.97 191.0 176 70 63 1 87 98 4 1.377 8.3 4.1 4.6 1.13 0.0 33
1947 24 21 8 .724 2.51 269.0 228 83 75 10 95 190 4 1.201 7.6 3.2 6.4 2.00 0.3 33
1948 25 6 9 .400 4.63 142.0 142 81 73 13 55 117 4 1.387 9.0 3.5 7.4 2.13 0.8 22
1949 26 4 4 .500 4.09 77.0 81 39 35 7 34 55 3 1.494 9.5 4.0 6.4 1.62 0.8 30
1950 27 20 10 .667 2.77 273.0 206 93 84 12 114 197 13 1.172 6.8 3.8 6.5 1.73 0.4 40
1951 28 15 11 .577 3.35 239.0 209 99 89 16 99 123 9 1.289 7.9 3.7 4.6 1.24 0.6 38
1952 29 4 8 .333 5.35 116.0 127 77 69 6 77 54 5 1.759 9.9 6.0 4.2 0.70 0.5 28
1953 30 1 1 .500 4.05 20.0 18 10 9 2 14 11 1 1.600 8.1 6.3 5.0 0.79 0.9 8
1955 32 0 0 12.00 3.0 3 4 4 1 5 2 1 2.667 9.0 15.0 6.0 0.40 3.0 2
10 Seasons 84 59 .587 3.40 1333.0 1194 559 504 68 584 848 44 1.334 8.1 5.7 1.45 0.5 236

* 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL--2.455--4th
1947 NL--2.473--2nd
1950 NL--2.966--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1947 NL--22--1st
1950 NL--17--9th
1951 NL--16--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL--.733--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1946 NL--1.230--8th
1947 NL--1.180--2nd
1950 NL--1.207--4th
1951 NL--1.294--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--7.410--3rd
1947 NL--7.484--2nd
1950 NL--7.000--1st
1951 NL--7.891--3rd
Career--7.835--72nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--4.631--3rd
1947 NL--6.363--1st
1950 NL--6.483--1st
1951 NL--4.642--7th

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL--4--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 NL--273.0--3rd
1950 NL--261.0--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL--100--7th
1947 NL--193--1st
1948 NL--114--7th
1950 NL--188--2nd
1951 NL--120--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1947 NL--33--4th
1950 NL--32--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 NL--23--1st
1950 NL--18--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL--5--1st
1947 NL--6--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 NL--95--4th
1950 NL--112--3rd
1951 NL--97--4th

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL--227--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL--1.266--8th
1947 NL--2.032--1st
1950 NL--1.679--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--.046--1st
1947 NL--.330--1st
1950 NL--.414--2nd
1951 NL--.619--7th

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL--13--9th
1950 NL--15--8th
1951 NL--15--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL--4--9th
1950 NL--11--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL--4--8th
1947 NL--4--6th
1948 NL--4--7th
1950 NL--13--1st
1951 NL--9--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 NL--1086--4th
1950 NL--1102--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 NL--17--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL--136--5th
1947 NL--166--2nd
1950 NL--142--2nd
Career--120--115th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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