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Rip Sewell

Truett Banks Sewell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 11, 1907 in Decatur, AL
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1932
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers 1932-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: September 3, 1989 in Plant City, FL
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Plant City, FL
Relatives: Cousin of Joe Sewell, Cousin of Luke Sewell and Cousin of Tommy Sewell
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1931	24	RAL,NVL	C,A	58	130	130		35	4	4	5						.269	.269	.477	.746		62					RAL,NVL · PIED,SOUA
1932	25	DET-min	AA,A	21	22	22		8	2	0	0						.364	.364	.455	.818		10					TTO,BMT · IL,TL
1932	25	DET	AL	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0	/1

1933	26	SLE	AA	82	149	149		38	6	1	3						.255	.255	.369	.624		55					SLE · PCL
1934	27	TOL	AA	50	98	98		28	5	1	0						.286	.286	.357	.643		35					TOL · AA
1935	28	LOU	AA	64	96	96		21	4	0	0						.219	.219	.260	.479		25					LOU · AA
1936	29	BFL	AA	31	67	67		14	3	0	1						.209	.209	.299	.507		20					BFL · IL
1937	30	BFL	AA	33	87	87		26	5	0	4						.299	.299	.494	.793		43					BFL · IL
1938	31	PIT	NL	17	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54	1	1	0	0	1
1939	32	PIT	NL	52	62	55	5	11	1	0	1	4	0		3	11	.200	.241	.273	.514	39	15	1	0	4	1
1940	33	PIT	NL	47	77	73	14	14	2	1	1	4	0		3	19	.192	.224	.288	.511	41	21	1	0	1	1	MVP-25
1941	34	PIT	NL	42	99	92	12	16	2	0	1	5	0		3	15	.174	.200	.228	.428	20	21	4	0	4	1
1942	35	PIT	NL	41	91	87	9	13	3	0	0	4	2		3	19	.149	.178	.184	.362	5	16	2	0	1	1
1943	36	PIT	NL	41	108	105	9	30	4	1	0	17	7		2	21	.286	.299	.343	.642	82	36	2	0	1	1	AS,MVP-6
1944	37	PIT	NL	44	116	112	10	25	4	1	1	12	1		2	19	.223	.237	.304	.540	49	34	1	0	2	1	AS,MVP-11
1945	38	PIT	NL	35	72	64	10	20	3	0	0	6	1		7	11	.313	.380	.359	.740	103	23	1	0	1	1
1946	39	PIT	NL	26	55	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1		4	12	.180	.241	.220	.461	29	11	4	0	2	1	AS
1947	40	PIT	NL	24	41	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0		1	6	.125	.146	.200	.346	-10	8	3	0	0	1
1948	41	PIT	NL	21	48	42	5	6	1	0	1	2	0		6	15	.143	.250	.238	.488	32	10	0	0	1	1
1949	42	PIT	NL	28	22	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	.063	.250	.063	.313	-13	1	0	1	2	1
1950	43	PIT-min	A																								CHS · SALL
13 Yrs				423	805	750	81	152	22	3	6	59	12	0	37	154	.203	.241	.264	.505	40	198	20	1	19
162 Game Avg.				162	308	287	31	58	8	1	2	23	5		14	59	.203	.241	.264	.505	40	76		0	7

PIT (12 yrs)				418	803	748	81	151	22	3	6	59	12		37	153	.202	.240	.263	.504	40	197	20	1	19
DET (1 yr)				5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0

NL (12 yrs)				418	803	748	81	151	22	3	6	59	12		37	153	.202	.240	.263	.504	40	197	20	1	19
AL (1 yr)				5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1932	25	DET	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1938	31	PIT	NL	17	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1939	32	PIT	NL	52	62	-5	0	0	0	7	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	-0.0	4	$	1
1940	33	PIT	NL	47	77	-6	0	0	0	8	2	0.2	3	5	0.2	.505	.502	0.2	-0.0	5	$	1	MVP-25
1941	34	PIT	NL	42	99	-10	0	0	0	11	1	0.1	3	4	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	5	$	1
1942	35	PIT	NL	41	91	-10	0	0	0	9	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1943	36	PIT	NL	41	108	-3	1	0	0	9	7	0.8	3	10	0.8	.519	.505	0.8	0.0	10	$	1	AS,MVP-6
1944	37	PIT	NL	44	116	-8	0	0	0	11	3	0.3	4	6	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$	1	AS,MVP-11
1945	38	PIT	NL	35	72	0	-0	0	0	6	6	0.7	2	9	0.7	.519	.504	0.7	0.0	9	$	1
1946	39	PIT	NL	26	55	-5	0	0	0	6	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1	AS
1947	40	PIT	NL	24	41	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1948	41	PIT	NL	21	48	-4	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	2	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1949	42	PIT	NL	28	22	-3	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
13 Seasons				423	805	-62	1	0	0	80	19	2.0	26	45	2.1	.505	.501	2.1	-0.1	45	$

PIT (12 yrs)				418	803	-62	1	0	0	80	19	1.9	26	45	2.1	.505	.501	2.1	-0.1	45	$
DET (1 yr)				5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1932	25	DET	AL	2	1	1	26.8	115	1.000	.500	.290	.500	.362	.500	.426	1.000	.788	156	.956	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1938	31	PIT	NL	12	12	0	0.0	99	.091	.083	.275	.083	.339	.083	.391	.167	.730	-54	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
1939	32	PIT	NL	62	49	4	2.2	102	.233	.200	.278	.241	.343	.273	.397	.514	.740	39	.206	-4.9	-0.5	.400	.127	.073	.0
1940	33	PIT	NL	77	61	5	2.2	97	.245	.192	.271	.224	.335	.288	.389	.511	.724	41	.223	-6.3	-0.6	.400	.137	.096	.0
1941	34	PIT	NL	99	84	4	1.3	94	.197	.174	.266	.200	.336	.228	.375	.428	.711	20	.104	-10.1	-1.1	.300	.087	.054	.0
1942	35	PIT	NL	91	77	3	1.0	89	.191	.149	.259	.178	.332	.184	.360	.362	.692	5	.086	-10.8	-1.2	.276	.092	.034	.0
1943	36	PIT	NL	108	78	11	3.8	92	.357	.286	.269	.299	.339	.343	.366	.642	.704	82	.484	-3.0	-0.3	.584	.143	.057	.0
1944	37	PIT	NL	116	90	8	2.4	97	.261	.223	.273	.237	.340	.304	.383	.540	.723	49	.263	-8.3	-0.9	.420	.107	.080	1.0
1945	38	PIT	NL	72	46	9	5.2	100	.377	.313	.278	.380	.348	.359	.384	.740	.732	103	.592	0.6	0.1	.689	.172	.047	.0
1946	39	PIT	NL	55	47	3	1.7	95	.237	.180	.266	.241	.342	.220	.372	.461	.714	29	.172	-4.8	-0.5	.356	.140	.040	.0
1947	40	PIT	NL	41	38	1	0.7	108	.121	.125	.278	.146	.354	.200	.412	.346	.765	-10	.031	-6.7	-0.7	.237	.100	.075	.0
1948	41	PIT	NL	48	37	3	2.2	104	.192	.143	.271	.250	.346	.238	.402	.488	.748	32	.209	-4.2	-0.4	.444	.238	.095	.0
1949	42	PIT	NL	22	17	0	0.0	106	.083	.063	.273	.250	.347	.063	.408	.313	.755	-13	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.333	.188	.000
13 Yrs				805	637	52	2.2	97	.247	.203	.270	.241	.340	.264	.381	.505	.722	40	.232	-63.4	-6.6	.401	.127	.061	8.0
162 Game Avg.				308	244	20	2.2	97	.247	.203	.270	.241	.340	.264	.381	.505	.722	40	.232	-63.4	-6.6	.401	.127	.061	3

PIT (12 yrs)				803	636	51	2.2	97	.246	.202	.270	.240	.340	.263	.381	.504	.721	40	.227	-63.5	-6.6	.400	.127	.061	8.0
DET (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	115	1.000	.500	.290	.500	.362	.500	.426	1.000	.788	156	.956	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

NL (12 yrs)				803	636	51	2.2	97	.246	.202	.270	.240	.340	.263	.381	.504	.721	40	.227	-63.5	-6.6	.400	.127	.061	8.0
AL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	115	1.000	.500	.290	.500	.362	.500	.426	1.000	.788	156	.956	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1943	PIT	NL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1944	PIT	NL	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945	PIT	NL	38	DNP
1946	PIT	NL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (3 GP)				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1932	25	DET	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%

1938	31	PIT	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0				92%
1939	32	PIT	NL	62	1.6%	17.7%	4.8%	3.2%	18%	3.67	5.0	55.0	13.8		69%
1940	33	PIT	NL	77	1.3%	24.7%	3.9%	5.2%	29%	6.33	3.8	73.0	18.3		69%
1941	34	PIT	NL	99	1.0%	15.2%	3.0%	3.0%	19%	5.00	6.1	92.0	18.4		77%
1942	35	PIT	NL	91	0.0%	20.9%	3.3%	3.3%	23%	6.33	4.6		21.8		75%
1943	36	PIT	NL	108	0.0%	19.4%	1.9%	4.6%	17%	10.50	5.0		6.2		78%
1944	37	PIT	NL	116	0.9%	16.4%	1.7%	5.2%	24%	9.50	5.9	112.0	9.3		79%
1945	38	PIT	NL	72	0.0%	15.3%	9.7%	4.2%	15%	1.57	5.8		10.7		74%
1946	39	PIT	NL	55	0.0%	21.8%	7.3%	3.6%	22%	3.00	4.2		50.0		69%
1947	40	PIT	NL	41	2.4%	14.6%	2.4%	2.4%	20%	6.00	6.7	40.0	10.0		80%
1948	41	PIT	NL	48	2.1%	31.3%	12.5%	4.2%	33%	2.50	2.8	42.0	21.0	0.25	54%
1949	42	PIT	NL	22	0.0%	18.2%	13.6%	0.0%	0%	1.33	4.0			1.00	55%
13 Yrs				805	0.8%	19.1%	4.6%	3.9%	20%	4.16	4.9	125.0	12.7	0.45	73%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.9%	8.8%	6.4%	27%	1.01	10.0	64.6	8.2	0.97	79%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1932	25	DET	AL	0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1938	31	PIT	NL	-2.6	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	32	PIT	NL	-4.9	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	33	PIT	NL	-6.3	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	34	PIT	NL	-10.1	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	35	PIT	NL	-10.8	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	36	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	37	PIT	NL	-8.4	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	38	PIT	NL	0.6	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	39	PIT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	40	PIT	NL	-6.7	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	41	PIT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	26	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.49	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.80	-0.9	0
1949	42	PIT	NL	-2.5	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.19	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	0.91	-1.6	0
13 Yrs				-63.5	-6.6	35	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.67	-0.2	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.83	-2.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	41	PIT	NL	36%	6	0		25%	3	3	1	1
1949	42	PIT	NL	20%	2	0			0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				41%	8	12	0	25%	3	3	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	41	PIT	NL	48	92%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1949	42	PIT	NL	22	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				70	86%	152			0	0	0	0		6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	19	475%	7	20	286%	6	2	33%	18	1	6%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			1189%			100%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1932	25	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1933	26	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1934	27	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1935	28	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1936	29	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1937	30	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1		0	0
1938	31	22	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	2	1	0	0
1939	32	74	76	69	5	13	1	0	1	4	0	3	13	.188	.222	.246	.469	27	17	2	0	4
1940	33	121	153	142	19	27	3	1	2	8	0	6	32	.190	.223	.268	.491	34	38	3	0	5
1941	34	163	252	234	31	43	5	1	3	13	0	9	47	.184	.214	.252	.466	29	59	7	0	9
1942	35	204	343	321	40	56	8	1	3	17	2	12	66	.174	.204	.234	.438	22	75	9	0	10
1943	36	245	451	426	49	86	12	2	3	34	9	14	87	.202	.227	.261	.488	37	111	11	0	11
1944	37	289	567	538	59	111	16	3	4	46	10	16	106	.206	.229	.270	.499	39	145	12	0	13
1945	38	324	639	602	69	131	19	3	4	52	11	23	117	.218	.246	.279	.525	47	168	13	0	14
1946	39	350	694	652	73	140	21	3	4	53	12	27	129	.215	.246	.275	.520	45	179	17	0	16
1947	40	374	735	692	75	145	21	3	5	57	12	28	135	.210	.240	.270	.511	42	187	20	0	16
1948	41	395	783	734	80	151	22	3	6	59	12	34	150	.206	.241	.268	.509	41	197	20	0	17
1949	42	423	805	750	81	152	22	3	6	59	12	37	154	.203	.241	.264	.505	40	198	20	1	19

Neutralized Batting

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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
1932	25	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1938	31	18	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
1939	32	55	65	58	6	12	1	0	1	5	0	3	12	.207	.246	.276	.522	4	52
1940	33	49	81	77	16	15	2	1	1	4	0	3	20	.195	.225	.286	.511	5	47
1941	34	44	102	95	12	16	2	0	1	5	0	3	16	.168	.194	.221	.415	4	42
1942	35	43	96	92	10	14	3	0	0	4	2	3	20	.152	.179	.185	.364	3	41
1943	36	43	114	111	10	33	4	1	0	20	8	2	22	.297	.310	.351	.661	13	41
1944	37	46	120	116	10	26	4	1	1	12	1	2	20	.224	.237	.302	.539	8	44
1945	38	37	74	66	10	20	3	0	0	6	1	7	11	.303	.370	.348	.718	8	35
1946	39	27	59	53	5	10	2	0	0	1	1	4	13	.189	.246	.226	.472	3	26
1947	40	25	43	42	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	.119	.140	.190	.330	1	24
1948	41	22	51	44	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	6	16	.136	.240	.227	.467	2	21
1949	42	29	23	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	0	28
13 Yrs		443	843	786	85	157	22	3	6	63	13	37	162	.200	.237	.258	.495	51	423
162 Game Avg.		162	308	287	31	57	8	1	2	23	5	14	59	.200	.237	.258	.495	19	423

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%) 1964 BBWAA ( 0.5%)	All-Star Games 1943 * 1944 * 1945--not played 1946 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1940 NL (25, 2%) 1943 NL (6, 38%) 1944 NL (11, 15%) 0.55 Career Shares (414th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1943 NL 5.7 (4th) 1944 NL 6.2 (2nd)
Oldest s c a p y 1946 NL born 1907-05-11 (8th) 1947 NL born 1907-05-11 (3rd) 1948 NL born 1907-05-11 (3rd) 1949 NL born 1907-05-11 (1st)

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Similar Batters

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Babe Adams (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Davis (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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