Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Rip Sewell > Pitching

News: s-r blog:Check Out B-R’s Bullpen Wiki!

 

Photo of Rip Sewell


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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers 1932-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949 (Age 42)
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
    About biographical information

18
22
44
30
30
30
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1932 25 DET AL 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
1938 31 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.23 17 0 11 0 0 1 38.1 41 27 18 3 21 17 2 0 3 176 90 1.617 9.6 0.7 4.9 4.0 0.81
1939 32 PIT NL 10 9 .526 4.08 52 12 20 5 1 2 176.1 177 93 80 10 73 69 1 0 1 763 94 1.418 9.0 0.5 3.7 3.5 0.95
1940 33 PIT NL 16 5 .762 2.80 33 23 3 14 2 1 189.2 169 71 59 6 67 60 3 0 2 790 136 1.244 8.0 0.3 3.2 2.8 0.90 MVP-25
1941 34 PIT NL 14 17 .452 3.72 39 32 7 18 2 2 249.0 225 126 103 18 84 76 3 0 8 1055 98 1.241 8.1 0.7 3.0 2.7 0.90
1942 35 PIT NL 17 15 .531 3.41 40 33 7 18 5 2 248.0 259 117 94 13 72 69 2 0 4 1067 99 1.335 9.4 0.5 2.6 2.5 0.96
1943 36 PIT NL 21 9 .700 2.54 35 31 4 25 2 3 265.1 267 94 75 6 75 65 2 1 2 1112 137 1.289 9.1 0.2 2.5 2.2 0.87 AS,MVP-6
1944 37 PIT NL 21 12 .636 3.18 38 33 4 24 3 2 286.0 263 112 101 15 99 87 3 1 1 1218 117 1.266 8.3 0.5 3.1 2.7 0.88 AS,MVP-11
1945 38 PIT NL 11 9 .550 4.07 33 24 7 9 1 1 188.0 212 116 85 9 91 60 2 0 5 863 97 1.612 10.1 0.4 4.4 2.9 0.66
1946 39 PIT NL 8 12 .400 3.68 25 20 2 11 2 0 149.1 140 68 61 6 53 33 1 0 2 641 96 1.292 8.4 0.4 3.2 2.0 0.62 AS
1947 40 PIT NL 6 4 .600 3.57 24 12 8 4 1 0 121.0 121 58 48 11 36 36 3 0 1 504 119 1.298 9.0 0.8 2.7 2.7 1.00
1948 41 PIT NL 13 3 .813 3.48 21 17 3 7 0 0 121.2 126 51 47 9 37 36 1 0 1 522 118 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 2.7 0.97
1949 42 PIT NL 6 1 .857 3.91 28 6 9 2 1 1 76.0 82 35 33 8 32 26 0 0 0 330 108 1.500 9.7 0.9 3.8 3.1 0.81
13 Yrs 143 97 .596 3.48 390 243 88 137 20 15 2119.1 2101 983 819 116 748 636 23 2 30 9100 108 1.344 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .596 3.48 42 26 9 15 2 2 228 226 106 88 12 80 68 2 0 3 978 108 1.344 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85
PIT (12 yrs) 143 97 .596 3.43 385 243 85 137 20 15 2108.2 2082 968 804 114 740 634 23 2 30 9041 109 1.338 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.86
DET (1 yr) 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
NL (12 yrs) 143 97 .596 3.43 385 243 85 137 20 15 2108.2 2082 968 804 114 740 634 23 2 30 9041 109 1.338 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.86
AL (1 yr) 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1932 25 DET AL 10.2 5 0 15 12.66 4.66 0.17 0.00 103.0 4.63 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .346 .495 $1,800
1938 31 PIT NL 38.1 17 0 27 6.34 4.58 0.28 0.00 98.7 4.25 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .448 .495
1939 32 PIT NL 175.2 52 12 93 4.76 4.48 -0.15 0.00 98.6 4.56 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.2 11 .494 .498
1940 33 PIT NL 189.2 33 23 71 3.37 4.21 -0.26 0.00 100.5 4.49 24 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.4 41 .582 .517 MVP-25
1941 34 PIT NL 248.2 39 32 126 4.56 4.30 0.06 0.00 100.2 4.25 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.4 13 .480 .495
1942 35 PIT NL 248.0 40 33 117 4.25 3.93 -0.15 0.00 102.2 4.17 -0 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 2.0 16 .499 .500
1943 36 PIT NL 265.1 35 31 94 3.19 3.98 0.06 0.00 102.3 4.01 24 2.9 1.0 -0.2 5.0 44 .583 .518 AS,MVP-6
1944 37 PIT NL 288.0 38 33 112 3.50 4.21 -0.19 0.00 102.5 4.51 33 3.8 1.0 -0.2 6.1 56 .600 .523 AS,MVP-11
1945 38 PIT NL 187.0 33 24 116 5.58 4.49 -0.10 0.00 105.0 4.81 -17 -1.7 .9 -0.1 -0.2 0 .447 .489
1946 39 PIT NL 149.1 25 20 68 4.10 3.96 -0.25 0.00 103.8 4.37 4 0.5 1.9 -0.1 1.9 18 .519 .503 AS
1947 40 PIT NL 121.0 24 12 58 4.31 4.35 -0.17 0.00 103.6 4.69 5 0.5 .5 -0.1 1.6 19 .520 .503
1948 41 PIT NL 121.2 21 17 51 3.77 4.25 0.21 0.00 101.6 4.11 4 0.5 .6 -0.1 1.7 18 .522 .503
1949 42 PIT NL 76.0 28 6 35 4.14 4.45 -0.05 0.00 104.2 4.69 4 0.5 .9 -0.1 1.2 13 .517 .503
13 Seasons 2119.1 390 243 983 4.17 4.22 -0.08 0.00 102.0 4.38 52 6.7 1.0 -1.3 25.0 236 .517 .503 $1,800
PIT (12 yrs) 2108.2 385 243 968 4.13 4.21 -0.08 0.00 102.0 4.38 61 7.5 1.0 -1.3 25.7 245 .520 .504
DET (1 yr) 10.2 5 0 15 12.66 4.66 0.17 0.00 103.0 4.63 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .346 .495 $1,800

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1943 PIT NL 36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 PIT NL 37 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1945 PIT NL 38
1946 PIT NL 39 0 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs (3 GP) 0 0 0 7.20 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 1.000 7.2 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1945 38 PIT NL 33 285 760 116 212 17 3 9 4 2 91 60 .279 .358 .345 .702 .294 262 8 2 9 0 5
1946 39 PIT NL 25 239 571 68 140 22 2 6 1 1 53 33 .245 .310 .322 .633 .252 184 4 1 16 0 6
1947 40 PIT NL 24 397 467 58 121 15 5 11 4 3 36 36 .259 .316 .383 .700 .262 179 6 3 7 0 3
1948 41 PIT NL 21 294 481 51 126 17 4 9 2 1 37 36 .262 .316 .370 .686 .268 178 7 1 4 0 4
1949 42 PIT NL 28 161 293 35 82 6 2 8 2 0 32 26 .280 .351 .396 .747 .286 116 3 0 5 0 2
5 Yrs 131 1376 2572 328 681 77 16 43 13 7 249 191 .265 .331 .357 .689 .273 919 28 7 41 0 20
162 Game Avg. 42 446 833 106 221 25 5 14 4 2 81 62 .265 .331 .357 .689 .273 298 9 2 13 0 6
MLB Averages .267 .336 .341 .677 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1945 38 PIT NL -8.6 -0.8 292 -0.4 4.3 -4.7 .88 -0.4 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.88 -4.9 0 1 2
1946 39 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 247 -0.3 4.6 -4.9 1.21 0.1 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 1.22 0.4 1 0 1
1947 40 PIT NL 7.4 0.7 407 1.5 7.8 -6.3 1.06 0.4 1.0 6.3 0.6 1.06 3.0 0 2 7
1948 41 PIT NL 9.0 0.9 298 0.2 4.6 -4.5 .90 -0.4 0.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.90 -2.1 0 1 2
1949 42 PIT NL 3.6 0.4 169 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 .74 -0.6 -0.1 -7.8 -0.7 0.74 -5.3 2 4 6
13 Yrs 49.5 5.6 1413 0.5 23.2 -22.7 .98 -0.8 1.3 -6.3 -0.6 0.98 -8.8 3 8 18

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1939 32 PIT NL 52 12 6 6 0 1 0 6 6 .500 0 0 5 1 5 42% 47.5 80 16 7 1 4.8 6.1
1940 33 PIT NL 33 23 13 4 6 1 2 15 8 .652 0 0 14 2 14 61% 54.9 80 26 7 9 6.3 7.0
1941 34 PIT NL 39 32 12 17 3 1 6 13 18 .419 0 0 18 2 17 53% 51.9 74 19 10 9 4.6 7.5
1942 35 PIT NL 40 33 15 13 5 2 5 17 15 .531 0 0 18 5 19 58% 51.0 83 14 19 5 4.2 7.2
1943 36 PIT NL 35 31 21 8 2 3 4 22 9 .710 0 0 25 2 22 71% 55.8 82 19 16 8 5.3 8.4
1944 37 PIT NL 38 33 18 12 3 6 6 19 14 .576 0 0 24 3 19 58% 55.0 80 16 19 9 4.8 8.2
1945 38 PIT NL 33 24 9 8 7 4 2 13 11 .542 0 1 9 1 9 38% 43.8 72 21 3 1 14 8 6.1 9.4 6.7
1946 39 PIT NL 25 20 7 10 3 0 2 10 10 .500 0 0 11 2 9 45% 51.0 82 23 4 2 7 10 4.4 3.4 7.0
1947 40 PIT NL 24 12 4 4 4 0 2 8 4 .667 0 1 4 1 6 50% 46.3 78 21 3 2 0 8 4.8 4.0 6.6
1948 41 PIT NL 21 17 11 3 3 2 1 12 5 .706 0 2 7 0 11 65% 51.1 72 13 8 2 1 14 5.1 5.5 6.8
1949 42 PIT NL 28 6 2 0 4 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 2 1 4 67% 54.2 72 41 12 3 0 6 4.1 8.3 6.0
11 Yrs 368 243 118 85 40 20 30 138 103 .573 0 5 137 20 135 56% 52 83 13 30 10 100 87 5.0 5.7 7.3
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 132 -35 4.6 4.6 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

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
1932 25 DET AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.4
1938 31 PIT NL 17 17 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 2 6.8
1939 32 PIT NL 52 40 20 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 26 5 7 7.7
1940 33 PIT NL 33 10 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 4 8.3
1941 34 PIT NL 39 7 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 4.1
1942 35 PIT NL 40 7 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4.4
1943 36 PIT NL 35 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4.0
1944 37 PIT NL 38 5 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 9.8
1945 38 PIT NL 33 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% .877 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 7 1 1 2 8.7
1946 39 PIT NL 25 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 1.214 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 5.2
1947 40 PIT NL 24 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 1.062 0 2 7 0 0 9 4 5 10 0 8 2 10.6
1948 41 PIT NL 21 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .898 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 4.3
1949 42 PIT NL 28 22 9 4 1 2 1 1 50% 4 0 9 5 56% .735 2 4 6 4 0 10 4 10 12 3 6 1 5.5
13 Yrs 390 147 88 25 12 3 15 2 500% 6 0 20 9 45% .977 3 8 18 6 0 25 10 21 86 14 18 24 7.0

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1932 25 DET AL 59 3.4% 3.4% 13.6% 76%
1938 31 PIT NL 176 1.7% 9.7% 11.9% 73%
1939 32 PIT NL 763 1.3% 9.0% 9.6% 2.1% 9% 77%
1940 33 PIT NL 790 0.8% 7.6% 8.5% 3.0% 14% 81%
1941 34 PIT NL 1055 1.7% 7.2% 8.0% 4.1% 19% 82%
1942 35 PIT NL 1067 1.2% 6.5% 6.8% 3.7% 15% 84%
1943 36 PIT NL 1113 0.5% 5.8% 6.7% 4.2% 18% 86%
1944 37 PIT NL 1218 1.2% 7.1% 8.1% 4.4% 21% 82%
1945 38 PIT NL 863 54% 3.2% 21.1% 31.9% 10.2% 14% 1.09 242% 74 8 11%
1946 39 PIT NL 641 49% 2.5% 13.8% 22.2% 12.6% 21% 0.97 223% 39 4 10%
1947 40 PIT NL 513 62% 2.8% 9.1% 9.1% 7.8% 26% 0.99 106% 72 6 8%
1948 41 PIT NL 523 61% 3.1% 12.2% 12.6% 10.2% 24% 1.19 148% 78 7 9%
1949 42 PIT NL 330 59% 5.0% 16.2% 19.9% 9.9% 20% 0.78 161% 38 3 8%
13 Yrs 9111 58% 1.5% 8.4% 9.8% 4.7% 17% 1.02 98% 301 28 9%
MLB Averages 50% 1.6% 10.2% 10.1% 4.0% 15% 0.94 90% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1932 25 DET AL 19 2 0
1938 31 PIT NL 41 3 3
1939 32 PIT NL 177 10 1
1940 33 PIT NL 169 6 2
1941 34 PIT NL 225 18 8
1942 35 PIT NL 259 13 4
1943 36 PIT NL 267 6 2
1944 37 PIT NL 263 15 1
1945 38 PIT NL 285 212 9 0 9 4 2 3 3 21 8 0 38% 5 5 0 130 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 578
1946 39 PIT NL 239 140 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 10 7 0 70% 6 2 0 89 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 402
1947 40 PIT NL 397 121 11 0 11 6 4 7 3 18 9 1 50% 3 1 1 145 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 116
1948 41 PIT NL 294 126 9 0 11 2 2 3 1 25 13 3 52% 4 1 1 123 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 229
1949 42 PIT NL 161 82 8 1 5 4 1 2 3 10 6 1 60% 2 0 1 65 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 169
13 Yrs 1376 2101 116 1 37 17 10 15 12 84 43 5 51% 20 30 3 552 13 7 65% 10 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 9 1494
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1932 25 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1933 26 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1934 27 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1935 28 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1936 29 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1937 30 0 0 12.66 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 2 8 2 0 0 0 59 38 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25 38
1938 31 0 1 .000 6.06 22 0 14 0 0 1 49.0 60 42 33 5 29 19 2 0 3 235 67 1.816 11.0 0.9 5.3 3.5 0.66 67
1939 32 10 10 .500 4.51 74 12 34 5 1 3 225.1 237 135 113 15 102 88 3 0 4 998 86 1.504 9.5 0.6 4.1 3.5 0.86 86
1940 33 26 15 .634 3.73 107 35 37 19 3 4 415.0 406 206 172 21 169 148 6 0 6 1788 103 1.386 8.8 0.5 3.7 3.2 0.88 103
1941 34 40 32 .556 3.73 146 67 44 37 5 6 664.0 631 332 275 39 253 224 9 0 14 2843 101 1.331 8.6 0.5 3.4 3.0 0.89 101
1942 35 57 47 .548 3.64 186 100 51 55 10 8 912.0 890 449 369 52 325 293 11 0 18 3910 101 1.332 8.8 0.5 3.2 2.9 0.90 101
1943 36 78 56 .582 3.39 221 131 55 80 12 11 1177.1 1157 543 444 58 400 358 13 1 20 5022 107 1.322 8.8 0.4 3.1 2.7 0.90 107
1944 37 99 68 .593 3.35 259 164 59 104 15 13 1463.1 1420 655 545 73 499 445 16 2 21 6240 109 1.311 8.7 0.4 3.1 2.7 0.89 109
1945 38 110 77 .588 3.43 292 188 66 113 16 14 1651.1 1632 771 630 82 590 505 18 2 26 7103 107 1.346 8.9 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.86 107
1946 39 118 89 .570 3.45 317 208 68 124 18 14 1800.2 1772 839 691 88 643 538 19 2 28 7744 106 1.341 8.9 0.4 3.2 2.7 0.84 106
1947 40 124 93 .571 3.46 341 220 76 128 19 14 1921.2 1893 897 739 99 679 574 22 2 29 8248 107 1.338 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85 107
1948 41 137 96 .588 3.46 362 237 79 135 19 14 2043.1 2019 948 786 108 716 610 23 2 30 8770 108 1.338 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85 108
1949 42 143 97 .596 3.48 390 243 88 137 20 15 2119.1 2101 983 819 116 748 636 23 2 30 9100 108 1.344 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85 108

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1932 25 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 18 14 13 2 8 2 0 2.167 13.5 6.0 1.5 0.25 1.5 5
1938 31 2 2 .500 4.38 39.0 44 21 19 3 23 17 2 1.718 10.2 5.3 3.9 0.74 0.7 17
1939 32 9 10 .474 4.27 179.0 187 94 85 11 77 70 1 1.475 9.4 3.9 3.5 0.91 0.6 52
1940 33 14 7 .667 2.94 193.0 179 70 63 6 71 61 3 1.295 8.3 3.3 2.8 0.86 0.3 33
1941 34 14 14 .500 3.92 255.0 238 123 111 19 89 78 3 1.282 8.4 3.1 2.8 0.88 0.7 39
1942 35 14 14 .500 3.95 253.0 289 123 111 15 80 70 2 1.458 10.3 2.8 2.5 0.88 0.5 40
1943 36 19 10 .655 2.92 262.0 291 94 85 7 82 64 2 1.424 10.0 2.8 2.2 0.78 0.2 35
1944 37 19 13 .594 3.23 295.0 274 118 106 16 103 90 3 1.278 8.4 3.1 2.7 0.87 0.5 38
1945 38 11 10 .524 3.88 197.0 217 94 85 9 93 63 2 1.574 9.9 4.2 2.9 0.68 0.4 33
1946 39 8 9 .471 4.06 153.0 152 77 69 7 58 34 1 1.373 8.9 3.4 2.0 0.59 0.4 25
1947 40 7 6 .538 3.47 122.0 122 52 47 11 36 36 3 1.295 9.0 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.8 24
1948 41 7 6 .538 3.43 126.0 130 53 48 9 38 37 1 1.333 9.3 2.7 2.6 0.97 0.6 21
1949 42 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 82 36 32 8 32 26 0 1.500 9.7 3.8 3.1 0.81 0.9 28
13 Yrs 128 106 .547 3.64 2162.0 2223 969 874 123 790 648 23 1.394 9.3 2.7 0.82 0.5 390

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (416th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1943 NL  5.8 (5th)
1944 NL  6.3 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1940 NL  4.4 (6th)
1943 NL  5.0 (4th)
1944 NL  6.1 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1940 NL  2.80 (3rd)
1943 NL  2.54 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  16 (4th)
1941 NL  14 (9th)
1942 NL  17 (6th)
1943 NL  21 (1st)
1944 NL  21 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 NL  .762 (2nd)
1943 NL  .700 (4th)
1944 NL  .636 (6th)
1948 NL  .813 (1st)
Career  .596 (128th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 NL  1.241 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  8.019 (6th)
1941 NL  8.133 (6th)
1944 NL  8.276 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 NL  52 (2nd)
1941 NL  39 (7th)
1942 NL  40 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1943 NL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1941 NL  249.0 (4th)
1942 NL  248.0 (8th)
1943 NL  265.3 (5th)
1944 NL  286.0 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1941 NL  32 (4th)
1942 NL  33 (4th)
1943 NL  31 (8th)
1944 NL  33 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 NL  18 (7th)
1942 NL  18 (8th)
1943 NL  25 (1st)
1944 NL  24 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL  5 (2nd)
1944 NL  3 (8th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  18 (2nd)
1942 NL  13 (4th)
1944 NL  15 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  84 (5th)
1944 NL  99 (5th)
1945 NL  91 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  225 (8th)
1942 NL  259 (3rd)
1943 NL  267 (2nd)
1944 NL  263 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  0.285 (4th)
1943 NL  0.204 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (1st)
1942 NL  15 (7th)
1946 NL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  103 (2nd)
1942 NL  94 (2nd)
1944 NL  101 (4th)
1945 NL  85 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1941 NL  8 (2nd)
1942 NL  4 (9th)
1945 NL  5 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1941 NL  1,055 (4th)
1942 NL  1,067 (7th)
1943 NL  1,112 (4th)
1944 NL  1,218 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 NL  20 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1940 NL  136 (3rd)
1943 NL  137 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  20 (4th)
1943 NL  24 (3rd)
1944 NL  20 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  2.1 (4th)
1943 NL  2.7 (3rd)
1944 NL  2.1 (9th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (331), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (335th), 27.0 career WAR/23.8 7yr-peak WAR/25.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Dutch Ruether (959)
  2. Mike Garcia (955)
  3. Joe Dobson (940)
  4. Harry Gumbert (939)
  5. Pat Malone (939)
  6. Jack Sanford (938)
  7. Johnny Sain (932)
  8. Johnny Allen (931)
  9. Ray Kremer (928)
  10. Jack Billingham (922)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Matt Palmer (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Wright (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ellis Kinder (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Luke Hamlin (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Munger (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Munger (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Hearn (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Bibby (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harry Gumbert (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Curt Davis (881)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Curt Davis (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     WahooSam.com     WhatIfSports: Rip Sewell    

Viewed 15,977 times through May 25, 2013.
Name and misspellings: Truett Banks Rip Sewell

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.