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Rip Sewell
Truett Banks Sewell
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 11, 1907 in Decatur, AL
School: Vanderbilt University (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1932
Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: September 3, 1989 in Plant City, FL
Relatives: Cousin of Joe Sewell, Cousin of Luke Sewell and Cousin of Tommy Sewell
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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
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 37 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 1113 136 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 1 504 118 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 1 522 117 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 Seasons 143 97 .596 3.48 390 243 88 137 20 15 2119.1 2101 983 819 116 748 636 23 2 30 9101 107 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 3 978 107 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 9042 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 37 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 9042 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 37 2.531 16.0 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25

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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
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
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 83 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 56 50 4 9 2 0 0 1 1 4 12 .180 .241 .220 .461 30 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 49 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
13 Seasons 423 807 750 81 152 22 3 6 59 12 0 37 154 .203 .241 .264 .505 40 198 20 1 19
162 Game Avg. 162 309 287 31 58 8 1 2 23 5 14 59 .203 .241 .264 .505 40 76 0 7
PIT (12 yrs) 418 805 748 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) 418 805 748 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1932 DET AL 25 P 5 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.80 .950 1.20
1938 PIT NL 31 P 17 14 0 13 1 3 .929 0.76 .964 1.13
1939 PIT NL 32 P 52 57 9 47 1 3 .982 1.08 .960 1.09
1940 PIT NL 33 P 33 68 17 46 5 0 .926 1.91 .963 1.10 MVP-25
1941 PIT NL 34 P 39 79 21 56 2 6 .975 1.97 .965 1.09
1942 PIT NL 35 P 40 72 19 51 2 3 .972 1.75 .968 1.17
1943 PIT NL 36 P 35 77 13 60 4 4 .948 2.09 .961 1.16 AS,MVP-6
1944 PIT NL 37 P 38 74 21 49 4 1 .946 1.84 .962 1.09 AS,MVP-11
1945 PIT NL 38 P 33 46 10 35 1 2 .978 1.36 .963 1.06
1946 PIT NL 39 P 25 36 8 26 2 1 .944 1.36 .961 1.01 AS
1947 PIT NL 40 P 24 37 10 26 1 3 .973 1.50 .965 0.91
1948 PIT NL 41 P 21 34 10 21 3 1 .912 1.48 .965 0.91
1949 PIT NL 42 P 28 17 3 12 2 0 .882 0.54 .959 0.91
13 Seasons P 390 615 142 445 28 27 .954 1.51 .963 1.07
13 Seasons TOT 390 615 142 445 28 27 .954 1.51 .918 1.07

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 ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1943 *
1944 *
1945
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (25, 2%)
1943 NL (6, 38%)
1944 NL (11, 15%)
0.55 Career Shares (401st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1940 NL  2.800 (3rd)
1943 NL  2.544 (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 (126th)

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  .285 (4th)
1943 NL  .203 (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  1055 (4th)
1942 NL  1067 (7th)
1943 NL  1113 (4th)
1944 NL  1218 (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  136 (3rd)

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 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Johnny Sain (932)
  8. Johnny Allen (931)
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  10. Jack Billingham (922)
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  3. Curt Davis (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Curt Davis (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Curt Davis (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 10, 1937: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Buffalo (International).

September 29, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 1, 1949: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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