Rip Sewell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 11, 1907 in Decatur, AL us

Died: September 3, 1989 in Plant City, FL

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Plant City, FL

Schools: Marion Military Institute (Marion, AL), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: June 14, 1932 (Age 25-034d, 7,493rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1949 (Age 42-131d)
vs. NYG 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Truett Banks Sewell

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Relatives: Cousin of Joe Sewell, Luke Sewell, Tommy Sewell

4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.9

143

ERA

3.48

390

243

2119.1

636

WHIP

1.344

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4		14	3.1	1	2	0	3	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	10 (1)	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	13 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-7	GS	38	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
7	17 (3)	May 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21 (3)	May 15	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	25 (3)	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS	15	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	29 (3)	May 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	33 (3)	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	38 (4)	Jun 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	42 (3)	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	47 (4)	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	52 (4)	Jun 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-11	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	53	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	58 (3)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	62 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	67 (4)	Jul 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7		11	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	70 (2)	Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14		0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	72 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8		28	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	78 (2)	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3		8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	80 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	82 (1)	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4		34	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
27	85 (2)	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9		12	2.2	0	3	0	3	0
28	87 (1)	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,6-5		7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	91 (3)	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	92	Aug 4	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	94 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	97 (2)	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	99 (1)	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	100	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-9		16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	104 (3)	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	105	Aug 18	PIT		STL	L,0-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	111 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3		14	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
38	113 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	118 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11		19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	120 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-14		19	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
41	124 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4		25	6.1	1	2	0	3	0
42	126 (1)	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	128 (1)	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,2-12		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	129	Sep 10 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9		7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
45	132 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	133	Sep 13 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	136 (2)	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	138 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	141 (2)	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GF	24	6.1	0	2	0	2	1
50	144 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6		17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
51	148 (3)	Sep 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-11		12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
52	149	Sep 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,8-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							52gm		176.0	9	47	1	57	3