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Rip Sewell
Truett Banks Sewell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Vanderbilt University

Debut June 14, 1932
Final Game September 18, 1949
Born May 11, 1907 in Decatur, AL
Died September 3, 1989 in Plant City, FL
Cousin of Joe Sewell, Cousin of Luke Sewell, and Cousin of Tommy Sewell

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 25 DET AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   3  0   10.7   19   15   15   2    8    2   0   0    59       0 12.66  4.70   37 2.531
 1938 31 PIT NL   0   1  17   0   0   0  11  1   38.3   41   27   18   3   21   17   2   3   176       0  4.23  3.78   90 1.617
 1939 32 PIT NL  10   9  52  12   5   1  20  2  176.3  177   93   80  10   73   69   1   1   763       0  4.08  3.84   94 1.418
 1940 33 PIT NL  16   5  33  23  14   2   3  1  189.7  169   71   59   6   67   60   3   2   790       0  2.80  3.81  136 1.244 MVP-25
 1941 34 PIT NL  14  17  39  32  18   2   7  2  249.0  225  126  103  18   84   76   3   8  1055       0  3.72  3.63   98 1.241
 1942 35 PIT NL  17  15  40  33  18   5   7  2  248.0  259  117   94  13   72   69   2   4  1067       0  3.41  3.38   99 1.335
 1943 36 PIT NL  21   9  35  31  25   2   4  3  265.3  267   94   75   6   75   65   2   2  1113       1  2.54  3.47  136 1.289 MVP-6,AS
 1944 37 PIT NL  21  12  38  33  24   3   4  2  286.0  263  112  101  15   99   87   3   1  1218       1  3.18  3.72  117 1.266 MVP-11,AS
 1945 38 PIT NL  11   9  33  24   9   1   7  1  188.0  212  116   85   9   91   60   2   5   863       0  4.07  3.95   97 1.612 AS
 1946 39 PIT NL   8  12  25  20  11   2   2  0  149.3  140   68   61   6   53   33   1   2   641       0  3.68  3.51   96 1.292 AS
 1947 40 PIT NL   6   4  24  12   4   1   8  0  121.0  121   58   48  11   36   36   3   1   504       0  3.57  4.23  118 1.298
 1948 41 PIT NL  13   3  21  17   7   0   3  0  121.7  126   51   47   9   37   36   1   1   522       0  3.48  4.07  117 1.340
 1949 42 PIT NL   6   1  28   6   2   1   9  1   76.0   82   35   33   8   32   26   0   0   330       0  3.91  4.20  108 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .596 143  97 390 243 137  20  88 15 2119.3 2101  983  819 116  748  636  23  30  9101       2  3.48  3.74  107 1.344
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  41  26  14   2   9  1  227.3  225  105   87  12   80   68   2   3   977   0   0  3.48  3.74  107 1.344
 Career High     21  17  52  33  25   5  20  3  286.0  267  126  103  18   99   87   3   8  1218   0   1  2.54  4.23  136 1.241

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 25 DET AL   5    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  156    1   0           0    
 1938 31 PIT NL  17   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .083  .083  .083  -54    1   0           0   1
 1939 32 PIT NL  52   55    5   11   1  0   1    4   0      3  11  .200  .241  .273   39   15   4           0   1
 1940 33 PIT NL  47   73   14   14   2  1   1    4   0      3  19  .192  .224  .288   41   21   1           0   1 MVP-25
 1941 34 PIT NL  42   92   12   16   2  0   1    5   0      3  15  .174  .200  .228   20   21   4           0   4
 1942 35 PIT NL  41   87    9   13   3  0   0    4   2      3  19  .149  .178  .184    5   16   1           0   2
 1943 36 PIT NL  41  105    9   30   4  1   0   17   7      2  21  .286  .299  .343   83   36   1           0   2 MVP-6,AS
 1944 37 PIT NL  44  112   10   25   4  1   1   12   1      2  19  .223  .237  .304   49   34   2           0   1 MVP-11,AS
 1945 38 PIT NL  35   64   10   20   3  0   0    6   1      7  11  .313  .380  .359  103   23   1           0   1 AS
 1946 39 PIT NL  26   50    4    9   2  0   0    1   1      4  12  .180  .241  .220   30   11   2           0   4 AS
 1947 40 PIT NL  24   40    2    5   0  0   1    4   0      1   6  .125  .146  .200  -10    8   0           0   3
 1948 41 PIT NL  21   42    5    6   1  0   1    2   0      6  15  .143  .250  .238   32   10   1           0   0
 1949 42 PIT NL  28   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      3   4  .063  .250  .063  -13    1   2           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     423  750   81  152  22  3   6   59  12  0  37 154  .203  .241  .264   40  198  19   0   0   1  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        287   31   58   8  1   2   23   5  0  14  59  .203  .241  .264   40   76   7   0   0   0   8
 Career High     52  112   14   30   4  1   1   17   7  0   7  21                          36   4   0   0   1   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 25 DET AL    2    1    1  26.8   115| .500  .290| .500  .362| .500  .426|1.000  .788| 156  .956   0.2   0.0   0%
 1938 31 PIT NL   12   12    0   0.0   100| .083  .276| .083  .340| .083  .393| .166  .733| -54  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
 1939 32 PIT NL   62   49    4   2.2   102| .200  .278| .241  .343| .273  .397| .514  .740|  39  .206  -4.9  -0.5     
 1940 33 PIT NL   77   61    5   2.2    97| .192  .270| .224  .335| .288  .389| .512  .724|  41  .223  -6.2  -0.6     
 1941 34 PIT NL   99   84    4   1.3    94| .174  .266| .200  .336| .228  .374| .428  .711|  20  .104 -10.1  -1.1     
 1942 35 PIT NL   91   77    3   1.0    89| .149  .259| .178  .332| .184  .360| .362  .692|   5  .086 -10.8  -1.2     
 1943 36 PIT NL  108   78   11   3.8    92| .286  .268| .299  .337| .343  .364| .642  .701|  83  .483  -2.9  -0.3     
 1944 37 PIT NL  116   90    8   2.4    97| .223  .273| .237  .340| .304  .383| .541  .723|  49  .263  -8.3  -0.9     
 1945 38 PIT NL   72   46    9   5.2   100| .313  .278| .380  .348| .359  .384| .739  .732| 103  .592   0.6   0.1     
 1946 39 PIT NL   56   47    3   1.7    94| .180  .265| .241  .340| .220  .371| .461  .711|  30  .172  -4.7  -0.5     
 1947 40 PIT NL   41   38    1   0.7   108| .125  .277| .146  .353| .200  .412| .346  .765| -10  .031  -6.7  -0.7     
 1948 41 PIT NL   49   37    3   2.2   104| .143  .271| .250  .346| .238  .401| .488  .747|  32  .209  -4.2  -0.4     
 1949 42 PIT NL   22   17    0   0.0   106| .063  .273| .250  .347| .063  .408| .313  .755| -13  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      807  637   52   2.2    97| .203  .270| .241  .340| .264  .381| .505  .721|  40  .232 -63.2  -6.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 25 DET AL   P    5      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.20  3.36  2.27    0   10.7
 1938 31 PIT NL   P   17      0   13    1    3  .929  .963  0.76  1.13  3.05  2.21    0   38.3
 1939 32 PIT NL   P   52      9   47    1    3  .982  .961  1.08  1.09  2.86  2.19   12  176.3
 1940 33 PIT NL   P   33     17   46    5    0  .926  .962  1.91  1.10  2.99  2.22   23  189.7
 1941 34 PIT NL   P   39     21   56    2    6  .975  .965  1.97  1.09  2.78  2.23   32  249.0
 1942 35 PIT NL   P   40     19   51    2    3  .972  .968  1.75  1.17  2.54  2.35   33  248.0
 1943 36 PIT NL   P   35     13   60    4    4  .948  .961  2.09  1.16  2.48  2.27   31  265.3 AS
 1944 37 PIT NL   P   38     21   49    4    1  .946  .962  1.84  1.09  2.20  2.14   33  286.0 AS
 1945 38 PIT NL   P   33     10   35    1    2  .978  .964  1.36  1.06  2.15  2.18   24  188.0 AS
 1946 39 PIT NL   P   25      8   26    2    1  .944  .960  1.36  1.01  2.05  2.24   20  149.3 AS
 1947 40 PIT NL   P   24     10   26    1    3  .973  .965  1.50  0.91  2.68  2.12   12  121.0
 1948 41 PIT NL   P   21     10   21    3    1  .912  .963  1.48  0.91  2.29  2.11   17  121.7
 1949 42 PIT NL   P   28      3   12    2    0  .882  .955  0.54  0.91  1.78  2.04    6   76.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 25 DET AL   P    5      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.20  3.36  2.27    0   10.7
 1938 31 PIT NL   P   17      0   13    1    3  .929  .963  0.76  1.13  3.05  2.21    0   38.3
 1939 32 PIT NL   P   52      9   47    1    3  .982  .961  1.08  1.09  2.86  2.19   12  176.3
 1940 33 PIT NL   P   33     17   46    5    0  .926  .962  1.91  1.10  2.99  2.22   23  189.7
 1941 34 PIT NL   P   39     21   56    2    6  .975  .965  1.97  1.09  2.78  2.23   32  249.0
 1942 35 PIT NL   P   40     19   51    2    3  .972  .968  1.75  1.17  2.54  2.35   33  248.0
 1943 36 PIT NL   P   35     13   60    4    4  .948  .961  2.09  1.16  2.48  2.27   31  265.3
 1944 37 PIT NL   P   38     21   49    4    1  .946  .962  1.84  1.09  2.20  2.14   33  286.0
 1945 38 PIT NL   P   33     10   35    1    2  .978  .964  1.36  1.06  2.15  2.18   24  188.0
 1946 39 PIT NL   P   25      8   26    2    1  .944  .960  1.36  1.01  2.05  2.24   20  149.3
 1947 40 PIT NL   P   24     10   26    1    3  .973  .965  1.50  0.91  2.68  2.12   12  121.0
 1948 41 PIT NL   P   21     10   21    3    1  .912  .963  1.48  0.91  2.29  2.11   17  121.7
 1949 42 PIT NL   P   28      3   12    2    0  .882  .955  0.54  0.91  1.78  2.04    6   76.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 390    142  445   28   27  .954  .963  1.51  1.07  2.49  2.21  243 2119.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       390    142  445   28   27  .954  .963  1.51  1.07  2.49  2.21  243   2119

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1945   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1943   PIT NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1944   PIT NL      0  0  0   3     0   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1946   PIT NL      0  0  0   1     4   4   4   0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/4      0  0  0  0   5     4   4   4   1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   7.20 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1943   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1944   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1946   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1943 *
1944 *
1945
1946 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-NL-25-0.02
1943-NL-6-0.38
1944-NL-11-0.15
Car-397-0.55 shares

ERA
1940 NL-2.80-3
1943 NL-2.54-4

Wins
1940 NL-16-4
1941 NL-14-9
1942 NL-17-6
1943 NL-21-1
1944 NL-21-3

Won-Loss %
1940 NL-.762-3
1943 NL-.700-4
1944 NL-.636-7
1948 NL-.813-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1941 NL-1.241-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1940 NL-8.02-6
1941 NL-8.13-6
1944 NL-8.28-10

Games
1939 NL-52-2
1941 NL-39-7
1942 NL-40-7

Saves
1943 NL-3-10

Innings
1941 NL-249.0-4
1942 NL-248.0-8
1943 NL-265.3-5
1944 NL-286.0-3

Games Started
1941 NL-32-4
1942 NL-33-4
1943 NL-31-8
1944 NL-33-5

Comp. Games
1941 NL-18-7
1942 NL-18-8
1943 NL-25-1
1944 NL-24-4

Shutouts
1942 NL-5-2
1944 NL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1941 NL-18-2
1942 NL-13-4
1944 NL-15-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1941 NL-84-5
1944 NL-99-5
1945 NL-91-4

Hits Allowed
1941 NL-225-8
1942 NL-259-3
1943 NL-267-2
1944 NL-263-4

Losses
1941 NL-17-1
1942 NL-15-7
1946 NL-12-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1941 NL-103-2
1942 NL-94-2
1944 NL-101-4
1945 NL-85-9

Wild Pitches
1941 NL-8-2
1942 NL-4-9
1945 NL-5-7

Batters Faced
1941 NL-1055-4
1942 NL-1067-7
1943 NL-1113-4
1944 NL-1218-3

Games Finished
1939 NL-20-4

Adjusted ERA+
1940 NL-136-3
1943 NL-136-3

Oldest Player
1946 NL-39-8
1947 NL-40-3
1948 NL-41-3
1949 NL-42-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 78 (305) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 21.0 (265) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 41.5 (317) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
September 10, 1937: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Buffalo (International).
September 29, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 1, 1949: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1943 * 1944 * 1945 1946 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1940-NL-25-0.02 1943-NL-6-0.38 1944-NL-11-0.15 Car-397-0.55 shares	ERA 1940 NL-2.80-3 1943 NL-2.54-4	Wins 1940 NL-16-4 1941 NL-14-9 1942 NL-17-6 1943 NL-21-1 1944 NL-21-3	Won-Loss % 1940 NL-.762-3 1943 NL-.700-4 1944 NL-.636-7 1948 NL-.813-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1941 NL-1.241-6
Hits Allowed/9IP 1940 NL-8.02-6 1941 NL-8.13-6 1944 NL-8.28-10	Games 1939 NL-52-2 1941 NL-39-7 1942 NL-40-7	Saves 1943 NL-3-10	Innings 1941 NL-249.0-4 1942 NL-248.0-8 1943 NL-265.3-5 1944 NL-286.0-3	Games Started 1941 NL-32-4 1942 NL-33-4 1943 NL-31-8 1944 NL-33-5	Comp. Games 1941 NL-18-7 1942 NL-18-8 1943 NL-25-1 1944 NL-24-4
Shutouts 1942 NL-5-2 1944 NL-3-8	Home Runs Allow. 1941 NL-18-2 1942 NL-13-4 1944 NL-15-4	Bases On Balls Allow. 1941 NL-84-5 1944 NL-99-5 1945 NL-91-4	Hits Allowed 1941 NL-225-8 1942 NL-259-3 1943 NL-267-2 1944 NL-263-4	Losses 1941 NL-17-1 1942 NL-15-7 1946 NL-12-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1941 NL-103-2 1942 NL-94-2 1944 NL-101-4 1945 NL-85-9
Wild Pitches 1941 NL-8-2 1942 NL-4-9 1945 NL-5-7	Batters Faced 1941 NL-1055-4 1942 NL-1067-7 1943 NL-1113-4 1944 NL-1218-3	Games Finished 1939 NL-20-4	Adjusted ERA+ 1940 NL-136-3 1943 NL-136-3	Oldest Player 1946 NL-39-8 1947 NL-40-3 1948 NL-41-3 1949 NL-42-1