Rip Sewell

Q: When was Rip Sewell born?

Rip Sewell was born on May 11, 1907.

Q: Where was Rip Sewell born?

Rip Sewell was born in Decatur, AL .

Q: How tall was Rip Sewell?

Rip Sewell was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Rip Sewell weigh when playing?

Rip Sewell weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Rip Sewell in the Hall of Fame?

Rip Sewell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Rip Sewell have?

Rip Sewell had 636 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Rip Sewell played for?

Rip Sewell played for 2 teams; the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: How many World Series has Rip Sewell won?

Rip Sewell never won a World Series.

Q: When did Rip Sewell retire?

Rip Sewell last played in 1949.

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

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.9

143

ERA

3.48

390

243

2119.1

636

WHIP

1.344

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1932	25	DET-min	AA,A	5	7	.417	4.00	18	0					72.0	74	41	32		30									1.444	9.3		3.8			TTO,BMT IL,TL
1932	25	DET	AL	0	0		12.66	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	19	15	15	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	59	38	7.11	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	2	17	2	0	3	176	90	4.98	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	5	69	1	0	1	763	94	3.81	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	6	60	3	0	2	790	136	3.88	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	7	76	3	0	8	1055	98	4.16	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	4	69	2	0	4	1067	99	3.09	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	12	65	2	1	2	1112	137	3.33	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	8	87	3	1	1	1218	117	3.82	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	15	60	2	0	5	863	97	4.17	1.612	10.1	0.4	4.4	2.9	0.66
1946	39	PIT	NL	8	12	.400	3.68	25	20	3	11	2	0	149.1	140	68	61	6	53	7	33	1	0	2	641	96	3.75	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	8	36	3	0	1	504	119	4.23	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	2	36	1	0	1	522	118	4.06	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	2	26	0	0	0	330	108	4.46	1.500	9.7	0.9	3.8	3.1	0.81
13 Yrs				143	97	.596	3.48	390	243	89	137	20	15	2119.1	2101	983	819	116	748	78	636	23	2	30	9100	108	3.84	1.344	8.9	0.5	3.2	2.7	0.85
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.596	3.48	42	26	10	15	2	2	228	226	106	88	12	80	8	68	2	0	3	978	108	3.84	1.344	8.9	0.5	3.2	2.7	0.85

PIT (12 yrs)				143	97	.596	3.43	385	243	86	137	20	15	2108.2	2082	968	804	114	740	78	634	23	2	30	9041	109	3.83	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	0	2	0	0	0	59	38	7.11	2.531	16.0	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25

NL (12 yrs)				143	97	.596	3.43	385	243	86	137	20	15	2108.2	2082	968	804	114	740	78	634	23	2	30	9041	109	3.83	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	0	2	0	0	0	59	38	7.11	2.531	16.0	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25

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

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1932	25	DET	AL	0.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	.443	150	1		0	0	0	/1

1938	31	PIT	NL	-0.1	17	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54	.079	-73	1	1	0	0	0	1
1939	32	PIT	NL	0.2	52	64	55	5	11	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	11	.200	.241	.273	.514	39	.237	24	15	1	0	4	0	1
1940	33	PIT	NL	0.1	47	77	73	14	14	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	19	.192	.224	.288	.511	41	.229	30	21	1	0	1	0	1H	MVP-25
1941	34	PIT	NL	0.0	42	99	92	12	16	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	15	.174	.200	.228	.428	20	.201	8	21	4	0	4	0	1/H
1942	35	PIT	NL	-0.2	41	91	87	9	13	3	0	0	4	2	1	3	19	.149	.178	.184	.362	5	.171	-11	16	2	0	1	0	1/H
1943	36	PIT	NL	0.8	41	108	105	9	30	4	1	0	17	7	0	2	21	.286	.299	.343	.642	82	.317	75	36	2	0	1	0	1/H	AS,MVP-6
1944	37	PIT	NL	0.3	44	116	112	10	25	4	1	1	12	1	0	2	19	.223	.237	.304	.540	49	.249	39	34	1	0	2	0	1/H	AS,MVP-11
1945	38	PIT	NL	0.7	35	72	64	10	20	3	0	0	6	1	0	7	11	.313	.380	.359	.740	103	.354	106	23	1	0	1	0	1/H
1946	39	PIT	NL	0.0	26	56	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	12	.180	.241	.220	.461	30	.227	18	11	4	0	2	0	1/H	AS
1947	40	PIT	NL	-0.2	24	42	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	6	.125	.146	.200	.346	-10	.158	-30	8	3	0	0	0	1
1948	41	PIT	NL	0.2	21	49	42	5	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	6	15	.143	.250	.238	.488	32	.230	25	10	0	0	1	0	1
1949	42	PIT	NL	0.0	28	22	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.250	.063	.313	-13	.189	-10	1	0	1	2	0	1
13 Yrs				1.8	423	810	750	81	152	22	3	6	59	12	1	37	154	.203	.241	.264	.505	40	.239	30	198	20	1	19	0	1H
162 Game Avg				0.7	162	310	287	31	58	8	1	2	23	5	0	14	59	.203	.241	.264	.505	40	.239	30	76		0	7	0

PIT (12 Yrs)				1.7	418	808	748	81	151	22	3	6	59	12	1	37	153	.202	.240	.263	.504	40	.239	29	197	20	1	19	0	1H
DET (1 Yr)				0.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	.443	150	1		0	0	0	/1

NL (12 Yrs)				1.7	418	808	748	81	151	22	3	6	59	12	1	37	153	.202	.240	.263	.504	40	.239	29	197	20	1	19	0	1H
AL (1 Yr)				0.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	.443	150	1		0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1932	25	DET	AL	P	5	0	0	11.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	.958	3.27	2.21	0.80	2.24	0	0	0			0

1938	31	PIT	NL	P	17	0	0	38.0	14	0	13	1	3	.929	.964	3.08	2.20	0.76	2.19	3	2	0	0.0	49.5	0
1939	32	PIT	NL	P	52	12	5	176.0	57	9	47	1	3	.982	.960	2.86	2.19	1.08	2.16	1	6	7	53.8	47.0	0
1940	33	PIT	NL	P	33	23	14	190.0	68	17	46	5	0	.926	.962	2.98	2.22	1.91	2.22	2	5	9	64.3	45.7	0	MVP-25
1941	34	PIT	NL	P	39	32	18	249.0	79	21	56	2	6	.975	.965	2.78	2.23	1.97	2.21	8	4	5	55.6	47.6	0
1942	35	PIT	NL	P	40	33	18	248.0	72	19	51	2	3	.972	.968	2.54	2.35	1.75	2.35	4	8	7	46.7	45.1	0
1943	36	PIT	NL	P	35	31	25	265.0	77	13	60	4	4	.948	.961	2.48	2.25	2.09	2.25	2	7	2	22.2	46.1	1	AS,MVP-6
1944	37	PIT	NL	P	38	33	24	286.0	74	21	49	4	1	.946	.961	2.20	2.14	1.84	2.13	1	3	3	50.0	44.8	0	AS,MVP-11
1945	38	PIT	NL	P	33	24	9	188.0	46	10	35	1	2	.978	.963	2.15	2.18	1.36	2.17	5	7	3	30.0	37.5	0
1946	39	PIT	NL	P	25	20	11	149.0	36	8	26	2	1	.944	.960	2.05	2.24	1.36	2.22	2	5	2	28.6	44.3	0	AS
1947	40	PIT	NL	P	24	12	4	121.0	37	10	26	1	3	.973	.966	2.68	2.10	1.50	2.07	1	4	3	42.9	45.3	1
1948	41	PIT	NL	P	21	17	7	121.2	34	10	21	3	1	.912	.963	2.29	2.11	1.48	2.08	1	3	3	50.0	41.7	0
1949	42	PIT	NL	P	28	6	2	76.0	17	3	12	2	0	.882	.953	1.78	2.04	0.54	2.02	0	2	2	50.0	44.0	0
13 Yrs					390	243	137	2118.2	615	142	445	28	27	.954	.963	2.49	2.20	1.51	2.18	30	56	46	45.1	44.8	2

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Rip Sewell born?

Rip Sewell was born on May 11, 1907.

Where was Rip Sewell born?

Rip Sewell was born in Decatur, AL.

How tall was Rip Sewell?

Rip Sewell was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Rip Sewell weigh when playing?

Rip Sewell weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Rip Sewell play?

Rip Sewell played 13 seasons.

Is Rip Sewell in the Hall of Fame?

Rip Sewell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Rip Sewell play?

Rip Sewell was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Rip Sewell have?

Rip Sewell had 636 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Rip Sewell played for?

Rip Sewell played for 2 teams; the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates.

How many World Series has Rip Sewell won?

Rip Sewell never won a World Series.

When did Rip Sewell retire?

Rip Sewell last played in 1949.

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