Rip Sewell
Rip Sewell
Full name: Truett Banks Sewell
Born: May 11, 1907, Decatur, Alabama
Died September 3, 1989, Plant City, Florida
Buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, Plant City, Florida
First Game: June 14, 1932; Final Game: September 18, 1949
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180
P on TSN All-Star Team (1943)
Rip Sewell
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1932 DET A 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1932 DET A
1938 PIT N 17 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .083 .083 .083 0.0 1938 PIT N
1939 PIT N 52 55 5 11 1 0 1 4 3 11 0 4 1 0 .200 .241 .273 0.0 1939 PIT N
1940 PIT N 47 73 14 14 2 1 1 4 3 19 0 1 1 0 .192 .224 .288 0.0 1940 PIT N
1941 PIT N 42 92 12 16 2 0 1 5 3 15 0 4 4 0 .174 .200 .228 0.0 1941 PIT N
1942 PIT N 41 87 9 13 3 0 0 4 3 19 0 1 2 2 .149 .178 .184 0.0 1942 PIT N
1943 PIT N 41 105 9 30 4 1 0 17 2 21 0 1 2 7 .286 .299 .343 0.0 1943 PIT N
1944 PIT N 44 112 10 25 4 1 1 12 2 19 0 2 1 1 .223 .237 .304 0.0 1944 PIT N
1945 PIT N 35 64 10 20 3 0 0 6 7 11 0 1 1 1 .313 .380 .359 0.0 1945 PIT N
1946 PIT N 26 50 4 9 2 0 0 1 4 12 0 2 4 1 .180 .241 .220 0.0 1946 PIT N
1947 PIT N 24 40 2 5 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 3 0 .125 .146 .200 0.0 1947 PIT N
1948 PIT N 21 42 5 6 1 0 1 2 6 15 0 1 0 0 .143 .250 .238 0.0 1948 PIT N
1949 PIT N 28 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 .063 .250 .063 0.0 1949 PIT N
Total NL 418 748 81 151 22 3 6 59 37 153 1 19 20 12 .202 .240 .263 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 Total AL
Total 423 750 81 152 22 3 6 59 37 154 1 19 20i 12 0i .203 .241 .264 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1943 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1943 NL
1944 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1944 NL
1946 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1946 NL
Total Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1932 DET A 5 0 0 0 3 0 10.2 19 59 2 15 15 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.66 -0.3 1932 DET A
1938 PIT N 17 0 0 0 11 1 38.1 41 176 3 27 18 21 17 4 3 2 0 0 1 4.23 -0.3 1938 PIT N
1939 PIT N 52 12 5 1 20 2 176.1 177 763 10 93 80 73 69 22 1 1 0 10 9 4.08 -0.3 1939 PIT N
1940 PIT N 33 23 14 2 3 1 189.2 169 790 6 71 59 67 60 11 2 3 0 16 5 2.80 2.5 1940 PIT N
1941 PIT N 39 32 18 2 7 2 249 225 1055 18 126 103 84 76 12 8 3 0 14 17 3.72 -0.3 1941 PIT N
1942 PIT N 40 33 18 5 7 2 248 259 1067 13 117 94 72 69 16 4 2 0 17 15 3.41 -0.6 1942 PIT N
1943 PIT N 35 31 25 2 4 3 265.1 267 1113 6 94 75 75 65 10 2 2 1 21 9 2.54 3.9 1943 PIT N
1944 PIT N 38 33 24 3 4 2 286 263 1218 15 112 101 99 87 18 1 3 1 21 12 3.18 2.6 1944 PIT N
1945 PIT N 33 24 9 1 7 1 188 212 863 9 116 85 91 60 9 5 2 0 11 9 4.07 -0.3 1945 PIT N
1946 PIT N 25 20 11 2 2 0 149.1 140 641 6 68 61 53 33 16 2 1 0 8 12 3.68 -0.1 1946 PIT N
1947 PIT N 24 12 4 1 8 0 121 121 504 11 58 48 36 36 5 1 3 0 6 4 3.57 0.5 1947 PIT N
1948 PIT N 21 17 7 0 3 0 121.2 126 522 9 51 47 37 36 4 1 1 0 13 3 3.48 1.1 1948 PIT N
1949 PIT N 28 6 2 1 9 1 76 82 330 8 35 33 32 26 5 0 0 0 6 1 3.91 0.2 1949 PIT N
Total NL 385 243 137 20 85 15 2108.2 2082 9042 114 968 804 740 634 132 30 23 2 143 97 3.43 8.9 Total NL
Total AL 5 0 0 0 3 0 10.2 19 59 2 15 15 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.66 -0.3 Total AL
Total 390 243 137 20 88 15 2119.1 2101 9101 116 983 819 748 636 134 30 23 2 143 97 3.48 8.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1943 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1943 NL
1944 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 1944 NL
1946 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36.00 1946 NL
Total Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 20 1 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.20 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1932 DET A P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000
1938 PIT N P 17 0 13 1 3 .929
1939 PIT N P 52 9 47 1 3 .982
1940 PIT N P 33 17 46 5 0 .926
1941 PIT N P 39 21 56 2 6 .975
1942 PIT N P 40 19 51 2 3 .972
1943 PIT N P 35 13 60 4 4 .948
1944 PIT N P 38 21 49 4 1 .946
1945 PIT N P 33 10 35 1 2 .978
1946 PIT N P 25 8 26 2 1 .944
1947 PIT N P 24 10 26 1 3 .973
1948 PIT N P 21 10 21 3 1 .912
1949 PIT N P 28 3 12 2 0 .882
Total P 390 142 445 28 27 .954
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1943 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 NL Daily P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1946 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 29, 1947 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 1, 1949 ).
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