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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-36 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 22

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	23	2	Apr 18	PIT		STL	L,2-3	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.09	7	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.087	2.05	0.15%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	24	3	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	3-6		3	3.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.91	14	3	6	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.097	1.62	0.15%	1.97	3b 12- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d2
3	25	6	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	2	4.1	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.79	3.63	21	4	9	2	1	2	37			1	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.203	2.49	-0.26%	-2.04	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out d2
4	26	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6			1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	3.94	2												1					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	27	10	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.93	2.97	32	15	8	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.585	1.85	0.48%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	28	13	May 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-7	GS-9	W(2-1)	3	8.2	9	7	2	5	4	1	0	1.98	3.58	38	16	4	0	0	9	47			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.39	0.042	.71	0.05%	-3.19	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out a3
7	29	17	May 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.49	3.09	35	10	12	0	2	6	80			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.400	2.26	0.54%	4.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
8	30	21	May 15	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	5.0	8	6	5	2	2	0	0	2.40	3.08	24	8	4	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.380	2.83	-0.55%	-3.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
9	31	25	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS-2	L(3-3)	3	1.2	5	5	4	4	1	0	0	3.14	3.29	15	4	1	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.360	2.50	-0.49%	-4.78	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d5
10	32	29	May 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-4	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.29	3.59	34	11	10	1	1	6	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	.79	0.119	1.52	0.14%	0.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
11	33	33	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.95	3.40	35	13	13	1	2	5	75			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	2	.58	0.196	1.15	0.24%	3.59	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	34	38	Jun 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.83	3.39	35	9	13	2	0	10	62			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.38	0.331	3.03	0.44%	2.23	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
13	35	42	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-4	L(6-4)	3	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.31	3.56	19	5	4	0	2	6	28			1	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.322	3.16	-0.54%	-3.60	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d4
14	36	47	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	3.0	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	3.42	3.58	16	7	2	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.276	2.50	-0.33%	-2.48	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d2
15	37	52	Jun 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-11	GS-2	L(6-6)	6	2.0	8	7	4	2	0	0	0	3.79	3.63	15	4	1	1	0	8	16			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.406	1.32	-0.29%	-6.02	1t start tie	2t 3 out d7
16	38	53	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	3.61	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.014	.36	0.01%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
17	39	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	6-7		0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.67	3.61	5	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.130	.81	0.07%	1.16	6t -2- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
18	40	58	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.62	3.63	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	41	62	Jul 4(1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	7-GF		6	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.60	13	3	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.035	1.03	-0.05%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
20	42	67	Jul 9(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	6-8		4	2.1	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.71	3.68	11	2	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.014	.15	-0.02%	-0.79	6t 1-- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
21	43	70	Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14			4	5.0	7	6	6	2	0	0	0	4.09	3.69	24												21					0
22	44	72	Jul 16(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	3.64	13	5	7	0	0	1		3	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.214	1.19	0.16%	2.71	5b 123 0 out tie	8b end d 1
23	45	75	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	1-6		1	5.0	9	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.17	3.62	28	8	8	3	0	6		1	0	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.098	.54	-0.09%	-2.74	1b 1-- 2 out d3	6b -2- 2 out d6
24	46	78	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	7-8	W(7-6)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.09	3.57	8	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.038	.53	0.04%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
25	47	80	Jul 23(1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.06	3.68	12	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.240	3.30	0.29%	0.38	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
26	48	82	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	1-10		1	8.1	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.92	3.70	34	12	14	4	2	7		2	0	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.015	1.31	0.01%	2.01	1t 12- 2 out d2	10t 1-3 0 out tie
27	49	85	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	5-8	L(7-7)	1	2.2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.07	3.73	12	7	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.484	1.92	-0.53%	-1.01	5t --3 1 out d5	8t --3 0 out tie
28	50	87	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	8-9	H(1)	1	1.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.26	3.75	7	1	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.148	1.52	-0.10%	-1.15	8t 1-3 0 out a4	9t 12- 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	51	91	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.30	3.74	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.032	.25	-0.01%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
30	52	92	Aug 4	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	W(8-7)	0	4.0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	4.16	3.80	16	6	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.57	0.511	1.42	0.17%	1.96	8t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
31	53	94	Aug 6(1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	4-6		1	1.1	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.33	3.78	7	1	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.037	.34	-0.02%	-1.50	4t 1-3 2 out d3	6t -23 0 out d4
32	54	97	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(8-8)	4	3.0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	4.30	3.85	13	6	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	0.074	.60	0.01%	1.53	6b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
33	55	99	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	3.82	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	.06	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
34	56	100	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-9	6-9		0	3.0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.37	3.84	16	4	6	1	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	-0.104	.39	-0.01%	-2.74	6b 12- 1 out a5	9b 1-3 1 out a2
35	57	104	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,2-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	3.83	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
36	58	105	Aug 18	PIT		STL	L,0-3	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	3.82	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.30	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.07	9t --3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
37	59	111	Aug 23(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	4-6		4	3.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.22	3.83	14	3	2	0	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.75	4b 1-- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
38	60	113	Aug 26(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.29	3.94	9	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.19	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.99	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
39	61	118	Aug 31(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	1-5		4	4.0	3	3	3	5	1	0	0	4.36	3.99	19	2	8	0	2	3		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1b 12- 0 out d3	5b 12- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
40	62	120	Sep 3(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-14	1-5		2	3.2	7	5	5	1	4	2	0	4.56	4.10	19	1	6	0	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-2.34	1b 1-- 2 out d5	5b -2- 1 out d3
41	63	124	Sep 6(1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	3-9		2	6.1	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.37	4.05	25	7	9	1	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.339	.00	0.00%	3.37	3t 12- 2 out d1	9t 3 out d1
42	64	126	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	W(9-8)	0	3.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.35	4.03	15	3	5	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.29	-0.131	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	11t end d 1
43	65	128	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,2-12	6-6		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	4.02	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.61	6t -23 1 out d2	6t 3 out d4
44	66	129	Sep 10(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9	5-7		0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.00	7	6	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.30	5t -2- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
45	67	132	Sep 13(1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.99	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
46	68	133	Sep 13(2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	9-GF	S(2)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.99	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 3
47	69	136	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	L,2-4			1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	3.98	2												2					0
48	70	138	Sep 17(1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.18	3.96	5												5					0
49	71	141	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	3-GF	W(10-8)	1	6.1	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.03	3.90	24	10	4	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.44	0.441	.00	0.00%	3.26	3t -2- 2 out tie	9t end a 2
50	72	144	Sep 22(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	3-6		2	3.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.11	3.91	17	6	4	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-1.03	3b 12- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d6
51	73	148	Sep 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-11	3-6		1	3.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.03	3.89	12	7	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.86	3b -2- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
52	74	149	Sep 27(1)	PIT		CHC	L,8-9	10-GF(10)	L(10-9)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.87	6	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.411	.00	0.00%	-1.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
							16-36		W-L:10-9,Sv:2,Hld:1	2.2	175.1	177	93	80	72	69	11	1	4.11	3.87	763	1.18		5%	4%	156	48	35	29%	6	7	0	667	31	3	5	16	5	13	.95	0.139	1.22	-0.33%	-2.33

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