Rip Sewell
1932–1949 · bats L / throws R · Detroit Tigers, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
423G
.203AVG
.241OBP
.264SLG
More career statistics
152H
6HR
59RBI
12SB
143–97W–L
2,119.1IP
636K
3.55ERA
243GS
15SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 750 | 751 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 154 | 155 |
| Batting · Walks | 37 | 36 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,100 | 9,114 |
| Pitching · p er | 836 | 819 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,101 | 2,104 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,358 | 6,357 |
| Pitching · p k | 636 | 638 |
| Pitching · p r | 982 | 981 |
| Pitching · p w | 748 | 749 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 807 | 750 | 81 | 152 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 37 | 154 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 198 | .203 | .241 | .264 | .505 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,119.3 | 390 | 243 | 137 | 143 | 97 | 15 | 2,101 | 982 | 836 | 116 | 748 | 636 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 1.344 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1944-08-10 to 1944-08-27
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1944-05-14 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1943-08-03 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 14 innings pitched | 1944-05-07 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 225 | 387 | 74 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 72 | .205 | .227 | .260 |
| Away | 198 | 420 | 78 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 83 | .200 | .238 | .267 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .221 | .231 | .294 |
| May | 71 | 146 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 30 | .250 | .260 | .321 |
| June | 81 | 145 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | .197 | .241 | .258 |
| July | 86 | 170 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 44 | .175 | .212 | .212 |
| August | 75 | 138 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 26 | .244 | .275 | .344 |
| September | 76 | 125 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | .122 | .168 | .157 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 78 | 175 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 37 | .200 | .229 | .269 |
| new-york-giants | 62 | 114 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 22 | .224 | .263 | .280 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 62 | 129 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | .197 | .225 | .239 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 60 | 117 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 18 | .234 | .265 | .324 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 57 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | .217 | .218 | .265 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 | .159 | .185 | .216 |
| cincinnati-reds | 46 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | .169 | .231 | .229 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 10 | 2 |
| 1938 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 38 | 17 |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 52 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .193 | 175 | 69 |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 47 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .192 | 189 | 60 |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 92 | 16 | 1 | 5 | – | .174 | 248 | 76 |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 87 | 13 | – | 4 | 2 | .149 | 248 | 72 |
| 1943 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 105 | 30 | – | 17 | 7 | .286 | 265 | 65 |
| 1944 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 112 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .223 | 288 | 87 |
| 1945 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 64 | 20 | – | 6 | 1 | .312 | 187 | 59 |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 50 | 9 | – | 1 | 1 | .180 | 149 | 33 |
| 1947 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | .122 | 121 | 36 |
| 1948 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .146 | 121 | 36 |
| 1949 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 76 | 26 |