Rip Sewell Baseball player

Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell (May 11, 1907 – September 3, 1989) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 13 years in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers (1932) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1938–1949). Sewell was selected four times to the National League All Star team (1943–1946) and is credited with inventing the "Eephus pitch."

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Sewell Truett Banks
Birth dateMay 11, 1907
Date of deathSeptember 03, 1989

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Baseball player

Career startJune 14, 1932
Career endSeptember 18, 1949
batting sideLeft
former teams
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pitcher
teams
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=m7mwvZEkfasC&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=rip+sewell&source=web&ots=Tfzg_4UWNh&sig=D6ONN_jry4M-Hx-r_6zNvpd3I9Y#PPA316,M1
  2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sewelri01.shtml
  3. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Rip_Sewell_1907
  4. http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/sewelri01.php