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Ewell Blackwell
Ewell Blackwell (The Whip)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 195 lb.
School University of La Verne

Debut April 21, 1942
Final Game April 18, 1955
Born October 23, 1922 in Fresno, CA
Died October 29, 1996 in Hendersonville, NC

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 19 CIN NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    3    4    2   0    3    1   0   2    16       0  6.00  3.31   55 2.000
 1946 23 CIN NL   9  13  33  25  10   5   5  0  194.3  160   62   53   1   79  100   4   4   803       0  2.45  3.34  136 1.230 AS
 1947 24 CIN NL  22   8  33  33  23   6   0  0  273.0  227   91   75  10   95  193   4   2  1086       1  2.47  4.11  166 1.179 MVP-2,AS
 1948 25 CIN NL   7   9  22  20   4   1   2  1  138.7  134   73   70  12   52  114   4   1   599       0  4.54  3.92   86 1.341 AS
 1949 26 CIN NL   5   5  30   4   0   0  17  1   76.7   80   36   36   7   34   55   3   1   335       0  4.23  4.16   98 1.487 AS
 1950 27 CIN NL  17  15  40  32  18   1   7  4  261.0  203  105   86  12  112  188  13  11  1102       0  2.97  4.22  142 1.207 MVP-11,AS
 1951 28 CIN NL  16  15  38  32  11   2   5  2  232.7  204  110   89  16   97  120   9   5   996       1  3.44  4.08  118 1.294 MVP-19,AS
 1952 29 TOT      4  12  28  19   3   0   7  1  118.0  119   68   62   6   72   55   5   2   533       0  4.73  3.71   78 1.619
         CIN NL   3  12  23  17   3   0   5  0  102.0  107   66   61   6   60   48   5   2   461       0  5.38  3.77   70 1.637
         NYY AL   1   0   5   2   0   0   2  1   16.0   12    2    1   0   12    7   0   0    72       0  0.56  3.34  594 1.500
 1953 30 NYY AL   2   0   8   4   0   0   3  1   19.7   17   10    8   2   13   11   1   0    88       0  3.66  3.72  101 1.525
 1955 32 KCA AL   0   1   2   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    3    3    3   1    5    2   1   0    18   0   0  6.75  4.16   62 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .513  82  78 236 169  69  15  49 10 1321.0 1150  562  484  67  562  839  44  28  5576   0   2  3.30  3.95  120 1.296
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  13  39  28  11   2   8  1  221.7  193   94   81  11   94  140   7   4   936   0   0  3.30  3.95  120 1.296
 Career High     22  15  40  33  23   6  17  4  273.0  227  110   89  16  112  193  13  11  1102   0   1  2.45  4.22  166 1.179

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 19 CIN NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 23 CIN NL  33   56    2    6   1  0   0    2   0      1  12  .107  .123  .125  -28    7   6           0   0 AS
 1947 24 CIN NL  33  106    5   13   2  0   0    4   0      1  17  .123  .131  .142  -27   15   7           0   2 MVP-2,AS
 1948 25 CIN NL  22   48    3   11   3  0   0    1   0      0   6  .229  .229  .292   42   14   3           0   4 AS
 1949 26 CIN NL  30   19    3    4   0  0   0    0   0      0   4  .211  .211  .211   13    4   1           0   0 AS
 1950 27 CIN NL  40   89    7   13   1  0   0    5   0      5   9  .146  .191  .157   -7   14   7           0   1 MVP-11,AS
 1951 28 CIN NL  39   82   10   24   3  1   1    6   0  0   5  12  .293  .333  .390   92   32   2           0   1 MVP-19,AS
 1952 29 TOT     28   37    1    6   2  0   0    4   0  0   0  12  .162  .162  .216    4    8   1           0   0
         CIN NL  23   32    1    5   2  0   0    3   0  0   0  11  .156  .156  .219    3    7   1           0   0
         NYY AL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   14    1   0           0   0
 1953 30 NYY AL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 32 KCA AL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     237  443   31   77  12  1   1   22   0  0  12  73  .174  .196  .212   10   94  28   0   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        303   21   53   8  1   1   15   0  0   8  50  .174  .196  .212   10   64  19   0   0   0   5
 Career High     40  106   10   24   3  1   1    6   0  0   5  17                          32   7   0   0   0   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 19 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0    87| .000  .256| .000  .328| .000  .356| .000  .684|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1946 23 CIN NL   63   56    1   0.5    89| .107  .258| .123  .332| .125  .361| .248  .693| -28  .020  -9.5  -1.0     
 1947 24 CIN NL  114  102    2   0.5   105| .123  .273| .131  .348| .142  .404| .273  .752| -27  .018 -19.6  -2.0     
 1948 25 CIN NL   51   44    3   1.8    99| .229  .265| .229  .339| .292  .393| .521  .732|  42  .162  -3.9  -0.4     
 1949 26 CIN NL   20   16    1   1.7   105| .211  .272| .211  .345| .211  .406| .422  .752|  13  .136  -2.4  -0.2     
 1950 27 CIN NL  101   84    3   1.0   108| .146  .270| .191  .346| .157  .418| .348  .764|  -7  .050 -14.1  -1.4     
 1951 28 CIN NL   89   61   11   4.8   105| .293  .270| .333  .344| .390  .409| .723  .753|  92  .532  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1952 29 TOT      38   32    1   0.8    96| .162  .260| .162  .334| .216  .387| .378  .721|   4  .051  -4.8  -0.5   0%
         CIN NL   33   28    1   1.0    97| .156  .262| .156  .334| .219  .389| .375  .724|   3  .064  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         NYY AL    5    4    0   0.0    91| .200  .253| .200  .332| .200  .369| .400  .701|  14  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1953 30 NYY AL    5    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .266| .000  .342| .000  .392| .000  .733|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1955 32 KCA AL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      483  402   22   1.5   102| .174  .268| .196  .343| .212  .399| .408  .742|  10  .113 -57.2  -5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1942 19 CIN NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.15  6.00  2.40    0    3.0
 1946 23 CIN NL   P   33      7   58    3    7  .956  .960  1.97  1.01  3.01  2.24   25  194.3 AS
 1947 24 CIN NL   P   33     10   70    3    2  .964  .966  2.42  0.91  2.64  2.12   33  273.0 AS
 1948 25 CIN NL   P   22      7   40    1    2  .979  .963  2.14  0.91  3.05  2.11   20  138.7 AS
 1949 26 CIN NL   P   30      4   18    1    1  .957  .952  0.73  0.91  2.58  2.04    4   76.7 AS
 1950 27 CIN NL   P   40      8   54    5    2  .925  .961  1.55  0.97  2.14  2.12   32  261.0 AS
 1951 28 CIN NL   P   38      6   46    5    5  .912  .961  1.37  0.96  2.01  2.14   32  232.7 AS
 1952 29 TOT      P   28      3   20    0    1 1.000  .954  0.82  0.99  1.75  2.17   19  118.0
         CIN NL   P   23      2   18    0    1 1.000  .952  0.87  0.98  1.76  2.18   17  102.0
         NYY AL   P    5      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.60  1.04  1.69  2.08    2   16.0
 1953 30 NYY AL   P    8      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  0.88  1.83  1.96    4   19.7
 1955 32 KCA AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.02    0    4.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1942 19 CIN NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.15  6.00  2.40    0    3.0
 1946 23 CIN NL   P   33      7   58    3    7  .956  .960  1.97  1.01  3.01  2.24   25  194.3
 1947 24 CIN NL   P   33     10   70    3    2  .964  .966  2.42  0.91  2.64  2.12   33  273.0
 1948 25 CIN NL   P   22      7   40    1    2  .979  .963  2.14  0.91  3.05  2.11   20  138.7
 1949 26 CIN NL   P   30      4   18    1    1  .957  .952  0.73  0.91  2.58  2.04    4   76.7
 1950 27 CIN NL   P   40      8   54    5    2  .925  .961  1.55  0.97  2.14  2.12   32  261.0
 1951 28 CIN NL   P   38      6   46    5    5  .912  .961  1.37  0.96  2.01  2.14   32  232.7
 1952 29 TOT      P   28      3   20    0    1 1.000  .954  0.82  0.99  1.75  2.17   19  118.0
         CIN NL   P   23      2   18    0    1 1.000  .952  0.87  0.98  1.76  2.18   17  102.0
         NYY AL   P    5      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.60  1.04  1.69  2.08    2   16.0
 1953 30 NYY AL   P    8      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  0.88  1.83  1.96    4   19.7
 1955 32 KCA AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.02    0    4.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 236     46  311   19   20  .949  .961  1.51  0.95  2.43  2.14  169 1321.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       236     46  311   19   20  .949  .961  1.51  0.95  2.43  2.14  169   1321
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   7.20  0  0  0  0   5     4   4   3   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1946   CIN NL      0  0  0   2.2   3   2   2   1   1  0   0  1   0  0  1  0  0 
 1947   CIN NL   *  0  0  0   3     1   0   0   0   4  0   0  1   0  0  0  0  0 
 1948   CIN NL      0  0  0   3     2   0   0   3   1  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1949   CIN NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1950   CIN NL      1  0  0   3     1   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1951   CIN NL      0  0  1   1     1   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 6/6      1  1  0  1  13.2   8   2   2   5  12  0   0  2   1  0  2  0  0   1.32 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1946   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   CIN NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1948   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1950   CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/6      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *
1949 *
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-NL-2-0.52
1950-NL-11-0.12
1951-NL-19-0.02
Car-344-0.66 shares

ERA
1946 NL-2.45-4
1947 NL-2.47-2
1950 NL-2.97-2

Wins
1947 NL-22-1
1950 NL-17-9
1951 NL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1947 NL-.733-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1946 NL-1.230-8
1947 NL-1.179-2
1950 NL-1.207-4
1951 NL-1.294-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1946 NL-7.41-3
1947 NL-7.48-2
1950 NL-7.00-1
1951 NL-7.89-3
Car-7.83-71

Strikeouts/9IP
1946 NL-4.63-3
1947 NL-6.36-1
1950 NL-6.48-1
1951 NL-4.64-7

Saves
1950 NL-4-7

Innings
1947 NL-273.0-3
1950 NL-261.0-7

Strikeouts
1946 NL-100-7
1947 NL-193-1
1948 NL-114-7
1950 NL-188-2
1951 NL-120-8

Games Started
1947 NL-33-4
1950 NL-32-10

Comp. Games
1947 NL-23-1
1950 NL-18-8

Shutouts
1946 NL-5-1
1947 NL-6-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1947 NL-95-4
1950 NL-112-3
1951 NL-97-4

Hits Allowed
1947 NL-227-6

SO to Walk
1946 NL-1.27-8
1947 NL-2.03-1
1950 NL-1.68-9

Losses
1946 NL-13-9
1950 NL-15-8
1951 NL-15-6

Wild Pitches
1946 NL-4-9
1950 NL-11-1

Hit Batsmen
1946 NL-4-8
1947 NL-4-6
1948 NL-4-7
1950 NL-13-1
1951 NL-9-1

Batters Faced
1947 NL-1086-4
1950 NL-1102-5

Games Finished
1949 NL-17-8

Adjusted ERA+
1946 NL-136-5
1947 NL-166-2
1950 NL-142-2

Youngest Player
1942 NL-19-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 13 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 72 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 38.5 (342) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

August 28, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Yankees for Johnny Schmitz, Jim Greengrass, Ernie Nevel, Bob Marquis, and $35,000.

March 30, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the New York Yankees for $50,000.

April 30, 1955: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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