Rip Sewell

Pitcher, Baseball Player

1907 – 1989

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Who was Rip Sewell?

Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 13 years in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Sewell was selected four times to the National League All Star team and is credited with inventing the "Eephus pitch."

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Born
May 11, 1907
Decatur
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Decatur
Died
Sep 3, 1989
Plant City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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