#40 Ewell Blackwell, Starting Pitcher, 38 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ewell Blackwell
10/23/1922 38 USA,CA,FRESNO 6"6 210
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 12,420,000 1961 $ 7,250,000 (2 year(s)) 16 Year(s), 126 Days (2878 total Days) 112 Day(s) 16 Year(s), 126 Days (2878 total Days) 18 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 7 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 54 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
6/7 | @KC | L 4-6 | * | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | L | | | | |
6/11 | BAL | L 2-5 | * | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | L | | | | |
6/15 | @CHA | L 5-8 | * | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | L | | | | |
6/19 | @WS2 | W 5-3 | * | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | | PoG | | | |
6/24 | @MIN | W 7-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
6/29 | DET | W 5-2 | * | 8.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
7/3 | CHA | W 3-1 | * | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | W | PoG | | | |
7/12 | @WS2 | W 12-7 | * | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | W | | | | |
7/16 | BOS | L 7-9 | * | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | L | | | | |
7/21 | @BAL | W 10-8 | * | 6.1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 23 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.37 | 189.2 | 170 | 74 | 71 | 44 | 139 | 11 | 47.8 | 0 | 15 | 65.2 |
Projected | 23 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.37 | 189.0 | 170 | 74 | 71 | 44 | 139 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.83 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 312 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .256 | .300 | .391 | .691 |
vs. RHB | 393 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .271 | .349 | .619 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3.25 | 102.1 | 83 | 39 | 37 | 26 | 71 |
Road | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.50 | 87.1 | 87 | 35 | 34 | 18 | 68 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 42.0 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 25 |
May | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.10 | 60.0 | 47 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 52 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.86 | 58.1 | 52 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 38 |
July | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.83 | 29.1 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 24 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1942 | 45 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.28 | 250.0 | 255 | 119 | 119 | 17 | 110 | 226 | 13 | 3 | 1.46 | .000 | CIN |
1946 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3.74 | 250.0 | 222 | 104 | 104 | 15 | 95 | 265 | 13 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | CIN |
1947 | 45 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3.74 | 250.0 | 222 | 104 | 104 | 15 | 95 | 265 | 13 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | CIN |
1948 | 45 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3.74 | 250.0 | 222 | 104 | 104 | 15 | 95 | 265 | 13 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | CIN |
1949 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3.74 | 250.0 | 222 | 104 | 104 | 15 | 95 | 265 | 13 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | CIN |
1950 | 42 | 42 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 4.28 | 336.1 | 311 | 166 | 160 | 24 | 150 | 236 | 15 | 0 | 1.37 | .290 | CIN |
1951 | 42 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3.04 | 349.0 | 294 | 130 | 118 | 11 | 155 | 256 | 23 | 3 | 1.29 | .282 | CIN,NL |
1952 | 42 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4.05 | 340.0 | 289 | 165 | 153 | 21 | 143 | 254 | 16 | 1 | 1.27 | .272 | CIN |
1953 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4.24 | 286.1 | 286 | 156 | 135 | 15 | 136 | 201 | 12 | 1 | 1.47 | .304 | CIN CHA,AL |
1954 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3.09 | 305.2 | 260 | 118 | 105 | 16 | 114 | 222 | 9 | 2 | 1.22 | .270 | CHA,AL |
1955 | 39 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3.24 | 322.0 | 282 | 123 | 116 | 14 | 114 | 218 | 13 | 2 | 1.23 | .283 | CHA,AL |
1956 | 39 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3.25 | 310.1 | 249 | 129 | 112 | 18 | 105 | 263 | 16 | 3 | 1.14 | .266 | CHA |
1957 | 40 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3.10 | 333.2 | 282 | 121 | 115 | 25 | 91 | 233 | 23 | 3 | 1.12 | .263 | CHA,AL NYY |
1958 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2.82 | 329.0 | 256 | 113 | 103 | 32 | 84 | 244 | 28 | 2 | 1.03 | .244 | NYY,AL |
1959 | 39 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3.88 | 336.1 | 313 | 158 | 145 | 38 | 96 | 296 | 24 | 1 | 1.22 | .291 | NYY,AL |
1960 | 39 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3.95 | 314.1 | 298 | 152 | 138 | 26 | 112 | 239 | 19 | 2 | 1.30 | .292 | NYY,AL |
1961 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.37 | 189.2 | 170 | 74 | 71 | 16 | 44 | 139 | 11 | 0 | 1.13 | .280 | NYY,AL |
Total | 687 | 622 | 304 | 158 | 10 | 3.61 | 5002.2 | 4433 | 2140 | 2006 | 333 | 1834 | 4087 | 274 | 35 | 1.25 | .429 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1954 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 13.0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 18.0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
1957 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.02 | 16.2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1958 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 14.2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 18.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5.04 | 80.1 | 84 | 52 | 45 | 21 | 63 | 6 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1942 | 2 | 250 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .232 | .437 | CIN |
1946 | 33 | 250 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .232 | .437 | CIN |
1947 | 33 | 250 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .232 | .437 | CIN |
1948 | 22 | 250 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .232 | .437 | CIN |
1949 | 30 | 250 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .232 | .437 | CIN |
1950 | 42 | 117 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | .179 | .205 | .214 | .419 | CIN |
1951 | 42 | 119 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .134 | .142 | .168 | .310 | CIN,NL |
1952 | 42 | 119 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .279 | .277 | .556 | CIN |
1953 | 39 | 109 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .189 | .229 | .419 | CIN CHA,AL |
1954 | 39 | 116 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .186 | .190 | .376 | CHA,AL |
1955 | 39 | 123 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .168 | .179 | .347 | CHA,AL |
1956 | 39 | 117 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .151 | .171 | .322 | CHA |
1957 | 40 | 127 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .186 | .213 | .399 | CHA,AL NYY |
1958 | 39 | 117 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .162 | .161 | .214 | .375 | NYY,AL |
1959 | 39 | 134 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .299 | .321 | .620 | NYY,AL |
1960 | 39 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .155 | .158 | .155 | .312 | NYY,AL |
1961 | 23 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .164 | .311 | NYY,AL |
Total | 582 | 2619 | 479 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 161 | 197 | 54 | 402 | 4 | 5 | .183 | .198 | .221 | .420 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 23 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 44 | 1 | .977 | 189.2 | 2.09 | | | | |
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Transactions 9/27/1951: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $7,220,000 per year, for 6 years. Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (A) on 2/9/1953 (Going to CIN: P Chet Nichols, SS Chico Carrasquel, 1B Eddie Robinson, 2B Nellie Fox. Going to CHA: P Ewell Blackwell, 1B Ted Kluszewski, LF Bob Ni eman, 2B Bobby Adams, SS Virgil Stallcup)... All Star Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game... Awards Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1951, going 5-2, 2.50... Won Best Pitcher Award in 1951, going 26-10, 3.04 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1953, going 7-0, 2.78... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1954, going 6-1, 2.81... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1954, going 6-1, 1.54... Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1954... Won Cy Young Award in 1954, going 25-4, 3.09 ERA... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won Cy Young Award in 1955, going 20-9, 3.24 ERA... Injured on 4/20/1956 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 245 on 9/2/1956 ... Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1956... Won Cy Young Award in 1956, going 23-9, 3.25 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1957, going 7-0, 2.28... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Traded from Chicago (A) to New York (A) on 7/22/1957 (Going to CHA: P Paul Foytack. Going to NYY: P Ewell Blackwell)... 7/30/1957: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $12,420,000 per year, for 4 years. Won Cy Young Award in 1957, going 29-7, 3.10 ERA... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1959... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... 6/21/1961: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,250,000 per year, for 2 years. Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game... Injured on 7/21/1961 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1951 - 3.04 - 1st 1952 - 4.05 - 8th 1954 - 3.09 - 1st 1955 - 3.24 - 1st 1956 - 3.25 - 4th 1957 - 3.10 - 2nd 1958 - 2.82 - 2nd 1959 - 3.88 - 6th 1960 - 3.95 - 8th
| WHIP 1951 - 1.29 - 6th 1952 - 1.27 - 5th 1954 - 1.22 - 1st 1955 - 1.23 - 2nd 1956 - 1.14 - 2nd 1957 - 1.12 - 1st 1958 - 1.03 - 1st 1959 - 1.22 - 4th 1960 - 1.30 - 6th
| Wins 1950 - 21 - 4th 1951 - 26 - 3rd 1952 - 19 - 8th 1953 - 21 - 6th 1954 - 25 - 2nd 1955 - 20 - 2nd 1956 - 23 - 2nd 1957 - 29 - 1st 1958 - 21 - 5th 1959 - 24 - 2nd 1960 - 17 - 10th
| Losses 1952 - 16 - 8th
| IP 1950 - 336.1 - 4th 1951 - 349.0 - 1st 1952 - 340.0 - 1st 1954 - 305.2 - 5th 1955 - 322.0 - 2nd 1956 - 310.1 - 8th 1957 - 333.2 - 3rd 1958 - 329.0 - 4th 1959 - 336.1 - 2nd 1960 - 314.1 - 4th
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K's 1950 - 236 - 1st 1951 - 256 - 1st 1952 - 254 - 1st 1953 - 201 - 2nd 1954 - 222 - 3rd 1955 - 218 - 1st 1956 - 263 - 1st 1957 - 233 - 2nd 1958 - 244 - 2nd 1959 - 296 - 2nd 1960 - 239 - 3rd
| BB 1950 - 150 - 3rd 1951 - 155 - 2nd 1952 - 143 - 5th 1953 - 136 - 6th 1955 - 114 - 10th 1960 - 112 - 5th
| CG 1950 - 15 - 6th 1951 - 23 - 1st 1952 - 16 - 5th 1957 - 23 - 2nd 1958 - 28 - 3rd 1959 - 24 - 3rd 1960 - 19 - 8th
| SHO 1951 - 3 - 2nd 1952 - 1 - 10th 1955 - 2 - 5th 1956 - 3 - 4th 1957 - 3 - 1st 1958 - 2 - 7th 1960 - 2 - 8th
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