What years did Ewell Blackwell play?

Ewell Blackwell played in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1955.

Was Ewell Blackwell a pitcher?

Yes. Ewell Blackwell pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 839 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ewell Blackwell hit?

Ewell Blackwell hit 1 career home run with 77 hits.

What teams did Ewell Blackwell play for?

Ewell Blackwell played for 3 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1942, 1946–1952), the New York Yankees (1952–1953), and the Kansas City Athletics (1955).

What awards did Ewell Blackwell win?

Ewell Blackwell was selected to 6 All-Star Games.

What were Ewell Blackwell's career stats?

In 236 games, Ewell Blackwell went 82-78 with a 3.30 ERA, 839 strikeouts, 1,321.0 innings pitched, and 10 saves. At the plate he had 77 hits and 1 home runs.

What position did Ewell Blackwell play?

Ewell Blackwell played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ewell Blackwell and how much did he weigh?

Ewell Blackwell was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 195 pounds.

What was Ewell Blackwell's career ERA?

Ewell Blackwell finished with a 3.30 career ERA, going 82-78 with 839 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ewell Blackwell have?

Ewell Blackwell recorded 839 career strikeouts.

Is Ewell Blackwell in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ewell Blackwell has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Ewell Blackwell make?

Ewell Blackwell was selected to 6 All-Star Games.

Ewell Blackwell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1942-1955)

Ewell Blackwell was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1955 for the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Yankees, and the Kansas City Athletics, a span of 14 seasons. Across 236 career appearances, he went 82-78 with a 3.30 ERA and 839 strikeouts. He also batted .174 with 1 home runs. Ewell Blackwell was a 6-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 23344.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 23, 2026

W–L 82–78

ERA 3.30

WHIP 1.30

SO 839

Pitcher PIV 23344.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 195 lb
Born: 10/23/1922 in Fresno, CA, USA
Died: 10/29/1996 in Hendersonville, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 1942-04-21
Last Game: 1955-04-18
Awards: 6× All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ewell Blackwell — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
82	78	236	169	69	15	10	1321.0	1,150	484	67	562	839	3.30	23344.4

Career ERA 3.30 vs. league average 3.95 across their career seasons — 16.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ewell Blackwell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1942	CIN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	3	1	6.00	—	0.0
1946	CIN	NL	9	13	33	25	10	5	0	194.1	160	53	79	100	2.45	3.59 (+32%)	3470.4
1947	CIN	NL	22	8	33	33	23	6	0	273.0	227	75	95	193	2.47	3.97 (+38%)	8134.8
1948	CIN	NL	7	9	22	20	4	1	1	138.2	134	70	52	114	4.54	4.10 (-11%)	2275.9
1949	CIN	NL	5	5	30	4	0	0	1	76.2	80	36	34	55	4.23	4.12 (-3%)	792.8
1950	CIN	NL	17	15	40	32	18	1	4	261.0	203	86	112	188	2.97	4.36 (+32%)	8140.2
1951	CIN	NL	16	15	38	32	11	2	2	232.2	204	89	97	120	3.44	4.04 (+15%)	2024.5
1952	CIN	NL	3	12	23	17	3	0	0	102.0	107	61	60	48	5.38	3.70 (-45%)	-1079.3
1952	NYA	AL	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	16.0	12	1	12	7	0.56	3.70 (+85%)	-25.2
1953	NYA	AL	2	0	8	4	0	0	1	19.2	17	8	13	11	3.66	4.14 (+12%)	-389.8
1955	KC1	AL	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	5	2	6.75	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			82	78	236	169	69	15	10	1,321.0	1,150	484	562	839	3.30	—	23,344

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ewell Blackwell — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
237	443	31	77	12	1	1	22	0	12	73	.174	.196	.212	.408	-2,399

Career AVG .174 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 33.2% below league average.

Career OBP .196 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 41.6% below league average.

Career SLG .212 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 44.0% below league average.

Career OPS .408 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 42.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ewell Blackwell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1942	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	CIN	NL	33	56	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	12	.107	.256 (-58%)	.328 (-63%)	.358 (-65%)	.687 (-64%)	-553.7
1947	CIN	NL	33	106	5	13	2	0	0	4	1	17	.123	.262 (-53%)	.336 (-61%)	.376 (-62%)	.712 (-62%)	-1045.9
1948	CIN	NL	22	48	3	11	3	0	0	1	0	6	.229	—	—	—	—	0.0
1949	CIN	NL	30	19	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1950	CIN	NL	40	89	7	13	1	0	0	5	5	9	.146	.265 (-45%)	.346 (-45%)	.401 (-61%)	.747 (-53%)	-787.4
1951	CIN	NL	39	82	10	24	3	1	1	6	5	12	.293	.260 (+12%)	.336 (-1%)	.385 (+1%)	.721 (avg)	-11.8
1952	CIN	NL	23	32	1	5	2	0	0	3	0	11	.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
1952	NYA	AL	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	NYA	AL	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	KC1	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			237	443	31	77	12	1	1	22	12	73	.174	—	—	—	—	-2,399

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ewell Blackwell — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ewell Blackwell — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1952	WS	NYA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ewell Blackwell — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	1	0	5.0	4	4	3	4	7.20

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ewell Blackwell — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1952	WS	NYA	0	0	1	1	0	5.0	4	4	3	4	7.20

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ewell Blackwell — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	121	209	12	28	0	6	.134
Away	116	234	20	49	1	16	.209

Pitching — Home / Away

Ewell Blackwell — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	120	674.2	553	228	286	417	3.04
Away	116	646.1	598	259	277	426	3.61

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ewell Blackwell — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1955-04-18	KC1	CLE	L	0	0
1955-04-12	KC1	DET	W	0	0
1953-06-21	NYY	DET	L	1	0
1953-05-25	NYY	BOS	L	0	0
1953-05-16	NYY	CHW	L	0	0
1953-05-09	NYY	BOS	W	2	0
1953-05-04	NYY	DET	L	0	0
1953-05-03	NYY	DET	W	0	0
1953-04-19	NYY	PHA	W	2	1
1953-04-14	NYY	PHA	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ewell Blackwell — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1955-04-18	KC1	CLE	L	1.0	1	3	3	2	2	1
1955-04-12	KC1	DET	SV	3.0	2	0	0	3	0	0
1953-06-21	NYY	DET	—	4.1	1	1	1	4	4	0
1953-05-25	NYY	BOS	—	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0
1953-05-16	NYY	CHW	—	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
1953-05-09	NYY	BOS	W	6.0	4	2	0	4	2	0
1953-05-04	NYY	DET	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
1953-05-03	NYY	DET	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1953-04-19	NYY	PHA	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	1
1953-04-14	NYY	PHA	—	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ewell Blackwell — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	236	0	46	311	19	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ewell Blackwell — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1942	CIN	P	2	0	2	0	0
1946	CIN	P	33	7	58	3	7
1947	CIN	P	33	10	70	3	2
1948	CIN	P	22	7	40	1	2
1949	CIN	P	30	4	18	1	1
1950	CIN	P	40	8	54	5	2
1951	CIN	P	38	6	46	5	5
1952	CIN	P	23	2	18	0	1
1952	NYA	P	5	1	2	0	0
1953	NYA	P	8	1	3	1	0
1955	KC1	P	2	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ewell Blackwell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	236

Awards & Honors

Ewell Blackwell — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1
1947	TSN All-Star	P

College History

Ewell Blackwell — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of La Verne	La Verne	CA	1941

Award Voting History

Ewell Blackwell — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1951	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	6.0	336	0
1950	Most Valuable Player	NL	11th	41.0	336	0
1947	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	175.0	336	2

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Ewell Blackwell: the record in brief

Ewell Blackwell's major league career runs from a debut on April 21, 1942 to a final game on April 18, 1955. Club by club, the record runs the Cincinnati Reds (1942 through 1952), the New York Yankees (1952 through 1953), and the Kansas City Athletics (1955). Blackwell played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on October 23, 1922, in Fresno, CA, USA, Blackwell was listed at 6 feet, 6 inches and 195 pounds. Blackwell died on October 29, 1996, in Hendersonville, NC, USA.

Blackwell went 82-78 with a 3.30 ERA in 236 games, 169 of them starts. Also on Blackwell's record: 839 strikeouts, 69 complete games, 15 shutouts, and 10 saves. Against a 3.95 league ERA for the same years, Blackwell was 16.5% better. 1947 brought Blackwell a season-high 22 wins. In 1946, one of the busiest seasons, Blackwell posted a 2.45 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.59.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ewell Blackwell

What years did Ewell Blackwell play?: Ewell Blackwell played in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1955.
Was Ewell Blackwell a pitcher?: Yes. Ewell Blackwell pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 839 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ewell Blackwell hit?: Ewell Blackwell hit 1 career home run with 77 hits.
What teams did Ewell Blackwell play for?: Ewell Blackwell played for 3 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1942, 1946–1952), the New York Yankees (1952–1953), and the Kansas City Athletics (1955).
What awards did Ewell Blackwell win?: Ewell Blackwell was selected to 6 All-Star Games.
What were Ewell Blackwell's career stats?: In 236 games, Ewell Blackwell went 82-78 with a 3.30 ERA, 839 strikeouts, 1,321.0 innings pitched, and 10 saves. At the plate he had 77 hits and 1 home runs.
What position did Ewell Blackwell play?: Ewell Blackwell played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ewell Blackwell and how much did he weigh?: Ewell Blackwell was listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 195 pounds.
What was Ewell Blackwell's career ERA?: Ewell Blackwell finished with a 3.30 career ERA, going 82-78 with 839 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ewell Blackwell have?: Ewell Blackwell recorded 839 career strikeouts.
Is Ewell Blackwell in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ewell Blackwell has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Ewell Blackwell make?: Ewell Blackwell was selected to 6 All-Star Games.