Joe Sewell

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-6, 155lb (168cm, 70kg)

Born: October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL us

Died: March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1920 (Age 21-337d, 5,093rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1933 (Age 34-350d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Sewell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Joseph Wheeler Sewell

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Relatives: Brother of Luke Sewell, Tommy Sewell; Cousin of Rip Sewell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.7

7132

2226

.312

1141

RBI

1054

OBP

.391

SLG

.413

OPS

.804

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	3	10	1
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	4	5	1	10	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	10.0	1	7	0	8	0
14	14	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,18-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	1	6	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	18	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
19	19	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
20	20	May 7	CLE		CHW	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 8	CLE		CHW	W,17-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
22	22	May 10	CLE		WSH	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	7	1	2	10	0
23	23	May 11	CLE		WSH	W,14-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
24	24	May 12	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
25	25	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
26	26	May 14	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	27	May 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	28	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
29	29	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	3
30	30	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
31	31	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	2
32	32	May 20	CLE		PHA	W,16-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
33	33	May 21	CLE		PHA	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	4	7	1	12	2
34	34	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
35	35	May 23	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
36	36	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
37	37	May 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
39	39	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	40	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	48	12.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
45	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	0	7	0	7	0
46	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	3	1	5	1
50	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	54	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	0	4	1	5	0
56	56	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	53	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
58	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
59	59	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
60	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
61	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
64	64	Jun 25	CLE		SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
65	65	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
66	66	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
67	67	Jun 28	CLE		SLB	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
68	68	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
74	74	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,16-4	CG	40	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
75	75	Jul 7	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 9	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
77	77	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
78	78	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
79	79	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	82	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
83	83	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
84	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	85	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	L,2-13	CG	44	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
86	86	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
87	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
89	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,17-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
90	90	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	91	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
92	92	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	93	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
94	94	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	95	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
96	96	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	97	Jul 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
99	99	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	100	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
101	101	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
102	102	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
104	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	57	13.0	1	1	1	3	0
106	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
107	107	Aug 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	4	3	2	9	2
108	108	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
111	111	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	W,15-8	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
114	114	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
115	115	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
116	116	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
117	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
118	118	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
119	119	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,15-1	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	120	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
121	121	Aug 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
122	122	Aug 28	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	123	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
124	124	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	55	11.2	2	2	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	127	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
128	128	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
129	129	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
130	130	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,8-12	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
131	131	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
132	132	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
133	133	Sep 8	CLE		DET	L,1-15	CG	54	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
134	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
135	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
136	136	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
137	137	Sep 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
138	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
139	139	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,17-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
140	140	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
141	141	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
142	142	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
143	143	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
144	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
145	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
146	146	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	54	12.0	1	5	1	7	0
147	147	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
148	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
149	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-21	CG	52	8.0	3	4	3	10	0
150	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
151	151	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
152	152	Sep 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
153	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
154	154	Oct 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							154gm		1378.0	319	480	47	846	75