Luke Sewell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: January 5, 1901 in Titus, AL us

Died: May 14, 1987 in Akron, OH

Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, OH

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: June 30, 1921 (Age 20-176d, 5,276th in major league history)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1942 (Age 41-208d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: James Luther Sewell

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

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

5383

1393

.259

653

RBI

698

OBP

.323

SLG

.341

OPS

.665

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-39 / in Starts: 29-31
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	70 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 262 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	183 (88-61-34) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 262 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	178 (89-55-33)

Most Driven In
F Spurgeon	4
G Burns	4
C Fewster	3
T Speaker	2
J Sewell	2
J Hodapp	1
R Lutzke	1
C Jamieson	1

Most Driven In By
C Lee	6
C Jamieson	4
H Summa	4
G Burns	3
G Uhle	3
P McNulty	3
B Karr	2
R Stephenson	1

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	118	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,21-14	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.63	-0.051	1.57	-0.08%	-0.97	C
2	119	4 (2)	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	5	1.00	-0.056	3.25	-0.11%	-0.44	C
3	120	5	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	5	.81	0.055	2.80	0.12%	0.40	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	121	14 (8)	May 1	CLE		DET	W,8-7	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	5	3.81	-0.112	12.44	-0.22%	-0.55	PH C
5	122	23 (8)	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	5	.60	0.012	1.66	0.02%	-0.37	C
6	123	27 (3)	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.389	.652	5	1.98	0.048	6.53	0.10%	-0.09	C
7	124	28	May 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.238	.273	.429	.701	5	.75	0.129	2.18	0.23%	0.63	C
8	125	30 (1)	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.455	.759	6	.25	0.011	.58	0.02%	0.40	PH
9	126	32 (1)	May 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.455	.759	2						PR
10	127	34 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.417	.750	5	1.45	0.052	2.94	0.06%	0.21	C
11	128	35	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.323	.464	.787	5	1.60	0.222	3.03	0.25%	-0.64	C
12	129	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-12	5-GF	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.324	.484	.807	5	.80	-0.081	1.29	-0.08%	-1.26	PH C
13	130	39	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.289	.429	.718	6	.47	-0.057	.67	-0.05%	-1.69	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	131	43 (3)	Jun 3	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.310	.405	.715	6	1.28	0.079	1.40	0.05%	0.17	C
15	132	44	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-10	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.304	.390	.695	6	.73	-0.011	.70	-0.01%	-1.37	C
16	133	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.386	.706	6	1.26	-0.021	1.21	-0.01%	-0.47	C
17	134	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.213	.315	.362	.677	6	.54	-0.003	.42	0.00%	0.55	C
18	135	47	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.298	.340	.638	6	1.18	-0.100	1.13	-0.06%	-1.11	C
19	136	48	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.189	.295	.321	.616	6	1.01	-0.094	1.02	-0.06%	-0.84	C
20	137	50 (1)	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.277	.298	.575	5	.43	-0.058	.35	-0.03%	-1.41	C
21	138	53 (2)	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.275	.295	.570	5	.68	-0.024	.91	-0.02%	-0.41	C
22	139	54	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,15-17	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.271	.290	.562	8	1.36	-0.042	2.06	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
23	140	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.293	.292	.586	5	.52	-0.008	.66	-0.01%	-0.28	C
24	141	57 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.188	.291	.290	.581	6	.76	0.006	.57	0.00%	-0.11	C
25	142	58	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,5-7	CG(12)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.306	.288	.594	6	2.14	0.129	1.23	0.05%	1.26	C
26	143	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.302	.284	.586	6	2.96	-0.079	1.17	-0.02%	-0.27	C
27	144	61 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.299	.280	.579	9	.15	-0.004	.06	0.00%	-0.19	PH
28	145	62	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.307	.280	.587	9	.57	0.022	.13	0.00%	0.67	PH
29	146	69 (6)	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.315	.291	.606	8	.64	0.024	.02	0.00%	0.30	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	147	70	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,11-0	GS-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.203	.323	.291	.614	8	1.06	0.017	.04	0.00%	0.25	C
31	148	71	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.319	.288	.607	9	.58	-0.018	.02	0.00%	-0.26	PH
32	149	74 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-14	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.316	.277	.593	8	.66	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.62	C
33	150	78 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.307	.267	.574	8	.93	-0.153	.01	0.00%	-1.33	C
34	151	79	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,14-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.200	.314	.289	.603	8	.91	0.107	.02	0.00%	1.77	C
35	152	82 (2)	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.312	.287	.599	8	.38	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
36	153	85 (2)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,11-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.312	.287	.599	8						C
37	154	88 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.204	.310	.286	.595	8	1.21	-0.109	.02	0.00%	-1.24	C
38	155	91 (2)	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.308	.284	.592	8	.37	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-1.41	C
39	156	92	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.314	.302	.616	8	1.04	0.080	.01	0.00%	0.32	C
40	157	94 (1)	Jul 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	2-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.315	.296	.611	8	.16	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PR C
41	158	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-7	GS-8	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.336	.309	.645	8	.86	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.74	C
42	159	97 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-7	6-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.223	.336	.304	.639	2	.46	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.53	PH C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	160	101 (3)	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.333	.302	.635	8	.68	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
44	161	105 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	3-GF	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.227	.338	.311	.649	2	.29	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
45	162	106	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.336	.309	.645	8	.75	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
46	163	107	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.336	.309	.645	2						PR
47	164	111 (3)	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.228	.333	.307	.640	8	1.38	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.75	C
48	165	113 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.338	.313	.651	8	.94	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
49	166	114	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.342	.318	.660	8	2.40	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH C
50	167	115	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.344	.311	.655	8	1.04	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
51	168	116	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.342	.304	.646	8	1.48	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.98	C
52	169	119 (2)	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,8-12	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.337	.301	.638	8	.58	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
53	170	120	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.329	.293	.622	8	1.62	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-1.53	C
54	171	122 (1)	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.227	.329	.293	.623	8	.95	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
55	172	123	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.333	.294	.627	8	1.15	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
56	173	124	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.237	.343	.308	.650	8	.70	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.10	C
57	174	125	Aug 25	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.348	.310	.658	8	1.32	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
58	175	126	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.351	.311	.662	8	.52	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
59	176	127	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.245	.359	.313	.672	8	1.53	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.41	C
60	177	128	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.242	.359	.309	.668	8	1.07	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.31	C
61	178	129	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.241	.360	.307	.668	8	1.54	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	179	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,9-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.240	.356	.304	.661	8	1.35	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
63	180	131	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.364	.310	.674	8	.45	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.84	C
64	181	132	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.357	.303	.661	8	1.29	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
65	182	133	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.355	.302	.657	8	1.53	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-1.28	C
66	183	134	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.243	.358	.303	.661	8	.77	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
67	184	135	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.357	.314	.671	8	.62	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
68	185	136	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.351	.307	.658	8	.91	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.14	C
69	186	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.354	.308	.661	8	1.33	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
70	187	144 (6)	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.241	.352	.307	.658	8	1.20	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
71	188	148 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.346	.300	.646	8	1.46	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
72	189	150 (1)	Sep 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.351	.304	.656	8	1.85	0.340	.00	0.00%	1.65	C
73	190	153 (2)	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.347	.300	.647	8	.98	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
74	191	154	Oct 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.341	.294	.636	3	.60	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.74	LF
75	192	155	Oct 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.232	.337	.295	.633	3						LF
							36-39		262	220	30	51	10	2	0	18	33	1	18	2	7		4		6	2	.232	.337	.295	.633		1.00	-0.696	.62	0.11%	-18.56

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