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	45-31 / in Starts: 45-31
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 315 PAs	43
Actual Runners on Base	228 (111-77-40)
Avg. MLBer w/ 315 PAs	41
Avg. Runners on Base	213 (107-65-40)

Most Driven In
J Hodapp	15
E Averill	7
B Seeds	5
D Porter	4
C Jamieson	3
B Falk	2
J Sewell	2
E Morgan	2

Most Driven In By
J Goldman	9
W Ferrell	8
E Montague	4
G Myatt	3
J Burnett	2
E Morgan	2
D Porter	2
W Hudlin	2

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	693	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	7	1.36	0.020	3.53	0.03%	0.37	C
2	694	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.222	.300	.444	.744	7	.44	0.099	1.08	0.15%	1.11	C
3	695	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.357	.500	.857	7	.80	0.063	2.18	0.10%	1.22	C
4	696	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.438	.771	7	1.26	0.027	3.14	0.04%	-0.04	C
5	697	5	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.318	.400	.718	6	.60	0.034	1.64	0.06%	0.17	C
6	698	6	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.217	.308	.348	.656	7	2.06	-0.133	5.79	-0.22%	-0.73	C
7	699	8 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.355	.429	.783	7	.48	0.136	1.29	0.22%	3.11	C
8	700	9	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.343	.406	.749	7	.50	0.035	1.43	0.06%	0.29	C
9	701	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.314	.368	.486	.854	7	1.41	0.089	4.12	0.16%	0.72	C
10	702	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.333	.436	.769	7	.93	-0.067	2.91	-0.13%	-1.04	C
11	703	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.370	.488	.858	7	1.31	0.106	4.17	0.20%	1.29	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
12	704	13	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.380	.478	.858	7	.86	-0.002	2.94	0.00%	0.42	C
13	705	14	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.370	.480	.850	7	.89	-0.053	3.02	-0.11%	-0.50	C
14	706	15	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.345	.390	.527	.917	7	1.15	0.228	4.26	0.51%	1.17	C
15	707	16	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-18	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.371	.500	.871	7	.84	-0.062	3.24	-0.15%	-0.92	C
16	708	17	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.373	.492	.865	7	1.30	0.024	5.19	0.06%	-0.21	C
17	709	18	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.348	.394	.500	.894	7	.78	0.036	3.05	0.09%	0.74	C
18	710	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	7	.55	0.041	2.60	0.12%	0.27	C
19	711	20	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.380	.473	.853	7	1.63	-0.284	7.42	-0.78%	-2.21	C
20	712	21	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,25-7	CG	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.354	.393	.494	.887	7	.12	0.024	.50	0.06%	2.95	C
21	713	22	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-13	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.375	.470	.845	7	.31	-0.040	1.36	-0.11%	-1.12	C
22	714	23	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.352	.387	.489	.876	7	.36	0.150	1.46	0.36%	2.73	C
23	715	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.381	.478	.860	7	1.13	-0.103	4.82	-0.26%	-0.80	C
24	716	25	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.458	.825	7	1.19	-0.123	4.29	-0.27%	-1.40	C
25	717	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.362	.444	.806	7	.86	-0.128	2.97	-0.27%	-0.87	C
26	718	27	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.358	.437	.795	7	1.24	-0.025	4.18	-0.05%	-0.13	C
27	719	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.306	.342	.417	.759	7	1.06	-0.072	3.83	-0.16%	-1.75	C
28	720	30 (1)	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.313	.347	.420	.767	7	1.35	-0.052	5.37	-0.12%	-0.19	C
29	721	31	May 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.344	.414	.758	7	1.37	-0.030	4.76	-0.06%	0.19	C
30	722	32	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.341	.408	.750	7	1.17	-0.068	3.73	-0.13%	-0.29	C
31	723	33	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.338	.398	.737	7	.28	-0.021	.84	-0.04%	-0.57	C
32	724	34	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.331	.389	.720	7	.46	-0.037	1.49	-0.07%	-0.70	C
33	725	36 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.336	.388	.723	7	.68	0.020	2.12	0.04%	0.84	C
34	726	37	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.329	.379	.707	7	1.08	-0.110	3.42	-0.21%	-1.28	C
35	727	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.326	.375	.701	7	.84	-0.035	2.62	-0.07%	-0.04	C
36	728	41	May 31	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.338	.381	.719	7	1.27	0.370	3.67	0.64%	4.12	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
37	729	42	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.338	.380	.718	7	.84	-0.039	2.60	-0.07%	-0.40	C
38	730	43	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.335	.390	.726	7	.72	0.044	2.26	0.08%	0.30	C
39	731	44	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.338	.397	.735	7	1.43	-0.055	4.55	-0.11%	0.42	C
40	732	45	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,17-7	CG	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.349	.408	.757	7	.16	0.012	.45	0.02%	-0.40	C
41	733	46	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.304	.341	.398	.739	7	1.27	-0.144	4.03	-0.28%	-1.68	C
42	734	47	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.351	.412	.763	7	1.74	0.055	7.46	0.14%	-0.25	C
43	735	48	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.347	.407	.754	7	.89	-0.049	3.88	-0.13%	-0.42	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
44	736	100 (51)	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.409	.759	6	1.87	0.241	.03	0.00%	1.06	C
45	737	101	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,14-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.309	.346	.400	.746	6	.34	0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.17	C
46	738	102	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.337	.389	.726	6	1.59	-0.253	.03	0.00%	-1.78	C
47	739	103	Jul 31	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.335	.386	.721	6	1.46	-0.082	.02	0.00%	-0.79	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
48	740	104	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.333	.388	.722	6	1.00	-0.005	.02	0.00%	-0.43	C
49	741	105	Aug 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.297	.332	.391	.722	6	.30	0.010	.01	0.00%	1.78	C
50	742	106	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-14	GS-6	3	3	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.341	.426	.767	6	.35	0.082	.01	0.00%	2.54	C
51	743	107	Aug 4	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.344	.432	.777	6	2.37	0.315	.05	0.00%	2.16	C
52	744	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.307	.340	.426	.765	6	.92	-0.009	.02	0.00%	-0.51	C
53	745	109	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.302	.338	.420	.757	6	.29	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
54	746	110	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.335	.411	.746	6	1.37	-0.121	.02	0.00%	-0.83	C
55	747	112 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.333	.406	.739	7	.73	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
56	748	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-18	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.332	.407	.739	7	.65	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
57	749	115 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.289	.329	.404	.733	8	1.02	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
58	750	117 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.328	.401	.729	8	1.52	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
59	751	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-0	GS-8	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.325	.401	.726	8	.41	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.87	C
60	752	119	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.327	.398	.725	8	.58	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.38	C
61	753	121 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.281	.321	.391	.713	8	.43	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.70	C
62	754	123 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.319	.388	.707	8	1.63	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
63	755	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.323	.392	.715	8	1.28	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
64	756	126 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.322	.389	.711	8	.64	0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
65	757	128 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.318	.385	.703	8	.99	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
66	758	129	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	W,10-5	CG	5	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.282	.320	.393	.712	7	.43	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
67	759	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.314	.385	.699	7	1.39	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
68	760	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.272	.309	.379	.688	7	1.34	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-1.04	C
69	761	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,17-6	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.304	.372	.676	7	.62	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
Sept		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
70	762	134 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG(8)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.305	.370	.676	7	.68	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
71	763	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.304	.369	.673	7	1.42	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
72	764	136	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.304	.367	.671	7	.96	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
73	765	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.299	.360	.659	7	.79	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-1.87	C
74	766	138	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.258	.295	.355	.650	7	1.50	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.80	C
75	767	140 (1)	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.294	.354	.648	7	.90	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
76	768	141	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.293	.353	.646	7	1.26	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
							45-31		315	292	40	75	21	2	1	43	14	0	9	1	3		11		5	3	.257	.293	.353	.646		.95	-0.898	1.81	-0.64%	-5.51

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