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	27-38 / in Starts: 26-38
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	65 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 10 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 236 PAs	27
Actual Runners on Base	173 (74-60-39) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 236 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	161 (82-51-27)

Most Driven In
J Kuhel	7
J Hayes	4
M Owen	4
G Walker	4
M Kreevich	2
R Radcliff	1
G Meyer	1
J Dykes	1

Most Driven In By
B Berger	4
H Steinbacher	4
M Owen	4
M Kreevich	3
L Rosenthal	1
T Lee	1
F Gabler	1
J Whitehead	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	1545	1	Apr 19	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.36	0.060	3.64	0.10%	0.89	C
2	1546	5 (3)	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.58	-0.047	1.73	-0.08%	-0.46	C
3	1547	6	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.73	-0.016	1.97	-0.03%	-0.18	C
4	1548	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.93	0.025	2.53	0.04%	0.16	C
5	1549	8	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.71	-0.046	1.65	-0.06%	-0.55	C
6	1550	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	8	1.17	-0.036	2.81	-0.05%	-0.42	C
7	1551	10	Apr 30	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	8	.80	-0.062	1.78	-0.08%	-0.68	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
8	1552	11	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	8	1.42	-0.027	3.38	-0.04%	-0.29	C
9	1553	12	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	8	.79	0.069	1.69	0.09%	0.50	C
10	1554	13	May 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	8	.88	-0.037	1.72	-0.04%	-0.92	C
11	1555	14	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.237	.278	.515	8	1.00	0.241	2.21	0.32%	2.54	C
12	1556	15	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.262	.489	8	1.88	-0.413	4.98	-0.66%	-2.05	C
13	1557	16	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.234	.267	.501	8	1.65	0.014	3.89	0.02%	0.03	C
14	1558	17	May 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.220	.250	.470	8	1.16	-0.118	2.53	-0.15%	-1.23	C
15	1559	18	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.222	.250	.472	8	1.91	-0.146	3.22	-0.15%	-1.11	C
16	1560	19	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.228	.241	.469	8	1.00	-0.065	1.75	-0.07%	-0.74	C
17	1561	20	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG(7)	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.200	.267	.255	.521	8	.93	0.122	1.68	0.13%	2.34	C
18	1562	21	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.254	.241	.495	8	1.25	-0.111	2.39	-0.13%	-0.90	C
19	1563	22	May 22	CHW		WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.269	.258	.527	8	.84	0.040	1.36	0.04%	-0.08	C
20	1564	23	May 24	CHW		WSH	W,10-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.264	.254	.518	8	.80	-0.080	1.48	-0.09%	-1.98	C
21	1565	24	May 25	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.263	.243	.506	8	1.23	0.040	2.28	0.05%	-0.16	C
22	1566	25	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.263	.243	.506	8	1.26	-0.126	2.53	-0.15%	-1.32	C
23	1567	26	May 27	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.262	.244	.505	8	1.27	0.028	2.33	0.03%	0.31	C
24	1568	27	May 28	CHW		DET	L,1-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.256	.238	.493	8	.90	-0.044	1.47	-0.04%	-0.94	C
25	1569	28	May 29	CHW		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.247	.229	.476	8	1.51	-0.077	2.18	-0.07%	-0.48	C
26	1570	29	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.250	.224	.474	8	.97	-0.025	1.60	-0.03%	-0.19	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
27	1571	31 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.253	.227	.480	8	1.55	-0.151	1.57	-0.09%	-1.55	C
28	1572	34 (2)	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.242	.217	.460	8	.53	-0.059	.27	-0.02%	-1.28	C
29	1573	35	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.272	.234	.506	8	.36	0.082	.17	0.02%	1.64	C
30	1574	36	Jun 5 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.264	.227	.491	8	.83	-0.078	.48	-0.03%	-1.20	C
31	1575	37	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.261	.225	.487	8	.80	0.056	.40	0.02%	-0.10	C
32	1576	38	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.192	.257	.221	.478	8	.71	0.045	.42	0.02%	0.60	C
33	1577	39	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.263	.239	.501	8	.36	-0.046	.24	-0.02%	0.35	C
34	1578	40	Jun 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.264	.241	.506	8	1.14	-0.091	1.01	-0.05%	-0.88	C
35	1579	41	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,15-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.207	.264	.241	.505	8	.54	-0.014	.42	-0.01%	-0.60	C
36	1580	42	Jun 12 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.258	.235	.493	8	1.29	-0.012	1.21	-0.01%	-0.46	C
37	1581	44 (1)	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.250	.228	.478	8	.99	-0.120	1.08	-0.08%	-1.44	C
38	1582	45	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.250	.228	.478	8	1.81	-0.106	1.51	-0.05%	-0.79	C
39	1583	46	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.252	.225	.477	8	1.64	-0.104	1.04	-0.04%	-1.00	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
40	1584	58 (11)	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.246	.220	.466	6	1.46	-0.121	.42	-0.02%	-0.93	C
41	1585	60 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1	0	.193	.253	.222	.476	8						C
42	1586	62 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.260	.219	.479	7	1.19	-0.090	.36	-0.02%	-0.76	C
43	1587	68 (5)	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.271	.221	.492	8	.85	0.097	.17	0.01%	1.10	C
44	1588	69	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.281	.224	.505	8	.48	0.018	.09	0.00%	0.13	C
45	1589	70	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.199	.282	.226	.508	8						C
46	1590	71	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0	0	.200	.286	.227	.512	8						C
47	1591	72	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.195	.279	.221	.500	8	1.29	-0.064	.34	-0.01%	-0.48	C
48	1592	73	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.277	.219	.497	8	.04	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.28	C
49	1593	74	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.190	.273	.215	.488	8	1.00	-0.098	.22	-0.01%	-1.80	C
50	1594	75	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,8-13	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.194	.275	.225	.500	8	1.10	0.026	.20	0.00%	0.14	C
51	1595	77 (1)	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.286	.244	.530	8	1.81	0.226	.18	0.01%	1.35	C
52	1596	78	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	L,6-9	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.296	.247	.543	8	2.17	0.021	.11	0.00%	0.48	C
53	1597	79	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.291	.243	.534	8	.92	-0.078	.02	0.00%	-0.86	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
54	1598	81 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.290	.243	.533	8	.51	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.43	C
55	1599	82	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-14	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.213	.294	.247	.541	8						C
56	1600	84 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.293	.247	.540	8	.59	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
57	1601	86 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.289	.243	.532	8	.76	-0.063	.01	0.00%	-0.79	C
58	1602	87	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,14-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.211	.288	.243	.531	8	.40	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.11	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
59	1603	128 (40)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.287	.243	.530	8	1.11	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.09	C
60	1604	132 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.291	.245	.536	8	1.00	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
61	1605	135 (2)	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.245	.535	8	.54	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
62	1606	137 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0	0	.215	.290	.245	.535	8						C
63	1607	139 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.286	.241	.527	8	.86	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.10	C
64	1608	142 (2)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.284	.240	.524	8	.69	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-1.31	C
65	1609	143	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.242	.526	8	.58	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
							27-38		236	211	23	45	4	1	0	27	20	0	19	1	4		4		1	0	.213	.284	.242	.526		1.02	-1.866	1.21	-1.47%	-22.42

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