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+

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-10	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
10	11 (1)	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
11	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
14	15	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
15	16	May 5	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
16	17	May 6	CLE		WSH	L,5-13	GS	34	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	18	May 7	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	19	May 8	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	20	May 9	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	21	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	22	May 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
22	23	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	24	May 15	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	25	May 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
25	27 (1)	May 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-6	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	3	1	0	4	0
27	33 (4)	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	34	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	35	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	36	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
31	37	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	40	Jun 1	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	GS	33	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
35	42	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	50	11.1	6	1	0	7	0
37	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
39	46	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
40	47	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-13	GS	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	50	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	51	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	53 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	54	Jun 19	CLE		DET	L,3-8	CG	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	55	Jun 20	CLE		DET	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
48	60 (4)	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	64 (3)	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	67 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	11.0	6	1	1	8	0
51	70 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	71	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	73 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	75 (1)	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	76	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	GF	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	0
56	77	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
57	78	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	79	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
59	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
60	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	83 (1)	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
63	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	86	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
65	87	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
66	88	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	89	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	90	Jul 23 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	91	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
70	92	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-21	GS	25	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	96	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	97	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	28	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
76	98	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	99	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	101	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS	29	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	102	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-6	GS	39	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	103	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	104	Aug 7	CLE		DET	L,4-14	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	105	Aug 8	CLE		DET	L,6-9	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	106	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	107	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	108	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	109	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	110	Aug 14	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	64	17.0	6	1	0	7	0
89	111	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	112	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
91	113	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	114	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	115	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	GS	40	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
94	116	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
95	117	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	119 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	120	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
98	122 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	2	0	1	3	0
99	123	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	124	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	125	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	127 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	128	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	17	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	129	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	130	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	131	Sep 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
107	132	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
108	133	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	134	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	135	Sep 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	136	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
112	138 (1)	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	139	Sep 18 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	141 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	142	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
116	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	55	11.2	7	0	0	7	0
117	144	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
119	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	147	Sep 28	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	148	Sep 29	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
122	149	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
123	150	Oct 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
124	151	Oct 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							124gm		1014.0	433	81	18	532	11