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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	6	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	8	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
6	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	10	Apr 30	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
9	12	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
10	13	May 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	14	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	15	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	54	12.1	3	1	1	5	0
13	16	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	51	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
14	17	May 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	18	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	19	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	20	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	21	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
19	22	May 22	CHW		WSH	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	23	May 24	CHW		WSH	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	24	May 25	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	25	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	26	May 27	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	27	May 28	CHW		DET	L,1-9	GS	26	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	28	May 29	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	29	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	31 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	34 (2)	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	35	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	36	Jun 5 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
31	37	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
32	38	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-10	GS	24	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	39	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	40	Jun 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	41	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,15-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	42	Jun 12 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	44 (1)	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	45	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	46	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	58 (11)	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	60 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	62 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	68 (5)	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	69	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	70	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	71	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	72	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	73	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	74	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	75	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,8-13	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	77 (1)	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
52	78	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	L,6-9	GS	36	7.0	3	1	1	5	0
53	79	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	81 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
55	82	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-14	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
56	84 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
57	86 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
58	87	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,14-5	GS	35	7.2	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	128 (40)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
60	132 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
61	135 (2)	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
62	137 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	139 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	142 (2)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	143	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
							65gm		528.0	205	55	4	264	7