Joe Sewell

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-6, 155lb (168cm, 70kg)

Born: October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL us

Died: March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1920 (Age 21-337d, 5,093rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1933 (Age 34-350d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Sewell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Joseph Wheeler Sewell

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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.7

7132

2226

.312

1141

RBI

1054

OBP

.391

SLG

.413

OPS

.804

OPS+

109

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

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
4	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,10-2	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
10	10	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	3	2	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
13	13	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	3	6	0
14	14	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	15	May 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	16	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	17	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
18	18	May 8	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
19	19	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	20	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
21	21	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
22	22	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
24	24	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
25	25	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	26	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
28	28	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	29	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	32	May 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-13	CG	52	9.0	2	7	2	11	1
33	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	35	May 31	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 5	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
39	39	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
41	41	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
42	42	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
43	43	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
44	44	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
46	46	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
47	47	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	5	3	0	8	0
48	48	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
49	49	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
50	50	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
51	51	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
52	52	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	2	8	1	11	0
54	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
57	57	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	2	4	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 27	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
63	63	Jun 28	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
64	64	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
67	67	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,10-16	CG	52	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
71	71	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
72	72	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
73	73	Jul 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
74	74	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
75	75	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
76	76	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
78	78	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
79	79	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,11-15	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
81	81	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
82	82	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
83	83	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
84	84	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
85	85	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
86	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
87	87	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
88	88	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	89	Jul 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
90	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	4	5	0	9	2
91	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,12-16	CG	47	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	92	Jul 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	46	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
93	93	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	94	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
95	95	Jul 28	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
96	96	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
97	97	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
99	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
101	101	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
102	102	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	103	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	W,14-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	104	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
105	105	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	106	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
107	107	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	108	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
109	109	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	7	0	13	1
110	110	Aug 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
111	111	Aug 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
112	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
114	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
115	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
116	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
117	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
118	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	5	6	0	11	1
119	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
120	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
121	121	Aug 24	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
122	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
123	123	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
124	124	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
125	125	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
126	126	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	52	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
127	127	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	1	5	2
128	128	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	129	Aug 31	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
131	131	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
132	132	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
133	133	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
134	134	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
135	135	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-20	CG	51	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
137	137	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
138	138	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	5	5	1	11	1
139	139	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	3	9	1	13	3
141	141	Sep 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
142	142	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
143	143	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
144	144	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
145	145	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
146	146	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	147	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	12.0	4	4	1	9	1
148	148	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
149	149	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
150	150	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
151	151	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
152	152	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
153	153	Sep 27	CLE		SLB	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
							153gm		1346.0	349	514	36	899	76