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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
14	14	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
20	20	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-13	GS	31	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
21	21	May 7	CLE		PHA	W,11-10	CG	50	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	22	May 8	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
23	23	May 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
26	26	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,0-12	GS	37	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
28	28	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	29	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
30	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	31	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	34 (1)	May 24	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	35	May 25	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	36	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
36	37	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
37	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	39	May 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
39	41 (1)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	2	1	1	4	1
41	43	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
44	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
45	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	12.1	4	0	0	4	0
50	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	55 (1)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	2	3	2	7	0
53	56	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	58 (1)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	59	Jun 19	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS	16	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
56	62 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
57	64 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
58	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	4	0	1	5	0
60	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70	Jul 1	CLE		DET	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
64	71	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	72	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	74	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	75	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	76	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	61	13.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	79 (1)	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	L,9-10	CG	41	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
72	80	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	2
73	81	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	82	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	83	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	84	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	85	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	GS	49	11.2	4	1	0	5	0
78	87 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-14	GS	38	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	89 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	GF	5	1.2	3	0	0	3	0
80	91 (1)	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
81	92	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-6	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	93	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	94	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	97 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	4	0	12	0
85	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	99	Jul 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	101 (1)	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	103 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	110 (4)	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
93	112	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
94	114 (1)	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	115	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	116	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	117	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	119	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	120	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	121	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	122	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	123	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	124	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
105	125	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	GS	37	6.0	2	2	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	127	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
110	130	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
111	131	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	132	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
113	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
114	134	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
115	135	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	136	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	138 (1)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
118	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	140	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	2	1	1	4	0
122	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
123	144	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	4	0	0	4	0
124	146 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
125	148 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
126	150 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
							126gm		1077.0	402	119	20	541	14