Joe Sewell
Joseph Wheeler Sewell
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL
School: University of Alabama (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1920
Final Game: September 24, 1933
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1977.
Died: March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL
Relatives: Brother of Luke Sewell, Brother of Tommy Sewell and Cousin of Rip Sewell
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1920 21 CLE AL 22 83 70 14 23 4 1 0 12 1 0 9 4 .329 .413 .414 .827 116 29 1 3 6
1921 22 CLE AL 154 683 572 101 182 36 12 4 93 7 6 80 17 .318 .412 .444 .856 116 254 11 20 *6
1922 23 CLE AL 153 656 558 80 167 28 7 2 83 10 12 73 20 .299 .386 .385 .771 100 215 6 19 *64 MVP-19
1923 24 CLE AL 153 682 553 98 195 41 10 3 109 9 6 98 12 .353 .456 .479 .935 146 265 7 24 *6 MVP-4
1924 25 CLE AL 153 685 594 99 188 45 5 4 106 3 3 67 13 .316 .388 .429 .817 109 255 2 22 *6 MVP-9
1925 26 CLE AL 155 699 608 78 204 37 7 1 98 7 6 64 4 .336 .402 .424 .827 109 258 4 23 *6/4 MVP-3
1926 27 CLE AL 154 672 578 91 187 41 5 4 85 17 7 65 6 .324 .399 .433 .832 116 250 8 21 *6
1927 28 CLE AL 153 652 569 83 180 48 5 1 92 3 16 51 7 .316 .382 .424 .805 108 241 9 23 *6 MVP-10
1928 29 CLE AL 155 678 588 79 190 40 2 4 70 7 1 58 9 .323 .391 .418 .809 112 246 7 25 *65 MVP-12
1929 30 CLE AL 152 672 578 90 182 38 3 7 73 6 6 48 4 .315 .372 .427 .800 102 247 5 41 *5
1930 31 CLE AL 109 414 353 44 102 17 6 0 48 1 4 41 3 .289 .374 .371 .745 87 131 7 13 5
1931 32 NYY AL 130 571 484 102 146 22 1 6 64 1 1 61 8 .302 .390 .388 .778 110 188 9 17 *5/4
1932 33 NYY AL 125 576 503 95 137 21 3 11 68 0 2 56 3 .272 .349 .392 .740 96 197 3 14 *5 MVP-29
1933 34 NYY AL 135 606 524 87 143 18 1 2 54 2 2 71 4 .273 .361 .323 .683 87 169 1 10 *5
14 Seasons 1903 8329 7132 1141 2226 436 68 49 1055 74 72 842 114 .312 .391 .413 .804 108 2945 80 275
162 Game Avg. 162 709 607 97 189 37 6 4 90 6 6 72 10 .312 .391 .413 .804 108 251 7 23
CLE (11 yrs) 1513 6576 5621 857 1800 375 63 30 869 71 67 654 99 .320 .398 .425 .823 111 2391 67 234
NYY (3 yrs) 390 1753 1511 284 426 61 5 19 186 3 5 188 15 .282 .366 .367 .733 97 554 13 41

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1920 21 CLE AL 83 50 12 6.4 110 .348 .329 .296 .413 .361 .414 .407 .827 .768 116 .650 2.1 0.2 .851 .229 .086 .0
1921 22 CLE AL 683 416 101 6.5 116 .323 .318 .302 .412 .368 .444 .424 .856 .793 116 .611 18.0 1.7 .874 .267 .126 5.1
1922 23 CLE AL 656 422 80 5.1 111 .308 .299 .295 .386 .361 .385 .415 .771 .776 100 .531 3.0 0.3 .725 .213 .086 3.3
1923 24 CLE AL 682 388 119 8.2 108 .357 .353 .290 .456 .360 .479 .401 .935 .761 146 .736 44.6 4.3 1.025 .309 .127 4.5
1924 25 CLE AL 685 431 98 6.0 114 .319 .316 .300 .388 .370 .429 .412 .817 .783 109 .598 9.4 0.9 .792 .226 .113 3.4
1925 26 CLE AL 699 433 102 6.3 116 .337 .336 .301 .402 .371 .424 .422 .827 .793 109 .594 10.6 1.0 .798 .196 .089 1.8
1926 27 CLE AL 672 419 99 6.3 110 .322 .324 .291 .399 .363 .433 .408 .832 .771 116 .632 16.3 1.6 .837 .239 .109 6.5
1927 28 CLE AL 652 428 84 5.2 111 .319 .316 .294 .382 .362 .424 .413 .805 .776 108 .534 8.6 0.8 .711 .174 .107 1.5
1928 29 CLE AL 678 424 96 6.0 109 .323 .323 .290 .391 .355 .418 .412 .809 .767 112 .609 12.9 1.2 .794 .204 .095 5.1
1929 30 CLE AL 672 443 90 5.4 116 .309 .315 .297 .372 .364 .427 .429 .800 .793 102 .541 2.3 0.2 .746 .196 .112 6.5
1930 31 CLE AL 414 268 46 4.6 119 .291 .289 .300 .374 .365 .371 .441 .745 .806 87 .436 -6.1 -0.6 .690 .190 .082 .0
1931 32 NYY AL 571 356 71 5.3 104 .298 .302 .280 .390 .346 .388 .400 .778 .747 110 .537 10.6 1.0 .761 .213 .087 1.7
1932 33 NYY AL 576 382 67 4.7 107 .258 .272 .279 .349 .349 .392 .410 .740 .759 96 .471 -2.3 -0.2 .690 .227 .119 .0
1933 34 NYY AL 606 393 61 4.2 101 .272 .273 .273 .361 .344 .323 .394 .683 .738 87 .440 -5.9 -0.6 .629 .185 .050 2.0
14 Seasons 8329 5253 1126 5.7 111 .312 .312 .292 .391 .360 .413 .413 .804 .774 108 .572 124.2 11.9 .777 .219 .101 59.0
162 Game Avg. 709 447 96 5.7 111 .312 .312 .292 .391 .360 .413 .413 .804 .774 108 .572 11 1 .777 .219 .101 5
CLE (11 yrs) 6576 4122 927 6.0 113 .322 .320 .296 .398 .364 .425 .417 .823 .781 111 .594 121.8 11.7 .801 .222 .105 42.2
NYY (3 yrs) 1753 1131 199 4.7 104 .276 .282 .277 .366 .346 .367 .401 .733 .748 97 .483 2.3 0.2 .691 .208 .085 5.2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 21 CLE AL WS BRO W 7 25 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 .174 .240 .174 .414 4 1 0 0 0 0
1932 33 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 20 15 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 .333 .500 .400 .900 6 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 11 45 38 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 1 .237 .356 .263 .619 10 1 1 0 0 0
2 WS 11 45 38 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 1 .237 .356 .263 .619 10 1 1 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 21 22 83 70 14 23 4 1 0 12 1 0 9 4 .329 .413 .414 .827 116 29 1 3
1921 22 176 766 642 115 205 40 13 4 105 8 6 89 21 .319 .412 .441 .853 116 283 12 23
1922 23 329 1422 1200 195 372 68 20 6 188 18 18 162 41 .310 .400 .415 .815 109 498 18 42
1923 24 482 2104 1753 293 567 109 30 9 297 27 24 260 53 .323 .418 .435 .853 121 763 25 66
1924 25 635 2789 2347 392 755 154 35 13 403 30 27 327 66 .322 .411 .434 .844 118 1018 27 88
1925 26 790 3488 2955 470 959 191 42 14 501 37 33 391 70 .325 .409 .432 .841 116 1276 31 111
1926 27 944 4160 3533 561 1146 232 47 18 586 54 40 456 76 .324 .407 .432 .839 116 1526 39 132
1927 28 1097 4812 4102 644 1326 280 52 19 678 57 56 507 83 .323 .404 .431 .835 115 1767 48 155
1928 29 1252 5490 4690 723 1516 320 54 23 748 64 57 565 92 .323 .402 .429 .831 114 2013 55 180
1929 30 1404 6162 5268 813 1698 358 57 30 821 70 63 613 96 .322 .399 .429 .828 113 2260 60 221
1930 31 1513 6576 5621 857 1800 375 63 30 869 71 67 654 99 .320 .398 .425 .823 111 2391 67 234
1931 32 1643 7147 6105 959 1946 397 64 36 933 72 68 715 107 .319 .397 .422 .819 111 2579 76 251
1932 33 1768 7723 6608 1054 2083 418 67 47 1001 72 70 771 110 .315 .393 .420 .813 110 2776 79 265
1933 34 1903 8329 7132 1141 2226 436 68 49 1055 74 72 842 114 .312 .391 .413 .804 108 2945 80 275

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1920 21 23 82 72 14 23 4 1 0 12 1 9 4 .319 .402 .403 .805 12 22
1921 22 162 668 582 90 172 34 11 4 83 7 76 18 .296 .386 .412 .799 90 154
1922 23 160 649 572 77 163 27 7 2 79 10 71 21 .285 .370 .367 .737 76 153
1923 24 161 677 572 95 195 41 10 3 106 9 98 13 .341 .443 .463 .906 116 153
1924 25 161 675 608 90 181 43 5 4 97 3 65 14 .298 .367 .405 .772 89 153
1925 26 163 681 617 69 192 35 7 1 87 7 60 4 .311 .376 .395 .771 90 155
1926 27 162 672 599 88 188 41 5 4 82 17 65 6 .314 .388 .419 .807 96 154
1927 28 160 632 576 77 169 45 5 1 86 3 48 7 .293 .356 .394 .750 78 153
1928 29 163 675 610 77 191 40 2 4 68 7 58 9 .313 .379 .405 .784 93 155
1929 30 161 643 592 81 173 36 3 7 66 6 46 4 .292 .348 .399 .747 80 152
1930 31 115 398 355 36 91 15 5 0 39 1 37 3 .256 .337 .327 .663 38 109
1931 32 136 565 496 96 143 22 1 6 60 1 60 8 .288 .375 .373 .748 67 130
1932 33 131 577 519 89 134 21 3 11 64 0 55 3 .258 .333 .374 .707 63 125
1933 34 144 627 553 87 147 19 1 2 54 2 73 4 .266 .352 .315 .667 61 135
14 Seasons 2002 8221 7323 1066 2162 423 66 49 983 74 821 118 .295 .372 .391 .763 1049 1903
162 Game Avg. 162 665 593 86 175 34 5 4 80 6 66 10 .295 .372 .391 .763 85 1903

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1922-AL-19-6%
1923-AL-4-31%
1924-AL-9-14%
1925-AL-3-33%
1927-AL-10-14%
1928-AL-12-9%
1932-AL-29-1%
1.08 Career Shares (217th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1923 AL--.353--6th
1928 AL--.323--10th
Career--.312--86th

On-Base% s c a p y
1921 AL--.412--10th
1923 AL--.456--4th
Career--.391--96th

Slugging % s c a p y
1923 AL--.479--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1923 AL--.935--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL--154--2nd
1923 AL--153--5th
1924 AL--153--6th
1925 AL--155--2nd
1926 AL--154--5th
1927 AL--153--2nd
1928 AL--155--1st
1929 AL--152--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1924 AL--594--7th
1925 AL--608--5th
1927 AL--569--9th
1928 AL--588--6th
Career--7132--240th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1921 AL--683--10th
1923 AL--682--8th
1924 AL--685--4th
1925 AL--699--3rd
1926 AL--672--6th
1927 AL--652--8th
1928 AL--678--7th
1929 AL--672--8th
Career--8329--193rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
Career--1141--201st

Hits s c a p y
1923 AL--195--7th
1924 AL--188--9th
1925 AL--204--5th
1926 AL--187--8th
1927 AL--180--8th
1928 AL--190--7th
Career--2226--159th

Total Bases s c a p y
1923 AL--265--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1921 AL--36--10th
1923 AL--41--5th
1924 AL--45--1st
1925 AL--37--9th
1926 AL--41--7th
1927 AL--48--4th
1928 AL--40--7th
Career--436--110th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1923 AL--109--4th
1924 AL--106--7th
1925 AL--98--10th
Career--1055--225th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1921 AL--80--4th
1922 AL--73--6th
1923 AL--98--2nd
Career--842--201st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1926 AL--17--5th

Singles s c a p y
1923 AL--141--5th
1924 AL--134--10th
1925 AL--159--5th
1926 AL--137--8th
1927 AL--126--9th
1928 AL--144--3rd
1929 AL--134--6th
Career--1673--118th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1923 AL--146--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1923 AL--119--5th
Career--1126--236th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1923 AL--45--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1923 AL--4.3--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1924 AL--54--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 AL--273--6th
1923 AL--300--4th
1924 AL--257--10th
1925 AL--272--4th
1926 AL--260--6th
1927 AL--240--9th
1928 AL--255--7th
Career--3148--155th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1923 AL--.736--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 AL--11--4th
1923 AL--7--10th
1926 AL--8--3rd
1927 AL--9--2nd
1928 AL--7--4th
1929 AL--5--6th
1930 AL--7--3rd
1931 AL--9--2nd
Career--80--137th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1925 AL--23--10th
1927 AL--23--8th
1928 AL--25--7th
1929 AL--41--1st
1931 AL--17--2nd
1932 AL--14--5th
Career--275--20th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1922 AL--12--7th
1927 AL--16--1st

AB per SO s c a p y
1921 AL--33.6--8th
1923 AL--46.1--4th
1924 AL--45.7--2nd
1925 AL--152.0--1st
1926 AL--96.3--1st
1927 AL--81.3--1st
1928 AL--65.3--1st
1929 AL--144.5--1st
1930 AL--117.7--1st
1931 AL--60.5--1st
1932 AL--167.7--1st
1933 AL--131.0--1st
Career--62.6--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
1927 AL--428--9th
1928 AL--424--7th
1929 AL--443--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 75 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (276), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 45 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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