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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1920 CLE AL 21 SS 22 129 44 70 15 11 .884 5.18 .947 5.00
1921 CLE AL 22 SS 154 846 319 480 47 75 .944 5.19 .941 5.15
1922 CLE AL 23 SS 139 806 295 462 49 72 .939 5.45 .946 5.03 MVP-19
1922 CLE AL 23 2B 12 65 27 35 3 7 .954 5.17 .966 5.49 MVP-19
1923 CLE AL 24 SS 151 842 286 497 59 82 .930 5.19 .948 4.79 MVP-4
1924 CLE AL 25 SS 153 899 349 514 36 76 .960 5.64 .948 4.83 MVP-9
1925 CLE AL 26 SS 153 872 314 529 29 80 .967 5.51 .943 4.68 MVP-3
1925 CLE AL 26 2B 3 16 10 6 0 0 1.000 5.33 .962 5.30 MVP-3
1926 CLE AL 27 SS 154 826 326 463 37 86 .955 5.12 .943 4.64
1927 CLE AL 28 SS 153 874 361 480 33 80 .962 5.50 .944 4.86 MVP-10
1928 CLE AL 29 SS 137 763 297 438 28 103 .963 5.36 .936 4.74 MVP-12
1928 CLE AL 29 3B 19 88 22 61 5 3 .943 4.37 .951 3.05 MVP-12
1929 CLE AL 30 3B 152 512 163 336 13 28 .975 3.28 .951 2.90
1930 CLE AL 31 3B 97 281 83 184 14 16 .950 2.75 .945 2.84
1931 NYY AL 32 3B 121 376 131 227 18 14 .952 2.96 .944 2.89
1931 NYY AL 32 2B 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 .975 5.50
1932 NYY AL 33 3B 123 352 122 221 9 15 .974 2.79 .949 2.77 MVP-29
1933 NYY AL 34 3B 131 360 123 224 13 27 .964 2.65 .954 2.73
9 Seasons SS 1216 6857 2591 3933 333 665 .951 5.37 .944 4.84
6 Seasons 3B 643 1969 644 1253 72 103 .963 2.95 .949 2.83
3 Seasons 2B 16 85 38 44 3 8 .965 5.13 .966 5.46
14 Seasons TOT 1875 8911 3273 5230 408 776 .954 4.53 .899 4.16
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1954 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 8.6%)
1977 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1977 by Veteran's Committee

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 (220th)

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 (277), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 45 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Deacon White (850)
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  9. Billy Herman (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Billy Herman (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Herman (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September 6, 1920: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from New Orleans (Southern Association).

January 20, 1931: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

January 24, 1931: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

January 6, 1934: Released by the New York Yankees.

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