Luke Sewell
James Luther Sewell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 5, 1901 in Titus, AL
School: University of Alabama (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1921
Final Game: August 1, 1942
Died: May 14, 1987 in Akron, OH
Relatives: Brother of Joe 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
1921 20 CLE AL 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 /2
1922 21 CLE AL 41 95 87 14 23 5 0 0 10 1 1 5 8 .264 .312 .322 .634 64 28 1 2 2
1923 22 CLE AL 10 11 10 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .400 .673 76 4 0 0 /2
1924 23 CLE AL 63 194 165 27 48 9 1 0 17 1 0 22 13 .291 .387 .358 .745 91 59 4 3 2
1925 24 CLE AL 74 262 220 30 51 10 2 0 18 6 2 33 18 .232 .337 .295 .633 61 65 2 7 2/O
1926 25 CLE AL 126 499 433 41 103 16 4 0 46 9 3 36 27 .238 .302 .293 .596 55 127 4 26 *2
1927 26 CLE AL 128 512 470 52 138 27 6 0 53 4 8 20 23 .294 .328 .377 .705 82 177 4 18 *2 MVP-9
1928 27 CLE AL 122 457 411 52 111 16 9 3 52 3 4 26 27 .270 .318 .375 .693 81 154 3 17 *2 MVP-12
1929 28 CLE AL 124 457 406 41 96 16 3 1 39 6 6 29 26 .236 .287 .298 .585 48 121 0 22 *2
1930 29 CLE AL 76 315 292 40 75 21 2 1 43 5 2 14 9 .257 .293 .353 .646 60 103 1 8 2
1931 30 CLE AL 108 422 375 45 103 30 4 1 53 1 1 36 17 .275 .341 .384 .725 86 144 2 9 *2
1932 31 CLE AL 87 343 300 36 76 20 2 2 52 4 5 38 24 .253 .337 .353 .691 74 106 0 5 2
1933 32 WSH AL 141 536 474 65 125 30 4 2 61 7 2 48 24 .264 .335 .357 .692 84 169 3 11 *2
1934 33 WSH AL 72 231 207 21 49 7 3 2 21 0 1 22 10 .237 .313 .329 .642 68 68 1 1 2/O345
1935 34 CHW AL 118 458 421 52 120 19 3 2 67 3 2 32 18 .285 .336 .359 .694 78 151 0 5 *2 MVP-15
1936 35 CHW AL 128 509 451 59 113 20 5 5 73 11 2 54 16 .251 .332 .350 .682 66 158 1 3 *2
1937 36 CHW AL 122 459 412 51 111 21 6 1 61 4 5 46 18 .269 .343 .357 .700 76 147 0 1 *2 AS,MVP-5
1938 37 CHW AL 65 236 211 23 45 4 1 0 27 0 0 20 20 .213 .284 .242 .526 32 51 1 4 2
1939 38 CLE AL 16 25 20 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .150 .261 .200 .461 21 4 0 0 2 2/3
1942 41 SLB AL 6 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 1 1 0 0 /2
20 Seasons 1630 6041 5383 653 1393 272 56 20 696 65 44 486 307 .259 .323 .341 .665 70 1837 1 27 145
162 Game Avg. 162 600 535 65 138 27 6 2 69 6 4 48 31 .259 .323 .341 .665 70 183 3 14
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
CLE (13 yrs) 978 3599 3195 381 829 171 34 8 386 40 32 263 196 .259 .320 .342 .662 69 1092 0 21 120
CHW (4 yrs) 433 1662 1495 185 389 64 15 8 228 18 9 152 72 .260 .329 .339 .668 67 507 2 13
WSH (2 yrs) 213 767 681 86 174 37 7 4 82 7 3 70 34 .256 .328 .348 .676 79 237 4 12
SLB (1 yr) 6 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 1 1 0 0

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
1921 20 CLE AL 7 7 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .302 .000 .368 .000 .424 .000 .792 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1922 21 CLE AL 95 67 8 3.2 111 .291 .264 .295 .312 .361 .322 .415 .634 .776 64 .327 -4.6 -0.4 .523 .115 .057 .0
1923 22 CLE AL 11 8 1 3.4 108 .200 .200 .290 .273 .360 .400 .401 .673 .761 76 .351 -0.5 -0.1 .625 .300 .200
1924 23 CLE AL 194 120 22 4.9 114 .316 .291 .300 .387 .370 .358 .412 .745 .783 91 .501 -1.0 -0.1 .735 .206 .067 .0
1925 24 CLE AL 262 178 22 3.3 116 .252 .232 .301 .337 .371 .295 .422 .633 .793 61 .310 -12.5 -1.2 .608 .232 .064 .0
1926 25 CLE AL 499 359 38 2.8 110 .254 .238 .291 .302 .363 .293 .408 .596 .771 55 .283 -29.4 -2.9 .520 .152 .055 .0
1927 26 CLE AL 512 358 55 4.1 111 .309 .294 .294 .328 .362 .377 .413 .705 .776 82 .424 -14.0 -1.4 .579 .117 .083 .0
1928 27 CLE AL 457 321 47 3.9 109 .283 .270 .290 .318 .355 .375 .412 .693 .767 81 .413 -13.2 -1.3 .599 .165 .105 3.0
1929 28 CLE AL 457 338 34 2.7 116 .251 .236 .297 .287 .364 .298 .429 .585 .793 48 .246 -32.8 -3.2 .475 .133 .062 1.7
1930 29 CLE AL 315 227 30 3.5 119 .262 .257 .300 .293 .365 .353 .441 .646 .806 60 .324 -18.4 -1.7 .553 .154 .096 1.7
1931 30 CLE AL 422 282 49 4.6 113 .286 .275 .294 .341 .362 .384 .420 .725 .782 86 .474 -7.6 -0.7 .667 .205 .109 1.0
1932 31 CLE AL 343 234 35 4.0 118 .270 .253 .295 .337 .367 .353 .433 .691 .800 74 .399 -11.7 -1.1 .624 .223 .100 2.7
1933 32 WSH AL 536 362 57 4.2 105 .275 .264 .280 .335 .351 .357 .403 .692 .754 84 .446 -9.9 -1.0 .641 .205 .093 3.1
1934 33 WSH AL 231 160 21 3.5 108 .241 .237 .283 .313 .356 .329 .408 .642 .764 68 .340 -9.9 -0.9 .566 .193 .092 .0
1935 34 CHW AL 458 308 51 4.4 113 .294 .285 .290 .336 .363 .359 .419 .694 .782 78 .443 -14.3 -1.4 .607 .152 .074 2.4
1936 35 CHW AL 509 343 54 4.2 125 .251 .251 .304 .332 .380 .350 .446 .682 .826 66 .375 -25.8 -2.3 .653 .239 .100 6.9
1937 36 CHW AL 459 307 50 4.3 117 .280 .269 .290 .343 .365 .357 .432 .700 .797 76 .410 -14.7 -1.4 .627 .197 .087 1.6
1938 37 CHW AL 236 170 14 2.2 120 .236 .213 .293 .284 .372 .242 .436 .526 .808 32 .164 -23.0 -2.1 .434 .123 .028
1939 38 CLE AL 25 19 1 1.4 111 .158 .150 .283 .261 .357 .200 .418 .461 .775 21 .087 -2.3 -0.2 .412 .200 .050
1942 41 SLB AL 13 12 0 0.0 95 .143 .083 .267 .154 .341 .083 .373 .237 .715 -33 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .167 .083 .000
20 Seasons 6041 4180 589 3.8 114 .272 .259 .293 .323 .364 .341 .422 .665 .785 70 .372 -249.8 -23.7 .588 .177 .082 30.6
162 Game Avg. 600 415 59 3.8 114 .272 .259 .293 .323 .364 .341 .422 .665 .785 70 .372 -249.8 -23.7 .588 .177 .082 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (13 yrs) 3599 2518 342 3.6 113 .274 .259 .295 .320 .363 .342 .420 .662 .783 69 .365 -150.0 -14.4 .577 .167 .082 13.3
CHW (4 yrs) 1662 1128 169 4.0 119 .269 .260 .294 .329 .370 .339 .433 .668 .803 67 .373 -77.8 -7.2 .601 .187 .079 11.1
WSH (2 yrs) 767 522 78 4.0 106 .264 .256 .281 .328 .352 .348 .404 .676 .757 79 .414 -19.8 -1.9 .618 .201 .093 5.1
SLB (1 yr) 13 12 0 0.0 95 .143 .083 .267 .154 .341 .083 .373 .237 .715 -33 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .167 .083 .000

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
1933 32 WSH AL WS NYG L 5 19 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 5 19 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 CHW AL 36 DNP

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
1921 20 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
1922 21 44 102 93 14 23 5 0 0 11 1 1 5 11 .247 .293 .301 .594 54 28 1 3
1923 22 54 113 103 16 25 5 1 0 12 1 1 6 11 .243 .291 .311 .602 56 32 1 3
1924 23 117 307 268 43 73 14 2 0 29 2 1 28 24 .272 .352 .340 .692 78 91 5 6
1925 24 191 569 488 73 124 24 4 0 47 8 3 61 42 .254 .345 .320 .665 70 156 7 13
1926 25 317 1068 921 114 227 40 8 0 93 17 6 97 69 .246 .326 .307 .633 63 283 11 39
1927 26 445 1580 1391 166 365 67 14 0 146 21 14 117 92 .262 .326 .331 .657 69 460 15 57
1928 27 567 2037 1802 218 476 83 23 3 198 24 18 143 119 .264 .325 .341 .665 72 614 18 74
1929 28 691 2494 2208 259 572 99 26 4 237 30 24 172 145 .259 .318 .333 .651 68 735 18 96
1930 29 767 2809 2500 299 647 120 28 5 280 35 26 186 154 .259 .315 .335 .650 67 838 19 104
1931 30 875 3231 2875 344 750 150 32 6 333 36 27 222 171 .261 .318 .342 .660 69 982 21 113
1932 31 962 3574 3175 380 826 170 34 8 385 40 32 260 195 .260 .320 .343 .663 70 1088 21 118
1933 32 1103 4110 3649 445 951 200 38 10 446 47 34 308 219 .261 .322 .344 .667 72 1257 24 129
1934 33 1175 4341 3856 466 1000 207 41 12 467 47 35 330 229 .259 .322 .344 .665 71 1325 25 130
1935 34 1293 4799 4277 518 1120 226 44 14 534 50 37 362 247 .262 .323 .345 .668 72 1476 25 135
1936 35 1421 5308 4728 577 1233 246 49 19 607 61 39 416 263 .261 .324 .346 .670 71 1634 26 138
1937 36 1543 5767 5140 628 1344 267 55 20 668 65 44 462 281 .261 .326 .346 .672 72 1781 26 139
1938 37 1608 6003 5351 651 1389 271 56 20 695 65 44 482 301 .260 .324 .342 .666 70 1832 27 143
1939 38 1624 6028 5371 652 1392 272 56 20 696 65 44 485 302 .259 .324 .342 .665 70 1836 0 27 145
1940 39 1624 6028 5371 652 1392 272 56 20 696 65 44 485 302 .259 .324 .342 .665 70 1836 0 27 145
1941 40 1624 6028 5371 652 1392 272 56 20 696 65 44 485 302 .259 .324 .342 .665 70 1836 0 27 145
1942 41 1630 6041 5383 653 1393 272 56 20 696 65 44 486 307 .259 .323 .341 .665 70 1837 1 27 145

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
1921 20 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1922 21 43 96 90 14 23 5 0 0 10 1 5 8 .256 .302 .311 .613 8 41
1923 22 11 11 10 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .273 .400 .673 1 10
1924 23 66 194 169 24 46 9 1 0 15 1 21 14 .272 .366 .337 .703 20 63
1925 24 78 262 228 27 50 10 2 0 16 6 32 19 .219 .321 .281 .601 20 74
1926 25 133 491 451 39 104 16 4 0 44 9 36 28 .231 .293 .284 .577 37 126
1927 26 134 502 479 49 132 26 6 0 49 4 19 24 .276 .309 .355 .664 51 128
1928 27 128 456 427 51 111 16 9 3 51 3 26 28 .260 .307 .361 .668 46 122
1929 28 131 446 419 37 91 15 3 1 35 6 27 28 .217 .265 .274 .539 31 124
1930 29 80 311 297 34 69 19 2 1 36 5 13 9 .232 .267 .320 .587 25 76
1931 30 113 413 378 38 94 27 4 1 45 1 33 18 .249 .312 .349 .662 41 108
1932 31 92 338 304 29 68 18 2 2 42 4 34 25 .224 .302 .316 .618 28 87
1933 32 150 549 498 62 126 30 4 2 59 7 48 26 .253 .322 .341 .664 54 141
1934 33 76 237 214 20 48 7 3 2 20 0 22 11 .224 .300 .313 .613 20 72
1935 34 125 465 434 47 115 18 3 2 60 3 31 19 .265 .314 .334 .648 46 118
1936 35 134 503 454 46 101 18 4 4 57 10 48 17 .222 .298 .306 .604 42 128
1937 36 127 459 416 45 103 19 6 1 54 4 43 19 .248 .318 .329 .647 44 122
1938 37 69 239 219 20 43 4 1 0 24 0 19 21 .196 .264 .224 .487 13 65
1939 38 17 24 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 .143 .250 .190 .440 1 16
1942 41 6 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 6
20 Seasons 1716 6016 5527 585 1329 258 55 19 620 64 462 323 .240 .302 .317 .620 528 1630
162 Game Avg. 162 568 522 55 125 24 5 2 59 6 44 30 .240 .302 .317 .620 50 1630
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1937

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1927-AL-9-20%
1928-AL-12-9%
1935-AL-15-9%
1937-AL-5-28%
0.66 Career Shares (344th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL--3--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 AL--26--10th
1929 AL--22--7th
Career--145--184th

AB per SO s c a p y
1935 AL--23.4--8th
1936 AL--28.2--5th
1937 AL--22.9--6th
Career--17.5--154th

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL--born 1901-01-05--10th
1939 AL--born 1901-01-05--8th
1942 AL--born 1901-01-05--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1921 AL--born 1901-01-05--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (485), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (609), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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