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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
Schools: 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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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 65 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 92 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

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

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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 LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1921 CLE AL 20 C 3 11 7 4 0 0 1.000 3.67 .973 4.33 0
1922 CLE AL 21 C 39 134 108 21 5 2 .963 3.31 .978 4.24 3
1923 CLE AL 22 C 7 12 5 5 2 0 .833 1.43 .975 4.20 1
1924 CLE AL 23 C 57 222 171 42 9 5 .959 3.74 .973 4.02 5
1925 CLE AL 24 C 66 278 216 54 8 13 .971 4.09 .977 3.82 4
1925 CLE AL 24 OF 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.25 2-0-0
1926 CLE AL 25 C 125 537 437 91 9 3 .983 4.22 .979 3.95 3
1927 CLE AL 26 C 126 541 402 119 20 14 .963 4.13 .974 3.91 7 MVP-9
1928 CLE AL 27 C 118 563 430 117 16 13 .972 4.64 .976 4.03 13 MVP-12
1929 CLE AL 28 C 124 532 433 81 18 11 .966 4.15 .976 4.04 9
1930 CLE AL 29 C 76 341 283 49 9 5 .974 4.37 .984 4.19 3
1931 CLE AL 30 C 104 454 384 61 9 5 .980 4.28 .981 4.34 5
1932 CLE AL 31 C 84 364 306 50 8 8 .978 4.24 .982 4.23 2
1933 WSH AL 32 C 141 583 516 61 6 12 .990 4.09 .988 4.28 3
1934 WSH AL 33 C 50 167 143 23 1 6 .994 3.32 .981 4.36 2
1934 WSH AL 33 OF 7 18 14 3 1 1 .944 2.43 .967 2.16 2-0-5
1934 WSH AL 33 1B 6 60 57 3 0 4 1.000 10.00 .992 9.92
1934 WSH AL 33 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.70
1934 WSH AL 33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1935 CHW AL 34 C 112 488 399 83 6 10 .988 4.30 .984 4.20 9 MVP-15
1936 CHW AL 35 C 126 557 461 87 9 12 .984 4.35 .979 4.22 9
1937 CHW AL 36 C 118 583 502 72 9 11 .985 4.86 .980 4.62 8 AS,MVP-5
1938 CHW AL 37 C 65 264 205 55 4 7 .985 4.00 .983 4.37 5
1939 CLE AL 38 C 15 29 24 4 1 0 .966 1.87 .983 4.44 0
1939 CLE AL 38 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.40
1942 SLB AL 41 C 6 18 12 5 1 1 .944 2.83 .978 4.28 0
20 Seasons C 1562 6678 5444 1084 150 138 .978 4.18 .980 4.18 91
2 Seasons OF 9 24 20 3 1 1 .958 2.56 .967 2.18 4-0-5
2 Seasons 1B 7 60 57 3 0 4 1.000 8.57 .992 9.84
1 Season 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.70
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
20 Seasons TOT 1580 6764 5522 1091 151 143 .978 4.19 .958 4.19 4-0-5 91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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--23.389--8th
1936 AL--28.188--5th
1937 AL--22.889--6th
Career--17.530--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 (479), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1257), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 7, 1933: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Roy Spencer.

January 19, 1935: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

January 19, 1935: Traded by the Washington Senators with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Bump Hadley.

December 19, 1938: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox.

April 20, 1939: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

April 23, 1939: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

May 20, 1943: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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