Joe Sewell

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-6, 155lb (168cm, 70kg)

Born: October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL us

Died: March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1920 (Age 21-337d, 5,093rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1933 (Age 34-350d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Sewell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Joseph Wheeler Sewell

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Relatives: Brother of Luke Sewell, Tommy Sewell; Cousin of Rip Sewell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.7

7132

2226

.312

1141

RBI

1054

OBP

.391

SLG

.413

OPS

.804

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	T,7-7	GF	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	25 (11)	May 16	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	26	May 17	NYY	@	DET	W,8-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	27	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
5	33 (5)	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	34	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	35	May 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	36	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
9	37	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	43 (5)	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
11	44	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
12	45	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	46	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	47	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	48	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
16	49	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	50	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	51	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	52	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	53	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-9	GS	37	7.0	1	1	2	4	0
21	54	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	55	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	CG	49	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	56	Jun 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	57	Jun 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	59	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	60	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	61	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
30	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	64	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	65	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	66	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	67	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	68	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
36	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	71	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG	46	11.0	1	4	1	6	1
39	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
41	74	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	75	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	60	14.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	77	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,19-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	79	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
47	80	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	81	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,8-9	CG	50	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	82	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	83	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	84	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
52	85	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
53	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	87	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
55	88	Jul 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	54	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	89	Jul 24	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	90	Jul 25	NYY		DET	W,10-7	CG	49	11.0	0	3	1	4	0
58	91	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	92	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
60	93	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
61	94	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	95	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	96	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	98	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	99	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	100	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	102	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
70	103	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	104	Aug 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	105	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	106	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
74	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
75	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-17	CG	49	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
76	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	16.0	0	4	0	4	0
79	112	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
82	115	Aug 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	116	Aug 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
84	117	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	118	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	54	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
87	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	121	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
89	122	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	123	Aug 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
91	124	Aug 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	125	Aug 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
93	126	Aug 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	130	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	131	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	2	2	0	4	0
99	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
100	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	134	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
102	135	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	137	Sep 11	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
105	138	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	51	13.0	5	0	0	5	1
106	139	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	140	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
108	141	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
109	142	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	143	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	144	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	145	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	146	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	147	Sep 19	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
115	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
116	149	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-4	CG	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
117	150	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	151	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	152	Sep 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	154	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
122	155	Sep 27	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
							122gm		1077.0	132	230	18	380	15