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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-10	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	16	May 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	30 (13)	May 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	31	May 22	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	32	May 23	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	33	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	34	May 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
8	35	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	36	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	37	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
11	38	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
12	39	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	40	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	64	15.1	2	4	0	6	0
14	41	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	42	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	47 (4)	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	48	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	49	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	50	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	51	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	52	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	53	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	54	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
24	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
25	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-17	GS	42	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	63	Jun 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	64	Jun 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
34	65	Jun 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	66	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	67	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	68	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	69	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	70	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	71	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	74	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	49	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	75	Jul 8	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	76	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	77	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,14-9	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	78	Jul 10 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,9-10	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
48	79	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	80	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,15-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	81	Jul 12	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	82	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	83	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	84	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
54	85	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	86	Jul 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	0	9	0	9	0
56	87	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	88	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	89	Jul 19	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
59	90	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	91	Jul 21	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	92	Jul 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	55	15.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	93	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	94	Jul 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	47	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
65	96	Jul 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
66	97	Jul 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
68	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	100	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
70	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	W,12-8	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	T,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	103	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
73	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	105	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	106	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	107	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
77	108	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	109	Aug 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	110	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	113	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		DET	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	114	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	115	Aug 17	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	116	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	117	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	118	Aug 20	NYY		SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
88	119	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
89	120	Aug 22	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	121	Aug 23	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	122	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
92	123	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	124	Aug 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	125	Aug 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	126	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	127	Aug 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
97	128	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	129	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
99	130	Aug 30	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	131	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	132	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	133	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	134	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
104	135	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	136	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	137	Sep 8 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	64	14.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	138	Sep 8 (2)	NYY	@	DET	T,7-7	CG	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,13-14	CG	70	13.1	2	1	0	3	1
109	140	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	141	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	142	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	143	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	144	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	55	12.0	5	3	1	9	0
114	145	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	148 (2)	Sep 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
116	149	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
117	150	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	151	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
119	152	Sep 21	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	0	6	0	6	0
121	154	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	155	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	156	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							123gm		1081.0	122	221	9	352	15