Luke Sewell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: January 5, 1901 in Titus, AL us

Died: May 14, 1987 in Akron, OH

Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, OH

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: June 30, 1921 (Age 20-176d, 5,276th in major league history)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1942 (Age 41-208d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: James Luther Sewell

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

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

5383

1393

.259

653

RBI

698

OBP

.323

SLG

.341

OPS

.665

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 11)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	5	1	0	6	1
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 3	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	19	May 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 5	CLE		SLB	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	4	1	0	5	1
26	26	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	28	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
29	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	36 (4)	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
33	37	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
34	38	May 26	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	39	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	40	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	41	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	42	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	43	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	44	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	46	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
43	47	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	48	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
45	49	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	50	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	51	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	53	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73 (19)	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	75 (1)	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	76	Jul 4	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	77	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	78	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	82	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	6	2	0	8	1
59	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
60	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
67	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	96	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
73	97	Jul 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	98	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
75	99	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
76	100	Jul 29	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
77	101	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	102	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	103	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
81	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
82	106	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
84	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
85	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	111	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	112	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	113	Aug 10	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
90	114	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	GS	38	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	115	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	118	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	120 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	121	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
98	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
99	124	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	125	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	126	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	127	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	128	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
104	129	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	7	3	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
107	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	7	1	1	9	0
111	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	137	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
113	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
115	140	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	141	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	142	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
118	147 (4)	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
119	148	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	149	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	151	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
123	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
124	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	154	Sep 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
							125gm		1079.0	437	91	9	537	3