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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	4	1	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	8 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	9	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
13	14	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	15	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	16	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-18	GS	36	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	17	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	18	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
19	20	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	21	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,25-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	22	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	23	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	25	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	27	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	30 (1)	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	31	May 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	32	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
31	33	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	34	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
33	36 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	37	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	41	May 31	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	42	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	43	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	44	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	45	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,17-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	46	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	47	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
43	48	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	100 (51)	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	101	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,14-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	102	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	103	Jul 31	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	104	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	105	Aug 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	106	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-14	GS	32	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	107	Aug 4	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
52	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	109	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
54	110	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
55	112 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-18	CG	53	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
57	115 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
58	117 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-0	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	119	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	121 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
62	123 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	126 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
65	128 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	129	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	56	13.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,17-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	134 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
71	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	136	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	138	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
75	140 (1)	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
76	141	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	GS	14	2.2	3	0	0	3	0
							76gm		653.0	283	49	9	341	5