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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,10-15	GS	40	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 23	CHW		DET	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 29	CHW		SLB	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-11	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
9	9	May 3	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	GS	34	6.0	6	1	0	7	0
10	10	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 6	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	13 (1)	May 8	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	14	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
14	15	May 10	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
15	16	May 11	CHW		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
16	17	May 12	CHW		WSH	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	18	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	19	May 15	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	20	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
20	21	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
21	22	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
22	23	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	24	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	51	10.2	5	2	0	7	0
24	25	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	26	May 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	29	5.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	27	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	28	May 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	29	May 27	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	31	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	33 (1)	May 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	34	May 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	36 (1)	Jun 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	37	Jun 3	CHW		BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
35	38	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	39	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	41 (1)	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	42	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	43	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
40	44	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,14-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	45	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	46	Jun 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	48 (1)	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
44	49	Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
45	50	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	52 (1)	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	59 (6)	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	60	Jun 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	61	Jun 29	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	62	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	63	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	64	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	65	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	68 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	69	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
57	70	Jul 9	CHW		SLB	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	71	Jul 10	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	72	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	74 (1)	Jul 13	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	75	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	25	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	76	Jul 15	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	77	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	78	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
65	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	81 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	82	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
68	83	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	84	Jul 23	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
70	85	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	86	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,11-12	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
72	87	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	88	Jul 27	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
74	89	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
75	90	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	91	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	93 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	94	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	96 (1)	Aug 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	42	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
80	97	Aug 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-13	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	102 (4)	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
82	108 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	109	Aug 17	CHW		DET	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
84	110	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	111	Aug 19	CHW		DET	L,4-12	CG	36	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	112	Aug 20	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	114 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	115	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	116	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	CG	52	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
90	117	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	118	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	119	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	120	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,0-16	GS	19	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	121	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	122	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	124 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	126 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	127	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	128	Sep 5	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	129	Sep 6 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	130	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
102	131	Sep 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	132	Sep 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	133	Sep 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
105	135 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
106	136	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	137	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
108	139 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
109	141 (1)	Sep 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
110	142	Sep 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
111	143	Sep 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	144	Sep 25	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
113	145	Sep 26 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
114	147 (1)	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	148	Sep 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	7	2	0	9	1
116	150 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
117	152 (1)	Oct 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	153	Oct 3 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
							118gm		1012.0	502	72	9	583	11