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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, 5,277th 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

4.7

5383

1393

.259

653

RBI

698

OBP

.323

SLG

.341

OPS

.665

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1921	20	CLE	AL	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1			/2
1922	21	CLE	AL	41	95	87	14	23	5	0	0	10	1	1	5	8	.264	.312	.322	.634	64	28		1	2			2H
1923	22	CLE	AL	10	11	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	76	4		0	0			/2H
1924	23	CLE	AL	63	194	165	27	48	9	1	0	17	1	0	22	13	.291	.387	.358	.745	91	59		4	3			2/H
1925	24	CLE	AL	74	262	220	30	51	10	2	0	18	6	2	33	18	.232	.337	.295	.633	61	65		2	7			2H/7
1926	25	CLE	AL	126	499	433	41	103	16	4	0	48	9	3	36	27	.238	.302	.293	.596	55	127		4	26			*2/H
1927	26	CLE	AL	128	512	470	52	138	27	6	0	53	4	8	20	23	.294	.328	.377	.705	82	177		4	18			*2/H	MVP-9
1928	27	CLE	AL	122	457	411	52	111	16	9	3	52	4	4	26	27	.270	.318	.375	.693	81	154		3	17		5	*2/H	MVP-12
1929	28	CLE	AL	124	457	406	41	96	16	3	1	39	6	6	29	26	.236	.287	.298	.585	49	121		0	22		1	*2
1930	29	CLE	AL	76	315	292	40	75	21	2	1	43	5	2	14	9	.257	.293	.353	.646	61	103		1	8		0	2
1931	30	CLE	AL	108	422	375	45	103	30	4	1	53	1	1	36	17	.275	.341	.384	.725	87	144		2	9		6	*2/H
1932	31	CLE	AL	87	344	300	36	76	20	2	2	52	4	5	38	24	.253	.337	.353	.691	74	106		0	5		3	2/H
1933	32	WSH	AL	141	537	474	65	125	30	4	2	61	7	2	48	24	.264	.335	.357	.692	85	169		3	11		6	*2/H
1934	33	WSH	AL	72	232	207	21	49	7	3	2	21	0	1	22	10	.237	.313	.329	.642	68	68		1	1		1	2H/39745
1935	34	CHW	AL	118	459	421	52	120	19	3	2	67	3	2	32	18	.285	.336	.359	.694	78	151		0	5		7	*2/H	MVP-15
1936	35	CHW	AL	128	509	451	59	113	20	5	5	73	11	2	54	16	.251	.332	.350	.682	67	158		1	3		12	*2/H
1937	36	CHW	AL	122	461	412	51	111	21	6	1	61	4	5	46	18	.269	.343	.357	.700	77	147		0	1		12	*2/H	AS,MVP-5
1938	37	CHW	AL	65	236	211	23	45	4	1	0	27	0	0	20	20	.213	.284	.242	.526	31	51		1	4		0	2
1939	38	CLE	AL	16	25	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.150	.261	.200	.461	21	4	0	0	2		0	2/3

1942	41	SLB	AL	6	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	1	0	0		0	/2
20 Yrs				1630	6047	5383	653	1393	272	56	20	698	66	44	486	307	.259	.323	.341	.665	70	1837	1	27	145		53
162 Game Avg.				162	601	535	65	138	27	6	2	69	7	4	48	31	.259	.323	.341	.665	70	183		3	14
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CLE (13 yrs)				978	3600	3195	381	829	171	34	8	388	41	32	263	196	.259	.320	.342	.662	70	1092		21	120		15
CHW (4 yrs)				433	1665	1495	185	389	64	15	8	228	18	9	152	72	.260	.329	.339	.668	67	507		2	13		31
WSH (2 yrs)				213	769	681	86	174	37	7	4	82	7	3	70	34	.256	.328	.348	.676	80	237		4	12		7
SLB (1 yr)				6	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	1	0	0		0