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.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
3	3	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 16	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		SLB	W,17-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,7-15	CG	51	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	2	2	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	6	5	2	13	0
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-11	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	18	May 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
20	20	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 6	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
22	22	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
24	24	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-15	CG	47	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
25	25	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
26	26	May 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
27	27	May 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	6	1	12	3
29	29	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	30	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	31	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	32	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
33	33	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
34	34	May 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
35	35	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
36	36	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	37	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
38	38	May 25	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
39	39	May 26	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	40	May 27	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	10	1	13	0
41	41	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	42	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	44	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
45	45	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
48	48	Jun 3	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	2	8	1	11	1
49	49	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,8-9	CG	51	11.0	4	4	1	9	1
52	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
54	54	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
55	55	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
57	57	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
59	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	59	14.0	6	5	1	12	1
60	60	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
62	62	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
63	63	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
64	64	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
65	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	2	6	0	8	1
66	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	67	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	1	3	0	4	1
68	68	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
69	69	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
70	70	Jun 28	CLE		SLB	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
71	71	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	3	2	7	0
73	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
76	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	1	5	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	6	2	10	0
78	78	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
79	79	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
81	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	58	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
83	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
85	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
87	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	2	7	0
89	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
91	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	93	Jul 23	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	94	Jul 24	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	95	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	96	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
97	97	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
98	98	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	99	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
100	100	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,6-18	CG	56	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
101	101	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	45	11.0	3	3	1	7	0
102	102	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
103	103	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	104	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,17-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
106	106	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	CG	48	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
107	107	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
108	108	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
109	109	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	2	6	0	8	0
110	110	Aug 7	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	28	7.0	3	5	1	9	2
111	111	Aug 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-15	CG	55	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	112	Aug 9	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	114	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
115	115	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
116	116	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
117	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	2	1	2	5	0
118	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
120	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	10.0	2	2	1	5	1
121	121	Aug 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	43	12.0	5	8	0	13	2
122	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
123	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
125	125	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
126	126	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
127	127	Aug 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
128	128	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	4
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	129	Sep 1	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	130	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
131	131	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
132	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
133	133	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
134	134	Sep 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
135	135	Sep 6	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-11	GS	27	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
136	136	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
137	141 (4)	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
138	142	Sep 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
139	143	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
140	144	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	7	1	11	1
141	145	Sep 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	146	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
143	147	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
145	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
146	150	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-15	GS	0	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
147	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
148	152	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
149	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
150	154	Sep 30	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
151	155	Oct 1	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
							151gm		1339.0	322	497	52	871	83