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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	4	3	2	9	2
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	2	4	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	5	0	6	1
15	15	May 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
16	16	May 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	17	May 4	CLE		SLB	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
18	18	May 5	CLE		SLB	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
19	19	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	20	May 7	CLE		SLB	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	7.0	2	4	1	7	0
22	22	May 10	CLE		NYY	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	23	May 13	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	24	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	25	May 15	CLE		WSH	W,10-9	CG	55	10.0	3	1	2	6	0
26	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 18	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	29	May 19	CLE		PHA	L,2-5	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
30	30	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
31	31	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
32	32	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
33	33	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
34	34	May 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
35	35	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
36	36	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,17-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
41	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	3	5	1	9	2
43	43	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
44	44	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	6	2	9	0
45	45	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,17-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
47	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
48	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
49	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
50	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
54	54	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	53	12.1	0	10	1	11	0
56	56	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	0	3	2	5	0
57	57	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
58	58	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 25	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	6	5	0	11	3
62	62	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
63	63	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66 (2)	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
65	67	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,8-12	CG	54	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,10-7	CG	46	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
68	70	Jul 5	CLE		DET	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
69	71	Jul 6	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
70	72	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,27-3	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
71	73	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
72	74	Jul 8	CLE		BOS	W,15-10	CG	52	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	75	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
74	76	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
75	77	Jul 11	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	78	Jul 12	CLE		PHA	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
77	79	Jul 13	CLE		PHA	W,16-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
78	80	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	81	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
80	82	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
81	83	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
82	84	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	CG	51	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
83	85	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
84	86	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
85	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	88	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
87	89	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
88	90	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
89	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	92	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
91	93	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	52	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	94	Jul 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	4	5	0	9	2
93	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
94	96	Jul 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
95	97	Jul 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
96	98	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
99	101	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
100	102	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
101	103	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
102	104	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,22-2	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
103	105	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	106	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	51	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
105	107	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
106	108	Aug 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
107	109	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	0	5	3	8	0
108	110	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
109	111	Aug 15	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
110	112	Aug 16	CLE		BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
111	113	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
112	114	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
113	115	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
114	116	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
115	117	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,8-20	CG	59	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
116	118	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
117	119	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
118	120	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
119	121	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	0	5	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	122	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-14	CG	39	6.2	1	1	1	3	0
121	123	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	124	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
123	125	Sep 4	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	126	Sep 7	CLE		DET	L,9-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	127	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
126	128	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
127	129	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
128	130	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	131	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
130	132	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
131	133	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
132	134	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	2
133	135	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
134	136	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	137	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	138	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	3	8	0	11	3
137	139	Sep 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
138	140	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	5	2	0	7	1
139	141	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
140	142	Sep 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	143	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-17	CG	48	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
142	144	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
143	145	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
144	146	Oct 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
145	147	Oct 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
146	148	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	2	6	0
147	149	Oct 4	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
148	150	Oct 5	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
149	151	Oct 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
150	152	Oct 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	6	3	1	10	2
151	153	Oct 7	CLE		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
							151gm		1351.0	286	497	59	842	82