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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View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 25)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,21-14	CG	54	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
5	5	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	2	8	0	10	1
6	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,14-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	8.2	2	6	0	8	2
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
15	15	May 2	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	1	8	0	9	2
16	16	May 3	CLE		DET	T,6-6	CG	35	7.0	3	7	0	10	1
17	17	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
18	18	May 7	CLE		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
19	19	May 8	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
20	20	May 9	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	21	May 11	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
22	22	May 12	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
23	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	24	May 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 15	CLE		BOS	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
26	26	May 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
28	28	May 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	29	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
30	30	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	31	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	2	8	0
32	32	May 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	33	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	0	1	1	2	0
35	35	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
36	36	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
37	37	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
38	38	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	40	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	CLE		SLB	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
42	42	Jun 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 3	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
44	44	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	3	3	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
51	51	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	2	5	1
53	53	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
54	54	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,15-17	CG	50	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
55	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
56	56	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
58	58	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,5-7	CG	51	12.0	5	5	0	10	0
59	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
61	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
62	62	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
63	63	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
64	64	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
65	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
67	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
68	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
69	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
71	71	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
72	72	Jul 2	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
73	73	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-14	CG	50	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	76	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
79	79	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
80	80	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
81	81	Jul 9	CLE		PHA	W,13-11	CG	38	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
82	82	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,7-14	CG	52	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
84	84	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
85	85	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,11-12	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	86	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
87	87	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
89	89	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	W,17-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
90	90	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	91	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	CG	52	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
93	93	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
94	94	Jul 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
96	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
97	97	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-7	CG	38	9.0	1	8	1	10	1
98	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
99	99	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
100	100	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	102	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
105	105	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
106	106	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
107	107	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
108	108	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
109	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
111	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
112	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
113	113	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	114	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	6	0	9	1
115	115	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	5	7	0	12	0
116	116	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
117	117	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
118	118	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
119	119	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,8-12	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	120	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	50	12.0	1	6	0	7	1
121	121	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
122	122	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
123	123	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
124	124	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
125	125	Aug 25	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
126	126	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
127	127	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	128	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	129	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
131	131	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	132	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
133	133	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
134	134	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
135	135	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
136	136	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
137	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
138	138	Sep 12 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	49	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	50	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	141	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
142	142	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	7	0	9	0
143	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	7	1	8	0
144	144	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
145	145	Sep 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	5	6	0	11	1
146	146	Sep 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
147	147	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
148	148	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	4	2	0	6	0
149	149	Sep 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	150	Sep 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
151	151	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
153	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
154	154	Oct 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
155	155	Oct 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
							156gm		1378.0	324	535	29	888	80