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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
10	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	24 (13)	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	26 (1)	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	27	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
14	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
16	30	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	31	May 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	32	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
19	33	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
20	34	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	35	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
22	36	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	37	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
24	38	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	39	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	40	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	41	May 31	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	42	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
29	43	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	44	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	45	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,17-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	46	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	47	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	48	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
35	49	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
36	50	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	51	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,15-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	52	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	53	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,10-17	CG	55	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	54	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,2-17	CG	54	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	55	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	56	Jun 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	57	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
44	58	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
45	59	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
46	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	66 (3)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	GF	20	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	68 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	70	Jul 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
53	71	Jul 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
54	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
55	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	47	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
57	79 (4)	Jul 10	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	80	Jul 11	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	81	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	82	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	W,11-3	CG	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	83	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	84	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	85	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
64	86	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	87	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
66	88	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	89	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	GF	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
68	90	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-17	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	91	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	92	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	93	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
72	94	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	95	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	96	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
75	97	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,1-14	GS	36	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
76	100 (2)	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	102 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	109 (6)	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	111 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
80	113 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-18	GF	29	4.0	0	3	1	4	1
81	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
82	115	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
83	116	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	117	Aug 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
85	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	119	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	120	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	121	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	122	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
92	125	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	126	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	127	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
95	128	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
							97gm		802.0	83	184	14	281	16