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, 5,276th 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

4.8

5383

1393

.259

653

RBI

698

OBP

.323

SLG

.341

OPS

.665

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-25 / in Starts: 12-7
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	60 (32-21-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-20-12)

Most Driven In
L Gardner	3
S Wood	3
S McInnis	2
T Speaker	1
J Connolly	1
L Guisto	1
J Sewell	0

Most Driven In By
C Jamieson	7
T Speaker	2
J Evans	2
G Uhle	1
S Coveleski	0
G Morton	0

1922 Batting Game Log

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1922 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	4	33 (32)	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-12	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.59	-0.048	1.32	-0.06%	-1.17	C
2	5	41 (7)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	2.16	-0.117	5.95	-0.19%	-0.75	C
3	6	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.57	0.034	1.37	0.05%	0.34	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	7	47 (3)	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	1.06	-0.008	2.07	-0.01%	-0.35	C
5	8	48	Jun 3	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	8	1.54	-0.096	3.16	-0.12%	-0.67	C
6	9	49	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,14-6	CG	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	8	.51	0.051	1.19	0.07%	2.03	C
7	10	50	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.381	.667	8	1.16	-0.060	2.85	-0.09%	-0.51	C
8	11	51	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,8-9	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.423	.731	8	1.16	0.212	2.45	0.27%	0.38	C
9	12	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.296	.407	.704	9	.75	-0.019	1.21	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
10	13	54	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.296	.407	.704	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
11	14	62 (7)	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.321	.429	.750	8	2.31	0.098	5.70	0.15%	1.72	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	15	81 (18)	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	8-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	8	2.13	-0.116	.73	-0.02%	-0.42	C
13	16	85 (3)	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	8						C
14	17	96 (10)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,4-11	6-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.375	.656	8	.07	-0.003	.14	0.00%	-0.63	PR C
15	18	98 (1)	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-11	5-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.265	.265	.353	.618	8	.09	-0.004	.17	-0.01%	-0.63	PR C
16	19	99	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.257	.343	.600	8	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.11	C
17	20	100	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,6-18	4-GF	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.297	.316	.378	.694	8	.06	0.006	.08	0.00%	1.45	PR C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	21	106 (5)	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	8-GF(10)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.308	.368	.676	8	1.46	-0.038	2.41	-0.04%	-0.11	PR C
19	22	107	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.300	.359	.659	8	1.28	-0.033	1.37	-0.02%	-0.18	PR C
20	23	108	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.293	.350	.643	8	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.11	PR C
21	24	111 (2)	Aug 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-15	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.273	.326	.598	8	.06	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.62	C
22	25	113 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,5-10	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.283	.333	.616	8	.85	0.079	.24	0.01%	0.60	PR C
23	26	119 (5)	Aug 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.271	.319	.590	8	1.08	-0.058	.07	0.00%	-0.60	C
24	27	127 (7)	Aug 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.271	.319	.590	9						PR C
25	28	128	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.271	.319	.590	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	29	134 (5)	Sep 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	5-GF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.314	.333	.647	6	3.06	0.495	.00	0.00%	2.89	C
27	30	135	Sep 6	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-11	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.327	.347	.674	8	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.86	C
28	31	137 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.304	.321	.624	8	.73	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-1.21	C
29	32	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.317	.321	.638	8	1.45	0.155	.00	0.00%	0.58	C
30	33	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.323	.328	.651	8	.34	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
31	34	140	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.266	.309	.313	.621	8	1.00	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
32	35	141	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.314	.333	.648	8	.38	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
33	36	143 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.306	.324	.629	8	.54	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
34	37	144	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.316	.333	.649	8	.90	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
35	38	145	Sep 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.321	.329	.649	8	.98	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
36	39	147 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.270	.316	.324	.641	8	2.08	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.13	C
37	40	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				1	0	.273	.325	.338	.663	8						C
38	41	150 (1)	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-15	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.266	.318	.329	.647	1						C
39	42	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.322	.333	.655	8	.79	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
40	43	153 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.262	.311	.321	.633	8	1.10	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
41	44	155 (1)	Oct 1	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.312	.322	.634	8	1.23	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
							16-25		95	87	14	23	5	0	0	12	5	0	8	1	2		3		1	1	.264	.312	.322	.634		.97	0.507	.86	-0.04%	1.94

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