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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (May 23, Jun 9)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	2	2	12	0
6	6	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 19	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
10	10	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	GS	27	5.0	5	2	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	2	2	8	0
14	14	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21 (5)	May 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	22	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	23	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	24	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
20	25	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	26	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	27	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.1	3	2	0	5	1
23	28	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	29	May 13	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	30	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.2	7	1	0	8	0
26	31	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	32	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-15	GS	26	4.0	1	2	0	3	1
28	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	34	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	35	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	36	May 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	37	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
33	38	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
34	39	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	40	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	41	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
37	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	44 (1)	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	45	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	46	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	47	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
42	48	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
43	50 (1)	Jun 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
44	51	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	52	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	53	Jun 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
47	54	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	55	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	56	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	3	0	2	5	1
50	57	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	58	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	59	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	62 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
54	63	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	65	Jun 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
57	66	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	67	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	70	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	72 (1)	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
63	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	55	12.0	6	0	1	7	0
65	75	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	77 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	78	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	79	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	80	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	82 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
72	84	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	86 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
74	88 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	90	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	5	2	0	7	1
77	91	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	93 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	94	Jul 23	CLE		SLB	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	95	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	97 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
82	99 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
83	101 (1)	Jul 29	CLE		NYY	W,24-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	102	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	103	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	104	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
87	105	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	106	Aug 3	CLE		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
89	109 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
90	110	Aug 7	CLE		WSH	L,0-8	GS	38	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
93	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	115 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	120 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	GS	29	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	70	16.0	7	0	0	7	0
101	126 (3)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
103	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	132 (3)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	133	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	135 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,10-16	CG	46	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
107	136	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
108	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	138	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
110	139	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
111	142 (2)	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	143	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	144	Sep 18	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	148 (3)	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
115	149	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
116	150	Sep 25	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
117	151	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	154 (2)	Sep 29	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							118gm		1006.0	430	117	16	563	13