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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	4	2	1	7	0
3	3	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	W,10-9	CG	48	10.0	6	2	0	8	1
12	12	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	33	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
15	15	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
17	17	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	19	May 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-10	GS	33	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	20	May 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	22 (1)	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	23	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
23	24	May 14	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	25	May 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	53	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	27	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,10-15	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	28	May 18	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	29	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	GS	20	3.2	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 23	CLE		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
31	38 (6)	May 28	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	39	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	40	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-11	CG	51	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
35	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	43	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	44	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	46 (1)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	48 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	52 (1)	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	53	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	56 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
45	59 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	62 (2)	Jun 25	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	64 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	65	Jun 28	CLE		NYY	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	67 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	68	Jun 30	CLE		PHA	L,7-11	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	69	Jul 1	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	70	Jul 2	CLE		PHA	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	74 (2)	Jul 6	CLE		DET	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	47	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	76	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	78 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	79	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	81 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	82	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	84 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
63	87 (1)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	88	Jul 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	6	2	0	8	0
65	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
66	90	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	92 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	95 (2)	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-11	GF	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	97 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	99	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	100	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	101	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-9	GF	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	102	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
75	103	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	104	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	105	Aug 8	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	106	Aug 9	CLE		DET	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	107	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-18	CG	53	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
80	108	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,17-7	GF	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	110 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	111	Aug 15	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
83	114 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	116 (1)	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	117	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
86	123 (5)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	125 (1)	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,15-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	127 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	129 (1)	Sep 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
90	131 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	133 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	134	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	135	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	137	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	139 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	141 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	144 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
99	146 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	147	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
102	150 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
103	152 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	153	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	154	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
							104gm		883.0	384	61	9	454	5