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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	5	5	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	10 (5)	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,3-16	GS	34	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	11	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	12	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	13	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	14	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20 (5)	May 3	CLE		SLB	L,8-11	CG	50	9.0	7	2	2	11	0
11	22 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-15	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	25 (2)	May 8	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
13	26	May 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
14	27	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	28	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	30 (1)	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	31	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	36 (4)	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	37	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	39	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	41 (1)	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
23	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	45 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
25	51 (5)	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	56 (2)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	58 (1)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	60 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	62 (1)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	63	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	67 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	68	Jun 29	CLE		DET	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	70 (1)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
35	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	75 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
37	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	80 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
39	82 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	85	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	87	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	88	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	45	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	90 (1)	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	91	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	55	11.2	3	0	0	3	0
49	93	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	95 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	97 (1)	Jul 28	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	98	Jul 29	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	99	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	100	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	101	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	102	Aug 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	104 (1)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	105	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	106	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	107	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	108	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	116 (7)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
63	119 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	50	12.1	4	3	0	7	0
67	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	124	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	127	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	130 (2)	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	133	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	134	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	136 (1)	Sep 8	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	137	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
78	139 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	52	12.0	7	1	0	8	1
79	142 (2)	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	143	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
81	144	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
82	146 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	147	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	149 (1)	Sep 21	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							84gm		726.0	306	50	8	364	8