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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	8.2	6	2	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHW		DET	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	W,16-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-11	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 7	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	17	May 8	CHW		NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	19	May 10	CHW		BOS	L,2-12	GS	36	7.0	4	3	0	7	0
20	20	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	56	12.1	8	1	1	10	0
23	23	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
24	24	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
26	26	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	8	3	0	11	1
31	31	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	32	May 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	35	May 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	38	Jun 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
39	39	Jun 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	42	Jun 9	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	L,11-16	GS	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
48	56 (8)	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,5-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	57	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	58	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	59	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	63 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	65 (1)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	66	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	68 (1)	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	69	Jul 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
57	71 (1)	Jul 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	72	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
59	73	Jul 14 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	74	Jul 14 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
61	75	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
62	76	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	77	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	78	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	80 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	81	Jul 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
67	82	Jul 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	83	Jul 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	84	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
70	86 (1)	Jul 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	88 (1)	Jul 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	89	Aug 1	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	90	Aug 2	CHW		SLB	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	91	Aug 3	CHW		SLB	T,7-7	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	92	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	94 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
77	95	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	97 (1)	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	98	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	100 (1)	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	101	Aug 13	CHW		BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	103 (1)	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	104	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	105	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	107 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	109 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	111 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	L,7-15	CG	52	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
88	112	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	113	Aug 23	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	114	Aug 24	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	115	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	117 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	70	15.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	119 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,10-13	CG	55	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
94	121 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
95	123 (1)	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	124	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
97	125	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	126	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	127	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
100	129 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	131 (1)	Sep 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
102	132	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
103	133	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	135 (1)	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-19	GS	23	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	136	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
106	138 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
107	140 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	141	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	51	14.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	143 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	144	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
112	148 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
							112gm		969.0	399	83	6	488	10