Joe Sewell

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-6, 155lb (168cm, 70kg)

Born: October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL us

Died: March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Wetumpka HS (Wetumpka, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1920 (Age 21-337d, 5,093rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1933 (Age 34-350d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Sewell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Joseph Wheeler Sewell

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Relatives: Brother of Luke Sewell, Tommy Sewell; Cousin of Rip Sewell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.7

7132

2226

.312

1141

RBI

1054

OBP

.391

SLG

.413

OPS

.804

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 23)

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	3	4	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	27	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	8	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 19	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	3	4	1	8	3
11	11	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	14	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
15	15	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
16	16	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	17	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
18	18	Apr 29	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	2	1	2	5	0
19	19	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	21	May 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
22	22	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	23	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	24	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
25	25	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
26	26	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
27	27	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	14	4.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	28	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 13	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
30	30	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.2	3	3	1	7	2
31	31	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
32	32	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-15	GS	26	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
34	34	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	8	1	10	0
35	35	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
36	36	May 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	37	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
38	38	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
39	39	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
40	40	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
41	41	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
42	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
43	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	4	6	0	10	3
44	44	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
47	47	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
49	49	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
51	51	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	4	5	1	10	3
53	53	Jun 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
55	55	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
56	56	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
57	57	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
62	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
63	63	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
64	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
65	65	Jun 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
66	66	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	4	6	0	10	1
67	67	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
68	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
70	70	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
71	71	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
73	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
74	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	55	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
76	76	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
78	78	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
79	79	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-14	GS	38	7.0	3	4	0	7	2
80	80	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS	33	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
82	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
83	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
85	85	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
86	86	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
87	87	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
89	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	7	0	9	1
90	90	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	1	2	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
93	93	Jul 22	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
94	94	Jul 23	CLE		SLB	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
95	95	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	0
96	96	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,15-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
97	97	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	98	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
99	99	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
100	100	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
101	101	Jul 29	CLE		NYY	W,24-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
102	102	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
103	103	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	104	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
106	106	Aug 3	CLE		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
107	107	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
108	108	Aug 6 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
109	109	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
110	110	Aug 7	CLE		WSH	L,0-8	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
114	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
116	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
117	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
118	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
119	119	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	2
120	120	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	GS	36	6.0	2	3	2	7	0
122	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	70	16.0	2	8	1	11	1
123	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	3
124	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
125	125	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	0	7	0	7	0
126	126	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
129	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
130	130	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
131	131	Aug 30	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	132	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
133	133	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
134	134	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
135	135	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,10-16	GS	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	136	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
137	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
139	139	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
140	140	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
141	141	Sep 11	CLE		SLB	L,6-16	CG	52	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
142	142	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
143	143	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
144	144	Sep 18	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
145	145	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
146	146	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
147	147	Sep 22	CLE		WSH	L,0-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	148	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
149	149	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
150	150	Sep 25	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
151	151	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 27 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
153	153	Sep 28	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
154	154	Sep 29	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
155	155	Sep 30	CLE		BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							156gm		1351.0	319	499	33	851	106