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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
11	11	Apr 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-16	GS	23	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	16	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	47	9.2	6	1	1	8	0
17	17	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,19-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	21	May 14	CHW		WSH	W,13-12	CG	53	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
22	22	May 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
24	24	May 17	CHW		BOS	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
25	25	May 18	CHW		BOS	L,0-2	GS	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	1
26	26	May 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 20	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 21	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	59	14.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	29	May 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	31 (1)	May 23 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	32	May 24	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	33	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	GS	30	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	34	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	35	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	36	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	37	May 29	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
37	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	40	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	42	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	36	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
41	43	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,16-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	47	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0
46	50 (2)	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	58 (7)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	60 (1)	Jun 23	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
49	61	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,11-18	GS	34	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	62	Jun 25	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	64 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	66 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	67	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,6-21	CG	60	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	69 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	72 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
57	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	74	Jul 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	75	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	76	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	79	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	80	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	82	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
67	83	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	85 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	87 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	88	Jul 22	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	89	Jul 23	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	90	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS	23	5.1	5	0	0	5	0
73	91	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-12	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	92	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,8-11	CG	55	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
75	93	Jul 27	CHW		PHA	L,8-15	CG	54	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
76	94	Jul 28	CHW		PHA	W,19-6	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	95	Jul 29	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
78	96	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	97	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	99	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	100	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-11	GS	34	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	101	Aug 4	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	102	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-16	GS	35	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	103	Aug 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	T,9-9	CG	35	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
86	104	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
87	105	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	106	Aug 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	107	Aug 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	108	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	109	Aug 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	113 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	114	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	115	Aug 16 (1)	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	117 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
96	118	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	55	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
97	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	120	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	121	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
100	122	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
101	123	Aug 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,11-13	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
102	124	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	125	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
104	126	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	127	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	128	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
107	129	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	131 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	132	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	133	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	134	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	136 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
113	138 (1)	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	139	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	6	1	0	7	0
115	140	Sep 11	CHW		PHA	W,17-2	GS	21	6.0	6	2	0	8	1
116	141	Sep 12	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
117	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
118	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	144	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
120	145	Sep 17	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
122	147	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	148	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
124	149	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	T,8-8	CG	53	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	150	Sep 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-17	GS	47	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	152 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							126gm		1064.0	461	87	9	557	12