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 (Sep 11)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 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,2-1	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 3	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 5	CLE		SLB	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	23	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
24	24	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	1	4	0	5	2
26	26	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	27	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	28	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
29	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	32	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
33	33	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	4	4	0	8	0
34	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	35	May 23	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	36	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	5	4	2	11	0
38	38	May 26	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	4	2	2	8	2
39	39	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
40	40	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	4	0	6	0
41	41	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	42	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
43	43	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	44	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
47	47	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
48	48	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
49	49	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
50	50	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
51	51	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
52	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	4	6	1	11	2
54	54	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
55	55	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	4	4	0	8	2
56	56	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
57	57	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
60	60	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
62	62	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	63	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
64	64	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	3	0	5	1
65	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
66	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	67	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
68	68	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
70	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
72	72	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	5	6	1	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
74	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
75	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
76	76	Jul 4	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
78	78	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
79	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	1	7	2
80	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
81	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	3	4	0	7	1
83	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
86	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
89	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
91	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
92	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
93	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
94	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
95	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
96	96	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
97	97	Jul 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	98	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
99	99	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
100	100	Jul 29	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	1	10	2
101	101	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
102	102	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
104	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
105	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	106	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
108	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
109	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
110	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	112	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
113	113	Aug 10	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	50	13.0	4	5	0	9	0
115	115	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
116	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
117	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
118	118	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
119	119	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
120	120	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
121	121	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
123	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
124	124	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
125	125	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	4	4	1	9	2
126	126	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
127	127	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
128	128	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
129	129	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	2	7	0	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
131	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	4	5	0	9	2
132	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	3	3	0	6	1
133	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
134	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
137	137	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
138	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
139	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
140	140	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
141	141	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
142	142	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	144	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
145	145	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
146	146	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
147	147	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
148	148	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	5	4	1	10	0
149	149	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
150	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
151	151	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
152	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
153	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
154	154	Sep 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
							154gm		1368.0	326	463	37	826	86