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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	7	1	8	1
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
18	18	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	3	4	0	7	1
19	19	May 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
21	21	May 7	CLE		PHA	W,11-10	CG	50	11.0	5	4	1	10	1
22	22	May 8	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
23	23	May 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	24	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
26	26	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
28	28	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	29	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	3	4	1	8	1
31	31	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
32	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
33	33	May 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	34	May 24	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	May 25	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
36	36	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	4	2	0	6	1
37	37	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
38	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
39	39	May 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
40	40	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	1
50	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
51	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	12.1	2	1	1	4	0
52	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
54	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-14	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
55	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
56	56	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
58	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 19	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
60	60	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	25	6.0	2	6	0	8	2
61	61	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
62	62	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
64	64	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
66	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	2	1	1	4	0
67	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
68	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
69	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CLE		DET	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	1	2	7	0
71	71	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
72	72	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
75	75	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
76	76	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	61	13.0	1	5	0	6	2
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	79	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	L,9-10	CG	41	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	81	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
83	83	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
84	84	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
85	85	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	52	12.0	3	4	1	8	3
86	86	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
87	87	Jul 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	6	7	0	13	1
88	88	Jul 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
89	89	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
90	90	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
92	92	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	93	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
94	94	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
95	95	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	96	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
98	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
99	99	Jul 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	100	Jul 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
106	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
107	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
108	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	110	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
111	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
112	112	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	113	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
115	115	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
116	116	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	117	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
119	119	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	120	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
121	121	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	122	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
123	123	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	124	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	3	5	1	9	2
125	125	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
127	127	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
128	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
129	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
130	130	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
131	131	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
132	132	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
133	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
134	134	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
135	135	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
136	136	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
137	137	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
138	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
140	140	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
141	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
142	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	0	5	1	6	1
143	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
144	144	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	5	6	0	11	1
145	145	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
146	146	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
147	147	Sep 24 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
148	148	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
149	149	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
150	150	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
151	151	Sep 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
152	152	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
153	153	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	2	1	5	0
							153gm		1351.0	361	480	33	874	80