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Joe Sewell
Joseph Wheeler Sewell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 155 lb.
School University of Alabama

Debut September 10, 1920
Final Game September 24, 1933
Born October 9, 1898 in Titus, AL
Died March 6, 1990 in Mobile, AL
Brother of Luke Sewell, Brother of Tommy Sewell, and Cousin of Rip Sewell

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 21 CLE AL  22   70   14   23   4  1   0   12   1  0   9   4  .329  .413  .414  117   29   3           1    
 1921 22 CLE AL 154  572  101  182  36 12   4   93   7  6  80  17  .318  .412  .444  116  254  20          11    
 1922 23 CLE AL 153  558   80  167  28  7   2   83  10 12  73  20  .299  .386  .385  101  215  19           6     MVP-19
 1923 24 CLE AL 153  553   98  195  41 10   3  109   9  6  98  12  .353  .456  .479  146  265  24           7     MVP-4
 1924 25 CLE AL 153  594   99  188  45  5   4  106   3  3  67  13  .316  .388  .429  110  255  22           2     MVP-9
 1925 26 CLE AL 155  608   78  204  37  7   1   98   7  6  64   4  .336  .402  .424  109  258  23           4     MVP-3
 1926 27 CLE AL 154  578   91  187  41  5   4   85  17  7  65   6  .324  .399  .433  116  250  21           8    
 1927 28 CLE AL 153  569   83  180  48  5   1   92   3 16  51   7  .316  .382  .424  108  241  23           9     MVP-10
 1928 29 CLE AL 155  588   79  190  40  2   4   70   7  1  58   9  .323  .391  .418  112  246  25           7     MVP-12
 1929 30 CLE AL 152  578   90  182  38  3   7   73   6  6  48   4  .315  .372  .427  102  247  41           5    
 1930 31 CLE AL 109  353   44  102  17  6   0   48   1  4  41   3  .289  .374  .371   87  131  13           7    
 1931 32 NYY AL 130  484  102  146  22  1   6   64   1  1  61   8  .302  .390  .388  110  188  17           9    
 1932 33 NYY AL 125  503   95  137  21  3  11   68   0  2  56   3  .272  .349  .392   96  197  14           3     MVP-29
 1933 34 NYY AL 135  524   87  143  18  1   2   54   2  2  71   4  .273  .361  .323   87  169  10           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         7132      2226     68     1055     72     114  .312  .391  .413  109      275   0   0  80   0
               1903      1141      436     49       74    842                            2945
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   97  189  37  6   4   90   6  6  72  10  .312  .391  .413  109  251  23   0   0   7   0
 Career High    155  608  102  204  48 12  11  109  17 16  98  20  .353  .456  .479  146  265  41   0   0  11   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 21 CLE AL   83   50   12   6.4   109| .329  .295| .413  .360| .414  .405| .827  .765| 117  .650   2.2   0.2 100%
 1921 22 CLE AL  683  416  101   6.5   116| .318  .302| .412  .368| .444  .424| .856  .793| 116  .611  18.0   1.7  53%
 1922 23 CLE AL  656  422   80   5.1   111| .299  .294| .386  .359| .385  .413| .771  .773| 101  .531   3.8   0.4  45%
 1923 24 CLE AL  682  388  119   8.2   108| .353  .290| .456  .360| .479  .401| .935  .761| 146  .736  44.6   4.3  60%
 1924 25 CLE AL  685  431   98   6.0   113| .316  .299| .388  .369| .429  .411| .817  .780| 110  .598  10.3   1.0  50%
 1925 26 CLE AL  699  433  102   6.3   116| .336  .301| .402  .371| .424  .422| .826  .793| 109  .594  10.6   1.0  53%
 1926 27 CLE AL  672  419   99   6.3   110| .324  .291| .399  .363| .433  .408| .832  .771| 116  .632  16.3   1.6  70%
 1927 28 CLE AL  652  428   84   5.2   111| .316  .294| .382  .362| .424  .413| .806  .776| 108  .534   8.6   0.8  15%
 1928 29 CLE AL  678  424   96   6.0   109| .323  .290| .391  .355| .418  .412| .809  .767| 112  .609  12.9   1.2  87%
 1929 30 CLE AL  672  443   90   5.4   116| .315  .297| .372  .364| .427  .429| .799  .793| 102  .541   2.3   0.2  50%
 1930 31 CLE AL  414  268   46   4.6   119| .289  .300| .374  .365| .371  .441| .745  .806|  87  .436  -6.1  -0.6  20%
 1931 32 NYY AL  571  356   71   5.3   104| .302  .280| .390  .347| .388  .400| .778  .747| 110  .537  10.6   1.0  50%
 1932 33 NYY AL  576  382   67   4.7   107| .272  .279| .349  .349| .392  .410| .741  .759|  96  .471  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1933 34 NYY AL  606  393   61   4.2   101| .273  .273| .361  .344| .323  .394| .684  .738|  87  .440  -5.9  -0.6  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     8329 5253 1126   5.7   111| .312  .292| .391  .360| .413  .413| .804  .773| 109  .572 125.9  12.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1920 21 CLE AL  SS   22     44   70   15   11  .884  .944  5.18  5.00            
 1921 22 CLE AL  SS  154    319  480   47   75  .944  .941  5.19  5.15            
 1922 23 CLE AL  SS  139    295  462   49   72  .939  .946  5.45  5.03            
                 2B   12     27   35    3    7  .954  .966  5.17  5.49            
 1923 24 CLE AL  SS  151    286  497   59   82  .930  .947  5.19  4.79            
 1924 25 CLE AL  SS  153    349  514   36   76  .960  .949  5.64  4.83            
 1925 26 CLE AL  SS  153    314  529   29   80  .967  .944  5.51  4.68            
                 2B    3     10    6    0    0 1.000  .964  5.33  5.30            
 1926 27 CLE AL  SS  154    326  463   37   86  .955  .944  5.12  4.64            
 1927 28 CLE AL  SS  153    361  480   33   80  .962  .945  5.50  4.86            
 1928 29 CLE AL  SS  137    297  438   28  103  .963  .938  5.36  4.74            
                 3B   19     22   61    5    3  .943  .951  4.37  3.05            
 1929 30 CLE AL  3B  152    163  336   13   28  .975  .952  3.28  2.90            
 1930 31 CLE AL  3B   97     83  184   14   16  .950  .945  2.75  2.84            
 1931 32 NYY AL  3B  121    131  227   18   14  .952  .944  2.96  2.89            
                 2B    1      1    3    0    1 1.000  .976  4.00  5.50            
 1932 33 NYY AL  3B  123    122  221    9   15  .974  .950  2.79  2.77            
 1933 34 NYY AL  3B  131    123  224   13   27  .964  .954  2.65  2.73            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1922 23 CLE AL  2B   12     27   35    3    7  .954  .966  5.17  5.49            
 1925 26 CLE AL  2B    3     10    6    0    0 1.000  .964  5.33  5.30            
 1931 32 NYY AL  2B    1      1    3    0    1 1.000  .976  4.00  5.50            

 1928 29 CLE AL  3B   19     22   61    5    3  .943  .951  4.37  3.05            
 1929 30 CLE AL  3B  152    163  336   13   28  .975  .952  3.28  2.90            
 1930 31 CLE AL  3B   97     83  184   14   16  .950  .945  2.75  2.84            
 1931 32 NYY AL  3B  121    131  227   18   14  .952  .944  2.96  2.89            
 1932 33 NYY AL  3B  123    122  221    9   15  .974  .950  2.79  2.77            
 1933 34 NYY AL  3B  131    123  224   13   27  .964  .954  2.65  2.73            

 1920 21 CLE AL  SS   22     44   70   15   11  .884  .944  5.18  5.00            
 1921 22 CLE AL  SS  154    319  480   47   75  .944  .941  5.19  5.15            
 1922 23 CLE AL  SS  139    295  462   49   72  .939  .946  5.45  5.03            
 1923 24 CLE AL  SS  151    286  497   59   82  .930  .947  5.19  4.79            
 1924 25 CLE AL  SS  153    349  514   36   76  .960  .949  5.64  4.83            
 1925 26 CLE AL  SS  153    314  529   29   80  .967  .944  5.51  4.68            
 1926 27 CLE AL  SS  154    326  463   37   86  .955  .944  5.12  4.64            
 1927 28 CLE AL  SS  153    361  480   33   80  .962  .945  5.50  4.86            
 1928 29 CLE AL  SS  137    297  438   28  103  .963  .938  5.36  4.74            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS 1216   2591 3933  333  665  .951  .944  5.37  4.84            
                 3B  643    644 1253   72  103  .963  .949  2.95  2.83            
                 2B   16     38   44    3    8  .965  .966  5.12  5.46            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1875   3273 5230  408  776  .954  .946  4.53  4.16

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   7  23   0   4  0  0  0   0   2   1  .174  .240  .174   0  2   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  15   4   5  1  0  0   3   4   0  .333  .500  .400   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  11  38   4   9  1  0  0   3   6   1  .237  .356  .263   0  2   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-19-0.06
1923-AL-4-0.31
1924-AL-9-0.14
1925-AL-3-0.33
1927-AL-10-0.14
1928-AL-12-0.09
1932-AL-29-0.01
Car-217-1.08 shares

Batting Average
1923 AL-.353-6
1928 AL-.323-10
Car-.312-86

On-base %
1921 AL-.412-10
1923 AL-.456-4
Car-.391-95

Slugging %
1923 AL-.479-8

OPS
1923 AL-.935-5

Games
1921 AL-154-2
1923 AL-153-5
1924 AL-153-6
1925 AL-155-2
1926 AL-154-5
1927 AL-153-2
1928 AL-155-1
1929 AL-152-7

At Bats
1924 AL-594-7
1925 AL-608-5
1927 AL-569-9
1928 AL-588-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1921 AL-683-10
1923 AL-682-8
1924 AL-685-4
1925 AL-699-3
1926 AL-672-6
1927 AL-652-8
1928 AL-678-7
1929 AL-672-8

Hits
1923 AL-195-7
1924 AL-188-9
1925 AL-204-5
1926 AL-187-8
1927 AL-180-8
1928 AL-190-7

Total Bases
1923 AL-265-10

Doubles
1921 AL-36-10
1923 AL-41-5
1924 AL-45-1
1925 AL-37-9
1926 AL-41-7
1927 AL-48-4
1928 AL-40-7

RBI
1923 AL-109-4
1924 AL-106-7
1925 AL-98-10

Bases on Balls
1921 AL-80-4
1922 AL-73-6
1923 AL-98-2

Stolen Bases
1926 AL-17-5

Singles
1923 AL-141-5
1924 AL-134-10
1925 AL-159-5
1926 AL-137-8
1927 AL-126-9
1928 AL-144-3
1929 AL-134-6

Adjusted OPS+
1923 AL-146-5

Runs Created
1923 AL-119-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1923 AL-45-5

Batting Wins
1923 AL-4.3-5

Extra-Base Hits
1924 AL-54-8

Times on Base
1921 AL-273-6
1923 AL-300-4
1924 AL-257-10
1925 AL-272-4
1926 AL-260-6
1927 AL-240-9
1928 AL-255-7

Offensive Win%
1923 AL-.736-5

Hit By Pitch
1921 AL-11-4
1923 AL-7-10
1926 AL-8-3
1927 AL-9-2
1928 AL-7-4
1929 AL-5-6
1930 AL-7-3
1931 AL-9-2

Sac. Hits
1925 AL-23-10
1927 AL-23-8
1928 AL-25-7
1929 AL-41-1
1931 AL-17-2
1932 AL-14-5
Car-275-20

Caught Stealing
1922 AL-12-7
1927 AL-16-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1921 AL-33.6-8
1923 AL-46.1-4
1924 AL-45.7-2
1925 AL-152.0-1
1926 AL-96.3-1
1927 AL-81.3-1
1928 AL-65.3-1
1929 AL-144.5-1
1930 AL-117.7-1
1931 AL-60.5-1
1932 AL-167.7-1
1933 AL-131.0-1
Car-62.6-1

Outs
1927 AL-428-9
1928 AL-424-7
1929 AL-443-6

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 75 (312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 42.9 (115) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.0 (270) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
September 6, 1920: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the New Orleans (Southern Association).
January 20, 1931: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
January 24, 1931: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
January 6, 1934: Released by the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1922-AL-19-0.06 1923-AL-4-0.31 1924-AL-9-0.14 1925-AL-3-0.33 1927-AL-10-0.14 1928-AL-12-0.09 1932-AL-29-0.01 Car-217-1.08 shares	Batting Average 1923 AL-.353-6 1928 AL-.323-10 Car-.312-86	On-base % 1921 AL-.412-10 1923 AL-.456-4 Car-.391-95	Slugging % 1923 AL-.479-8	OPS 1923 AL-.935-5	Games 1921 AL-154-2 1923 AL-153-5 1924 AL-153-6 1925 AL-155-2 1926 AL-154-5 1927 AL-153-2 1928 AL-155-1 1929 AL-152-7
At Bats 1924 AL-594-7 1925 AL-608-5 1927 AL-569-9 1928 AL-588-6	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1921 AL-683-10 1923 AL-682-8 1924 AL-685-4 1925 AL-699-3 1926 AL-672-6 1927 AL-652-8 1928 AL-678-7 1929 AL-672-8	Hits 1923 AL-195-7 1924 AL-188-9 1925 AL-204-5 1926 AL-187-8 1927 AL-180-8 1928 AL-190-7	Total Bases 1923 AL-265-10	Doubles 1921 AL-36-10 1923 AL-41-5 1924 AL-45-1 1925 AL-37-9 1926 AL-41-7 1927 AL-48-4 1928 AL-40-7	RBI 1923 AL-109-4 1924 AL-106-7 1925 AL-98-10
Bases on Balls 1921 AL-80-4 1922 AL-73-6 1923 AL-98-2	Stolen Bases 1926 AL-17-5	Singles 1923 AL-141-5 1924 AL-134-10 1925 AL-159-5 1926 AL-137-8 1927 AL-126-9 1928 AL-144-3 1929 AL-134-6	Adjusted OPS+ 1923 AL-146-5	Runs Created 1923 AL-119-5	Adjusted Batting Runs 1923 AL-45-5
Batting Wins 1923 AL-4.3-5	Extra-Base Hits 1924 AL-54-8	Times on Base 1921 AL-273-6 1923 AL-300-4 1924 AL-257-10 1925 AL-272-4 1926 AL-260-6 1927 AL-240-9 1928 AL-255-7	Offensive Win% 1923 AL-.736-5	Hit By Pitch 1921 AL-11-4 1923 AL-7-10 1926 AL-8-3 1927 AL-9-2 1928 AL-7-4 1929 AL-5-6 1930 AL-7-3 1931 AL-9-2	Sac. Hits 1925 AL-23-10 1927 AL-23-8 1928 AL-25-7 1929 AL-41-1 1931 AL-17-2 1932 AL-14-5 Car-275-20
Caught Stealing 1922 AL-12-7 1927 AL-16-1	At Bats per Strikeout 1921 AL-33.6-8 1923 AL-46.1-4 1924 AL-45.7-2 1925 AL-152.0-1 1926 AL-96.3-1 1927 AL-81.3-1 1928 AL-65.3-1 1929 AL-144.5-1 1930 AL-117.7-1 1931 AL-60.5-1 1932 AL-167.7-1 1933 AL-131.0-1 Car-62.6-1	Outs 1927 AL-428-9 1928 AL-424-7 1929 AL-443-6