Luke Sewell Stats

Luke Sewell was born on Saturday, January 5, 1901, in Titus, Alabama. Sewell was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 1921, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Luke Sewell baseball stats page.

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Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#65)

Luke Sewell Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#65)
 

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Birth Name:   James Luther Sewell
Nickname:   Luke
Born On:   01-05-1901  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Titus, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-14-1987 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Akron, Ohio
Cemetery:   Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   University of Alabama
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   06-30-1921 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-01-1942
Draft:   Not Applicable
Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1921 20 Indians 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 1 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1922 21 Indians 41 87 14 23 5 0 0 0 10 5 - 8 2 - 1 - .264 .312 .322
1923 22 Indians 10 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 - 0 - .200 .273 .400
1924 23 Indians 63 165 27 48 9 1 0 0 17 22 - 13 3 - 4 - .291 .387 .358
1925 24 Indians 74 220 30 51 10 2 0 0 18 33 - 18 7 - 2 - .232 .337 .295
1926 25 Indians 126 433 41 103 16 4 0 0 46 36 - 27 26 - 4 - .238 .302 .293
1927 26 Indians 128 470 52 138 27 6 0 0 53 20 - 23 18 - 4 - .294 .328 .377
1928 27 Indians 122 411 52 111 16 9 3 0 52 26 - 27 17 - 3 - .270 .318 .375
1929 28 Indians 124 406 41 96 16 3 1 0 39 29 - 26 22 - 0 - .236 .287 .298
1930 29 Indians 76 292 40 75 21 2 1 0 43 14 - 9 8 - 1 - .257 .293 .353
1931 30 Indians 108 375 45 103 30 4 1 0 53 36 - 17 9 - 2 - .275 .341 .384
1932 31 Indians 87 300 36 76 20 2 2 0 52 38 - 24 5 - 0 - .253 .337 .353
1933 32 Senators 141 474 65 125 30 4 2 0 61 48 - 24 11 - 3 - .264 .335 .357
1934 33 Senators 72 207 21 49 7 3 2 0 21 22 - 10 1 - 1 - .237 .313 .329
1935 34 White Sox 118 421 52 120 19 3 2 1 67 32 - 18 5 - 0 - .285 .336 .359
1936 35 White Sox 128 451 59 113 20 5 5 0 73 54 - 16 3 - 1 - .251 .332 .350
1937 36 White Sox 122 412 51 111 21 6 1 0 61 46 - 18 1 - 0 - .269 .343 .357
1938 37 White Sox 65 211 23 45 4 1 0 0 27 20 - 20 4 - 1 - .213 .284 .242
1939 38 Indians 16 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 - 1 2 - 0 0 .150 .261 .200
1942 41 Browns 6 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 0 - 0 1 .083 .154 .083
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
20 Years 1,630 5,383 653 1,393 272 56 20 1 696 486 - 307 145 - 27 1 .259 .323 .341
Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1921 Indians C 3 1 24 11 3.7 11 7 4 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 12.38
1922 Indians C 39 19 357 134 3.4 129 108 21 5 2 3 8 6 .963 9.76
1923 Indians C 7 0 - 12 1.7 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 .833 0.00
1924 Indians C 57 50 1,021 222 3.9 213 171 42 9 5 5 23 24 .959 5.63
1925 Indians C 66 58 1,398 278 4.2 270 216 54 8 13 4 26 20 .971 5.21
1925 Indians LF 2 2 48 6 3.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1926 Indians C 125 12 348 537 4.3 528 437 91 9 3 3 1 3 .983 40.97
1927 Indians C 126 123 321 541 4.3 521 402 119 20 14 7 0 7 .963 43.82
1928 Indians C 118 117 2,908 563 4.8 547 430 117 16 13 13 13 5 .972 5.08
1929 Indians C 124 123 2,644 532 4.3 514 433 81 18 11 9 9 46 .966 5.25
1930 Indians C 76 76 1,838 341 4.5 332 283 49 9 5 3 35 23 .974 4.88
1931 Indians C 104 100 2,643 454 4.4 445 384 61 9 5 5 59 39 .980 4.55
1932 Indians C 84 82 2,048 364 4.3 356 306 50 8 8 2 22 23 .978 4.69
1933 Senators C 141 13 3,630 583 4.1 577 516 61 6 12 3 3 16 .990 4.29
1934 Senators 1B 6 6 153 60 10.0 60 57 3 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.59
1934 Senators 2B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1934 Senators 3B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1934 Senators C 50 41 966 167 3.3 166 143 23 1 6 2 10 9 .994 4.64
1934 Senators LF 2 1 24 5 2.5 4 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 4.50
1934 Senators RF 5 5 135 13 2.6 13 10 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.60
1935 White Sox C 112 111 2,765 488 4.4 482 399 83 6 10 9 4 5 .988 4.71
1936 White Sox C 126 124 2,907 557 4.4 548 461 87 9 12 9 42 30 .984 5.09
1937 White Sox C 118 116 2,908 583 4.9 574 502 72 9 11 8 38 29 .985 5.33
1938 White Sox C 65 64 1,343 264 4.1 260 205 55 4 7 5 14 13 .985 5.23
1939 Indians 1B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1939 Indians C 15 6 105 29 1.9 28 24 4 1 0 0 7 1 .966 7.20
1942 Browns C 6 5 - 18 3.0 17 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 .944 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 1,562 1,241 30,174 6,678 4.3 6,528 5,444 1,084 150 138 91 315 301 .978 5.84
1B Totals 7 6 153 60 8.6 60 57 3 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.59
RF Totals 5 5 135 13 2.6 13 10 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.60
LF Totals 4 3 72 11 2.8 10 10 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 3.75
2B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
20 Years 1,580 1,255 30,534 6,764 4.3 6,613 5,522 1,091 151 143 91 315 301 .978 5.85
Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1921 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 6.0 - - -
1922 Indians 1 1 .500 1 2 n/a 0.0 10.9 8.7 - - -
1923 Indians 0 0 .000 3 1 n/a 0.0 0.0 10.0 - - -
1924 Indians 1 0 1.000 4 4 n/a 0.0 12.7 9.7 - - -
1925 Indians 6 2 .750 5 1 n/a 0.0 12.2 12.2 - - -
1926 Indians 9 3 .750 1 0 n/a 0.0 16.0 9.4 - - -
1927 Indians 4 8 .333 2 0 n/a 0.0 20.4 8.9 - - -
1928 Indians 3 4 .429 4 0 n/a 137.0 15.2 7.9 - - -
1929 Indians 6 6 .500 0 0 n/a 406.0 15.6 10.4 - - -
1930 Indians 5 2 .714 0 0 n/a 292.0 32.4 6.8 - - -
1931 Indians 1 1 .500 3 0 n/a 375.0 22.1 7.1 - - -
1932 Indians 4 5 .444 3 0 n/a 150.0 12.5 5.8 - - -
1933 Senators 7 2 .778 1 0 n/a 237.0 19.8 7.8 - - -
1934 Senators 0 1 .000 9 3 n/a 103.5 20.7 9.9 - - -
1935 White Sox 3 2 .600 6 0 n/a 210.5 23.4 6.3 - - -
1936 White Sox 11 2 .846 2 0 n/a 90.2 28.2 6.2 - - -
1937 White Sox 4 5 .444 5 0 n/a 412.0 22.9 6.8 - - -
1938 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.6 7.8 - - -
1939 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 20.0 - - -
1942 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
20 Years 65 44 .596 49 11 n/a 269.2 17.5 7.7 - - -
Luke Sewell

Luke Sewell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1921 Cleveland Indians n/a $2,100.00 n/a -
1922 Cleveland Indians n/a $2,400.00 n/a -
1923 Cleveland Indians n/a $3,600.00 n/a -
1924 Cleveland Indians n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1925 Cleveland Indians n/a $5,500.00 n/a -
1926 Cleveland Indians n/a $6,000.00 n/a -
1927 Cleveland Indians n/a $8,500.00 n/a -
1928 Cleveland Indians n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1929 Cleveland Indians 8 $12,500.00 n/a -
1930 Cleveland Indians 8 $12,500.00 n/a -
1931 Cleveland Indians 8 $12,500.00 n/a -
1932 Cleveland Indians 8 $11,250.00 n/a -
1933 Washington Senators 8 $8,000.00 - Stats
1934 Washington Senators 8 $9,000.00 - -
1935 Chicago White Sox 14 $9,000.00 - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 14 $12,500.00 - -
1937 Chicago White Sox 14 $12,500.00 Stats -
1938 Chicago White Sox 14 $12,500.00 - -
1939 Cleveland Indians 2 $8,000.00 - -
1942 St. Louis Browns 32 $17,500.00 - -


Did you know that Luke Sewell was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Sewell was named one of the seven catchers.

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