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Luke Sewell Luke Sewell

Full name: James Luther Sewell Born: January 5, 1901, Titus, Alabama Died May 14, 1987, Akron, Ohio Buried at Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio First Game: June 30, 1921; Final Game: August 1, 1942 Managed First Game: June 5, 1941; Managed Final Game: July 29, 1952 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 160 Brother of Tommy Sewell Brother of Joe Sewell TSN Manager of the Year (1944) Luke Sewell Collectibles! Luke Sewell Memorabilia! Luke Sewell Cards! Luke Sewell Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1921 CLE A                 3     6    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    3   0   1        0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.1 1921 CLE A
1922 CLE A                41    87   14   23   5   0   0   10    5    8   1   2        1   1  .264  .312  .322  -0.5 1922 CLE A
1923 CLE A                10    10    2    2   0   1   0    1    1    0   0   0        0   0  .200  .273  .400   0.0 1923 CLE A
1924 CLE A                63   165   27   48   9   1   0   17   22   13   4   3        1   0  .291  .387  .358   0.4 1924 CLE A
1925 CLE A                74   220   30   51  10   2   0   18   33   18   2   7        6   1  .232  .337  .295  -0.3 1925 CLE A
1926 CLE A               126   433   41  103  16   4   0   46   36   27   4  26        9   3  .238  .302  .293  -1.0 1926 CLE A
1927 CLE A               128   470   52  138  27   6   0   53   20   23   4  18        4   8  .294  .328  .377  -0.4 1927 CLE A
1928 CLE A               122   411   52  111  16   9   3   52   26   27   3  17        3   4  .270  .318  .375   0.3 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A               124   406   41   96  16   3   1   39   29   26   0  22        6   6  .236  .287  .298  -2.1 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A                76   292   40   75  21   2   1   43   14    9   1   8        5   2  .257  .293  .353  -1.4 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A               108   375   45  103  30   4   1   53   36   17   2   9        1   1  .275  .341  .384  -0.7 1931 CLE A
1932 CLE A                87   300   36   76  20   2   2   52   38   24   0   5        4   5  .253  .337  .353  -0.3 1932 CLE A
1933 WAS A               141   474   65  125  30   4   2   61   48   24   3  11        7   2  .264  .335  .357   0.0 1933 WAS A
1934 WAS A                72   207   21   49   7   3   2   21   22   10   1   1        0   1  .237  .313  .329  -0.8 1934 WAS A
1935 CHI A               118   421   52  120  19   3   2   67   32   18   0   5        3   2  .285  .336  .359   0.0 1935 CHI A
1936 CHI A               128   451   59  113  20   5   5   73   54   16   1   3       11   2  .251  .332  .350  -0.2 1936 CHI A
1937 CHI A               122   412   51  111  21   6   1   61   46   18   0   1        4   5  .269  .343  .357   0.1 1937 CHI A
1938 CHI A                65   211   23   45   4   1   0   27   20   20   1   4        0   0  .213  .284  .242  -1.0 1938 CHI A
1939 CLE A                16    20    1    3   1   0   0    1    3    1   0   2   0    0   0  .150  .261  .200  -0.2 1939 CLE A
1942 STL A                 6    12    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    5   0   0   1    0   0  .083  .154  .083  -0.2 1942 STL A
Total                   1630  5383  653 1393 272  56  20  696  486  307  27 145   1i  65  43  .259  .323  .341  -8.4 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1933 WAS A Daily Splits    5    17    1    3   0   0   0    1    2   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .176  .263  .176 1933 WAS A

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   PB   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1921 CLE A         C    3     7    4    0    0    0 1.000
1922 CLE A         C   39   108   21    5    2    3  .963
1923 CLE A         C    7     5    5    2    0    1  .833
1924 CLE A         C   57   171   42    9    5    5  .959
1925 CLE A         C   66   216   54    8   13    4  .971
1925 CLE A        OF    2     6    0    0    0      1.000     2    0    0 
1926 CLE A         C  125   437   91    9    3    3  .983
1927 CLE A         C  126   402  119   20   14    7  .963
1928 CLE A         C  118   430  117   16   13   13  .972
1929 CLE A         C  124   433   81   18   11    9  .966
1930 CLE A         C   76   283   49    9    5    3  .974
1931 CLE A         C  104   384   61    9    5    5  .980
1932 CLE A         C   84   306   50    8    8    2  .978
1933 WAS A         C  141   516   61    6   12    3  .990
1934 WAS A         C   50   143   23    1    6    2  .994
1934 WAS A        OF    7    14    3    1    1       .944     2    0    5 
1934 WAS A        1B    6    57    3    0    4      1.000
1934 WAS A        3B    1     0    0    0    0          -
1934 WAS A        2B    1     1    1    0    0      1.000
1935 CHI A         C  112   399   83    6   10    9  .988
1936 CHI A         C  126   461   87    9   12    9  .984
1937 CHI A         C  118   502   72    9   11    8  .985
1938 CHI A         C   65   205   55    4    7    5  .985
1939 CLE A         C   15    24    4    1    0    0  .966
1939 CLE A        1B    1     0    0    0    0          -
1942 STL A         C    6    12    5    1    1    0  .944
Total              C 1562  5444 1084  150  138   91  .978
Total             OF    9    20    3    1    1       .958     4    0    5 
Total             1B    7    57    3    0    4      1.000
Total             3B    1     0    0    0    0          -
Total             2B    1     1    1    0    0      1.000
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   PB   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1933 WAS A Daily   C    5    5    5    46      23    2    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1941 STL A  113   55   55  .500   548   564   6- 5           7  6
1942 STL A  151   82   69  .543   730   637                  3
1943 STL A  153   72   80  .474   596   604                  6
1944 STL A  154   89   65  .578   684   587                  1
1945 STL A  154   81   70  .536   597   548                  3
1946 STL A  125   53   71  .427   497   564          8-28    7  7
1949 CIN N    3    1    2  .333    10    12   9-30           7  7
1950 CIN N  153   66   87  .431   654   734                  6
1951 CIN N  155   68   86  .442   559   667                  6
1952 CIN N   98   39   59  .398   398   453          7-29    7  6
Total      1259  606  644  .485  5273  5370
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

World Series Managerial RecordWorld Series Managerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1944 STL A    6    2    4  .333    12    16

TransactionsTransactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators in exchange for Roy Spencer
(January 7, 1933).

Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bump Hadley
(January 19, 1935).

Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox (January 19, 1935).

Sold by Chicago White Sox to Brooklyn Dodgers (December 19, 1938).

Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 20, 1939).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 23, 1939).

Released by St. Louis Browns (May 20, 1943).

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