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Joe
Sewell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 9, 1898 in Usa, AL, TITUS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1922    1923    1927   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1921 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1922 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1923 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1924 25 CLE AL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1925 26 CLE AL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1926 27 CLE AL $ 3,160,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1927 28 CLE AL $ 3,160,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1928 29 CLE AL $ 3,160,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1929 30 CHN NL $ 2,090,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,160,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 21 CLE AL 14 48 7 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 0 .292 .333 .417 .750 6.2 1.0
    AAA   131 487 89 162 34 2 7 60 8 10 127 20 .333 .471 .454 .924 106.4  
1921 22 CLE AL 123 374 53 114 28 3 1 49 1 0 35 8 .305 .366 .404 .770 52.5 8.1
1922 23 CLE AL 145 536 69 161 39 6 3 80 0 2 61 3 .300 .374 .412 .786 77.9 15.4
1923 24 CLE AL 143 511 80 156 34 5 7 73 0 1 56 7 .305 .375 .432 .808 76.2 16.4
1924 25 CLE AL 142 493 60 147 28 4 2 60 1 0 39 4 .298 .353 .383 .736 63.3 11.6
1925 26 CLE AL 141 485 58 148 35 4 4 65 0 0 38 12 .305 .352 .419 .771 67.5 10.5
1926 27 CLE AL 49 124 11 33 9 1 1 20 0 1 6 1 .266 .309 .379 .688 15.2 2.0
1927 28 CLE AL 135 443 59 125 30 5 6 69 0 0 35 8 .282 .337 .413 .751 60.2 10.9
1928 29 CLE AL 121 417 54 105 22 1 4 45 1 0 37 10 .252 .315 .338 .653 43.8 5.6
1929 30 CLE AL 18 39 10 16 7 0 1 11 0 0 3 0 .410 .452 .667 1.119 9.1 2.4
  CIN NL 14 27 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .250 .296 .546 1.5 0.0
  CHN NL 63 207 19 49 15 2 2 25 1 0 9 1 .237 .267 .357 .625 17.6 1.1
  TOT   95 273 30 71 24 2 3 37 1 0 13 1 .260 .293 .396 .688 28.2 3.5
10 Years Sim 1108 3704 481 1074 252 31 32 505 4 4 323 54 .290 .348 .401 .749 491.1 84.9
1 Years AAA 131 487 89 162 34 2 7 60 8 10 127 20 .333 .473 .454 .927 106.4  
162 Game Average 541 70 157 36 4 4 73 0 0 47 7 .290 .348 .401 .749 71.8  
Career Highs 145 536 80 161 39 6 7 80 1 2 61 12 .305 .375 .432 .808 77.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2862 384 853 198 26 23 381 3 3 253 40 .298 .357 .410 .766 398.5
vs LH   842 97 221 54 5 9 124 1 1 70 14 .262 .320 .371 .690 97.6
Home 532 1734 220 501 127 9 11 240 2 2 161 27 .289 .351 .392 .742 229.7
Away 576 1970 261 573 125 22 21 265 2 2 162 27 .291 .346 .409 .755 266.3
RISP   969 0 289 69 4 6 422 0 0 102 10 .298 .358 .396 .755 136.9
Pinch Hitting   85 10 28 2 1 1 23 0 0 15 1 .329 .427 .412 .839 15.5
Close/Late   387 29 115 25 3 3 48 0 0 48 6 .297 .376 .401 .776 57.6
Mar/Apr 129 453 48 117 29 2 2 56 0 0 45 7 .258 .325 .344 .669 50.9
May 215 694 99 213 53 7 8 112 0 3 64 15 .307 .365 .438 .803 104.1
June 187 593 66 169 43 6 3 66 1 0 54 11 .285 .346 .393 .738 77.9
July 190 650 82 193 40 4 10 96 2 1 50 11 .297 .351 .417 .768 90.0
August 189 656 87 188 42 5 4 84 0 0 64 4 .287 .353 .384 .738 86.5
Sep/Oct 198 658 99 194 45 7 5 91 1 0 46 6 .295 .342 .407 .750 86.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1920 21 CLE AL SS 14 14 122.0 17 55 2 10 .973 5.31 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1921 22 CLE AL SS 96 90 779.7 155 412 22 80 .963 6.55 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    3B 11 7 68.0 2 18 2 2 .909 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 10 3 40.7 12 30 1 4 .977 9.30 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1922 23 CLE AL SS 141 138 1213.7 239 630 32 125 .964 6.44 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 24 CLE AL SS 117 117 1011.3 200 517 26 107 .965 6.38 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    2B 22 21 182.3 47 96 4 17 .973 7.06 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1924 25 CLE AL SS 100 97 832.7 163 418 25 90 .959 6.28 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    2B 24 21 173.7 51 82 3 19 .978 6.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 11 1 28.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1925 26 CLE AL SS 106 103 880.3 192 432 33 84 .950 6.38 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    3B 23 16 159.0 15 43 2 4 .967 3.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 6 1 21.0 9 7 1 3 .941 6.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1926 27 CLE AL SS 28 27 217.0 48 109 14 24 .918 6.51 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 9 0 17.0 1 7 0 2 1.000 4.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 5 1 1 .889 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 28 CLE AL SS 132 123 1057.3 206 503 33 99 .956 6.04 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 29 CLE AL SS 118 110 942.3 158 381 17 81 .969 5.15 0 0 .000 0 7.2
    3B 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 30 CLE AL SS 13 12 80.3 15 40 2 7 .965 6.16 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 1 1 5.1 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 4.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CIN NL SS 10 9 53.5 10 26 1 5 .973 6.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 1 0 3.4 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 3.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHN NL SS 47 42 416.8 77 205 10 38 .966 6.09 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 5 2 26.5 8 12 0 2 1.000 6.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 3 25.0 2 6 1 1 .889 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 922 882 7606.9 1480 3728 217 750 .960 6.16 0 0 .000 0 38.4
  2B 72 50 464.7 133 237 10 47 .974 7.17 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  3B 66 30 327.7 24 85 5 9 .956 2.99 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1061 962 8400.2 1638 4050 232 806 .961 6.09 0 0 .000 0 41.5
Career Highs   144 138 1218.7 247 631 36 126 .973 6.47 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1929 30 CHN NL 11 30 3 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .367 .661
Career Post-Season Batting 11 30 3 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .367 .661
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1923-10-.375
 Doubles
1922-4-39
1923-5-34
1925-8-35
1927-10-30
 Homeruns
1923-10-7
 Walks
1922-8-61
1923-6-56
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1920
Had first career hit on 9/17/1920, off Rip Hagerman (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1920, off Allen Sothoron (SLA)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 7/11/1922
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1922
Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1923, hitting .647 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1924, hitting .688 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
6/16/1925: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,160,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/20/1925, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 6/12/1926 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/5/1927
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/1927, hitting .429 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1927
 
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