Joe Sewell
1920–1933 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees
1,903G
.312AVG
.391OBP
.413SLG
More career statistics
2,226H
49HR
1,055RBI
74SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 7,132 | 7,130 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 72 | 82 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,226 | 2,224 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 80 | 81 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 114 | 117 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,329 | 8,332 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,141 | 1,144 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,055 | 1,046 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 74 | 73 |
| Batting · Walks | 842 | 846 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,903 | 8,329 | 7,132 | 1,141 | 2,226 | 436 | 68 | 49 | 1,055 | 842 | 114 | 74 | 72 | 80 | 0 | 2,945 | .312 | .391 | .413 | .804 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1924-06-28 to 1924-07-13
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1923-07-07 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1933-08-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1922-07-12 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 956 | 4136 | 1150 | 27 | 568 | 437 | 41 | .325 | .384 | .434 |
| Away | 947 | 4196 | 1074 | 22 | 478 | 409 | 76 | .299 | .353 | .392 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 163 | 714 | 181 | 2 | 83 | 73 | 16 | .300 | .356 | .403 |
| May | 307 | 1301 | 305 | 7 | 160 | 125 | 27 | .274 | .331 | .362 |
| June | 349 | 1539 | 451 | 14 | 192 | 162 | 17 | .344 | .398 | .467 |
| July | 405 | 1826 | 525 | 14 | 254 | 209 | 24 | .338 | .402 | .443 |
| August | 339 | 1515 | 394 | 8 | 187 | 135 | 13 | .300 | .349 | .400 |
| September | 316 | 1333 | 339 | 4 | 156 | 135 | 19 | .297 | .356 | .376 |
| October | 24 | 104 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .315 | .346 | .435 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 283 | 1273 | 320 | 6 | 145 | 130 | 19 | .297 | .353 | .381 |
| chicago-white-sox | 278 | 1231 | 330 | 5 | 138 | 123 | 17 | .314 | .368 | .412 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 269 | 1144 | 297 | 3 | 157 | 114 | 20 | .309 | .359 | .405 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 268 | 1170 | 314 | 9 | 142 | 120 | 17 | .311 | .371 | .415 |
| st-louis-browns | 267 | 1174 | 310 | 12 | 171 | 133 | 19 | .309 | .377 | .428 |
| boston-red-sox | 264 | 1162 | 319 | 3 | 138 | 123 | 8 | .323 | .380 | .423 |
| new-york-yankees | 217 | 927 | 269 | 10 | 129 | 74 | 14 | .327 | .370 | .445 |
| cleveland-guardians | 57 | 251 | 65 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 3 | .298 | .375 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Cleveland Guardians | 22 | 70 | 23 | – | 12 | 1 | .329 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 572 | 182 | 4 | 95 | 7 | .318 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 558 | 167 | 2 | 84 | 10 | .299 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 554 | 195 | 3 | 109 | 10 | .352 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 593 | 188 | 4 | 105 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians | 155 | 608 | 204 | 1 | 93 | 7 | .336 | – | – |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 578 | 185 | 4 | 85 | 14 | .320 | – | – |
| 1927 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 569 | 180 | 1 | 88 | 3 | .316 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 155 | 587 | 190 | 4 | 71 | 7 | .324 | – | – |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 577 | 182 | 7 | 71 | 7 | .315 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 109 | 353 | 102 | – | 48 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1931 |  New York Yankees | 130 | 484 | 146 | 6 | 64 | 1 | .302 | – | – |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | 125 | 503 | 137 | 11 | 68 | – | .272 | – | – |
| 1933 | New York Yankees | 135 | 524 | 143 | 2 | 53 | 2 | .273 | – | – |