Luke Sewell
1921–1942 · bats R / throws R · ALM, ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,630G
.259AVG
.323OBP
.341SLG
More career statistics
1,393H
20HR
696RBI
65SB
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 · Games | 1,630 | 1,632 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,383 | 5,386 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 44 | 47 |
| Batting · Doubles | 272 | 273 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,393 | 1,391 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,041 | 6,047 |
| Batting · RBI | 696 | 700 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 65 | 69 |
| Batting · Walks | 486 | 488 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,630 | 6,041 | 5,383 | 652 | 1,393 | 272 | 56 | 20 | 696 | 486 | 307 | 65 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 1,837 | .259 | .323 | .341 | .664 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1927-05-21 to 1927-06-01
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1936-09-22 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1933-06-18 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1932-08-21 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 805 | 2878 | 696 | 8 | 339 | 227 | 118 | .272 | .321 | .358 |
| Away | 827 | 3169 | 695 | 12 | 361 | 261 | 189 | .246 | .302 | .326 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 154 | 597 | 141 | 1 | 74 | 54 | 31 | .268 | .327 | .366 |
| May | 298 | 1121 | 298 | 6 | 146 | 79 | 44 | .294 | .336 | .403 |
| June | 245 | 903 | 200 | 5 | 102 | 85 | 45 | .255 | .316 | .343 |
| July | 334 | 1240 | 259 | 2 | 132 | 99 | 76 | .234 | .289 | .310 |
| August | 316 | 1123 | 252 | 5 | 137 | 83 | 56 | .249 | .298 | .321 |
| September | 273 | 1018 | 232 | 1 | 104 | 84 | 51 | .256 | .310 | .316 |
| October | 12 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .225 | .289 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 241 | 893 | 219 | 5 | 109 | 83 | 38 | .278 | .338 | .365 |
| new-york-yankees | 235 | 861 | 209 | 7 | 111 | 57 | 42 | .268 | .309 | .362 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 234 | 853 | 180 | 2 | 95 | 65 | 39 | .236 | .287 | .312 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 220 | 812 | 180 | 1 | 85 | 66 | 59 | .248 | .303 | .320 |
| boston-red-sox | 219 | 807 | 174 | 0 | 87 | 57 | 43 | .244 | .286 | .332 |
| st-louis-browns | 218 | 847 | 206 | 4 | 108 | 84 | 42 | .276 | .342 | .367 |
| chicago-white-sox | 172 | 628 | 133 | 1 | 64 | 45 | 31 | .237 | .283 | .317 |
| cleveland-guardians | 92 | 342 | 89 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 13 | .290 | .348 | .342 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 41 | 87 | 23 | – | 12 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 63 | 166 | 45 | – | 16 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians | 75 | 220 | 51 | – | 18 | 6 | .232 | – | – |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 432 | 103 | – | 48 | 10 | .238 | – | – |
| 1927 | Cleveland Guardians | 128 | 470 | 138 | – | 54 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 411 | 111 | 3 | 52 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 124 | 405 | 96 | 1 | 37 | 6 | .237 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 76 | 292 | 75 | 1 | 43 | 5 | .257 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 108 | 375 | 103 | 1 | 53 | 1 | .275 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 87 | 301 | 76 | 2 | 52 | 4 | .252 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 141 | 474 | 125 | 2 | 61 | 8 | .264 | – | – |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 72 | 207 | 49 | 2 | 21 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1935 | ALM, Chicago White Sox | 119 | 425 | 121 | 2 | 70 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Chicago White Sox | 128 | 450 | 113 | 5 | 72 | 11 | .251 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 122 | 412 | 111 | 1 | 61 | 4 | .269 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 65 | 211 | 45 | – | 27 | 1 | .213 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 16 | 20 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .150 | – | – |
| 1942 |  St. Louis Browns | 6 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | – | – |