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Joe Sewell played 14 major-league seasons (1920-1933) as a SS (1,216), 3B (643), 2B (16). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 22 | CLE | 22 | 70 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .329 | .827 | 126 |
| 1921 | 23 | CLE | 154 | 572 | 101 | 182 | 4 | 93 | 7 | 80 | 17 | .318 | .856 | 124 |
| 1922 | 24 | CLE | 153 | 558 | 80 | 167 | 2 | 83 | 10 | 73 | 20 | .299 | .771 | 108 |
| 1923 | 25 | CLE | 153 | 553 | 98 | 195 | 3 | 109 | 9 | 98 | 12 | .353 | .935 | 154 |
| 1924 | 26 | CLE | 153 | 594 | 99 | 188 | 4 | 106 | 3 | 67 | 13 | .316 | .817 | 117 |
| 1925 | 27 | CLE | 155 | 608 | 78 | 204 | 1 | 98 | 7 | 64 | 4 | .336 | .827 | 116 |
| 1926 | 28 | CLE | 154 | 578 | 91 | 187 | 4 | 85 | 17 | 65 | 6 | .324 | .832 | 124 |
| 1927 | 29 | CLE | 153 | 569 | 83 | 180 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 51 | 7 | .316 | .805 | 115 |
| 1928 | 30 | CLE | 155 | 588 | 79 | 190 | 4 | 70 | 7 | 58 | 9 | .323 | .809 | 119 |
| 1929 | 31 | CLE | 152 | 578 | 90 | 182 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 48 | 4 | .315 | .800 | 111 |
| 1930 | 32 | CLE | 109 | 353 | 44 | 102 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 41 | 3 | .289 | .745 | 95 |
| 1931 | 33 | NYA | 130 | 484 | 102 | 146 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 61 | 8 | .302 | .778 | 112 |
| 1932 | 34 | NYA | 125 | 503 | 95 | 137 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 56 | 3 | .272 | .740 | 98 |
| 1933 | 35 | NYA | 135 | 524 | 87 | 143 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 71 | 4 | .273 | .683 | 88 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | SS | 22 | 0 | 44 | 70 | 15 | 11 |
| 1921 | SS | 154 | 0 | 319 | 480 | 47 | 75 |
| 1922 | SS | 139 | 0 | 295 | 462 | 49 | 72 |
| 1922 | 2B | 12 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 3 | 7 |
| 1923 | SS | 151 | 0 | 286 | 497 | 59 | 82 |
| 1924 | SS | 153 | 0 | 349 | 514 | 36 | 76 |
| 1925 | SS | 153 | 0 | 314 | 529 | 29 | 80 |
| 1925 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | SS | 154 | 0 | 326 | 463 | 37 | 86 |
| 1927 | SS | 153 | 0 | 361 | 480 | 33 | 80 |
| 1928 | SS | 137 | 0 | 297 | 438 | 28 | 103 |
| 1928 | 3B | 19 | 0 | 22 | 61 | 5 | 3 |
| 1929 | 3B | 152 | 0 | 163 | 336 | 13 | 28 |
| 1930 | 3B | 97 | 0 | 83 | 184 | 14 | 16 |
| 1931 | 3B | 121 | 0 | 131 | 227 | 18 | 14 |
| 1931 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1932 | 3B | 123 | 0 | 122 | 221 | 9 | 15 |
| 1933 | 3B | 131 | 0 | 123 | 224 | 13 | 27 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Sewell won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1923 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1924 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1925 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1926 (AL), TSN All-Star 1926 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1932, 1928, 1927, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 4 / 64 | 0 |
| 1923 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 20 / 64 | 0 |
| 1924 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 9 / 64 | 0 |
| 1925 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 21 / 64 | 0 |
| 1927 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 9 / 64 | 0 |
| 1928 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 6 / 64 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 1 / 80 | 0 |
Joe Sewell ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #51 | shortstops | 1923 | 154 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.