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Luke Sewell played 20 major-league seasons (1921-1942) as a C (1,562), OF (9), 1B (7), 2B (1), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 20 | CLE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1922 | 21 | CLE | 41 | 87 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .264 | .634 | 70 |
| 1923 | 22 | CLE | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .673 | 81 |
| 1924 | 23 | CLE | 63 | 165 | 27 | 48 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 13 | .291 | .745 | 99 |
| 1925 | 24 | CLE | 74 | 220 | 30 | 51 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 33 | 18 | .232 | .633 | 66 |
| 1926 | 25 | CLE | 126 | 433 | 41 | 103 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 36 | 27 | .238 | .596 | 61 |
| 1927 | 26 | CLE | 128 | 470 | 52 | 138 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 20 | 23 | .294 | .705 | 88 |
| 1928 | 27 | CLE | 122 | 411 | 52 | 111 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 26 | 27 | .270 | .693 | 87 |
| 1929 | 28 | CLE | 124 | 406 | 41 | 96 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 29 | 26 | .236 | .585 | 55 |
| 1930 | 29 | CLE | 76 | 292 | 40 | 75 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 14 | 9 | .257 | .646 | 67 |
| 1931 | 30 | CLE | 108 | 375 | 45 | 103 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 36 | 17 | .275 | .725 | 96 |
| 1932 | 31 | CLE | 87 | 300 | 36 | 76 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 38 | 24 | .253 | .691 | 85 |
| 1933 | 32 | WS1 | 141 | 474 | 65 | 125 | 2 | 61 | 7 | 48 | 24 | .264 | .692 | 89 |
| 1934 | 33 | WS1 | 72 | 207 | 21 | 49 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 10 | .237 | .642 | 72 |
| 1935 | 34 | CHA | 118 | 421 | 52 | 120 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 32 | 18 | .285 | .694 | 85 |
| 1936 | 35 | CHA | 128 | 451 | 59 | 113 | 5 | 73 | 11 | 54 | 16 | .251 | .682 | 75 |
| 1937 | 36 | CHA | 122 | 412 | 51 | 111 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 46 | 18 | .269 | .700 | 83 |
| 1938 | 37 | CHA | 65 | 211 | 23 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .213 | .526 | 38 |
| 1939 | 38 | CLE | 16 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .150 | .461 | 23 |
| 1942 | 41 | SLA | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .237 | -30 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | C | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | C | 39 | 0 | 108 | 21 | 5 | 2 |
| 1923 | C | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1924 | C | 57 | 0 | 171 | 42 | 9 | 5 |
| 1925 | C | 66 | 0 | 216 | 54 | 8 | 13 |
| 1925 | OF | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | C | 125 | 0 | 437 | 91 | 9 | 3 |
| 1927 | C | 126 | 0 | 402 | 119 | 20 | 14 |
| 1928 | C | 118 | 0 | 430 | 117 | 16 | 13 |
| 1929 | C | 124 | 0 | 433 | 81 | 18 | 11 |
| 1930 | C | 76 | 0 | 283 | 49 | 9 | 5 |
| 1931 | C | 104 | 0 | 384 | 61 | 9 | 5 |
| 1932 | C | 84 | 0 | 306 | 50 | 8 | 8 |
| 1933 | C | 141 | 0 | 516 | 61 | 6 | 12 |
| 1934 | C | 50 | 0 | 143 | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| 1934 | OF | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1934 | 1B | 6 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1934 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | C | 112 | 0 | 399 | 83 | 6 | 10 |
| 1936 | C | 126 | 0 | 461 | 87 | 9 | 12 |
| 1937 | C | 118 | 0 | 502 | 72 | 9 | 11 |
| 1938 | C | 65 | 0 | 205 | 55 | 4 | 7 |
| 1939 | C | 15 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | C | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1937, 1935, 1928, 1927.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 13 / 64 | 0 |
| 1928 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 6 / 64 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 7 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 22 / 80 | 0 |
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.