Joseph Wheeler "Joe" Sewell was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.
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15 Facts About Joe Sewell
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Joe Sewell led the school baseball team to four conference titles before joining the minor league New Orleans Pelicans in 1920, where he played a partial season before being called up to the "big league".
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Joe Sewell made his major league debut mid-season in 1920 with the World Series champion Cleveland Indians shortly after shortstop Ray Chapman was killed by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays in August and became the team's full-time shortstop the following year.
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Joe Sewell regularly scored 90 or more runs a season and twice topped the 100 RBI plateau in 1923 and '24.
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Joe Sewell struck out 114 times in 7,132 career at-bats for an average of one strikeout every 62.
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Joe Sewell holds the modern single-season record for fewest strikeouts over a full season, with 3, set in 1932.
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Joe Sewell had 3 strikeouts in 1930, albeit in just 353 at-bats, as well as three other full seasons with 4 strikeouts.
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Joe Sewell struck out ten or more times in only four seasons, and his highest strikeout total was 20, during the 1922 season.
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Joe Sewell holds the record for consecutive games without recording a strikeout, at 115.
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Joe Sewell played in 1,103 consecutive games, which to that point was second only to Everett Scott.
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Joe Sewell played in two World Series, in 1920 and 1932, winning both times.
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Joe Sewell's cousin Rip Sewell was a major league pitcher credited with inventing the eephus pitch.
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Joe Sewell was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
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Joe Sewell was the last surviving member of the 1920 World Champion Cleveland Indians.
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Posthumously, Joe Sewell's community has established a scholarship award recognizing local high school seniors who exhibit Christian character, leadership in their community, strong academic standing, and athletic achievements.
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