Joe Sewell

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Joseph Wheeler Sewell (born October 9, 1898 in Titus, Elmore County, Alabama, died March 6, 1990, was a professional baseball third baseman.

Sewell played for the Alabama Crimson Tide in college, and was called up to the Cleveland Indians in 1920 after their starting third baseman Ray Chapman was killed in the major league's only on-field fatality. Sewell helped lead the Indians to the pennant, and played in 1,103 straight games from 1922 to 1930, the seventh-longest streak in history. During that time he also played for the New York Yankees. He was on the winning team in the World Series twice, once for Cleveland and once for the Yankees. His final major-league season was in 1933. In 1977 Sewell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The University of Alabama's baseball stadium, Sewell-Thomas Field, is named after him. Sewell's brothers Luke and Tommy and his cousin Chip also played professional baseball.

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References

  • Joe Sewell profile] at al.com
  • Joe Sewell. (2007, July 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:21, July 12, 2007, [1]
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