Joe Sewell

Baseball Player

1898 – 1990

75

Who was Joe Sewell?

Joseph Wheeler Sewell was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.

Sewell holds the record for the lowest strikeout rate in major league history, striking out on average only once every 63 at-bats, and the most consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Oct 9, 1898
Alabama
Siblings
Profession
Education
  • University of Alabama
Lived in
  • Alabama
Died
Mar 6, 1990
Mobile

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Joe Sewell." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/joe_sewell>.

Discuss this Joe Sewell biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net