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20 th Annual Watkins Awards Weekend

Christmas 2006 Sports Collectible Items

Our annual offering of a limited number of unique Sports Collectible Items. Online Sunday, December 03, 2006. We always have some very interesting one of a kind items, the proceeds help to fund our annual youth football camp and mentoring programs in inner-city schools in Los Angeles, CA.

$ 345.00

Autographed Photograph

Joe Sewell
Joseph Wheeler Sewell
 

Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1977, Player
Hall of Fame plaque for Joe Sewell

Born: October 9, 1898, in Titus, Alabama
Died: March 6, 1990, in Mobile, Alabama

ML Debut: 9/10/1920
Primary Position: Shortstop
Bats: L   Throws: R  

Played For: Cleveland Indians (1920-1930), New York Yankees (1931-1933)
Primary Team: Cleveland Indians

Post-Season: 1920 World Series, 1932 World Series

Hitting

Bio
The toughest batter in history to strike out, with just 114 strikeouts in 7,132 at-bats, Joe Sewell was a perennial .300 hitter over 14 seasons with the Yankees and Indians. In 1920, Cleveland summoned Sewell from the minors to replace the late Ray Chapman at shortstop, and the rookie batted .329 down the stretch to lead the Indians to the pennant. A great contact hitter, his career rate of one strikeout every 63 at-bats is by far the best in history, and his 3 Ks in 1932 are the fewest ever for a full season.

Did You Know... that Joe Sewell played in 1,103 consecutive games, which was the second longest streak in baseball history, until Lou Gehrig established the top mark with his celebrated streak of 2,130 straight games played?

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