1933 Earl Whitehill & Luke Sewell Washington Senators Signed AL Baseball JSA COA

Rare 1933 Earl Whitehill & Luke Sewell (Pitcher/Catcher)Washington Senators Signed Game UsedAmerican League (Harridge) Baseball. Comes with full letter COA from JSA. 1933 was the best seasons for both Sewell and Whitehill. The Senators played in the World Series in 1933.

In1933, Sewell was traded to the Washington Senators for catcherRoy Spencer.[11]He posted career-highs with 125 hits including 30 doubles along with 61 runs batted in as, the Senators under first-yearplayer-managerJoe Cronin, won 99 games to clinch the American League pennant by nine games over theNew York Yankees.[1][12]During a September game against the Yankees, Sewell made an odddouble play.[13]Lou GehrigandDixie Walkerwere on base when,Tony Lazzerihit a ball to deep right field.[13]Gehrig hesitated as he waited to see if the ball might be caught, before heading towardshome platewith Walker right behind him.[13]Sewell received the throw from the outfield andtaggedboth runnersoutwith one sweeping motion.[13]Cronin credited Sewell as a major factor in helping the Senators’ pitching staff.[14]The Senators eventually lost to theNew York Giantsin the1933 World Series.[15]In what would be his only postseason appearance, Sewell posted a .176 batting average (3 for 17), with one stolen base, one run scored, and one run batted in during the five-game series.

After he was traded to Washington, forFirpo MarberryandCarl Fischer, Whitehill fit right in there, going a career-best 228 in his first year, with a 3.33 ERA (also a career-best, excluding his first year when he pitched in 8 games and had a 2.73 ERA). With Washington that year, he saw his first (and last) postseason action, when the Senators were defeated by theNew York Giantsin 5 games. However, Whitehill did his part, getting the only win of the series for Washington. In that game, he pitched acomplete gameshutout allowing 5hitsand 2walks. Because he didn’t start until Game 3, it became his only start of the Series, and his only start of the postseason. Thus, his final postseason ERA was 0.00, tied with many others for a record.

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