Tommy had exactly one big league at bat. It came on June 21, 1927 at Sportsman Park in St. Louis. Tommy pinch hit for Cubs pitcher Percy Jones in the seventh inning against Cardinals pitcher Flint Rehm. Unfortunately for Tommy, Flint was a 20-game-winner that season. Sewell didn’t get on base and never got another chance in the big leagues. After that he played in the minor leagues for another four years before hanging up his spikes. Tommy couldn’t even brag about his big league experience when he came home to Alabama. His brother Joe was a Hall of Famer, another brother Luke also played in the big leagues, and so did his cousin Rip.
By the way, I tweeted out an abbreviated version of this, and it was my 5000th tweet of all time. Not sure I'll hit another milestone like that. It took me ten years to hit it...
My book "everycubever" (https://t.co/9l2isBHjGz) is available for pre-order now! (Ships May 1) It includes a mini-bio of literally every #Cub who ever played between 1871-2018, including today's birthday boy Tommy Sewell. He was the Tommy Aaron of his day. Brother Joe is a HOFer. pic.twitter.com/uK7vh9llJh
— Rick Kaempfer (@RickKaempfer) April 16, 2019
