Joe Hewitt Notable

b. August 7, 1885 · St. Louis Giants 1911–1912, 1915–1916, 1921, New York Lincoln Giants 1913–1914, 1918, New York Lincoln Stars 1914, Brooklyn Royal Giants 1916–1918, Detroit Stars 1919–1920, 1925–1926, St. Louis Stars 1922–1923, Milwaukee Bears 1923, Chicago American Giants 1924, Birmingham Black Barons 1924, Dayton Marcos 1926, Nashville Elite Giants 1930, 1932, Cleveland Cubs 1931

Joe Hewitt played for 12 clubs across 22 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the St. Louis Giants in 1911 and closing with the Nashville Elite Giants in 1932.

Across 568 games he batted .244, with 482 hits and 392 runs. He finished with 7 home runs, 47 doubles and 155 stolen bases.

He led the league in walks once, in 1921, with 42. He played 287 games at shortstop, with 741 assists and 125 errors. He turned 97 double plays. He also played 130 games at second base.

He was born in New Market, AL, USA on August 7, 1885, and died on April 2, 1948. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1911*	SLG	18	63	16	21	1	2	2	11	8	0	3	.333
1912*	SLG	30	115	25	37	2	2	1	9	11	0	15	.322
1913*	NLG	3	13	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.385
1914*	NLG/NLS	23	92	13	27	2	0	0	9	11	0	7	.293
1915*	SLG	18	65	16	16	4	1	1	9	8	0	12	.246
1916*	BRG/SLG	29	118	24	30	1	0	0	8	14	0	11	.254
1917*	BRG	24	97	15	23	2	1	0	12	9	0	6	.237
1918*	BRG/NLG	22	85	15	20	0	1	0	4	11	0	3	.235
1919*	DS	39	146	35	37	6	0	0	6	24	0	7	.253
1920	DS	45	157	30	31	5	1	0	8	25	1	9	.197
1921	SLG	63	239	42	57	5	2	1	17	42	0	32	.238
1922	SLS	51	194	43	55	3	1	2	26	20	0	11	.284
1923	MB/SLS	59	185	37	52	5	0	0	15	38	0	20	.281
1924	BBB/CAG	52	159	35	37	3	1	0	15	39	4	12	.233
1925	DS	36	123	23	19	5	1	0	6	26	0	4	.154
1926	DM/DS	35	104	17	13	3	0	0	4	20	0	3	.125
1930	NEG	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091
1931	CCU	9	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.125
1932	NEG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Major leagues	—	362	1181	229	266	29	6	3	93	212	5	91	.225
All seasons	—	568	1975	392	482	47	13	7	163	309	5	155	.244

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Joe Hewitt, that is 1911–1919. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1885

Born August 7, 1885

New Market, AL, USA

1948

Died April 2, 1948

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