Jesse Levan

Jesse Roy Levan

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: July 15, 1926 in Reading, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1947
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies 1947-1955

Final Game: May 15, 1955
Died: November 30, 1998 in Reading, PA
Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1944	17	PHI-min	B	136	522	522		165	28	8	4						.316	.316	.423	.739		221							WMT · ISLG
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947	20	PHI-min	B	139	570	570		176	19	20	19						.309	.309	.512	.821		292							WMT · ISLG
1947	20	PHI	NL	2	9	9	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0	0	0			/7O

1948	21	PHI-min	B,AAA	144	565	545	14	179	37	8	10	22	3		19	18	.328	.351	.481	.832		262		0	1				WMT,TTO · ISLG,IL
1949	22	CIN-ATL-min	B,A,AAA,D	92	333	328	5	84	16	3	6	2	0		4	1	.256	.267	.378	.645		124	1	1	0				SUN,HFD,MLW,BLD · ISLG,EL,AA,APPY
1950	23	ATL-min	B	130	512	512		171	34	8	13						.334	.334	.508	.842		260							HGR · ISLG
1951	24	SHY,RAL	C,B	125	490	490		168	37	6	18						.343	.343	.553	.896		271							SHY,RAL · PROV,CARL
1952	25	MBE	B	152	574	574		192	35	3	10						.334	.334	.458	.793		263							MBE · FLIN
1953	26	ATL-min	B,AA	141	556	556		178	31	9	16						.320	.320	.495	.815		275							FTL,ATA · FLIN,SOUA
1954	27	MIN-min	B,A	130	488	488		177	32	8	30						.363	.363	.645	1.008		315							MBE,CHR · FLIN,SALL
1954	27	WSH	AL	7	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	69	3	0	0	0	0		/53
1955	28	MIN-min	A	87	329	329		92	17	3	7						.280	.280	.413	.693		136							CHR · SALL
1955	28	WSH	AL	16	16	16	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.375	.563	51	6	1	0	0	0	0
1956	29	MIN-min	AA	150	543	543		169	28	3	25						.311	.311	.512	.823		278							CNG · SOUA
1957	30	MIN-min	AA	153	588	588		169	38	9	25						.287	.287	.510	.798		300							CNG · SOUA
1958	31	MIN-min	AA	153	558	558		163	15	4	26						.292	.292	.473	.765		264							CNG · SOUA
1959	32	MIN-min	AA	75	322	279	38	94	13	2	7	43	1		36	24	.337	.414	.473	.887		132		2	3	2	7		CNG · SOUA
3 Yrs				25	35	35	5	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.371	.657	80	13	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	227	227	32	65	0	0	6	32	0		0	13	.286	.286	.371	.657	80	84	6	0	0

WSH (2 yrs)				23	26	26	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.346	.577	58	9	1	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				2	9	9	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				23	26	26	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.346	.577	58	9	1	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				2	9	9	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	20	PHI	NL	2	9	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.520	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/7O

1954	27	WSH	AL	7	10	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/53
1955	28	WSH	AL	16	16	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
3 Seasons				25	35	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

WSH (2 yrs)				23	26	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PHI (1 yr)				2	9	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.520	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	20	PHI	NL	9	5	2	10.6	102	.444	.444	.268	.444	.342	.444	.397	.889	.740	142	.820	0.5	0.0	.800	.000	.000

1954	27	WSH	AL	10	7	1	3.8	95	.300	.300	.259	.300	.334	.300	.379	.600	.713	69	.452	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
1955	28	WSH	AL	16	14	1	1.9	99	.154	.188	.262	.188	.340	.375	.390	.563	.730	51	.168	-1.3	-0.1	.429	.188	.188	.0
3 Yrs				35	26	4	4.1	98	.281	.286	.263	.286	.339	.371	.389	.657	.728	80	.459	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.086	.086	.0
162 Game Avg.				227	168	26	4.1	98	.281	.286	.263	.286	.339	.371	.389	.657	.728	80	.459	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.086	.086

WSH (2 yrs)				26	21	2	2.6	97	.217	.231	.261	.231	.338	.346	.386	.577	.724	58	.265	-1.8	-0.2	.429	.115	.115	.0
PHI (1 yr)				9	5	2	10.6	102	.444	.444	.268	.444	.342	.444	.397	.889	.740	142	.820	0.5	0.0	.800	.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				26	21	2	2.6	97	.217	.231	.261	.231	.338	.346	.386	.577	.724	58	.265	-1.8	-0.2	.429	.115	.115	.0
NL (1 yr)				9	5	2	10.6	102	.444	.444	.268	.444	.342	.444	.397	.889	.740	142	.820	0.5	0.0	.800	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	20	PHI	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				9.0		100%

1954	27	WSH	AL	10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.17	100%
1955	28	WSH	AL	16	6.3%	12.5%	0.0%	6.3%	33%		8.0	16.0	4.0	1.40	81%
3 Yrs				35	2.9%	5.7%	0.0%	2.9%	10%		17.5	35.0	7.0	0.73	91%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	20	PHI	NL	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1954	27	WSH	AL	-0.5	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.39	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.97	-1.1	1.26	2
1955	28	WSH	AL	-1.3	-0.1	16	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	1.88	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.20	-1.9	1.88	16
3 Yrs				-1.3	-0.1	26	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.69	-0.3	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.11	-3.0	1.82	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1954	27	WSH	AL	33%	6	100%	1	1
1955	28	WSH	AL	0%	0		0	0
3 Yrs				44%	6	100%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	27	WSH	AL	10	100%	3			2	1	0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	28	WSH	AL	16	100%	3			16	3	1	2	1.88	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	1	20%	18	3	17%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				26	100%	10			18	4	1	2	1.82	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	8	1	13%	23	3	13%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			108%			14%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1947	20	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1948	21	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1949	22	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1950	23	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1951	24	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1952	25	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1953	26	2	9	9	3	4	0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889	142	4	0
1954	27	9	19	19	4	7	0	1	0	0	.368	.368	.368	.737	104	7	0	0
1955	28	25	35	35	5	10	1	5	0	2	.286	.286	.371	.657	80	13	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	20	2	10	10	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	2

1954	27	7	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	7
1955	28	17	17	17	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	.176	.176	.353	.529	1	16
3 Yrs		26	37	37	6	11	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	.297	.297	.378	.676	4	25
162 Game Avg.		162	231	231	37	69	0	0	6	31	0	0	12	.297	.297	.378	.676	25	25

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