Jim Levey

James Julius Levey

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 154 lb.

Born: September 13, 1906 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1930
Team: Browns 1930-1933

Final Game: October 1, 1933
Died: March 14, 1970 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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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	Pos	Awards
1927	20	SLB	D	39	143	143		36	6	1	10						.252	.252	.517	.769		74					SLB · ESHL
1929	22	TUL	A	85	334	334		96	19	3	7						.287	.287	.425	.713		142					TUL · WL
1930	23	BAL-min	A	151	662	662		191	42	5	16						.289	.289	.440	.728		291					WFL · TL
1930	23	SLB	AL	8	40	37	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.243	.300	.297	.597	50	11		0	0	/6
1931	24	SLB	AL	139	540	498	53	104	19	2	5	38	13	8	35	83	.209	.264	.285	.549	42	142		2	5	*6
1932	25	SLB	AL	152	604	568	59	159	30	8	4	63	6	4	21	48	.280	.310	.382	.692	75	217		4	11	*6	MVP-19
1933	26	SLB	AL	141	567	529	43	103	10	4	2	36	4	6	26	68	.195	.237	.240	.477	24	127		3	9	*6
1934	27	HOL	AA	183	718	718		184	29	4	7						.256	.256	.337	.593		242					HOL · PCL
1935	28	HOL	AA	130	532	532		148	21	3	2						.278	.278	.340	.618		181					HOL · PCL
1936	29	CHW-min	A1	147	587	587		148	19	9	7						.252	.252	.351	.603		206					TUL,DAL · TL
1937	30	CHW-min	A1	155	605	605		137	30	4	6						.226	.226	.319	.545		193					DAL · TL
1938	31	CHW-min	A1	93	309	309		72	6	2	5						.233	.233	.314	.547		97					DAL · TL
1939	32	DAL	A1	142	555	555		151	33	2	14						.272	.272	.414	.686		230					DAL · TL
1940	33	DAL	A1	137	510	510		129	21	1	9						.253	.253	.351	.604		179					DAL · TL
1941	34	DET-min	AA	130	455	422	62	82	11	1	10	33	7		26	50	.194	.241	.296	.537		125		0	7		BFL · IL
1942	35	DET-min	AA	148	636	582	81	146	24	1	12	41	13	10	43	55	.251	.304	.357	.661		208	13	1	10		BFL · IL
1944	37	DET-min	AA	62	224	200	16	40	5	0	2	27	1	0	18	32	.200	.269	.255	.524		51	4	1	5		BFL · IL
1945	38	DET-min	D	97	348	348		105	24	3	2						.302	.302	.405	.707		141					JAM · PONY
4 Yrs				440	1751	1632	162	375	61	14	11	140	23	18	85	201	.230	.272	.305	.576	48	497		9	25
162 Game Avg.				162	645	601	60	138	22	5	4	52	8	7	31	74	.230	.272	.305	.576	48	183		3	9

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1930	23	SLB	AL	8	40	-3	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/6
1931	24	SLB	AL	139	540	-45	-0	-17	9	-53	-5.0	17	-36	-3.3	.464	.469	-1.8	-0.7	-19	$	*6
1932	25	SLB	AL	152	604	-24	0	-14	10	-27	-2.5	19	-8	-0.7	.483	.484	0.7	-0.4	6	$	*6	MVP-19
1933	26	SLB	AL	141	567	-60	-1	-8	9	-60	-5.9	18	-42	-4.1	.458	.463	-3.4	0.1	-34	$	*6
4 Seasons				440	1751	-132	-1	-39	29	-143	-13.7	55	-88	-8.2	.469	.479	-4.6	-0.9	-49	$

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
1930	23	SLB	AL	40	28	3	2.8	118	.257	.243	.299	.300	.364	.297	.439	.597	.803	50	.246	-2.8	-0.3	.500	.135	.054
1931	24	SLB	AL	540	407	37	2.4	111	.241	.209	.290	.264	.358	.285	.415	.549	.773	42	.216	-43.9	-4.2	.458	.157	.076	7.2
1932	25	SLB	AL	604	424	66	4.2	115	.300	.280	.291	.310	.363	.382	.428	.692	.791	75	.417	-24.1	-2.3	.591	.143	.102	4.8
1933	26	SLB	AL	567	441	29	1.8	110	.220	.195	.287	.237	.359	.240	.413	.477	.772	24	.141	-61.5	-6.1	.356	.091	.045	2.7
4 Yrs				1751	1300	135	2.8	112	.256	.230	.290	.272	.360	.305	.420	.576	.780	48	.262	-132.3	-12.9	.467	.130	.075	14.9
162 Game Avg.				645	479	50	2.8	112	.256	.230	.290	.272	.360	.305	.420	.576	.780	48	.262	-132.3	-12.9	.467	.130	.075	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1930	23	SLB	AL	40	0.0%	5.0%	7.5%	5.0%	22%	0.67	18.5		12.3	88%
1931	24	SLB	AL	540	0.9%	15.4%	6.5%	4.8%	25%	2.37	6.0	99.6	13.1	76%
1932	25	SLB	AL	604	0.7%	8.0%	3.5%	7.0%	26%	2.29	11.8	142.0	9.0	85%
1933	26	SLB	AL	567	0.4%	12.0%	4.6%	2.8%	16%	2.62	7.8	264.5	14.7	81%
4 Yrs				1751	0.6%	11.5%	4.9%	4.9%	23%	2.36	8.1	148.4	11.7	81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.1%	7.9%	7.1%	28%	1.03	11.1	68.3	7.6	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1930	23	8	40	37	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.243	.300	.297	.597	50	11	0	0
1931	24	147	580	535	60	113	21	2	5	41	13	8	38	85	.211	.266	.286	.552	43	153	2	5
1932	25	299	1184	1103	119	272	51	10	9	104	19	12	59	133	.247	.289	.335	.624	59	370	6	16
1933	26	440	1751	1632	162	375	61	14	11	140	23	18	85	201	.230	.272	.305	.576	48	497	9	25

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
1930	23	8	41	38	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	3	2	.237	.293	.289	.582	3	8
1931	24	145	550	510	46	98	18	2	5	33	12	33	87	.192	.244	.265	.509	32	139
1932	25	160	612	577	50	147	28	7	4	53	6	19	50	.255	.283	.348	.632	56	152
1933	26	150	592	554	39	100	10	4	2	32	4	25	72	.181	.220	.224	.444	27	141
4 Yrs		463	1795	1679	142	354	58	13	11	121	22	80	211	.211	.251	.281	.531	118	440
162 Game Avg.		162	628	587	50	124	20	5	4	42	8	28	74	.211	.251	.281	.531	41	440

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1932 AL (19, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Games Played s c a p y 1932 AL 152 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1931 AL 83 (2nd) 1933 AL 68 (7th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1931 AL 13 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1932 AL 4 (7th) 1933 AL 3 (6th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1932 AL 11 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1933 AL 441 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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