Charlie Levis

Charles H. Levis

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 21, 1860 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1884
Teams (by GP): Monumentals/Hoosiers/Orioles/Nationals 1884-1885

Final Game: October 1, 1885
Died: October 16, 1926 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	24	TOT	MLB	91	389	386	59	87	11	4	5	0		3	.225	.231	.313	.545	75	121	0	*3
1884	24	TOT	UA	88	379	376	59	85	11	4	5	0		3	.226	.232	.316	.549	76	119	0	*3
1884	24	BLU	UA	87	376	373	59	85	11	4	5	0		3	.228	.234	.319	.553	78	119	0	*3
1884	24	WHS	UA	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/3
1884	24	IND	AA	3	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	.200	.200	.200	.400	32	2	0	/3
1885	25	BAL	AA	1	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	.250	.400	.250	.650	110	1	1	/3
1886	26	-min	B	52	196	196	18	31	10	0	0		11		.158	.158	.209	.367		41		CNG · SOUA
1888	28	-min	N/A	16	64	64	10	16	2	0	0		5		.250	.250	.281	.531		18		DAL · TXSO
1892	32	-min	B	21	94	94	16	21	1	1	0		1		.223	.223	.255	.479		24		MTG · SOUA
2 Seasons				92	394	390	61	88	11	4	5	0		3	.226	.234	.313	.546	76	122	1
162 Game Avg.				162	694	687	107	155	19	7	9	0		5	.226	.234	.313	.546	76	215	2

BLU (1 yr)				87	376	373	59	85	11	4	5	0		3	.228	.234	.319	.553	78	119	0
IND (1 yr)				3	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	.200	.200	.200	.400	32	2	0
BAL (1 yr)				1	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	.250	.400	.250	.650	110	1	1
WHS (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0

UA (1 yr)				88	379	376	59	85	11	4	5	0		3	.226	.232	.316	.549	76	119	0
AA (2 yrs)				4	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	.214	.267	.214	.481	58	3	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1884	24	BLU	UA	376	-5	1	0	0	-3	0	0	-7	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	*3
1884	24	WHS	UA	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
1884	24	IND	AA	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
1885	25	BAL	AA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/3
2 Seasons				394	-7	1	0	0	-3	0	0	-9	-0.9	-6	-0.6	-0.3	$

BLU (1 yr)				376	-5	1	0	0	-3	0	0	-7	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$
IND (1 yr)				10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
BAL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
WHS (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1884	TOT	MLB	24	1B	91	1027	957	25	45	34	.956	10.79	.950	10.20
1884	TOT	UA	24	1B	88	1002	933	24	45	33	.955	10.88	.950	10.18
1884	BLU	UA	24	1B	87	992	923	24	45	33	.955	10.89	.950	10.18
1884	WHS	UA	24	1B	1	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	10.00	.950	10.20
1884	IND	AA	24	1B	3	25	24	1	0	1	1.000	8.33	.958	10.63
1885	BAL	AA	25	1B	1	9	8	0	1	0	.889	8.00	.966	10.60
	2 Seasons			1B	92	1036	965	25	46	34	.956	10.76	.950	10.20
	2 Seasons			TOT	92	1036	965	25	46	34	.956	10.76	.950	10.20

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 5 (3rd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1884 UA 75.2 (4th)	Putouts† s c a p y 1884 UA 933 (3rd)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA 88 (3rd)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA 933 (3rd)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA 24 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA 45 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA 10.88 (1st)
Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1884 UA .955 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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