Jesse Levis

Jesse Levis

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 14, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Northeast Manual Training School (Philadelphia, PA)
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1992
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Indians 1992-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001
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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
1992 24 CLE AL 28 43 43 2 12 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .279 .279 .442 .721 101 19 1 0 0 0 0 2/D
1993 25 CLE AL 31 67 63 7 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 10 .175 .197 .206 .403 9 13 0 0 1 1 0 2
1994 26 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 425 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 27 CLE AL 12 22 18 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 100 8 1 0 1 2 0 2
1996 28 MIL AL 104 274 233 27 55 6 1 1 21 0 0 38 15 .236 .348 .283 .631 61 66 7 2 1 0 0 2/D
1997 29 MIL AL 99 232 200 19 57 7 0 1 19 1 0 24 17 .285 .361 .335 .696 83 67 4 1 5 2 0 2/D
1998 30 MIL NL 22 48 37 4 13 0 0 0 4 1 0 7 6 .351 .468 .351 .819 121 13 3 2 1 1 2 2
1999 31 CLE AL 10 29 26 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 -5 4 1 1 1 0 0 /2
2001 33 MIL NL 12 36 33 6 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .242 .306 .303 .609 61 10 1 0 0 0 0 2
9 Yrs 319 752 654 66 167 23 1 3 60 2 0 76 66 .255 .336 .307 .643 68 201 18 6 10 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 382 332 34 85 12 1 2 30 1 0 39 34 .255 .336 .307 .643 68 102 9 3 5 3 1
CLE (5 yrs) 82 162 151 10 34 8 0 1 13 0 0 4 21 .225 .245 .298 .543 45 45 3 1 3 3 0
MIL (4 yrs) 237 590 503 56 133 15 1 2 47 2 0 72 45 .264 .360 .310 .670 74 156 15 5 7 3 2
AL (7 yrs) 285 668 584 56 146 21 1 3 53 1 0 66 53 .250 .328 .305 .633 65 178 14 4 9 5 0
NL (2 yrs) 34 84 70 10 21 2 0 0 7 1 0 10 13 .300 .398 .329 .726 94 23 4 2 1 1 2

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 Awards
1992 24 CLE AL 28 43 -0 -0 -0 0 0 -0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 1 $ 2/D
1993 25 CLE AL 31 67 -9 -0 1 0 1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ 2
1994 26 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .545 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $125,000
1995 27 CLE AL 12 22 0 -1 -0 0 0 -0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $128,000 2
1996 28 MIL AL 104 274 -11 -0 1 2 3 -4 -0.3 9 4 0.6 .496 .497 0.3 0.6 2 $150,000 2/D
1997 29 MIL AL 99 232 -2 -0 0 1 2 1 0.2 8 8 0.9 .501 .500 0.8 0.4 7 $207,500 2/D
1998 30 MIL NL 22 48 1 -0 -0 -1 0 0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $350,000 2
1999 31 CLE AL 10 29 -4 -1 -0 0 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .453 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $400,000 /2
2001 33 MIL NL 12 36 -1 -0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 2
9 Seasons 319 752 -25 -3 1 1 9 -18 -1.4 24 6 0.8 .495 .499 0.7 1.2 5 $1,360,500
CLE (5 yrs) 82 162 -13 -2 0 0 2 -12 -1.2 5 -7 -0.7 .486 .499 -0.6 0.3 -7 $653,000
MIL (4 yrs) 237 590 -13 -1 1 1 6 -6 -0.3 19 13 1.5 .498 .499 1.3 0.9 12 $707,500

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
1992 24 CLE AL 43 32 5 4.2 93 .297 .279 .257 .279 .326 .442 .382 .721 .707 101 .479 -0.2 -0.0 .594 .163 .163 .0
1993 25 CLE AL 67 54 3 1.5 103 .204 .175 .267 .197 .337 .206 .408 .403 .745 9 .104 -8.2 -0.8 .288 .063 .032
1994 26 CLE AL 1 0 1 110 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .342 1.000 .430 2.000 .772 425 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1995 27 CLE AL 22 16 3 5.0 110 .300 .333 .272 .333 .346 .444 .429 .778 .774 100 .481 0.3 0.0 .692 .167 .111
1996 28 MIL AL 274 186 25 3.6 118 .249 .236 .281 .348 .354 .283 .451 .631 .805 61 .309 -13.6 -1.2 .573 .210 .047 .0
1997 29 MIL AL 232 154 26 4.5 110 .304 .285 .272 .361 .342 .335 .431 .696 .773 83 .440 -4.1 -0.4 .633 .175 .050 1.0
1998 30 MIL NL 48 29 6 5.6 107 .406 .351 .269 .468 .340 .351 .424 .819 .764 121 .561 2.0 0.2 .852 .216 .000 .0
1999 31 CLE AL 29 24 1 1.1 116 .200 .154 .279 .214 .352 .154 .446 .368 .798 -5 .053 -4.3 -0.4 .261 .038 .000
2001 33 MIL NL 36 26 3 3.1 109 .308 .242 .265 .306 .336 .303 .434 .609 .770 61 .290 -1.8 -0.2 .500 .152 .061
9 Yrs 752 521 73 3.8 111 .277 .255 .273 .336 .345 .307 .433 .643 .778 68 .352 -29.4 -2.7 .564 .171 .052 2.4
162 Game Avg. 382 265 37 3.8 111 .277 .255 .273 .336 .345 .307 .433 .643 .778 68 .352 -29.4 -2.7 .564 .171 .052 1
CLE (5 yrs) 162 126 13 2.8 103 .250 .225 .267 .245 .338 .298 .410 .543 .747 45 .261 -11.9 -1.2 .417 .099 .073 .0
MIL (4 yrs) 590 395 60 4.1 114 .285 .264 .275 .360 .347 .310 .440 .670 .787 74 .379 -17.5 -1.6 .610 .193 .046 2.0
AL (7 yrs) 668 466 64 3.7 112 .268 .250 .274 .328 .346 .305 .433 .633 .779 65 .341 -29.6 -2.8 .551 .170 .055 1.5
NL (2 yrs) 84 55 9 4.4 108 .362 .300 .267 .398 .338 .329 .429 .726 .767 94 .447 0.2 0.0 .679 .186 .029 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 24 CLE AL 43 2.3% 11.6% 0.0% 11.6% 42% 8.6 43.0 14.3 1.00 2.00 86% 24% 6.3% 16%
1993 25 CLE AL 67 0.0% 14.9% 3.0% 3.0% 18% 5.00 6.3 15.8 0.77 1.00 81% 20% 0.0% 13%
1994 26 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
1995 27 CLE AL 22 0.0% 0.0% 4.6% 9.1% 33% 0.00 6.0 0.82 1.14 91% 10% 0.0% 9%
1996 28 MIL AL 274 0.4% 5.5% 13.9% 2.9% 15% 0.39 15.5 233.0 11.1 1.37 1.71 79% 21% 1.2% 10%
1997 29 MIL AL 232 0.4% 7.3% 10.3% 3.5% 14% 0.71 11.8 200.0 10.5 1.23 1.63 79% 19% 1.5% 15%
1998 30 MIL NL 48 0.0% 12.5% 14.6% 0.0% 0% 0.86 6.2 9.3 1.46 3.60 67% 24% 0.0% 0%
1999 31 CLE AL 29 0.0% 20.7% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.3 8.7 0.73 1.00 69% 14% 0.0% 27%
2001 33 MIL NL 36 0.0% 19.4% 8.3% 5.6% 25% 2.33 4.7 11.0 1.60 3.50 72% 27% 0.0% 20%
9 Yrs 752 0.4% 8.8% 10.1% 3.6% 16% 0.87 9.9 218.0 10.9 1.20 1.65 79% 20% 1.3% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.3% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 1.82 5.4 33.3 7.5 0.80 1.08 70% 22% 7.9% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 24 CLE AL -0.2 -0.0 43 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 1.14 -0.0 -0.4 -1.7 -0.2 0.81 -0.2 2.05 12
1993 25 CLE AL -8.2 -0.8 67 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 1.09 -0.8 -0.1 -6.7 -0.7 0.93 -8.5 1.06 8
1994 26 CLE AL 0.5 0.0 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.24 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.62 0.4 2.24 1
1995 27 CLE AL 0.3 0.0 22 0.0 0.5 -0.5 1.43 0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.87 -0.2 0.00 1
1996 28 MIL AL -14.0 -1.3 276 -0.9 4.3 -5.2 1.05 -0.9 0.1 -13.3 -1.2 0.95 -12.0 1.54 36
1997 29 MIL AL -4.1 -0.4 233 -1.2 3.5 -4.7 1.11 -0.3 -0.8 1.2 0.1 0.86 -3.0 1.58 45
1998 30 MIL NL 2.0 0.2 49 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.24 0.1 -0.3 1.0 0.1 0.94 1.5 1.65 7
1999 31 CLE AL -4.4 -0.4 29 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .79 -0.3 -0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.96 -4.4 1.39 1
2001 33 MIL NL -1.9 -0.2 37 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .69 -0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.92 -1.1 0.19 1
9 Yrs -29.9 -2.8 757 -3.9 10.9 -14.8 1.07 -2.2 -1.4 -22.2 -2.0 0.91 -27.5 1.56 112

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 24 CLE AL 0 0 9% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1993 25 CLE AL 0 0 54% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
1994 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 27 CLE AL 1 0 14% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
1996 28 MIL AL 4 0 28% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 39% 14 10 4 5 3 2 7 2 4
1997 29 MIL AL 4 0 22% 105 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 29% 13 8 4 4 3 1 7 5 2
1998 30 MIL NL 0 0 18% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 3 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 1
1999 31 CLE AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 33 MIL NL 1 0 55% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
9 Yrs 10 0 26% 312 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 30% 43 32 10 15 9 4 26 12 11

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
1992 24 CLE AL 43 95% 12 5 0 12 1 0 0 2.05 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 0 0% 18 2 11% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1993 25 CLE AL 67 87% 11 3 0 8 1 0 0 1.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 13 0 0% 8 3 38% 40 4 10% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
1994 26 CLE AL 1 100% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 27 CLE AL 22 82% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 3 3 100% 14 3 21% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1996 28 MIL AL 274 84% 55 5 0 36 11 0 3 1.54 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 58 7 12% 26 11 42% 188 23 12% 15 9 60% 9 7 78% 0
1997 29 MIL AL 232 90% 57 9 1 45 11 0 2 1.58 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 71% 34 4 12% 18 12 67% 118 20 17% 13 9 69% 8 6 75% 0
1998 30 MIL NL 48 71% 13 3 0 7 0 0 0 1.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 3 30% 4 3 75% 26 4 15% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1999 31 CLE AL 29 83% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 4 2 50% 21 3 14% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
2001 33 MIL NL 36 75% 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 22 4 18% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
9 Yrs 752 85% 167 27 1 112 26 0 5 1.56 3 0 11 3 0 1 2 0 15 10 67% 135 18 13% 67 34 51% 447 63 14% 42 28 67% 24 17 71% 0
MLB Averages 55% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 24 CLE AL 43 143 3.33 104 73% 22% 13% 29% 37% 78% 0% 57% 84% 33% 2% 1 0 14% 6 4 7% 3 2 20% 0 0 0
1993 25 CLE AL 64 225 3.52 152 68% 24% 10% 32% 34% 76% 0% 52% 87% 39% 2% 1 0 13% 8 4 5% 3 2 50% 3 0 0
1994 26 CLE AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 27 CLE AL 22 84 3.82 54 64% 37% 2% 22% 39% 63% 0% 40% 97% 18% 5% 1 0 14% 3 0 9% 2 2 0 0 0
1996 28 MIL AL 268 1013 3.78 581 57% 38% 4% 22% 37% 62% 0% 36% 94% 16% 7% 18 0 20% 53 13 14% 37 13 60% 6 0 0
1997 29 MIL AL 215 761 3.54 470 62% 30% 9% 24% 37% 70% 0% 43% 88% 23% 5% 11 0 16% 35 7 13% 27 14 19% 17 0 0
1998 30 MIL NL 48 185 3.85 101 55% 30% 9% 29% 33% 70% 4% 38% 87% 21% 10% 5 0 25% 12 4 13% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
1999 31 CLE AL 29 125 4.31 82 66% 17% 18% 39% 26% 83% 0% 54% 78% 21% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2001 33 MIL NL 36 110 3.06 77 70% 26% 9% 31% 34% 74% 0% 52% 88% 39% 6% 2 0 8% 3 1 3% 1 1 43% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 726 2647 3.65 1622 61% 31% 8% 26% 36% 69% 0% 42% 89% 23% 6% 40 0 17% 123 34 11% 80 38 37% 26 0 0
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 24 28 43 43 2 12 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .279 .279 .442 .721 101 19 1 0 0 0 0
1993 25 59 110 106 9 23 6 0 1 7 0 0 2 15 .217 .229 .302 .531 45 32 1 0 1 1 0
1994 26 60 111 107 9 24 6 0 1 7 0 0 2 15 .224 .236 .308 .545 49 33 1 0 1 1 0
1995 27 72 133 125 10 30 8 0 1 10 0 0 3 15 .240 .252 .328 .580 57 41 2 0 2 3 0
1996 28 176 407 358 37 85 14 1 2 31 0 0 41 30 .237 .317 .299 .616 60 107 9 2 3 3 0
1997 29 275 639 558 56 142 21 1 3 50 1 0 65 47 .254 .333 .312 .645 68 174 13 3 8 5 0
1998 30 297 687 595 60 155 21 1 3 54 2 0 72 53 .261 .342 .314 .656 72 187 16 5 9 6 2
1999 31 307 716 621 60 159 21 1 3 57 2 0 73 59 .256 .337 .308 .645 69 191 17 6 10 6 2
2000 32 307 716 621 60 159 21 1 3 57 2 0 73 59 .256 .337 .308 .645 69 191 17 6 10 6 2
2001 33 319 752 654 66 167 23 1 3 60 2 0 76 66 .255 .336 .307 .643 68 201 18 6 10 6 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 24 28 44 44 2 13 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 .295 .295 .455 .750 6 28
1993 25 31 68 64 8 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 10 .188 .209 .219 .428 3 31
1994 26 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1
1995 27 14 24 20 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 .350 .348 .450 .798 3 12
1996 28 104 266 228 23 50 5 1 1 18 0 35 15 .219 .328 .263 .591 19 104
1997 29 99 229 198 18 55 7 0 1 18 1 23 17 .278 .353 .328 .681 23 99
1998 30 22 48 37 4 13 0 0 0 4 1 7 6 .351 .468 .351 .819 6 22
1999 31 10 30 27 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 .185 .241 .185 .427 1 10
2001 33 12 36 33 6 8 2 0 0 3 0 3 7 .242 .306 .303 .609 3 12
9 Yrs 321 746 652 62 164 22 1 3 58 2 72 66 .252 .329 .302 .631 65 319
162 Game Avg. 162 376 329 31 83 11 1 2 29 1 36 33 .252 .329 .302 .631 33 319

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