Jesse Levis

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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 Schools: Northeast HS (Philadelphia, PA), 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Indians 1992-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 33)
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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
1989	21	CLE-min	Rk,A,AAA	55	208	181	22	58	10	0	6	27	2	0	22	22	.320	.404	.475	.879		86	3	4	0	1	3		BRL,KIN,CSP · APPY,CARL,PCL
1990	22	CLE-min	A+	107	458	382	63	113	18	3	7	64	4	1	64	42	.296	.398	.414	.812		158		5	1	6	1		KIN · CARL
1991	23	CLE-min	AA	115	428	382	31	101	17	3	6	45	2	5	40	36	.264	.333	.372	.704		142	11	0	4	2	5		CAK · EL
1992	24	CLE-min	AAA	87	296	253	39	92	20	1	6	44	1	3	37	25	.364	.444	.522	.965		132	9	1	3	2	0		CSP · PCL
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-min	AAA	47	148	129	10	32	6	1	2	20	0	2	15	12	.248	.327	.357	.683		46	7	1	1	2	1		CHR · IL
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-min	AAA	111	436	375	55	107	20	0	10	59	2	0	55	39	.285	.374	.419	.793		157	14	1	0	5	6		CHR · IL
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-min	AAA	66	231	196	26	61	16	0	4	20	0	3	32	11	.311	.413	.454	.867		89	7	2	1	0	0		BFL · AA
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	TBD-min	AAA,AA	40	167	142	26	50	12	0	2	19	0	0	21	13	.352	.437	.479	.916		68	4	2	0	2	1		DHM,ORL · IL,SOUL
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

2000	32	CLE-min	AAA	53	189	168	17	48	8	0	3	21	0	0	17	12	.286	.353	.387	.740		65	7	1	2	1	0		BFL · IL
2001	33	ATL-MIL-min	AAA	79	264	232	22	63	7	0	3	34	2	0	26	21	.272	.352	.341	.693		79	9	3	3	0	2		RMD,INA · IL
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
2002	34	CIN-min	AAA	84	295	254	24	72	11	1	3	25	1	1	31	19	.283	.369	.370	.739		94	6	5	2	3	3		LOU · IL
2003	35	PHI-min	AAA	79	290	265	26	74	16	0	0	30	1	0	18	18	.279	.328	.340	.667		90	12	2	3	2	4		SWB · IL
2004	36	NYM-min	AAA	10	28	27	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.370	.393	.444	.837		12	1	0	0	0	0		NFK · IL
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 (v2.2): 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
1992	24	CLE	AL	28	43	-0	-0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	0.1	2		2/D
1993	25	CLE	AL	31	67	-9	-0	1	0	1	-7	-0.7	3	-5	-0.5	.477	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5		2
1994	26	CLE	AL	1	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.544	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$125,000
1995	27	CLE	AL	12	22	0	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.499	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$128,000	2
1996	28	MIL	AL	104	274	-11	-0	1	2	4	-4	-0.2	10	6	0.7	.496	.498	0.4	0.6	4	$150,000	2/D
1997	29	MIL	AL	99	232	-2	-1	0	1	3	1	0.2	9	10	1.0	.501	.501	0.9	0.4	9	$207,500	2/D
1998	30	MIL	NL	22	48	1	-0	-0	-1	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.2	-0.1	3	$350,000	2
1999	31	CLE	AL	10	29	-5	-1	-0	0	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.453	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$400,000	/2

2001	33	MIL	NL	12	36	-1	-0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.1	0		2
9 Seasons				319	752	-26	-3	1	1	10	-16	-1.4	28	11	1.1	.495	.499	1.0	1.2	10	$1,360,500

CLE (5 yrs)				82	162	-13	-2	0	0	3	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.6	.486	.498	-0.6	0.3	-6	$653,000
MIL (4 yrs)				237	590	-13	-1	1	1	8	-5	-0.3	22	17	1.7	.498	.499	1.6	0.9	16	$707,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1992	CLE	AL	24	C	21	9	2	87.2	65	59	5	1	0	.985	0	0	6.57	3.05	.989	6.20	6.18	1	1	7	2	22%	34%	0
1992	CLE	AL	24	DH	1	0
1993	CLE	AL	25	C	29	16	10	155.2	117	109	7	1	4	.991	0	0	6.71	4.00	.991	6.56	6.50	1	4	13	7	35%	36%	0
1995	CLE	AL	27	C	12	5	2	56.1	38	33	5	0	1	1.000	0	0	6.07	3.17	.990	6.74	6.67	0	3	8	3	27%	31%	0
1996	MIL	AL	28	C	90	57	45	545.0	400	373	26	1	5	.998	2	4	6.59	4.43	.990	6.91	6.87	5	16	37	14	27%	30%	1
1996	MIL	AL	28	DH	6	0
1997	MIL	AL	29	C	78	40	31	399.2	317	296	19	2	1	.994	1	3	7.09	4.04	.991	7.15	7.09	4	9	34	12	26%	33%	1
1997	MIL	AL	29	DH	8	5
1998	MIL	NL	30	C	14	8	5	87.1	85	83	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-14	8.76	6.07	.990	7.50	7.47	1	2	7	1	13%	32%	0
1999	CLE	AL	31	C	9	7	7	66.1	56	53	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	7.60	6.22	.991	6.97	6.87	0	1	5	1	17%	33%	0
2001	MIL	NL	33	C	11	9	9	82.0	63	59	3	1	1	.984	-1	-15	6.80	5.64	.992	7.74	7.65	1	1	6	1	14%	33%	0
	8 Seasons			C	264	151	111	1480.0	1141	1065	70	6	12	.995	1	1	6.90	4.30	.990	6.97	6.89	13	37	117	41	26%	32%	2
	9 Seasons			TOT	264	151	111	1480.0	1141	1065	70	6	12	.995	1	1	6.90	4.30	.990	6.97	6.89	13	37	117	41	26%	32%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as C s c a p y 1996 AL .998 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1996 AL .998 (1st)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 36th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1989.
April 4, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and Scott Nate (minors). The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jared Camp (minors) (June 9, 1996) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
September 29, 1998: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
December 18, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
July 28, 1999: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
July 30, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
August 3, 2001: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
August 11, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 6, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 30, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1994	26	Cleveland Indians	$125,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	27	Cleveland Indians	$128,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$150,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$207,500	1997 AP survey
1998	30	Milwaukee Brewers	$350,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	31	Cleveland Indians	$400,000	11/19/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,360,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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