Ed Levy

Edward Clarence Levy
born Edward Clarence Whitner

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 28, 1916 in Birmingham, AL
School: Rollins College (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Phillies 1940-1944

Final Game: June 17, 1944
Died: October 27, 2008 in Titusville, FL
Buried: Hillview Cemetery, LaGrange, GA
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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…

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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	Pos
1936	19	DET-NYY-min	B,A,AA	83	299	299		89	19	9	3						.298	.298	.452	.749		135				AUG,NFK,BNG,NWK · SALL,PIED,NYPL,IL
1937	20	NYY-min	B	136	524	524		164	40	12	14						.313	.313	.515	.828		270				NFK · PIED
1938	21	NYY-min	A	134	509	509		162	35	14	12						.318	.318	.513	.831		261				BNG · EL
1939	22	NYY-min	AA	148	539	539		132	28	8	15						.245	.245	.410	.655		221				NWK,OLD · IL,PCL
1940	23	NYY-min	AA	137	536	536		154	26	4	20						.287	.287	.463	.750		248				NWK · IL
1940	23	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1942	25	NYY-min	AA	139	556	503	63	154	37	7	8	70	21		44	55	.306	.363	.455	.818		229	12	1	8	KCY · AA
1942	25	NYY	AL	13	45	41	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	5	.122	.200	.122	.322	-8	5	2	0	0	3

1944	27	-min	AA	46	141	126	17	36	5	2	1	15	3		12	12	.286	.353	.381	.733		48	2	1	2	MLW · AA
1944	27	NYY	AL	40	163	153	12	37	11	2	4	29	1	1	6	19	.242	.270	.418	.689	92	64	2	0	4	7O
1946	29	-min	D	129	462	462		147	30	8	2						.318	.318	.431	.749		199				SNF · FLOR
1947	30	BOS-min	AAA	126	475	425	47	122	26	5	13	71	7		48	54	.287	.359	.464	.823		197		0	2	TTO · IL
1948	31	CLE-min	AAA	121	455	408	56	99	19	5	22	79	1		41	44	.243	.312	.475	.787		194		0	6	BLT · IL
1949	32	BAL-min	AA,B	94	296	296		84	19	0	11						.284	.284	.459	.743		136				SAN,SPR · TL,IIIL
1950	33	SFG-min	D	128	406	406		136	33	1	33						.335	.335	.665	1.000		270				SNF · FLOR
1951	34	MIN-min	D	128	437	437		134	29	2	17						.307	.307	.499	.805		218				ORL · FLOR
1952	35	MIN-min	D	133	435	435		143	33	3	19						.329	.329	.549	.878		239				ORL · FLOR
1953	36	CLE-min	D	116	440	440		133	33	2	14						.302	.302	.482	.784		212				DYB · FLOR
1954	37	STL-min	D	119	415	415		116	27	2	16						.280	.280	.470	.749		195				DYB · FLOR
1955	38	CLE-min	D	28	45	45		13	1	0	1						.289	.289	.378	.667		17				VID · GASL
3 Seasons				54	209	195	17	42	11	2	4	32	2	1	10	24	.215	.254	.354	.608	70	69	4	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	627	585	51	126	33	6	12	96	6		30	72	.215	.254	.354	.608	70	207	12	0	12

NYY (2 yrs)				53	208	194	17	42	11	2	4	32	2	1	10	24	.216	.255	.356	.611	71	69	4	0	4
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				53	208	194	17	42	11	2	4	32	2	1	10	24	.216	.255	.356	.611	71	69	4	0	4
NL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

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
1940	23	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

1942	25	NYY	AL	45	-6	1	0	0	1	-1	1	-4	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$	3

1944	27	NYY	AL	163	-4	-1	0	0	0	-2	4	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	7O
3 Seasons				209	-10	0	0	0	1	-3	5	-7	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$

NYY (2 yrs)				208	-10	0	0	0	1	-3	5	-7	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1942	NYY	AL	25	1B	13	13	8	126	114	11	1	12	.992	9.62	.989	10.08
1944	NYY	AL	27	LF	36	35	33	80	75	2	3	0	.963	2.14	.972	2.35
1944	NYY	AL	27	OF	36	35	33	80	75	2	3	0	.963	2.14	.974	2.47
	1 Season			LF	36	35	33	80	75	2	3	0	.963	2.14	.972	2.35
	1 Season			OF	36	35	33	80	75	2	3	0	.963	2.14	.974	2.47
	1 Season			1B	13	13	8	126	114	11	1	12	.992	9.62	.989	10.08
	3 Seasons			TOT	49	48	41	206	189	13	4	12	.981	4.12	.983	4.49

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

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

February 24, 1940: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Shilling and $15,000. Ed Levy returned to original team on April 27, 1940.
January 22, 1943: Traded by the New York Yankees with Al Gettel and $10,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Nick Etten. Al Gettel and Ed Levy returned to original team on March 26, 1943. The New York Yankees sent Tom Padden (March 26, 1943) and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
June 20, 1944: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to Milwaukee (American Association) for Hersh Martin.
May 8, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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