Ted Lewis

Edward Morgan Lewis (Parson)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: December 25, 1872 in Machynileth, Wales
Schools: Marietta College (Marietta, OH), Williams College (Williamstown, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1896
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Americans 1896-1901

Final Game: September 26, 1901
Died: May 23, 1936 in Durham, NH
Buried: Durham Cemetery, Durham, NH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1896	23	BSN	NL	1	4	.200	3.24	6	5	1	4	0	0	41.2	37	32	15	2	27	12	0	0	6	184	141	1.536	8.0	0.4	5.8	2.6	0.44
1897	24	BSN	NL	21	12	.636	3.85	38	34	4	30	2	1	290.0	316	177	124	11	125	65	10	1	8	1284	115	1.521	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.0	0.52
1898	25	BSN	NL	26	8	*.765*	2.90	41	33	8	29	1	2	313.1	267	131	101	9	109	72	9	0	12	1284	128	1.200	7.7	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.66
1899	26	BSN	NL	17	11	.607	3.49	29	25	3	23	2	0	234.2	245	119	91	10	73	60	8	0	3	993	118	1.355	9.4	0.4	2.8	2.3	0.82
1900	27	NCH	F	3	0	1.000		3	3		3	0		27.0	20	5											6.7					NCH · CTST
1900	27	BSN	NL	13	12	.520	4.13	30	22	7	19	1	0	209.0	215	122	96	11	86	66	4	0	8	900	99	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	2.8	0.77
1901	28	BOS	AL	16	17	.485	3.53	39	34	5	31	1	1	316.1	299	172	124	14	91	103	8	0	2	1311	101	1.233	8.5	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.13
6 Yrs				94	64	.595	3.53	183	153	28	136	7	4	1405.0	1379	753	551	57	511	378	39	1	39	5956	113	1.345	8.8	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.74
162 Game Avg.				19	13	.595	3.53	37	31	6	28	1	1	284	279	152	112	12	103	77	8	0	8	1205	113	1.345	8.8	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.74

BSN (5 yrs)				78	47	.624	3.53	144	119	23	105	6	3	1088.2	1080	581	427	43	420	275	31	1	37	4645	116	1.378	8.9	0.4	3.5	2.3	0.65
BOS (1 yr)				16	17	.485	3.53	39	34	5	31	1	1	316.1	299	172	124	14	91	103	8	0	2	1311	101	1.233	8.5	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.13

NL (5 yrs)				78	47	.624	3.53	144	119	23	105	6	3	1088.2	1080	581	427	43	420	275	31	1	37	4645	116	1.378	8.9	0.4	3.5	2.3	0.65
AL (1 yr)				16	17	.485	3.53	39	34	5	31	1	1	316.1	299	172	124	14	91	103	8	0	2	1311	101	1.233	8.5	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1896	23	BSN	NL	41.2	6	5	32	6.91	5.99	0.22	0.00	104.0	5.99	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.458	.498	$
1897	24	BSN	NL	290.0	38	34	177	5.49	5.72	0.42	0.00	103.0	5.46	7	0.6	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.516	.504	$
1898	25	BSN	NL	313.1	41	33	131	3.76	4.89	0.41	0.00	103.0	4.61	36	3.7	1.0	-0.3	6.1	65	.589	.523	$
1899	26	BSN	NL	234.2	29	25	119	4.56	5.21	0.58	0.00	107.0	4.95	17	1.6	1.0	-0.2	3.4	38	.555	.510	$
1900	27	BSN	NL	209.0	30	22	122	5.25	5.17	0.29	0.00	111.0	5.42	8	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.3	25	.525	.505	$
1901	28	BOS	AL	316.1	39	34	172	4.89	5.33	0.41	0.00	97.0	4.77	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.503	.501	$
6 Seasons				1405.0	183	153	753	4.82	5.29	0.42	0.00	103.5	5.04	66	6.5	1.0	-1.1	17.5	194	.535	.507	$

BSN (5 yrs)				1088.2	144	119	581	4.80	5.28	0.42	0.00	105.4	5.12	65	6.4	1.0	-0.9	14.7	162	.544	.508	$
BOS (1 yr)				316.1	39	34	172	4.89	5.33	0.41	0.00	97.0	4.77	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.503	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1896	23	1	4	.200	3.24	6	5	1	4	0	0	41.2	37	32	15	2	27	12	0	0	6	184	141	1.536	8.0	0.4	5.8	2.6	0.44	141
1897	24	22	16	.579	3.77	44	39	5	34	2	1	331.2	353	209	139	13	152	77	10	1	14	1468	118	1.523	9.6	0.4	4.1	2.1	0.51	118
1898	25	48	24	.667	3.35	85	72	13	63	3	3	645.0	620	340	240	22	261	149	19	1	26	2752	122	1.366	8.7	0.3	3.6	2.1	0.57	122
1899	26	65	35	.650	3.39	114	97	16	86	5	3	879.2	865	459	331	32	334	209	27	1	29	3745	121	1.363	8.8	0.3	3.4	2.1	0.63	121
1900	27	78	47	.624	3.53	144	119	23	105	6	3	1088.2	1080	581	427	43	420	275	31	1	37	4645	116	1.378	8.9	0.4	3.5	2.3	0.65	116
1901	28	94	64	.595	3.53	183	153	28	136	7	4	1405.0	1379	753	551	57	511	378	39	1	39	5956	113	1.345	8.8	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.74	113

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1896	23	4	1	.800	2.21	53.0	39	14	13	2	28	15	0	1.264	6.6	4.8	2.5	0.54	0.3	6
1897	24	27	12	.692	2.70	360.0	324	120	108	11	128	81	10	1.256	8.1	3.2	2.0	0.63	0.3	38
1898	25	26	10	.722	2.55	325.0	261	102	92	9	107	75	9	1.132	7.2	3.0	2.1	0.70	0.2	41
1899	26	18	9	.667	2.77	247.0	229	84	76	9	68	63	7	1.202	8.3	2.5	2.3	0.93	0.3	29
1900	27	16	10	.615	3.14	241.0	215	93	84	11	86	76	4	1.249	8.0	3.2	2.8	0.88	0.4	30
1901	28	26	15	.634	3.03	371.0	327	139	125	15	100	121	9	1.151	7.9	2.4	2.9	1.21	0.4	39
6 Yrs		117	57	.672	2.81	1597.0	1395	552	498	57	517	431	39	1.197	7.9		2.4	0.83	0.3	183

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1898 NL 6.1 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1898 NL 2.90 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1897 NL 21 (7th) 1898 NL 26 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1898 NL .765 (1st) Career .595 (132nd)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1898 NL 1.200 (6th) 1901 AL 1.233 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1898 NL 7.669 (3rd) 1901 AL 8.507 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1900 NL 2.842 (8th) 1901 AL 2.931 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1901 AL 39 (7th)
Saves s c a p y 1897 NL 1 (8th) 1898 NL 2 (2nd) 1901 AL 1 (2nd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1901 AL 316.3 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1901 AL 103 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1901 AL 34 (7th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1901 AL 31 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1897 NL 2 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1897 NL 11 (4th) 1898 NL 9 (7th) 1899 NL 10 (5th) 1900 NL 11 (2nd) 1901 AL 14 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1897 NL 125 (6th) 1901 AL 91 (9th)
Losses s c a p y 1901 AL 17 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 AL 124 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1898 NL 12 (6th) 1900 NL 8 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1901 AL 1,311 (8th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1898 NL 8 (4th) 1900 NL 7 (4th) 1901 AL 5 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1898 NL 127 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1898 NL 31 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1898 NL 3.0 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 40 (633), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jack McDowell (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Schoolboy Rowe (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Ferriss (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Lovett (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Callahan (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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