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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, Williams College (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #709. Jack Taylor… #710. Clint Brown… #711. Denny Lemaster… #712. TED LEWIS… #713. Don Larsen… #714. Jeff Weaver… #715. Octavio Dotel… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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 116 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 127 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 3 993 119 1.355 9.4 0.4 2.8 2.3 0.82
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 100 1.233 8.5 0.4 2.6 2.9 1.13
6 Seasons 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 117 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 100 1.233 8.5 0.4 2.6 2.9 1.13
NL (5 yrs) NL 78 47 .624 3.53 144 119 23 105 6 3 1088.2 1080 581 427 43 420 275 31 1 37 4645 117 1.378 8.9 0.4 3.5 2.3 0.65
AL (1 yr) AL 16 17 .485 3.53 39 34 5 31 1 1 316.1 299 172 124 14 91 103 8 0 2 1311 100 1.233 8.5 0.4 2.6 2.9 1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1896 23 BSN NL 41.2 5 32 32 1 1.0 0 0.0 $
1897 24 BSN NL 290.0 34 177 219 9 1.0 42 3.3 $
1898 25 BSN NL 313.1 33 131 199 10 1.0 68 5.7 $
1899 26 BSN NL 234.2 25 119 158 10 1.0 39 3.4 $
1900 27 BSN NL 209.0 22 122 139 5 1.0 17 2.3 $
1901 28 BOS AL 316.1 34 172 216 10 1.0 44 2.4 $
6 Seasons 1405.0 153 753 963 45 1.0 210 17.1 $
BSN (5 yrs) 1088.2 119 581 747 35 1.0 166 14.7 $
BOS (1 yr) 316.1 34 172 216 10 1.0 44 2.4 $

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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
1896 23 BSN NL 6 18 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .167 .278 -29 3 0 0 /1
1897 24 BSN NL 38 126 113 15 28 0 1 0 8 3 6 14 .248 .286 .265 .551 42 30 0 7 1
1898 25 BSN NL 42 142 131 17 37 6 0 0 18 0 6 11 .282 .314 .328 .642 80 43 0 5 1/4
1899 26 BSN NL 29 102 96 9 25 1 1 0 9 1 4 9 .260 .290 .292 .582 54 28 0 2 1
1900 27 BSN NL 30 86 73 10 10 0 0 0 5 0 11 13 .137 .250 .137 .387 3 10 0 2 1
1901 28 BOS AL 39 133 121 14 21 2 1 0 10 0 11 18 .174 .242 .207 .449 26 25 0 1 1
6 Seasons 184 607 552 66 123 10 3 0 52 4 38 66 .223 .273 .252 .525 42 139 0 17
162 Game Avg. 162 534 486 58 108 9 3 0 46 4 33 58 .223 .273 .252 .525 42 122 0 15
BSN (5 yrs) 145 474 431 52 102 8 2 0 42 4 27 48 .237 .282 .265 .546 46 114 0 16
BOS (1 yr) 39 133 121 14 21 2 1 0 10 0 11 18 .174 .242 .207 .449 26 25 0 1
NL (5 yrs) 145 474 431 52 102 8 2 0 42 4 27 48 .237 .282 .265 .546 46 114 0 16
AL (1 yr) 39 133 121 14 21 2 1 0 10 0 11 18 .174 .242 .207 .449 26 25 0 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 Awards
1896 23 BSN NL 18 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1897 24 BSN NL 126 -9 0 0 0 0 3 4 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
1898 25 BSN NL 142 -2 -1 0 0 0 3 4 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 1/4
1899 26 BSN NL 102 -6 -1 0 0 0 3 3 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1900 27 BSN NL 86 -9 0 0 0 0 3 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1901 28 BOS AL 133 -12 0 0 0 0 4 4 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
6 Seasons 607 -42 -2 0 0 0 17 19 -8 -0.4 -8 -0.8 0.4 $
BSN (5 yrs) 474 -30 -2 0 0 0 13 15 -4 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $
BOS (1 yr) 133 -12 0 0 0 0 4 4 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1896 BSN NL 23 P 6 41.2 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 3.46 2.67 .916 2.72 2.62
1897 BSN NL 24 P 38 290.0 55 6 46 3 1 .945 1.61 1.37 .920 2.54 2.44
1898 BSN NL 25 P 41 313.1 88 13 71 4 4 .955 2.41 2.05 .918 2.65 2.55
1898 BSN NL 25 2B 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .943 5.60
1899 BSN NL 26 P 29 234.2 58 17 35 6 0 .897 1.99 1.79 .910 2.68 2.56
1900 BSN NL 27 P 30 209.0 49 8 36 5 1 .898 1.89 1.47 .921 2.67 2.59
1901 BOS AL 28 P 39 316.1 98 7 84 7 1 .929 2.59 2.33 .930 2.99 2.90
6 Seasons P 183 1405.0 364 57 282 25 8 .931 2.17 1.85 .921 2.71 2.61
1 Season 2B 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .943 5.60
6 Seasons TOT 184 1405.0 367 59 283 25 8 .932 2.17 1.86 .921 2.71 2.63
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-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.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1898 NL  5.7 (6th)

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 (131st)

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 InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 40 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (536), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ed Seward (952)
  2. Bill Hoffer (949)
  3. Tom Seaton (947)
  4. Jimmy Callahan (947)
  5. Fred Hutchinson (946)
  6. Pete Vuckovich (944)
  7. Tom Lovett (943)
  8. Jack Harper (942)
  9. Teddy Higuera (940)
  10. Vic Aldridge (938)
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  1. Jack McDowell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Schoolboy Rowe (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Ferriss (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tom Lovett (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jimmy Callahan (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Phillips (987)
  2. Jake Weimer (977)
  3. Nels Potter (975)
  4. Sid Hudson (974)
  5. Ben Cantwell (974)
  6. Jim Bagby (972)
  7. Joe Haynes (971)
  8. Alex Kellner (970)
  9. Tom Brewer (970)
  10. Jeff Tesreau (969)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jesse Barnes (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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