Jesse Levis

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: April 14, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 36th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northeast HS (Philadelphia, PA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC).

High Schools: Northeast HS (Philadelphia, PA), Northeast Manual Training School (Philadelphia, PA)

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 24, 1992 (Age 24-010d, 16,121st in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 33-176d)
vs. ARI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

National Team: us USA (College,18U)

Full Name: Jesse Levis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

654

167

.255

RBI

OBP

.336

SLG

.307

OPS

.643

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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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	2H/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/H
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	/H
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/H
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	2H/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	2H/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/H
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	/2H

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/H
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

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