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Jesse Levis

Catcher
Born: (1968-04-14) April 14, 1968 (age 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1992, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 2001, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.255
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	60
Stats at Baseball Reference

Teams
Cleveland Indians (1992–1995) Milwaukee Brewers (1996–1998) Cleveland Indians (1999) Milwaukee Brewers (2001)

Jesse Levis (born April 14, 1968) is an American Major League Baseball scout and former Major League Baseball player. He played for the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers between 1992 and 2001.

Career

After starting as a catcher at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, he accepted a baseball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In 1987 and 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1988.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Levis was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1989 MLB Draft. He became a journeyman catcher, playing for the Indians in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1999. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001. He played Minor League Baseball with not only the Indians and Brewers organizations, but also the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets organizations. He last played professional baseball in 2004 with the Norfolk Tides.

After retiring, he was hired on November 7, 2006, to be a scout for the Boston Red Sox.^[4] He scouted for the Red Sox for two seasons. Levis is Jewish.^[5]

References

^ Gray, John (July 31, 1987). "Orleans 7, Wareham 4". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. p. 37.
^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 12, 1988. p. 22.
^ Jeff Horrigan (March 5, 2008). "Scout in hot water: Levis arrested in Fla". Boston Herald. Retrieved March 5, 2008.(subscription required)
^ Horvitz, Peter S.; Horvitz, Joachim (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball - An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Anecdotal History (1st ed.). New York, N.Y.: S.P.I. pp. 105–106. ISBN 1-56171-973-0. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Stats at MLB.com