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Jack Lewis (baseball)

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Jack Lewis
Second baseman
Born: (1884-02-14)February 14, 1884
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: February 25, 1956(1956-02-25) (aged 72)
Steubenville, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 16, 1911, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Rebels
MLB statistics
Batting average.247
Home runs1
Runs batted in80
Teams

John David Lewis (February 14, 1884 – February 25, 1956) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball, who played in the American League with the Boston Red Sox (1911) and for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the "outlaw" Federal League (1914–15). Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 158 lb., Lewis batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1884, Lewis was a .247 hitter (169-for-684) during his three-season career, with one home run and eighty RBI in 217 games, including sixty-three runs, twenty doubles, ten triples and eighteen stolen bases. In two hundred fielding appearances, he played at second base (172 times), shortstop (twelve times), right field (six times), first base (five times) and third base (one time). He committed fifty-one errors in 1,068 chances for a collective .952 fielding percentage.

Death

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Lewis died in Steubenville, Ohio, on February 25, 1956, at the age of seventy-two.

See also

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