Jesse Levis

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jesse Levis

|image=Jesse Levis Orleans Cardinals.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|4|14}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 24

|debutyear=1992

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 7

|finalyear=2001

|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.255

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=60

|teams=

Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|1992}}–{{Baseball year|1995}})
Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|1996}}–{{Baseball year|1998}})
Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|1999}})
Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|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.{{cite news | last = Gray| first =John | title = Orleans 7, Wareham 4 | pages =37 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = July 31, 1987 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/4702?medianame=1987_thecapecodder_vol42_issue59_orleans_000037 }}{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}{{cite news | title = Caps' Dave Staton Heads List of Cape League East Stars | pages = 22 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = July 12, 1988 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/4801?medianame=1988_thecapecodder_vol43_issue55_orleans_000022 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1077879&srvc=redsox&position=5|title=Scout in hot water: Levis arrested in Fla.|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=Boston Herald|author=Jeff Horrigan|accessdate=March 5, 2008}}{{subscription required}} He scouted for the Red Sox for two seasons.

Levis is Jewish.{{cite book|last1=Horvitz|first1=Peter S.|last2=Horvitz|first2=Joachim|title=The Big Book of Jewish Baseball - An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Anecdotal History|date=2001|publisher=S.P.I.|location=New York, N.Y.|isbn=1-56171-973-0|pages=105–106|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&q=jesse+levis+jewish&pg=PA105|accessdate=27 May 2016}}