Jack Lewis (baseball)

Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis
	Second baseman
	Born: February 14, 1884; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	Died: February 25, 1956 (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 runs	1
Runs batted in	80
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Boston Red Sox (1911); Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–15);

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

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.

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