Jesse Levan

Jesse Levan
Levan playing for Chattanooga in 1957
Pinch hitter / Third baseman / Left fielder
Born: (1926-07-15)July 15, 1926 Reading, Pennsylvania
Died: November 30, 1998(1998-11-30) (aged 72) Reading, Pennsylvania
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 27, 1947, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
May 15, 1955, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average	.286
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	5
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1947) Washington Senators (1954–1955)

Jesse Roy Levan (July 15, 1926 – November 30, 1998) was an American professional baseball player. In a 14-season pro career, he appeared in Major League Baseball in 1947 with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League and in 1954 and 1955 with the American League's Washington Senators. He was officially listed as standing 6 feet (180 cm) and weighing 172 pounds (78 kg).^[1] In 25 career major league games, Levan had a .286 batting average with a home run and five runs batted in (RBI).

Levan originally signed with the Phillies organization in 1944, then served in World War II after one season. He returned in 1947 and spent two games on the major league roster before returning to the minor leagues, where he won multiple minor league batting titles. He bounced around in various minor league organizations until 1954, when the Washington Senators picked him up. Levan spent the next two seasons with Washington before spending four years with the Chattanooga Lookouts. While in Chattanooga, Levan became the last person banned by baseball's governing organizations for conspiring to fix games, which ended his professional career.