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Jack Lewis

1884 – 1956

American baseball player

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Lived 1884 – 1956 (aged 72). Jack Lewis was an American baseball player.

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 and for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the "outlaw" Federal League (1914–15). Listed at , 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.

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

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Who was Jack Lewis?

American baseball player

When was Jack Lewis born?

Jack Lewis was born on 14 February 1884 in Pittsburgh.

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Jack Lewis died on 25 February 1956 in Steubenville.

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Jack Lewis was a baseball player.

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Jack Lewis was American.

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· Wikipedia: Jack Lewis

· Wikidata: Q6113678

· DBpedia: Jack Lewis (baseball)

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