MLB / Players

Lev Shreve

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 150 lb
BornMarch 12, 1866 · Louisville, KY, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 1887
Final gameSeptember 27, 1889
Seasons3 (1887–1889)

Baltimore Orioles 1887; Indianapolis Hoosiers 1887–1889

Percentile snapshot

1888 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
42.3
GS
35
42.3
W
11
23.1
L
24
13.5
SV
0
0
CG
34
42.3
SHO
1
17.3
H
352
21.2
ER
153
5.8
BB
93
25
SO
101
32.7
HR
23
0
IP
297.7
42.3
ERA
4.63
3.8
WHIP
1.495
3.8
K/9
3.05
19.2
FIP
3.80
3.8
FIP-
134.4
0
ERA+
61.2
3.8
sWAR
-3.1
1.9

of 53 qualified 1888 pitchers (min 136 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-3.4
0.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
188720777391711064730.233.273.274.54762.952.2.2581.0
188836119115102130024950.183.210.209.41943.933.6.198-3.1
18893871000001100.000.125.000.125-25.7-63.8.096-1.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1887191981001821748084355160.04.501.6131.974.82117.591.21.0
18883535112403413521539310123297.74.631.4953.053.80134.461.2-3.1
188933030102524125315.713.792.3622.877.33182.229.2-1.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
59
PA
204
AB
195
R
20
H
38
2B
4
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
8
BB
9
SO
17
SB
8
BA
.1949
OBP
.2304
SLG
.2256
OPS
.4560

Pitching

G (P)
57
GS
57
W
19
L
37
SV
0
CG
53
SHO
3
IP
473
SO (P)
141
BB allowed
189
ERA
4.887
WHIP
1.5634
K/9
2.68

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.