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Luke Easter
Luscious Luke Easter

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 240 lb.

Debut August 11, 1949
Final Game May 4, 1954
Born August 4, 1915 in Jonestown, MS
Died March 29, 1979 in Euclid, OH

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 33 CLE AL  21   45    6   10   3  0   0    2   0  1   8   6  .222  .340  .289   69   13   1           0   2
 1950 34 CLE AL 141  540   96  151  20  4  28  107   0  3  70  95  .280  .373  .487  121  263   3          10  15
 1951 35 CLE AL 128  486   65  131  12  5  27  103   0  1  37  71  .270  .333  .481  123  234   0           9  14
 1952 36 CLE AL 127  437   63  115  10  3  31   97   1  1  44  84  .263  .337  .513  141  224   0           5   5 MVP-13
 1953 37 CLE AL  68  211   26   64   9  0   7   31   0  2  15  35  .303  .361  .445  118   94   0           4  13
 1954 38 CLE AL   6    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -9    1   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      491 1725  256  472  54 12  93  340   1  8 174 293  .274  .350  .481  124  829   4   0   0  28  49
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   84  156  18  4  31  112   0  3  57  97  .274  .350  .481  124  274   1   0   0   9  16
 Career High    141  540   96  151  20  5  31  107   1  3  70  95  .280  .373  .513  141  263   3   0   0  10  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 33 CLE AL   54   39    4   2.7   105| .222  .268| .340  .360| .289  .390| .629  .750|  69  .279  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1950 34 CLE AL  623  410   94   6.1   111| .280  .275| .373  .361| .487  .412| .860  .773| 121  .592  16.2   1.5   0%
 1951 35 CLE AL  532  370   75   5.4    98| .270  .261| .333  .342| .481  .383| .814  .725| 123  .586  11.6   1.2   0%
 1952 36 CLE AL  486  328   74   6.1    91| .263  .253| .337  .332| .513  .369| .850  .701| 141  .669  20.2   2.1  50%
 1953 37 CLE AL  230  162   32   5.3   101| .303  .267| .361  .343| .445  .393| .806  .736| 118  .578   5.2   0.5   0%
 1954 38 CLE AL    6    5    0   0.0   100| .167  .268| .167  .344| .167  .391| .334  .735|  -9  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1931 1314  279   5.7   101| .274  .264| .350  .346| .481  .390| .831  .736| 124  .599  50.5   5.0  11%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 33 CLE AL OF 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.75 2.27 0 0 12 1950 34 CLE AL 1B 128 1100 82 11 114 .991 .989 9.23 7.81 OF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 2.34 0 0 13 1951 35 CLE AL 1B 125 1043 68 14 108 .988 .990 8.89 8.00 1952 36 CLE AL 1B 118 940 90 18 87 .983 .988 8.73 8.47 1953 37 CLE AL 1B 56 442 30 9 54 .981 .989 8.43 8.85
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 34 CLE AL 1B 128 1100 82 11 114 .991 .989 9.23 7.81 1951 35 CLE AL 1B 125 1043 68 14 108 .988 .990 8.89 8.00 1952 36 CLE AL 1B 118 940 90 18 87 .983 .988 8.73 8.47 1953 37 CLE AL 1B 56 442 30 9 54 .981 .989 8.43 8.85 1949 33 CLE AL OF 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.75 2.27 0 0 12 1950 34 CLE AL OF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 2.34 0 0 13
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 427 3525 270 52 363 .986 .989 8.89 8.19 OF 25 23 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.92 2.30 0 0 25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 452 3548 270 52 363 .987 .989 8.45 7.86
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-AL-13-0.12
Car-829-0.12 shares

Slugging %
1951 AL-.481-9
1952 AL-.513-4

OPS
1952 AL-.850-7

Home Runs
1950 AL-28-6
1951 AL-27-4
1952 AL-31-2

RBI
1950 AL-107-8
1951 AL-103-4
1952 AL-97-6

Strikeouts
1950 AL-95-2
1951 AL-71-6
1952 AL-84-7

Adjusted OPS+
1952 AL-141-5

Offensive Win%
1952 AL-.669-8

Hit By Pitch
1950 AL-10-1
1951 AL-9-4
1952 AL-5-9

At Bats per Home Run
1950 AL-19.3-5
1951 AL-18.0-3
1952 AL-14.1-1

Oldest Player
1953 AL-37-9
1954 AL-38-4

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 30 (770) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.0 (988) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1206) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

February 19, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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