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Lu Blue

Luzerne Atwell Blue

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 5, 1897 in Washington, DC
High School: Hall Military (Blairly, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1921
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/WhiteSox/Dodgers 1921-1933

Final Game: April 25, 1933
Died: July 28, 1958 in Alexandria, VA
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1921 24 DET AL 153 709 585 103 180 33 11 5 75 13 17 103 47 .308 .416 .427 .843 116 250 5 16 *3
1922 25 DET AL 145 681 584 131 175 31 9 6 45 8 5 82 48 .300 .392 .414 .807 113 242 7 8 *3 MVP-10
1923 26 DET AL 129 614 504 100 143 27 7 1 46 10 11 96 40 .284 .402 .371 .773 106 187 4 10 *3
1924 27 DET AL 108 476 395 81 123 26 7 2 53 9 4 64 26 .311 .413 .428 .840 119 169 4 13 *3 MVP-19
1925 28 DET AL 150 652 532 91 163 18 9 3 94 19 5 83 29 .306 .403 .391 .794 104 208 3 34 *3 MVP-12
1926 29 DET AL 128 538 429 92 123 24 14 1 52 13 7 90 18 .287 .413 .415 .828 115 178 2 17 *3/8O
1927 30 DET AL 112 454 365 71 95 17 9 1 42 13 7 71 28 .260 .384 .364 .748 94 133 2 16 *3
1928 31 SLB AL 154 678 549 116 154 32 11 14 80 12 7 105 43 .281 .400 .455 .855 121 250 4 20 *3
1929 32 SLB AL 151 712 573 111 168 40 10 6 61 12 6 126 32 .293 .422 .429 .852 116 246 2 11 *3
1930 33 SLB AL 117 524 425 85 100 27 5 4 42 12 7 81 44 .235 .363 .351 .713 80 149 4 14 *3
1931 34 CHW AL 155 725 589 119 179 23 15 1 62 13 3 127 60 .304 .430 .399 .829 125 235 3 6 *3 MVP-17
1932 35 CHW AL 112 443 373 51 93 21 2 0 43 17 6 64 21 .249 .364 .316 .680 83 118 3 3 *3
1933 36 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /3
13 Seasons 1615 7207 5904 1151 1696 319 109 44 695 151 85 1092 436 .287 .402 .401 .803 109 2365 0 43 168
162 Game Avg. 162 723 592 115 170 32 11 4 70 15 110 44 .287 .402 .401 .803 109 237 4 17
DET (7 yrs) 925 4124 3394 669 1002 176 66 19 407 85 56 589 236 .295 .403 .403 .806 110 1367 27 114
SLB (3 yrs) 422 1914 1547 312 422 99 26 24 183 36 20 312 119 .273 .398 .417 .815 108 645 10 45
CHW (2 yrs) 267 1168 962 170 272 44 17 1 105 30 9 191 81 .283 .405 .367 .772 109 353 6 9
BRO (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 1614 7206 5903 1151 1696 319 109 44 695 151 85 1092 436 .287 .402 .401 .803 109 2365 43 168
NL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1921 24 DET AL 709 18 -3 0 0 -6 -7 21 23 2.2 29 2.8 -0.6 $ *3
1922 25 DET AL 681 14 5 0 0 4 -7 19 35 3.6 31 3.1 0.5 $ *3 MVP-10
1923 26 DET AL 614 10 1 0 0 9 -6 17 31 3.1 22 2.2 0.9 $ *3
1924 27 DET AL 476 15 3 0 0 5 -5 15 33 3.2 28 2.8 0.4 $ *3 MVP-19
1925 28 DET AL 652 9 4 0 0 8 -7 20 34 3.3 26 2.5 0.8 $ *3 MVP-12
1926 29 DET AL 538 16 4 0 0 -2 -5 17 30 3.0 32 3.2 -0.2 $ *3/8O
1927 30 DET AL 454 0 2 0 0 1 -5 15 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $ *3
1928 31 SLB AL 678 24 2 0 0 8 -7 21 48 4.8 40 4.0 0.8 $ *3
1929 32 SLB AL 712 20 2 0 0 6 -7 20 41 4.1 35 3.4 0.7 $ *3
1930 33 SLB AL 524 -10 1 0 0 2 -5 16 4 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $ *3
1931 34 CHW AL 725 32 5 0 0 -2 -7 21 49 4.7 51 4.9 -0.2 $ *3 MVP-17
1932 35 CHW AL 443 -8 0 0 0 3 -5 15 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $ *3
1933 36 BRO NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
13 Seasons 7207 140 26 0 0 36 -73 217 346 34.3 310 30.5 3.8 $
DET (7 yrs) 4124 82 16 0 0 19 -42 124 199 19.7 180 17.8 1.9 $
SLB (3 yrs) 1914 34 5 0 0 16 -19 57 93 9.4 77 7.6 1.8 $
CHW (2 yrs) 1168 24 5 0 0 1 -12 36 54 5.2 53 5.1 0.1 $
BRO (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1921 24 DET AL 709 438 99 6.1 113 .328 .308 .298 .416 .364 .427 .419 .843 .783 116 .580 20.0 1.9 .839 .289 .120 7.2
1922 25 DET AL 681 422 93 5.9 107 .319 .300 .289 .392 .354 .414 .406 .807 .760 113 .598 14.9 1.4 .807 .260 .115 6.9
1923 26 DET AL 614 382 73 5.1 106 .307 .284 .288 .402 .357 .371 .398 .773 .755 106 .540 10.4 1.0 .769 .276 .087 1.8
1924 27 DET AL 476 289 69 6.4 110 .330 .311 .295 .413 .365 .428 .405 .840 .770 119 .619 14.4 1.4 .877 .291 .116 3.3
1925 28 DET AL 652 408 86 5.6 114 .320 .306 .297 .403 .367 .391 .416 .794 .784 104 .544 6.5 0.6 .824 .267 .085 5.2
1926 29 DET AL 538 330 73 5.9 110 .298 .287 .291 .413 .363 .415 .408 .828 .771 115 .604 13.8 1.3 .882 .352 .128 1.9
1927 30 DET AL 454 293 51 4.6 111 .280 .260 .294 .384 .362 .364 .413 .748 .776 94 .480 -0.6 -0.1 .765 .315 .104 1.9
1928 31 SLB AL 678 422 99 6.3 111 .285 .281 .292 .400 .358 .455 .415 .855 .773 121 .625 20.9 2.0 .905 .375 .175 12.9
1929 32 SLB AL 712 422 104 6.6 116 .303 .293 .297 .422 .364 .429 .429 .852 .793 116 .627 21.2 2.0 .925 .366 .136 8.0
1930 33 SLB AL 524 346 54 4.2 118 .255 .235 .299 .363 .364 .351 .439 .713 .803 80 .394 -10.7 -1.0 .720 .318 .115 6.0
1931 34 CHW AL 725 419 102 6.5 103 .337 .304 .279 .430 .345 .399 .399 .829 .744 125 .626 30.1 2.8 .908 .328 .095 1.9
1932 35 CHW AL 443 289 44 4.1 105 .264 .249 .276 .364 .346 .316 .406 .680 .752 83 .407 -4.9 -0.5 .685 .268 .067 .0
1933 36 BRO NL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .270 .000 .322 .000 .369 .000 .691 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 7207 4461 947 5.7 110 .305 .287 .291 .402 .359 .401 .413 .803 .772 109 .566 135.7 12.9 .831 .309 .113 68.1
162 Game Avg. 723 447 95 5.7 110 .305 .287 .291 .402 .359 .401 .413 .803 .772 109 .566 14 1 .831 .309 .113 7
DET (7 yrs) 4124 2562 544 5.7 110 .313 .295 .293 .403 .362 .403 .410 .806 .771 110 .569 79.4 7.6 .822 .290 .108 31.1
SLB (3 yrs) 1914 1190 257 5.8 115 .283 .273 .296 .398 .362 .417 .427 .815 .789 108 .568 31.4 3.0 .859 .356 .144 28.8
CHW (2 yrs) 1168 708 146 5.5 104 .308 .283 .278 .405 .345 .367 .402 .772 .747 109 .549 25.2 2.4 .817 .305 .084 1.9
BRO (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .270 .000 .322 .000 .369 .000 .691 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (12 yrs) 7206 4460 947 5.7 110 .305 .287 .291 .402 .359 .401 .413 .803 .772 109 .566 135.9 13.0 .831 .310 .113 68.1
NL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .270 .000 .322 .000 .369 .000 .691 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1921 24 DET AL 709 0.7% 6.6% 14.5% 6.9% 27% 0.46 12.4 117.0 7.8 75%
1922 25 DET AL 681 0.9% 7.1% 12.0% 6.8% 26% 0.59 12.2 97.3 13.0 78%
1923 26 DET AL 614 0.2% 6.5% 15.6% 5.7% 25% 0.42 12.6 504.0 11.0 75%
1924 27 DET AL 476 0.4% 5.5% 13.5% 7.4% 29% 0.41 15.2 197.5 7.5 77%
1925 28 DET AL 652 0.5% 4.5% 12.7% 4.6% 18% 0.35 18.3 177.3 5.7 77%
1926 29 DET AL 538 0.2% 3.4% 16.7% 7.3% 32% 0.20 23.8 429.0 8.3 76%
1927 30 DET AL 454 0.2% 6.2% 15.6% 6.0% 28% 0.39 13.0 365.0 8.7 74%
1928 31 SLB AL 678 2.1% 6.3% 15.5% 8.4% 37% 0.41 12.8 39.2 6.9 73%
1929 32 SLB AL 712 0.8% 4.5% 17.7% 7.9% 33% 0.25 17.9 95.5 9.4 75%
1930 33 SLB AL 524 0.8% 8.4% 15.5% 6.9% 36% 0.54 9.7 106.3 10.1 72%
1931 34 CHW AL 725 0.1% 8.3% 17.5% 5.4% 22% 0.47 9.8 589.0 9.5 73%
1932 35 CHW AL 443 0.0% 4.7% 14.5% 5.2% 25% 0.33 17.8 8.7 79%
1933 36 BRO NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
13 Seasons 7207 0.6% 6.1% 15.2% 6.6% 28% 0.40 13.5 134.2 8.5 75%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.5% 7.9% 6.8% 27% 0.95 11.9 77.5 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1921 24 153 709 585 103 180 33 11 5 75 13 17 103 47 .308 .416 .427 .843 116 250 5 16
1922 25 298 1390 1169 234 355 64 20 11 120 21 22 185 95 .304 .404 .421 .825 115 492 12 24
1923 26 427 2004 1673 334 498 91 27 12 166 31 33 281 135 .298 .404 .406 .809 112 679 16 34
1924 27 535 2480 2068 415 621 117 34 14 219 40 37 345 161 .300 .405 .410 .815 113 848 20 47
1925 28 685 3132 2600 506 784 135 43 17 313 59 42 428 190 .302 .405 .406 .811 111 1056 23 81
1926 29 813 3670 3029 598 907 159 57 18 365 72 49 518 208 .299 .406 .407 .813 112 1234 25 98
1927 30 925 4124 3394 669 1002 176 66 19 407 85 56 589 236 .295 .403 .403 .806 110 1367 27 114
1928 31 1079 4802 3943 785 1156 208 77 33 487 97 63 694 279 .293 .403 .410 .813 112 1617 31 134
1929 32 1230 5514 4516 896 1324 248 87 39 548 109 69 820 311 .293 .405 .413 .818 112 1863 33 145
1930 33 1347 6038 4941 981 1424 275 92 43 590 121 76 901 355 .288 .402 .407 .809 109 2012 37 159
1931 34 1502 6763 5530 1100 1603 298 107 44 652 134 79 1028 415 .290 .405 .406 .811 111 2247 40 165
1932 35 1614 7206 5903 1151 1696 319 109 44 695 151 85 1092 436 .287 .402 .401 .803 109 2365 43 168
1933 36 1615 7207 5904 1151 1696 319 109 44 695 151 85 1092 436 .287 .402 .401 .803 109 2365 0 43 168

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1921 24 161 705 600 95 174 32 11 5 69 13 100 49 .290 .396 .405 .801 95 153
1922 25 152 697 606 132 179 32 9 6 45 8 84 50 .295 .387 .408 .795 94 145
1923 26 136 626 525 99 145 27 7 1 45 10 97 42 .276 .393 .360 .753 74 129
1924 27 114 474 407 77 121 26 7 2 50 9 63 27 .297 .397 .410 .807 65 108
1925 28 158 628 545 83 157 17 9 3 86 18 80 31 .288 .382 .369 .751 76 150
1926 29 135 539 446 90 124 24 14 1 51 13 91 19 .278 .403 .401 .804 72 128
1927 30 117 445 374 66 92 16 9 1 39 13 69 29 .246 .366 .345 .711 47 112
1928 31 162 676 568 110 152 32 11 14 76 12 104 45 .268 .385 .437 .821 94 154
1929 32 160 713 590 100 161 38 10 6 55 12 121 34 .273 .398 .402 .800 93 151
1930 33 123 511 433 70 91 25 5 4 35 11 74 46 .210 .331 .319 .649 44 117
1931 34 162 735 606 114 177 23 15 1 59 13 126 63 .292 .416 .384 .801 96 155
1932 35 118 455 388 49 93 21 2 0 42 17 64 22 .240 .352 .304 .656 41 112
1933 36 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
13 Seasons 1699 7205 6089 1085 1666 313 109 44 652 149 1073 457 .274 .386 .382 .769 891 1615
162 Game Avg. 162 687 581 103 159 30 10 4 62 14 102 44 .274 .386 .382 .769 85 1615

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1954 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1922 AL (10, 17%)
1924 AL (19, 5%)
1925 AL (12, 11%)
1931 AL (17, 5%)
0.38 Career Shares (525th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1928 AL  4.8 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1928 AL  4.8 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1931 AL  4.9 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 AL  0.9 (4th)
1925 AL  0.8 (3rd)
1928 AL  0.8 (3rd)
1929 AL  0.7 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1921 AL  .416 (8th)
1928 AL  .400 (8th)
1929 AL  .422 (6th)
1931 AL  .430 (5th)
Career  .402 (52nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL  153 (8th)
1928 AL  154 (3rd)
1929 AL  151 (10th)
1931 AL  155 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1921 AL  709 (4th)
1922 AL  681 (8th)
1928 AL  678 (7th)
1929 AL  712 (3rd)
1931 AL  725 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1922 AL  131 (2nd)
1923 AL  100 (10th)
1928 AL  116 (4th)
1931 AL  119 (6th)
Career  1,151 (203rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1928 AL  250 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL  40 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 AL  14 (5th)
1931 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  109 (126th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  14 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1921 AL  103 (2nd)
1922 AL  82 (3rd)
1923 AL  96 (3rd)
1925 AL  83 (5th)
1926 AL  90 (6th)
1927 AL  71 (5th)
1928 AL  105 (2nd)
1929 AL  126 (2nd)
1930 AL  81 (5th)
1931 AL  127 (2nd)
Career  1,092 (77th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1921 AL  47 (10th)
1922 AL  48 (9th)
1931 AL  60 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1925 AL  19 (4th)
1926 AL  13 (10th)
1931 AL  13 (10th)
1932 AL  17 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1925 AL  133 (9th)
1931 AL  140 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1928 AL  99 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1921 AL  20 (10th)
1931 AL  30 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1921 AL  1.9 (10th)
1931 AL  2.8 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  57 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 AL  288 (3rd)
1922 AL  264 (6th)
1925 AL  249 (10th)
1928 AL  263 (6th)
1929 AL  296 (1st)
1931 AL  309 (3rd)
Career  2,831 (245th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1925 AL  34 (4th)
Career  168 (128th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1921 AL  17 (2nd)
Career  85 (189th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1928 AL  12.9 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1928 AL  39.2 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1928 AL  422 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 52 (486), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (590), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (482), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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