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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 4:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #467. Dick McAuliffe… #468. Chick Stahl… #469. Harry Davis… #470. LU BLUE… #471. George Burns… #472. Kip Selbach… #473. Bob Meusel… 

Standard Batting

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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/O
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/O
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 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1921 DET AL 24 1B 152 1579 1478 85 16 85 .990 10.28 .991 10.63
1922 DET AL 25 1B 144 1616 1506 95 15 106 .991 11.12 .991 10.80 MVP-10
1923 DET AL 26 1B 129 1452 1347 93 12 74 .992 11.16 .990 10.59
1924 DET AL 27 1B 108 1201 1099 85 17 72 .986 10.96 .989 10.49 MVP-19
1925 DET AL 28 1B 148 1600 1480 101 19 115 .988 10.68 .988 10.46 MVP-12
1926 DET AL 29 1B 109 1229 1153 57 19 95 .985 11.10 .990 10.77
1926 DET AL 29 OF 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .967 2.30
1926 DET AL 29 CF 1 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .968 2.70
1927 DET AL 30 1B 104 1126 1040 68 18 99 .984 10.65 .988 10.71
1928 SLB AL 31 1B 154 1596 1472 107 17 121 .989 10.25 .990 10.42
1929 SLB AL 32 1B 151 1589 1491 88 10 127 .994 10.46 .993 10.22
1930 SLB AL 33 1B 111 1194 1110 68 16 91 .987 10.61 .989 10.00
1931 CHW AL 34 1B 155 1549 1452 81 16 105 .990 9.89 .991 10.03 MVP-17
1932 CHW AL 35 1B 105 1118 1014 88 16 106 .986 10.50 .989 10.12
1933 BRO NL 36 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 10.40
13 Seasons 1B 1571 16851 15644 1016 191 1196 .989 10.60 .990 10.43
1 Season OF 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .967 2.30
1 Season CF 1 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .968 2.70
13 Seasons TOT 1572 16857 15647 1017 193 1196 .989 10.60 .990 10.43
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1921 AL  1,478 (4th)
1922 AL  1,506 (3rd)
1923 AL  1,347 (5th)
1925 AL  1,480 (2nd)
1928 AL  1,472 (3rd)
1929 AL  1,491 (1st)
1930 AL  1,110 (5th)
1931 AL  1,452 (1st)
Career  15,647 (38th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  152 (3rd)
1922 AL  144 (4th)
1923 AL  129 (5th)
1925 AL  148 (3rd)
1928 AL  154 (1st)
1929 AL  151 (4th)
1931 AL  155 (1st)
Career  1,571 (52nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  1,478 (4th)
1922 AL  1,506 (3rd)
1923 AL  1,347 (5th)
1925 AL  1,480 (2nd)
1928 AL  1,472 (3rd)
1929 AL  1,491 (1st)
1930 AL  1,110 (5th)
1931 AL  1,452 (1st)
Career  15,644 (37th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1922 AL  95 (4th)
1923 AL  93 (2nd)
1925 AL  101 (2nd)
1928 AL  107 (1st)
1929 AL  88 (4th)
1930 AL  68 (5th)
1931 AL  81 (3rd)
1932 AL  88 (2nd)
Career  1,016 (48th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  16 (2nd)
1922 AL  15 (3rd)
1924 AL  17 (3rd)
1925 AL  19 (4th)
1926 AL  19 (3rd)
1927 AL  18 (2nd)
1928 AL  17 (2nd)
1929 AL  10 (3rd)
1930 AL  16 (3rd)
1931 AL  16 (2nd)
1932 AL  16 (3rd)
Career  191 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  10.28 (5th)
1922 AL  11.12 (2nd)
1923 AL  11.16 (1st)
1924 AL  10.96 (2nd)
1925 AL  10.68 (3rd)
1926 AL  11.10 (2nd)
1927 AL  10.65 (3rd)
1928 AL  10.25 (2nd)
1929 AL  10.46 (2nd)
1930 AL  10.61 (1st)
1931 AL  9.89 (5th)
1932 AL  10.50 (3rd)
Career  10.60 (21st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1921 AL  .990 (5th)
1922 AL  .991 (5th)
1923 AL  .992 (3rd)
1925 AL  .988 (5th)
1928 AL  .989 (4th)
1929 AL  .994 (5th)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Tommy Tucker (870)
  6. Fred Merkle (864)
  7. Pete Fox (859)
  8. George Gore (859)
  9. George Burns (857)
  10. Harry Davis (851)
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  7. Mike Hargrove (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Hargrove (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Judge (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Hargrove (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Hargrove (883)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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