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Luke Boone

Lute Joseph Boone (Danny)

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 6, 1890 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Smokeville HS (Smokeville, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1913 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pirates 1913-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918 (Age 28)
Died: July 29, 1982 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, PA
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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
1913 23 NYY AL 6 15 12 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .333 .467 .333 .800 135 4 0 0 /6
1914 24 NYY AL 106 413 370 34 82 8 2 0 21 10 18 31 41 .222 .285 .254 .539 62 94 2 10 4/5O
1915 25 NYY AL 130 494 431 44 88 12 2 5 43 14 17 41 53 .204 .285 .276 .562 68 119 8 14 *46/5
1916 26 NYY AL 46 146 124 14 23 4 0 1 8 7 8 10 .185 .252 .242 .494 47 30 3 7 56/4
1918 28 PIT NL 27 101 91 7 18 3 0 0 3 1 8 6 .198 .263 .231 .493 48 21 0 6 6/4
5 Yrs 315 1169 1028 102 215 27 4 6 76 32 35 91 111 .209 .282 .261 .543 63 268 13 37
162 Game Avg. 162 601 529 52 111 14 2 3 39 16 47 57 .209 .282 .261 .543 63 138 7 19
NYY (4 yrs) 288 1068 937 95 197 24 4 6 73 31 35 83 105 .210 .284 .264 .547 64 247 13 31
PIT (1 yr) 27 101 91 7 18 3 0 0 3 1 8 6 .198 .263 .231 .493 48 21 0 6
AL (4 yrs) 288 1068 937 95 197 24 4 6 73 31 35 83 105 .210 .284 .264 .547 64 247 13 31
NL (1 yr) 27 101 91 7 18 3 0 0 3 1 8 6 .198 .263 .231 .493 48 21 0 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 23 NYY AL 6 15 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 /6
1914 24 NYY AL 106 413 -15 -3 0 3 0 -15 -2.0 16 0 -0.2 .482 .489 -0.5 0.3 -3 4/5O
1915 25 NYY AL 130 494 -16 -2 0 15 1 -2 -0.3 19 16 1.6 .498 .498 -0.1 1.8 1 $3,500 *46/5
1916 26 NYY AL 46 146 -8 1 0 1 2 -4 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .488 .497 -0.1 0.3 0 $3,000 56/4
1918 28 PIT NL 27 101 -5 -0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .480 .497 -0.1 0.1 -0 6/4
5 Seasons 315 1169 -43 -5 0 17 5 -26 -3.4 43 17 1.3 .490 .496 -0.6 2.4 0 $6,500
NYY (4 yrs) 288 1068 -38 -5 0 18 3 -22 -2.8 40 18 1.5 .491 .496 -0.5 2.3 0 $6,500
PIT (1 yr) 27 101 -5 -0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .480 .497 -0.1 0.1 -0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1913 NYY AL 23 SS 4 21 8 10 3 0 .857 4.50 .935 5.40
1914 NYY AL 24 2B 90 554 238 294 22 32 .960 5.91 .953 4.93
1914 NYY AL 24 3B 9 30 11 16 3 1 .900 3.00 .936 3.26
1914 NYY AL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1915 NYY AL 25 2B 115 664 249 392 23 59 .965 5.57 .956 5.14
1915 NYY AL 25 SS 11 36 15 20 1 2 .972 3.18 .937 5.15
1915 NYY AL 25 3B 4 14 7 7 0 0 1.000 3.50 .925 3.15
1916 NYY AL 26 3B 25 21 21 74 24 48 2 5 .973 2.88 .939 3.40
1916 NYY AL 26 SS 12 11 10 72 22 39 11 3 .847 5.08 .938 5.18
1916 NYY AL 26 2B 8 5 3 33 12 21 0 3 1.000 4.13 .964 5.06
1918 PIT NL 28 SS 26 23 19 152 56 84 12 5 .921 5.38 .934 5.80
1918 PIT NL 28 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 5.40
4 Seasons 2B 214 5 3 1252 499 708 45 94 .964 5.64 .955 5.05
4 Seasons SS 53 34 29 281 101 153 27 10 .904 4.79 .936 5.49
3 Seasons 3B 38 21 21 118 42 71 5 6 .958 2.97 .937 3.34
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
5 Seasons TOT 306 60 53 1651 642 932 77 110 .953 5.14 .950 4.90 0-0-1
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 AL  1.8 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  5 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 AL  8 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 AL  7.4 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1915 AL  86.2 (6th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1915 AL  115 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  238 (5th)
1915 AL  249 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1915 AL  392 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1915 AL  23 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1915 AL  59 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  5.91 (1st)
1915 AL  5.57 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1915 AL  .965 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Second Base (405th), 1.3 career WAR/1.3 7yr-peak WAR/1.3 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
191525New York Yankees$3,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
191626New York Yankees$3,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
191727New York Yankees$2,100Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,600
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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