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Luke Easter

Luscious Luke Easter

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 4, 1915 in Jonestown, MS
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1949
Team: Indians 1949-1954

Final Game: May 4, 1954
Died: March 29, 1979 in Euclid, OH
Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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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
1949 33 CLE AL 21 54 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 6 .222 .340 .289 .629 68 13 2 0 1 O9
1950 34 CLE AL 141 623 540 96 151 20 4 28 107 0 3 70 95 .280 .373 .487 .860 122 263 15 10 3 *3O9
1951 35 CLE AL 128 532 486 65 131 12 5 27 103 0 1 37 71 .270 .333 .481 .814 124 234 14 9 0 *3
1952 36 CLE AL 127 486 437 63 115 10 3 31 97 1 1 44 84 .263 .337 .513 .850 142 224 5 5 0 *3 MVP-13
1953 37 CLE AL 68 230 211 26 64 9 0 7 31 0 2 15 35 .303 .361 .445 .806 119 94 13 4 0 3
1954 38 CLE AL 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 491 1931 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 293 .274 .350 .481 .830 125 829 49 28 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 637 569 84 156 18 4 31 112 0 3 57 97 .274 .350 .481 .830 125 274 16 9 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1949 33 CLE AL 21 54 -2 0 -0 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 1 -3 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $ O9
1950 34 CLE AL 141 623 16 -1 -0 4 -7 12 1.2 16 29 2.9 .508 .507 2.4 -0.2 25 $ *3O9
1951 35 CLE AL 128 532 13 -0 -0 0 -6 7 0.7 14 21 2.1 .505 .504 2.0 -0.6 21 $ *3
1952 36 CLE AL 127 486 21 1 1 1 -6 18 2.0 13 32 3.3 .516 .512 3.2 -0.5 31 $ *3 MVP-13
1953 37 CLE AL 68 230 6 -2 -2 -1 -2 0 0.0 6 6 0.7 .501 .500 0.8 -0.3 7 $ 3
1954 38 CLE AL 6 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .487 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
6 Seasons 491 1931 55 -2 -2 2 -21 33 3.4 52 84 8.6 .507 .503 8.2 -1.8 82 $

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
1949 33 CLE AL 54 39 4 2.7 105 .256 .222 .268 .340 .360 .289 .390 .629 .750 68 .279 -1.7 -0.2 .526 .222 .067
1950 34 CLE AL 623 410 94 6.1 110 .295 .280 .274 .373 .360 .487 .410 .860 .770 122 .592 17.1 1.6 .835 .331 .207 .0
1951 35 CLE AL 532 370 75 5.4 97 .268 .270 .260 .333 .340 .481 .382 .814 .722 124 .586 12.3 1.2 .754 .286 .212 .0
1952 36 CLE AL 486 328 74 6.1 90 .261 .263 .252 .337 .330 .513 .368 .850 .698 142 .669 20.8 2.1 .832 .350 .249 1.9
1953 37 CLE AL 230 162 32 5.3 100 .337 .303 .266 .361 .342 .445 .392 .806 .733 119 .578 5.4 0.5 .685 .204 .142 .0
1954 38 CLE AL 6 5 0 0.0 100 .250 .167 .268 .167 .344 .167 .391 .333 .735 -9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
6 Yrs 1931 1314 279 5.7 100 .283 .274 .263 .350 .345 .481 .388 .830 .733 125 .600 52.9 5.2 .782 .304 .207 2.0
162 Game Avg. 637 434 92 5.7 100 .283 .274 .263 .350 .345 .481 .388 .830 .733 125 .600 17 2 .782 .304 .207 1

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
1949 33 CLE AL 54 0.0% 11.1% 14.8% 5.6% 30% 0.75 7.5 22.5 1.31 72%
1950 34 CLE AL 623 4.5% 15.3% 11.2% 8.4% 34% 1.36 5.7 19.3 5.0 0.85 67%
1951 35 CLE AL 532 5.1% 13.4% 7.0% 8.3% 34% 1.92 6.8 18.0 4.7 0.94 73%
1952 36 CLE AL 486 6.4% 17.3% 9.1% 9.1% 38% 1.91 5.2 14.1 4.5 0.74 66%
1953 37 CLE AL 230 3.0% 15.2% 6.5% 7.0% 25% 2.33 6.0 30.1 6.8 1.24 73%
1954 38 CLE AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.50 67%
6 Yrs 1931 4.8% 15.2% 9.0% 8.2% 34% 1.68 5.9 18.5 5.1 0.90 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.2% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.05 8.7 44.7 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 33 CLE AL -1.7 -0.2 56 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 1.16 -0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 0.94 -0.3 2.04 6
1950 34 CLE AL 16.2 1.5 635 3.1 13.4 -10.4 .98 2.8 0.4 33.3 3.2 0.95 32.5 2.62 2
1951 35 CLE AL 11.6 1.2 536 1.9 12.4 -10.5 1.12 1.6 0.1 15.1 1.5 1.04 18.4 1.86 3
1952 36 CLE AL 20.2 2.1 493 2.8 10.5 -7.7 .98 2.2 0.7 28.8 3.1 1.01 21.0 1.87 8
1953 37 CLE AL 5.1 0.5 232 0.1 4.7 -4.6 1.07 0.7 -0.6 5.2 0.5 1.01 7.3 1.22 11
1954 38 CLE AL -0.9 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.75 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.06 -0.8 1.75 6
6 Yrs 50.4 5.0 1958 7.6 42.1 -34.6 1.04 7.2 0.1 80.3 8.1 1.00 78.1 1.72 36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 33 CLE AL 2 0 33% 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1950 34 CLE AL 13 0 34% 232 0 3 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 4 59% 35 17 17 9 4 4 17 2 15
1951 35 CLE AL 8 0 25% 175 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 2 33% 20 17 3 7 6 0 12 2 10
1952 36 CLE AL 3 0 24% 159 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 43% 17 12 5 4 4 0 9 1 8
1953 37 CLE AL 4 0 25% 77 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 40% 6 6 0 4 3 1 5 0 5
1954 38 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 30 0 28% 658 1 8 11% 1 8 0 2 0 0 9 1 22 11 47% 79 53 25 24 17 5 45 5 40

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1949 33 CLE AL 54 67% 10 6 1 0 0 2.04 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 5 1 20% 33 3 9% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1950 34 CLE AL 623 56% 151 2 1 0 0 2.62 28 0 22 12 16 21 7 0 3 3 100% 146 15 10% 51 15 29% 436 82 19% 38 21 55% 26 15 58% 0
1951 35 CLE AL 532 58% 131 3 0 0 0 1.86 27 1 22 18 9 19 8 0 0 0 123 14 11% 54 17 31% 439 77 18% 42 23 55% 27 15 56% 0
1952 36 CLE AL 486 59% 115 8 1 0 0 1.87 31 2 23 18 13 17 14 0 0 0 101 5 5% 44 17 39% 360 69 19% 40 22 55% 20 11 55% 0
1953 37 CLE AL 230 62% 64 11 4 0 2 1.22 7 0 7 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 68 13 19% 28 8 29% 165 28 17% 15 8 53% 10 7 70% 0
1954 38 CLE AL 6 100% 1 6 1 0 0 1.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
6 Yrs 1931 59% 472 36 8 0 2 1.72 93 3 76 51 42 60 33 0 4 4 100% 450 49 11% 183 58 32% 1438 259 18% 138 74 54% 88 50 57% 0
MLB Averages 50% 91% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1949 33 21 54 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 6 .222 .340 .289 .629 68 13 2 0 1
1950 34 162 677 585 102 161 23 4 28 109 0 4 78 101 .275 .370 .472 .842 118 276 17 10 4
1951 35 290 1209 1071 167 292 35 9 55 212 0 5 115 172 .273 .354 .476 .830 121 510 31 19 4
1952 36 417 1695 1508 230 407 45 12 86 309 1 6 159 256 .270 .349 .487 .836 127 734 36 24 4
1953 37 485 1925 1719 256 471 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 291 .274 .350 .482 .832 126 828 49 28 4
1954 38 491 1931 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 293 .274 .350 .481 .830 125 829 49 28 4 0

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
1949 33 22 56 47 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 8 6 .213 .327 .277 .604 4 21
1950 34 147 638 556 92 149 20 4 28 102 0 69 99 .268 .359 .469 .828 91 141
1951 35 135 561 512 69 139 13 5 29 110 0 39 75 .271 .335 .486 .821 80 128
1952 36 133 523 467 75 130 11 3 35 115 1 50 88 .278 .356 .540 .895 88 127
1953 37 71 242 222 28 68 10 0 7 34 0 16 37 .306 .364 .446 .810 36 68
1954 38 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
6 Yrs 514 2026 1810 270 496 57 12 99 363 1 182 307 .274 .350 .483 .833 299 491
162 Game Avg. 162 639 570 85 156 18 4 31 114 0 57 97 .274 .350 .483 .833 94 491

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (13, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL  .481 (9th)
1952 AL  .513 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1952 AL  .850 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  28 (6th)
1951 AL  27 (4th)
1952 AL  31 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1950 AL  107 (8th)
1951 AL  103 (4th)
1952 AL  97 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL  95 (2nd)
1951 AL  71 (6th)
1952 AL  84 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1952 AL  141 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1952 AL  .669 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL  10 (1st)
1951 AL  9 (4th)
1952 AL  5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 AL  19.3 (5th)
1951 AL  18.0 (3rd)
1952 AL  14.1 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  33.26 (8th)
1952 AL  28.78 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.1 (4th)
1952 AL  2.8 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.8 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.2 (6th)
1952 AL  3.0 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1953 AL  born 1915-08-04 (9th)
1954 AL  born 1915-08-04 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1280), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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