Luke Easter
Luscious Luke Easter
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
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
Final Game: May 4, 1954
Died: March 29, 1979 in Euclid, OH
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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
1949 33 CLE AL 21 54 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 6 .222 .340 .289 .629 69 13 2 0 1 O
1950 34 CLE AL 141 623 540 96 151 20 4 28 107 0 3 70 95 .280 .373 .487 .860 121 263 15 10 3 *3O
1951 35 CLE AL 128 532 486 65 131 12 5 27 103 0 1 37 71 .270 .333 .481 .814 123 234 14 9 0 *3
1952 36 CLE AL 127 486 437 63 115 10 3 31 97 1 1 44 84 .263 .337 .513 .850 141 224 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 .806 118 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 Seasons 491 1931 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 293 .274 .350 .481 .830 124 829 49 28 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 637 569 84 156 18 4 31 112 0 3 57 97 .274 .350 .481 .830 124 274 16 9 1

Advanced Batting

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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 69 .279 -1.7 -0.2 .526 .222 .067
1950 34 CLE AL 623 410 94 6.1 111 .295 .280 .275 .373 .361 .487 .412 .860 .773 121 .592 16.2 1.5 .835 .331 .207 .0
1951 35 CLE AL 532 370 75 5.4 98 .268 .270 .261 .333 .342 .481 .383 .814 .725 123 .586 11.6 1.2 .754 .286 .212 .0
1952 36 CLE AL 486 328 74 6.1 91 .261 .263 .253 .337 .332 .513 .369 .850 .701 141 .669 20.2 2.1 .832 .350 .249 1.9
1953 37 CLE AL 230 162 32 5.3 101 .337 .303 .267 .361 .343 .445 .393 .806 .736 118 .578 5.2 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 Seasons 1931 1314 279 5.7 101 .283 .274 .264 .350 .346 .481 .390 .830 .736 124 .599 50.5 5.0 .782 .304 .207 2.0
162 Game Avg. 637 434 92 5.7 101 .283 .274 .264 .350 .346 .481 .390 .830 .736 124 .599 17 2 .782 .304 .207 1

Ratio Batting*

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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 72%
1950 34 CLE AL 623 4.5% 15.3% 11.2% 8.4% 34% 1.36 5.7 19.3 5.0 67%
1951 35 CLE AL 532 5.1% 13.4% 7.0% 8.3% 34% 1.92 6.8 18.0 4.7 73%
1952 36 CLE AL 486 6.4% 17.3% 9.1% 9.1% 38% 1.91 5.2 14.1 4.5 66%
1953 37 CLE AL 230 3.0% 15.2% 6.5% 7.0% 25% 2.33 6.0 30.1 6.8 73%
1954 38 CLE AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.50 67%
6 Seasons 1931 4.8% 15.2% 9.0% 8.2% 34% 1.68 5.9 18.5 5.1 0.50 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 Seasons 0 0 28% 0 1 8 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 38 CLE AL 6 100% 1 6 1 0 0 1.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6 100% 472 6 1 0 0 1.85 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 49 1633% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 69 13 2 0 1
1950 34 162 677 585 102 161 23 4 28 109 0 4 78 101 .275 .370 .472 .842 117 276 17 10 4
1951 35 290 1209 1071 167 292 35 9 55 212 0 5 115 172 .273 .354 .476 .830 120 510 31 19 4
1952 36 417 1695 1508 230 407 45 12 86 309 1 6 159 256 .270 .349 .487 .836 126 734 36 24 4
1953 37 485 1925 1719 256 471 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 291 .274 .350 .482 .832 125 828 49 28 4
1954 38 491 1931 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 1 8 174 293 .274 .350 .481 .830 124 829 49 28 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 33 22 55 47 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 8 6 .213 .327 .277 .604 4 21
1950 34 147 632 554 91 147 19 4 27 101 0 68 99 .265 .356 .460 .816 89 141
1951 35 135 559 511 69 138 13 5 28 109 0 39 75 .270 .333 .479 .812 79 128
1952 36 133 521 466 74 129 11 3 35 114 1 49 88 .277 .353 .539 .892 87 127
1953 37 71 239 220 27 66 9 0 7 32 0 15 37 .300 .356 .436 .792 33 68
1954 38 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
6 Seasons 514 2012 1804 267 490 55 12 97 358 1 179 307 .272 .347 .477 .824 292 491
162 Game Avg. 162 634 569 84 154 17 4 31 113 0 56 97 .272 .347 .477 .824 92 491

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 (845th)

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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (777), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Ryan Ludwick (935)
  8. Joe Hauser (932)
  9. Ben Broussard (928)
  10. Josh Willingham (927)
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  1. Ed Cartwright (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Crowe (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Crowe (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. George Crowe (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Crowe (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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