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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 CLE AL 33 OF 12 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .978 2.27 0-0-12
1950 CLE AL 34 1B 128 1193 1100 82 11 114 .991 9.23 .989 7.81
1950 CLE AL 34 OF 13 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 .979 2.34 0-0-13
1951 CLE AL 35 1B 125 1125 1043 68 14 108 .988 8.89 .990 8.00
1952 CLE AL 36 1B 118 1048 940 90 18 87 .983 8.73 .988 8.47 MVP-13
1953 CLE AL 37 1B 56 481 442 30 9 54 .981 8.43 .989 8.85
4 Seasons 1B 427 3847 3525 270 52 363 .986 8.89 .989 8.19
2 Seasons OF 25 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.92 .978 2.30 0-0-25
6 Seasons TOT 452 3870 3548 270 52 363 .987 8.45 .976 7.86 0-0-25

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 (839th)

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

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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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  1. George Crowe (957)
  2. Jason Kubel (944)
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  5. Brian Daubach (939)
  6. Erubiel Durazo (938)
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

February 19, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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