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Rube Lutzke

Walter John Lutzke

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 17, 1897 in Milwaukee, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Team: Indians 1923-1927

Final Game: September 13, 1927
Died: March 6, 1938 in Granville, WI
Buried: Valhalla Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
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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
1923 25 CLE AL 143 596 511 71 131 20 6 3 65 9 6 59 57 .256 .338 .337 .675 78 172 4 22 *5/6
1924 26 CLE AL 106 396 341 37 83 18 3 0 42 4 0 38 46 .243 .328 .314 .642 65 107 5 12 *5/4
1925 27 CLE AL 81 282 238 31 52 9 0 1 16 2 4 26 29 .218 .295 .269 .564 43 64 0 19 54
1926 28 CLE AL 142 536 475 42 124 28 6 0 59 6 3 34 35 .261 .313 .345 .658 71 164 2 25 *5
1927 29 CLE AL 100 359 311 35 78 12 3 0 41 2 1 22 29 .251 .307 .309 .615 59 96 3 23 5
5 Yrs 572 2169 1876 216 468 87 18 4 223 23 14 179 196 .249 .319 .321 .641 66 603 14 101
162 Game Avg. 162 614 531 61 133 25 5 1 63 7 4 51 56 .249 .319 .321 .641 66 171 4 29

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
1923 25 CLE AL 143 596 -16 1 0 9 5 -2 -0.2 19 17 1.6 .499 .499 0.8 1.3 8 $ *5/6
1924 26 CLE AL 106 396 -19 2 0 2 3 -12 -1.1 12 1 0.2 .489 .493 0.0 0.6 -1 $ *5/4
1925 27 CLE AL 81 282 -22 -1 0 1 3 -20 -1.9 9 -11 -1.0 .477 .488 -1.1 0.3 -12 $ 54
1926 28 CLE AL 142 536 -21 1 0 6 4 -10 -1.0 17 7 0.7 .493 .494 0.1 1.1 1 $ *5
1927 29 CLE AL 100 359 -20 0 0 0 3 -17 -1.6 11 -6 -0.5 .483 .490 -0.5 0.3 -6 $ 5
5 Seasons 572 2169 -99 3 0 18 18 -60 -5.8 68 8 1.0 .490 .493 -0.7 3.6 -10 $

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
1923 25 CLE AL 596 408 57 3.8 108 .284 .256 .290 .338 .360 .337 .401 .675 .761 78 .399 -16.0 -1.6 .617 .202 .080 4.5
1924 26 CLE AL 396 270 35 3.4 114 .281 .243 .300 .328 .370 .314 .412 .642 .783 65 .347 -17.8 -1.7 .597 .194 .070 .0
1925 27 CLE AL 282 209 18 2.3 116 .245 .218 .301 .295 .371 .269 .422 .564 .793 43 .188 -20.9 -2.0 .463 .151 .050 1.3
1926 28 CLE AL 536 379 51 3.6 110 .282 .261 .291 .313 .363 .345 .408 .658 .771 71 .380 -21.4 -2.1 .573 .162 .084 .0
1927 29 CLE AL 359 257 29 3.0 111 .277 .251 .294 .307 .362 .309 .413 .615 .776 59 .295 -19.3 -1.9 .521 .132 .058 .0
5 Yrs 2169 1523 190 3.3 111 .277 .249 .294 .319 .365 .321 .410 .641 .774 66 .339 -95.4 -9.2 .566 .172 .072 6.8
162 Game Avg. 614 431 54 3.3 111 .277 .249 .294 .319 .365 .321 .410 .641 .774 66 .339 -95.4 -9.2 .566 .172 .072 2

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
1923 25 CLE AL 596 0.5% 9.6% 9.9% 4.9% 22% 0.97 9.0 170.3 7.9 76%
1924 26 CLE AL 396 0.0% 11.6% 9.6% 5.3% 25% 1.21 7.4 8.1 74%
1925 27 CLE AL 282 0.4% 10.3% 9.2% 3.6% 19% 1.12 8.2 238.0 14.9 74%
1926 28 CLE AL 536 0.0% 6.5% 6.3% 6.3% 27% 1.03 13.6 8.1 82%
1927 29 CLE AL 359 0.0% 8.1% 6.1% 4.2% 19% 1.32 10.7 7.6 79%
5 Yrs 2169 0.2% 9.0% 8.3% 5.0% 23% 1.10 9.6 469.0 8.4 77%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.1% 7.9% 6.5% 26% 0.90 12.5 87.7 7.9 80%

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
1923 25 143 596 511 71 131 20 6 3 65 9 6 59 57 .256 .338 .337 .675 78 172 4 22
1924 26 249 992 852 108 214 38 9 3 107 13 6 97 103 .251 .334 .327 .661 72 279 9 34
1925 27 330 1274 1090 139 266 47 9 4 123 15 10 123 132 .244 .326 .315 .640 66 343 9 53
1926 28 472 1810 1565 181 390 75 15 4 182 21 13 157 167 .249 .322 .324 .646 67 507 11 78
1927 29 572 2169 1876 216 468 87 18 4 223 23 14 179 196 .249 .319 .321 .641 66 603 14 101

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
1923 25 150 617 531 69 131 20 6 3 63 9 59 60 .247 .327 .324 .651 56 143
1924 26 112 407 352 34 81 18 3 0 39 4 37 48 .230 .312 .298 .610 32 106
1925 27 85 291 246 28 50 9 0 1 14 2 25 31 .203 .277 .252 .529 17 81
1926 28 149 555 493 41 124 28 6 0 57 6 34 37 .252 .302 .333 .635 49 142
1927 29 105 370 321 33 77 12 3 0 39 2 22 30 .240 .295 .296 .591 27 100
5 Yrs 601 2240 1943 205 463 87 18 4 212 23 177 206 .238 .306 .308 .614 181 572
162 Game Avg. 162 604 524 55 125 23 5 1 57 6 48 56 .238 .306 .308 .614 49 572

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 AL  1.3 (6th)
1926 AL  1.1 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  57 (5th)
1924 AL  46 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  23 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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