Lu Blue

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: March 5, 1897 in Washington, DC us

Died: July 28, 1958 in Alexandria, VA

Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

High School: Hall Military School (Blairly, MD)

Debut: April 14, 1921 (Age 24-040d, 5,232nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1933 (Age 36-051d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Luzerne Atwell Blue

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.6

5904

1696

.287

1152

RBI

695

151

OBP

.402

SLG

.401

OPS

.803

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 1)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	SLB	W,16-1	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	9.2	13	2	0	15	1
6	6	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
10	10	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
12	12	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
13	13	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
15	15	May 2	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
16	16	May 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
17	17	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
18	18	May 5	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	19	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	20	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
21	21	May 8	DET		WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	22	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 12	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
24	24	May 13	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
25	25	May 14	DET		NYY	L,11-16	CG	59	12.0	13	1	0	14	1
26	26	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
27	27	May 17	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
28	28	May 18	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
29	29	May 19	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
30	30	May 20	DET		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
31	31	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	14	4	0	18	2
32	32	May 22	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
33	33	May 24	DET		CHW	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
34	34	May 25	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
35	35	May 26	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
36	36	May 27	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 29	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
39	39	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
40	40	May 31	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,4-17	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	42	Jun 2	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
43	43	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
44	44	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
45	45	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	46	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
47	47	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
48	48	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
49	49	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
50	50	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 14	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
52	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
55	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
56	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	83 (26)	Jul 19	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
58	84	Jul 21	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	85	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
60	86	Jul 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
61	87	Jul 24 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
62	88	Jul 25	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
63	89	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
64	90	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	91	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	92	Aug 2	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	93	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
68	94	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	95	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
70	96	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
71	97	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
72	98	Aug 9	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
73	99	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
74	100	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	7	0	0	7	0
75	101	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
76	102	Aug 14	DET		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
77	103	Aug 15	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
78	104	Aug 16	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	105	Aug 17	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
80	106	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	107	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
82	108	Aug 20	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
83	109	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
84	110	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	111	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
86	112	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
87	113	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	19	1	0	20	0
88	114	Aug 27	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	115	Aug 28	DET		WSH	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
90	116	Aug 29	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
91	117	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	118	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
93	119	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	120	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
95	121	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
96	122	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
97	123	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	50	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
98	124	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
99	125	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	10	4	0	14	1
100	126	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	1
101	127	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
102	128	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
103	129	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	1
104	130	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
105	131	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
106	132	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
107	133	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	0	8.1	8	0	1	9	0
108	134	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
109	135	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
110	136	Sep 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	137	Sep 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	138	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
113	139	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,15-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
114	140	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
115	141	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
116	142	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
117	143	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
118	144	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
119	145	Sep 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
120	146	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
121	147	Sep 29	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
122	148	Sep 30	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
123	149	Oct 1	DET	@	CHW	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
124	150	Oct 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
125	151	Oct 3	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
126	152	Oct 4	DET	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	153	Oct 5	DET		SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
128	154	Oct 6	DET		SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
129	155	Oct 7	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
							129gm		1136.0	1347	93	12	1452	74