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Lu Blue
Luzerne Atwell Blue

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 14, 1921
Final Game April 25, 1933
Born March 5, 1897 in Washington, DC
Died July 28, 1958 in Alexandria, VA

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 24 DET AL 153  585  103  180  33 11   5   75  13 17 103  47  .308  .416  .427  116  250  16           5    
 1922 25 DET AL 145  584  131  175  31  9   6   45   8  5  82  48  .300  .392  .414  113  242   8           7     MVP-10
 1923 26 DET AL 129  504  100  143  27  7   1   46  10 11  96  40  .284  .402  .371  106  187  10           4    
 1924 27 DET AL 108  395   81  123  26  7   2   53   9  4  64  26  .311  .413  .428  118  169  13           4     MVP-19
 1925 28 DET AL 150  532   91  163  18  9   3   94  19  5  83  29  .306  .403  .391  103  208  34           3     MVP-12
 1926 29 DET AL 128  429   92  123  24 14   1   52  13  7  90  18  .287  .413  .415  115  178  17           2    
 1927 30 DET AL 112  365   71   95  17  9   1   42  13  7  71  28  .260  .384  .364   94  133  16           2    
 1928 31 SLB AL 154  549  116  154  32 11  14   80  12  7 105  43  .281  .400  .455  121  250  20           4    
 1929 32 SLB AL 151  573  111  168  40 10   6   61  12  6 126  32  .293  .422  .429  116  246  11           2    
 1930 33 SLB AL 117  425   85  100  27  5   4   42  12  7  81  44  .235  .363  .351   80  149  14           4    
 1931 34 CHW AL 155  589  119  179  23 15   1   62  13  3 127  60  .304  .430  .399  125  235   6           3     MVP-17
 1932 35 CHW AL 112  373   51   93  21  2   0   43  17  6  64  21  .249  .364  .316   82  118   3           3    
 1933 36 BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5904      1696    109      695     85     436  .287  .402  .401  109      168   0   0  43   0
               1615      1151      319     44      151   1092                            2365
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592  115  170  32 11   4   70  15  9 110  44  .287  .402  .401  109  237  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High    155  589  131  180  40 15  14   94  19 17 127  60  .311  .430  .455  125  250  34   0   0   7   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 24 DET AL  709  438   99   6.1   113| .308  .298| .416  .364| .427  .419| .843  .783| 116  .579  20.1   1.9  43%
 1922 25 DET AL  681  422   93   5.9   107| .300  .289| .392  .354| .414  .406| .806  .760| 113  .598  15.0   1.4  61%
 1923 26 DET AL  614  382   73   5.1   106| .284  .288| .402  .357| .371  .397| .773  .755| 106  .540  10.4   1.0  47%
 1924 27 DET AL  476  289   69   6.4   111| .311  .297| .413  .366| .428  .407| .841  .773| 118  .619  13.7   1.3  69%
 1925 28 DET AL  652  408   86   5.6   115| .306  .298| .403  .368| .391  .418| .794  .787| 103  .544   5.7   0.5  79%
 1926 29 DET AL  538  330   73   5.9   110| .287  .291| .413  .363| .415  .408| .828  .771| 115  .603  13.8   1.3  65%
 1927 30 DET AL  454  293   51   4.6   111| .260  .294| .384  .362| .364  .413| .748  .776|  94  .480  -0.6  -0.1  65%
 1928 31 SLB AL  678  422   99   6.3   111| .281  .292| .400  .358| .455  .415| .855  .773| 121  .625  20.9   2.0  63%
 1929 32 SLB AL  712  422  104   6.6   116| .293  .297| .422  .364| .429  .429| .851  .793| 116  .626  21.2   2.0  66%
 1930 33 SLB AL  524  346   54   4.2   118| .235  .299| .363  .363| .351  .439| .714  .803|  80  .394 -10.6  -1.0  63%
 1931 34 CHW AL  725  419  102   6.5   103| .304  .279| .430  .345| .399  .399| .829  .744| 125  .625  30.2   2.8  81%
 1932 35 CHW AL  443  289   44   4.1   106| .249  .278| .364  .347| .316  .408| .680  .755|  82  .407  -5.5  -0.5  73%
 1933 36 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .270| .000  .322| .000  .369| .000  .691|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     7207 4461  947   5.7   111| .287  .292| .402  .359| .401  .413| .803  .772| 109  .565 133.9  12.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1921 24 DET AL  1B  152   1478   85   16   75  .990  .991 10.28  6.58            
 1922 25 DET AL  1B  144   1506   95   15  107  .991  .991 11.12  6.94            
 1923 26 DET AL  1B  129   1347   93   12   74  .992  .990 11.16  7.75            
 1924 27 DET AL  1B  108   1099   85   17   72  .986  .989 10.96  9.26            
 1925 28 DET AL  1B  148   1480  101   19  115  .988  .988 10.68  6.76            
 1926 29 DET AL  1B  109   1153   57   19   95  .985  .990 11.10  9.17            
                 OF    1      3    1    2    0  .667  .976  4.00  2.20                0    1    0
 1927 30 DET AL  1B  104   1040   68   18   99  .984  .988 10.65  9.61            
 1928 31 SLB AL  1B  154   1472  107   17  121  .989  .990 10.25  6.49            
 1929 32 SLB AL  1B  151   1491   88   10  127  .994  .993 10.46  6.62            
 1930 33 SLB AL  1B  111   1110   68   16   91  .987  .989 10.61  9.01            
 1931 34 CHW AL  1B  155   1452   81   16  105  .990  .991  9.89  6.45            
 1932 35 CHW AL  1B  105   1014   88   16  106  .986  .989 10.50  9.52            
 1933 36 BRO NL  1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00 10.20            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1921 24 DET AL  1B  152   1478   85   16   75  .990  .991 10.28  6.58            
 1922 25 DET AL  1B  144   1506   95   15  107  .991  .991 11.12  6.94            
 1923 26 DET AL  1B  129   1347   93   12   74  .992  .990 11.16  7.75            
 1924 27 DET AL  1B  108   1099   85   17   72  .986  .989 10.96  9.26            
 1925 28 DET AL  1B  148   1480  101   19  115  .988  .988 10.68  6.76            
 1926 29 DET AL  1B  109   1153   57   19   95  .985  .990 11.10  9.17            
 1927 30 DET AL  1B  104   1040   68   18   99  .984  .988 10.65  9.61            
 1928 31 SLB AL  1B  154   1472  107   17  121  .989  .990 10.25  6.49            
 1929 32 SLB AL  1B  151   1491   88   10  127  .994  .993 10.46  6.62            
 1930 33 SLB AL  1B  111   1110   68   16   91  .987  .989 10.61  9.01            
 1931 34 CHW AL  1B  155   1452   81   16  105  .990  .991  9.89  6.45            
 1932 35 CHW AL  1B  105   1014   88   16  106  .986  .989 10.50  9.52            
 1933 36 BRO NL  1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00 10.20            

 1926 29 DET AL  OF    1      3    1    2    0  .667  .976  4.00  2.20                0    1    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1571  15644 1016  191 1187  .989  .990 10.60  7.64            
                 OF    1      3    1    2    0  .667  .976  4.00  2.20                0    1    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1572  15647 1017  193 1187  .989  .990 10.60  7.64

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-10-0.17
1924-AL-19-0.05
1925-AL-12-0.11
1931-AL-17-0.05
Car-505-0.38 shares

On-base %
1921 AL-.416-8
1928 AL-.400-8
1929 AL-.422-6
1931 AL-.430-5
Car-.402-54

Games
1921 AL-153-8
1928 AL-154-3
1929 AL-151-9
1931 AL-155-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1921 AL-709-4
1922 AL-681-8
1928 AL-678-7
1929 AL-712-3
1931 AL-725-2

Runs
1922 AL-131-2
1923 AL-100-10
1928 AL-116-4
1931 AL-119-6

Total Bases
1928 AL-250-10

Doubles
1929 AL-40-10

Triples
1926 AL-14-5
1931 AL-15-2

Home Runs
1928 AL-14-6

Bases on Balls
1921 AL-103-2
1922 AL-82-3
1923 AL-96-3
1925 AL-83-5
1926 AL-90-6
1927 AL-71-5
1928 AL-105-2
1929 AL-126-2
1930 AL-81-5
1931 AL-127-2
Car-1092-74

Strikeouts
1921 AL-47-10
1922 AL-48-9
1931 AL-60-5

Stolen Bases
1925 AL-19-4
1926 AL-13-10
1931 AL-13-10
1932 AL-17-5

Singles
1925 AL-133-9
1931 AL-140-3

Runs Created
1928 AL-99-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1921 AL-20-10
1931 AL-30-10

Batting Wins
1921 AL-1.9-9
1931 AL-2.8-10

Extra-Base Hits
1928 AL-57-8

Times on Base
1921 AL-288-3
1922 AL-264-6
1925 AL-249-10
1928 AL-263-6
1929 AL-296-1
1931 AL-309-3

Hit By Pitch
1922 AL-7-8

Sac. Hits
1925 AL-34-4

Caught Stealing
1921 AL-17-2

Power/Speed Number
1928 AL-12.9-3

At Bats per Home Run
1928 AL-39.2-7

Outs
1928 AL-422-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 52 (477) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.0 (418) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 31.5 (566) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 2, 1927: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Heinie Manush to the St. Louis Browns for Chick Galloway, Elam Vangilder, and Harry Rice.
April 3, 1931: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns for $15,000.
February 2, 1933: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
April 18, 1933: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
April 29, 1933: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1922-AL-10-0.17 1924-AL-19-0.05 1925-AL-12-0.11 1931-AL-17-0.05 Car-505-0.38 shares	On-base % 1921 AL-.416-8 1928 AL-.400-8 1929 AL-.422-6 1931 AL-.430-5 Car-.402-54	Games 1921 AL-153-8 1928 AL-154-3 1929 AL-151-9 1931 AL-155-2	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1921 AL-709-4 1922 AL-681-8 1928 AL-678-7 1929 AL-712-3 1931 AL-725-2	Runs 1922 AL-131-2 1923 AL-100-10 1928 AL-116-4 1931 AL-119-6	Total Bases 1928 AL-250-10
Doubles 1929 AL-40-10	Triples 1926 AL-14-5 1931 AL-15-2	Home Runs 1928 AL-14-6	Bases on Balls 1921 AL-103-2 1922 AL-82-3 1923 AL-96-3 1925 AL-83-5 1926 AL-90-6 1927 AL-71-5 1928 AL-105-2 1929 AL-126-2 1930 AL-81-5 1931 AL-127-2 Car-1092-74	Strikeouts 1921 AL-47-10 1922 AL-48-9 1931 AL-60-5	Stolen Bases 1925 AL-19-4 1926 AL-13-10 1931 AL-13-10 1932 AL-17-5
Singles 1925 AL-133-9 1931 AL-140-3	Runs Created 1928 AL-99-10	Adjusted Batting Runs 1921 AL-20-10 1931 AL-30-10	Batting Wins 1921 AL-1.9-9 1931 AL-2.8-10	Extra-Base Hits 1928 AL-57-8	Times on Base 1921 AL-288-3 1922 AL-264-6 1925 AL-249-10 1928 AL-263-6 1929 AL-296-1 1931 AL-309-3
Hit By Pitch 1922 AL-7-8	Sac. Hits 1925 AL-34-4	Caught Stealing 1921 AL-17-2	Power/Speed Number 1928 AL-12.9-3	At Bats per Home Run 1928 AL-39.2-7	Outs 1928 AL-422-9