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 23)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
3	3	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 20	DET		SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 23	DET		SLB	L,10-15	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	9	1	0	10	1
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
10	10	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	7	3	1	11	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
12	12	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
13	13	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
15	15	May 2	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	1	12	2
16	16	May 3	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
17	17	May 4	DET		CHW	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	18	May 5	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
19	19	May 7	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
20	20	May 8	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
21	21	May 9	DET		BOS	W,17-11	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
22	22	May 10	DET		PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 11	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
24	24	May 12	DET		PHA	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	4
25	25	May 13	DET		PHA	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
26	26	May 16	DET		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
27	27	May 17	DET		NYY	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
28	28	May 18	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
29	29	May 19	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	30	May 21	DET		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	31	May 22	DET		WSH	T,6-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
32	32	May 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
33	33	May 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
34	34	May 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
35	35	May 25	DET	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
36	36	May 26	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	56	12.0	6	0	0	6	2
37	37	May 27	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
38	38	May 28	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
39	39	May 29	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48 (8)	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
41	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
42	50	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	0	12.0	17	1	0	18	2
43	51	Jun 11	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
44	52	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	10.0	6	1	0	7	2
45	53	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	10	1	1	12	0
46	54	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	55	Jun 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	1
48	56	Jun 18	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
49	57	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	58	Jun 23	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	14	2	0	16	0
51	59	Jun 24	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
52	60	Jun 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
53	61	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
54	62	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
55	63	Jun 28 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
56	64	Jun 28 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	16	3	0	19	2
57	65	Jun 29	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	84 (18)	Jul 16	DET		PHA	L,3-9	GF	29	6.1	6	2	2	10	1
59	85	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
60	86	Jul 18	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
61	87	Jul 19	DET		PHA	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
62	88	Jul 21	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	112 (23)	Aug 17	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	113	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
65	114	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
66	115	Aug 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
67	116	Aug 20 (2)	DET		WSH	T,6-6	CG	58	15.0	10	0	0	10	5
68	117	Aug 21	DET		WSH	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
69	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
70	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	3
71	120	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
72	121	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
73	122	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	14	0	1	15	4
74	125 (2)	Aug 29	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	126	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
76	127	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	128	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	47	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
78	129	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	3
79	130	Sep 3	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	CG	41	8.1	12	0	0	12	1
80	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
81	133	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
82	134	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,6-9	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	135	Sep 8	DET	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	136	Sep 9	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
85	137	Sep 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
86	139 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	3
87	140	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
88	141	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	2	4	1
89	142	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
90	143	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
91	144	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
92	145	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
93	146	Sep 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
94	147	Sep 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
95	148	Sep 21	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
96	149	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
97	150	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	19	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
98	151	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
99	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
100	153	Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	49	12.2	16	0	0	16	0
101	154	Sep 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	7	0	0	7	1
102	155	Oct 2 (1)	DET		CLE	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
103	156	Oct 2 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
							104gm		904.0	1040	68	18	1126	99