Lu Blue

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Full Name: Luzerne Atwell Blue	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165	First Game: April 14, 1921
Birthdate: March 5, 1897	Final Game: April 25, 1933
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: July 28, 1958
Deathplace: Alexandria, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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Lu Blue (Luzerne Atwell Blue) was born on March 5, 1897 in Washington, D.C.. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1921 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1921, his rookie year, he hit .308 with 5 home runs and 75 RBI. Blue played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Lu Blue's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 80 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1921	DET	A	153	585	103	180	5	75	.308	.416	.427	33	11	103	47	5	16	13	0	0
1922	DET	A	145	584	131	175	6	45	.300	.392	.414	31	9	82	48	7	8	8	0	0
1923	DET	A	129	504	100	143	1	46	.284	.402	.371	27	7	96	40	4	10	9	0	0
1924	DET	A	108	395	81	123	2	53	.311	.413	.428	26	7	64	26	4	13	9	0	0
1925	DET	A	150	532	91	163	3	94	.306	.403	.391	18	9	83	29	3	34	19	0	0
1926	DET	A	128	429	92	123	1	52	.287	.413	.415	24	14	90	18	2	17	13	0	0
1927	DET	A	112	365	71	95	1	42	.260	.384	.364	17	9	71	28	2	16	13	0	0
1928	STL	A	154	549	116	154	14	80	.281	.400	.455	32	11	105	43	4	20	12	0	0
1929	STL	A	151	573	111	168	6	61	.293	.422	.429	40	10	126	32	2	11	12	0	0
1930	STL	A	117	425	85	100	4	42	.235	.363	.351	27	5	81	44	4	14	12	0	0
1931	CHI	A	155	589	119	179	1	62	.304	.430	.399	23	15	127	60	3	6	13	0	0
1932	CHI	A	112	373	51	93	0	43	.249	.364	.316	21	2	64	21	3	3	17	0	0
1933	BRO	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		1614	5903	1151	1696	44	695	.287	.402	.401	319	109	1092	436	43	168	150	0	0
Total			1615	5904	1151	1696	44	695	.287	.402	.401	319	109	1092	436	43	168	150	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1921	DET	A	1B	152	0	0	1478	85	16	75	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1922	DET	A	1B	144	0	0	1506	95	15	107	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1923	DET	A	1B	129	0	0	1347	93	12	74	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1924	DET	A	1B	108	0	0	1099	85	17	72	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1925	DET	A	1B	148	0	0	1480	101	19	115	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1926	DET	A	1B	109	0	0	1153	57	19	95	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1926	DET	A	OF	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1927	DET	A	1B	104	0	0	1040	68	18	99	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1928	STL	A	1B	154	0	0	1472	107	17	121	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1929	STL	A	1B	151	0	0	1491	88	10	127	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1930	STL	A	1B	111	0	0	1110	68	16	91	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1931	CHI	A	1B	155	0	0	1452	81	16	105	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1932	CHI	A	1B	105	0	0	1014	88	16	106	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1933	BRO	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1571	0	0	15644	1016	191	1187	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			OF	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Heinie Manush to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Chick Galloway, Elam Vangilder and Harry Rice (December 2, 1927).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox for $15000 (April 3, 1931).
Released by Chicago White Sox (February 2, 1933).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 18, 1933).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 29, 1933).

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