Luke Easter

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 240lb (193cm, 108kg)

Born: August 4, 1915 in Jonestown, MS us

Died: March 29, 1979 in Euclid, OH

Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: August 11, 1949 (Age 34-007d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 4, 1954 (Age 38-273d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1950 season)

Full Name: Luscious Luke Easter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

2092

578

104

.276

325

RBI

413

OBP

.356

SLG

.481

OPS

.837

OPS+

128

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-35 / in Starts: 29-26
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 230 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	165 (97-44-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 230 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	148 (78-46-23)

Most Driven In
Self	7
B Ãvila	6
A Rosen	6
D Mitchell	5
R Boone	2
B Lemon	1
A Smith	1
B Glynn	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
L Doby	6
G Strickland	3
B Kennedy	2
A Rosen	2
J Ginsberg	2
W Westlake	1
E Wynn	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	521	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	GS-5	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	4	.80	0.087	1.98	0.13%	1.23	1B
2	522	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	4	.57	-0.048	1.52	-0.08%	-0.72	1B
3	523	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.455	.500	.545	1.045	4	1.66	0.226	4.85	0.40%	1.62	1B
4	524	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.462	.928	4	1.57	0.046	4.26	0.08%	0.45	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	525	58 (53)	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	4	1.10	0.045	1.35	0.03%	0.49	1B
6	526	59	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.368	.429	.474	.902	4	1.58	-0.128	1.92	-0.09%	-1.02	1B
7	527	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.348	.400	.435	.835	4	1.56	-0.091	2.52	-0.09%	-0.64	1B
8	528	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.400	.435	.835	7						1B
9	529	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9	GS-4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.500	.929	4	.61	0.024	.78	0.02%	0.77	1B
10	530	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	GS-7	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.414	.469	.517	.986	4	1.30	0.176	2.04	0.17%	1.08	1B
11	531	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS-7	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.394	.444	.485	.929	4	.63	0.167	1.98	0.32%	1.78	1B
12	532	65	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.389	.436	.556	.991	4	.90	0.144	3.36	0.32%	1.15	1B
13	533	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.350	.395	.500	.895	4	.39	-0.049	1.73	-0.13%	-1.31	1B
14	534	67	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG(5)	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.435	.512	.947	4	.51	0.061	1.48	0.11%	1.02	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	535	68	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.420	.489	.909	4	1.23	-0.046	4.15	-0.09%	-0.49	1B
16	536	69	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.389	.449	.838	4	1.39	-0.144	4.71	-0.29%	-1.05	1B
17	537	70	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,8-1	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.404	.462	.865	4	.39	0.017	1.12	0.03%	1.10	1B
18	538	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.345	.410	.455	.864	4	.89	-0.070	2.80	-0.13%	-1.18	1B
19	539	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.322	.385	.424	.808	4	1.24	-0.145	3.94	-0.28%	-1.77	1B
20	540	73	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.377	.429	.805	4	1.88	0.204	5.97	0.39%	0.57	1B
21	541	75 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.313	.370	.418	.788	4	.64	-0.038	2.11	-0.08%	-1.36	1B
22	542	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.382	.420	.802	4	1.11	-0.003	2.92	-0.01%	0.15	1B
23	543	77	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-9	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.395	.446	.841	4	1.31	0.036	3.86	0.06%	0.50	1B
24	544	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.388	.436	.824	4	.88	-0.109	2.15	-0.16%	-1.27	1B
25	545	79	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-10	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.378	.422	.799	4	1.73	-0.091	7.23	-0.23%	0.38	1B
26	546	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.358	.398	.756	4	.92	-0.123	3.82	-0.31%	-1.12	1B
27	547	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.374	.418	.791	4	.80	0.133	2.81	0.28%	0.89	1B
28	548	82	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.369	.411	.779	4	.33	-0.026	1.13	-0.05%	-0.09	1B
29	549	83	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.374	.408	.782	4	.98	0.076	2.61	0.12%	0.50	1B
30	550	84	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.360	.392	.753	4	.47	-0.040	.78	-0.04%	-0.60	1B
31	551	85	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	GS-9	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.365	.434	.799	4	1.00	0.206	1.67	0.21%	2.27	1B
32	552	86	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.353	.418	.771	4	.52	-0.050	.87	-0.05%	-0.59	1B
33	553	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.341	.404	.745	4	1.75	-0.146	2.48	-0.12%	-1.04	1B
34	554	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	.297	.346	.407	.753	5	1.70	-0.146	1.78	-0.09%	-0.72	1B
35	555	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	GS-7	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.359	.413	.772	5	.58	0.014	.64	0.01%	0.52	1B
36	556	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.356	.403	.759	5	1.04	-0.083	1.51	-0.07%	-0.75	1B
37	557	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	GS-6	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.305	.360	.430	.789	5	.82	0.148	1.59	0.17%	2.02	1B
38	558	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.350	.417	.766	5	2.00	-0.156	2.84	-0.13%	-1.08	1B
39	559	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.294	.347	.434	.781	5	1.11	-0.018	1.56	-0.02%	-0.37	1B
40	560	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.338	.421	.759	5	.57	-0.057	.86	-0.05%	-0.51	1B
41	561	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	2-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.342	.426	.768	9	.75	0.039	.85	0.03%	1.00	PH
42	562	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.353	.438	.790	5	1.40	0.183	3.19	0.25%	1.77	1B
43	563	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.291	.344	.426	.769	3	.97	-0.119	1.62	-0.12%	-1.64	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	564	104 (6)	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.342	.423	.764	8	.03	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.23	PH
45	565	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.340	.420	.760	6	3.22	-0.082	4.03	-0.06%	-0.76	PH
46	566	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.349	.444	.794	3	1.80	0.022	1.44	0.01%	0.87	1B
47	567	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.353	.444	.798	3	1.28	0.048	.76	0.02%	0.61	1B
48	568	110 (2)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	GS-8	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.349	.437	.786	3	1.71	0.181	.74	0.05%	0.07	1B
49	569	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.347	.432	.779	3	.85	0.005	.39	0.00%	0.00	1B
50	570	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-9	5	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.299	.354	.473	.827	3	1.04	0.193	.29	0.03%	3.16	1B
51	571	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.360	.471	.831	3	.84	0.041	.33	0.01%	0.66	1B
52	572	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.358	.462	.820	3	1.76	0.020	.40	0.00%	0.36	1B
53	573	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.356	.458	.813	3	1.67	-0.169	.08	-0.01%	-0.75	1B
54	574	123 (7)	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.359	.461	.820	9	.63	0.035	.03	0.00%	1.06	PH
55	575	128 (4)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.357	.458	.815	8	1.96	-0.059	.14	0.00%	-0.80	PH
56	576	129	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.355	.456	.811	9	1.89	-0.081	.16	0.00%	-0.66	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	577	131 (1)	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.359	.456	.814	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
58	578	135 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.357	.453	.810	9	1.47	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.22	PH
59	579	142 (6)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.291	.355	.451	.806	8	3.18	-0.135	.02	0.00%	-0.89	PH
60	580	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.358	.454	.812	9	.92	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
61	581	144	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.361	.457	.818	9	.37	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.20	PH
62	582	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.296	.357	.450	.807	3	.67	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1B
63	583	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.290	.351	.440	.791	3	1.16	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1B
64	584	147	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.358	.447	.805	3	.53	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.11	1B
65	585	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-9	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.364	.448	.811	3	.97	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.70	1B
66	586	149	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	GS-7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.366	.454	.820	3	.71	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.08	1B
67	587	150	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.362	.448	.810	3	.52	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.27	1B
68	588	155 (4)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.361	.445	.806	9	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
							33-35		230	211	26	64	9	0	7	31	15	0	35	4	0		5	13	0	2	.303	.361	.445	.806		1.07	0.098	1.87	0.45%	5.42

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Fielding Game Logs

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Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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