Rube Lutzke

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 17, 1897 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: March 6, 1938 in Granville, WI

Buried: Valhalla Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI

Debut: April 18, 1923 (Age 25-152d, 5,696th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 13, 1927 (Age 29-300d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Walter John Lutzke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

1876

468

.250

216

RBI

222

OBP

.320

SLG

.321

OPS

.641

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 5)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	27 (12)	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	28	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
18	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	32	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	33	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	53	12.0	3	2	1	6	0
22	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	35	May 23	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
24	36	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	37	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	38	May 26	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	39	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	40	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
29	41	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	42	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	43	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	44	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	45	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
34	46	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	47	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	48	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	49	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
38	50	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	51	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	53	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	54	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	55	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	56	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	57	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	58	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
48	60	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	62	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	63	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	64	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	5	1	8	2
53	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	67	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
56	68	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
60	72	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
63	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	76	Jul 4	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	77	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	78	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	GS	21	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	82	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	1	3	0	4	0
71	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
72	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
76	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
78	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	1	4	1	6	0
80	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
84	96	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	97	Jul 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
86	98	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	99	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
88	100	Jul 29	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
89	101	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	102	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	103	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
94	106	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
95	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
96	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
98	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
99	111	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
100	112	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
101	113	Aug 10	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
102	114	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	50	13.0	0	5	0	5	0
103	115	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	118	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	1
107	119	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
108	120	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	121	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
110	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	124	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
113	125	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
114	126	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
115	127	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	128	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
117	129	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
120	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
121	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
124	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
125	137	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	2	5	1
126	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
127	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
128	140	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	141	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	142	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
132	144	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	145	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	146	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	147	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	148	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
137	149	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
138	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
139	151	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
140	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
141	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	154	Sep 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							142gm		1216.0	160	302	19	481	27