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Lu Blue
	Luzerne Atwell Blue


	Born: March 5, 1897 in Washington, DC
	Died: July 28, 1958 - 61 years old
	Bats: B	Throws: L	Ht: 5'10"	Wt: 165

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Served in the military during World War I
- High School: Hall Military (Blairly, MD)

All-Teammate Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Heinie Manush	8	1923	1930	22.6
Bobby Veach	3	1921	1923	11.2
Bob Fothergill	8	1922	1932	10.6
Al Wingo	4	1924	1927	5.8

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ty Cobb	6	1921	1926	31.8
Fred Schulte	3	1928	1930	5.8
Danny Taylor	1	1933	1933	2.8
Johnny Watwood	2	1931	1932	2.2

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Harry Heilmann	7	1921	1927	47.2
Beauty McGowan	2	1928	1929	2.7
Johnny Frederick	1	1933	1933	2.2
Carl Reynolds	1	1931	1931	1.7

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Topper Rigney	4	1922	1925	10.9
Red Kress	4	1928	1932	6.7
Jackie Tavener	4	1921	1927	2.9
Marty McManus	1	1927	1927	1.5

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charlie Gehringer	4	1924	1927	4.8
Del Pratt	2	1923	1924	3.0
Ski Melillo	3	1928	1930	2.8
Otis Brannan	2	1928	1929	1.8

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Fred Haney	4	1922	1925	8.0
Bob Jones	5	1921	1925	4.2
Joe Stripp	1	1933	1933	1.6
Jack Warner	3	1925	1927	1.6

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lu Blue	13	1921	1933	36.7
Johnny Neun	3	1925	1927	2.1
Sam Leslie	1	1933	1933	0.8
Jack Burns	1	1930	1930	0.2

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Ty Cobb	6	1921	1926	9.7
Dan Howley	2	1928	1929	3.4
George Moriarty	1	1927	1927	1.9
Max Carey	1	1933	1933	0.2

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Johnny Bassler	7	1921	1927	19.5
Wally Schang	2	1928	1929	5.2
Larry Woodall	7	1921	1927	4.4
Al Lopez	1	1933	1933	2.3

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hooks Dauss	6	1921	1926	15.8
Earl Whitehill	5	1923	1927	13.4
Lefty Stewart	4	1921	1930	11.6
Rip Collins	7	1923	1930	10.5
Dolly Gray	3	1928	1930	10.4
Alvin Crowder	3	1928	1930	10.0
George Blaeholder	3	1928	1930	7.8
Ted Lyons	2	1931	1932	7.6
Herman Pillette	3	1922	1924	6.6
Van Mungo	1	1933	1933	5.0
Dutch Leonard	3	1921	1925	4.5
Sam Gibson	2	1926	1927	4.3
Howard Ehmke	2	1921	1922	4.2
Jack Ogden	2	1928	1929	4.2
Red Oldham	2	1921	1922	3.9

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Red Faber	2	1931	1932	4.6
Syl Johnson	4	1922	1925	3.4
Ken Holloway	6	1922	1927	2.0
Chad Kimsey	3	1929	1932	1.8

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
George Smith	2	1926	1927	0.7
Ed Strelecki	2	1928	1929	0.5
Art Evans	1	1932	1932	0.4
Clarence Fieber	1	1932	1932	0.3
Rufe Clarke	2	1923	1924	0.2
Roy Moore	2	1922	1923	0.2
Jim Walsh	1	1921	1921	0.2
Ernie Nevers	1	1928	1928	0.2
Paul Hopkins	1	1929	1929	0.1
Ken Jones	1	1924	1924	0.1
Les Bartholomew	1	1932	1932	0.1
Oscar Estrada	1	1929	1929	0.1
Dan Boone	1	1921	1921	0.0
Willie Ludolph	1	1924	1924	0.0
Jim Walkup	1	1927	1927	-0.0

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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James