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Luke Easter
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Birthdate: 8/4/1915
Died: 3/29/1979
Height / Weight: ' " / 240 lbs.
Place of Birth: Jonestown, MS, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Big "Lucious Luke" Easter, 6' 4"- 245 lbs, was 34 years old when the Cleveland Indians bought him up from the Negro Leagues in 1949. In his rookie season, Luke Easter hit 28 home runs, scored 96 runs, had 107 RBI's with a .280 batting average. Known for his tape-measured home runs, Luke Easter hit a 477 ft homer in his rookie year, the longest HR ever hit in Cleveland Municipal Stadium. In 1952, he hit 31 HR's - one in every 7 at bats. A foot injury in early 1954, cut short his major league career but big Luke Easter played Triple -A ball until late in his 40's. Luke Easter's stats: in 4 full years hit 93 HR's, batted .274, with 340 RBI's. "Big Luke" always had time for his fans and once while playing in Chicago he fanned five times in a doubleheader and after the games signed his autograph for a 14 year old boy. Baseball Historian Likeable Luke Easter was shot and killed in 1979 in a robbery. Peace to You, Big Luke Easter. baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
6 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1949 CLE (AL) 21 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .340 SLG
1950 CLE (AL) 141 540 96 151 20 4 28 107 70 95 0 3 0 10 3 0 .280 .373 SLG
1951 CLE (AL) 128 486 65 131 12 5 27 103 37 71 0 1 0 9 0 0 .270 .333 SLG
1952 CLE (AL) 127 437 63 115 10 3 31 97 44 84 1 1 0 5 0 0 .263 .337 SLG
1953 CLE (AL) 68 211 26 64 9 0 7 31 15 35 0 2 0 4 0 0 .303 .361 SLG
1954 CLE (AL) 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 SLG
6 years   491 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 174 293 1 8 0 28 4 0 .274 .350 .SLG



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