Luke Easter Stats

Luke Easter was born on Wednesday, August 4, 1915, in Jonestown, Mississippi. Easter was 34 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 11, 1949, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Luke Easter baseball stats page.

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Luke Easter



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Birth Name:   Luscious Luke Easter
Nickname:   Big Luke
Born On:   08-04-1915  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Jonestown, Mississippi
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-29-1979 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Euclid, Ohio
Cemetery:   Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
High School:   Vashon High School (St. Louis, MO | Dropped Out After 9th Grade)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   240
First Game:   08-11-1949 (Age 34)
Last Game:   05-04-1954
Draft:   Not Applicable

Luke Easter

Luke Easter Pitching Stats

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Luke Easter

Luke Easter Hitting Stats

1949 34 Indians 21 45 6 10 3 0 0 0 2 8 0 6 1 - 0 2 .222 .340 .289
1950 35 Indians 141 540 96 151 20 4 28 0 107 70 2 95 3 - 10 15 .280 .373 .487
1951 36 Indians 128 486 65 131 12 5 27 1 103 37 5 71 0 - 9 14 .270 .333 .481
1952 37 Indians 127 437 63 115 10 3 31 2 97 44 9 84 0 - 5 5 .263 .337 .513
1953 38 Indians 68 211 26 64 9 0 7 0 31 15 0 35 0 - 4 13 .303 .361 .445
1954 39 Indians 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167
6 Years 491 1,725 256 472 54 12 93 3 340 174 16 293 4 0 28 49 .274 .350 .481

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Luke Easter Fielding Stats

1949 Indians RF 12 11 270 9 0.8 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.90
1950 Indians 1B 128 127 3,375 1,193 9.3 1,182 1,100 82 11 114 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.46
1950 Indians RF 13 12 273 14 1.1 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1951 Indians 1B 125 125 3,156 1,125 9.0 1,111 1,043 68 14 108 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.50
1952 Indians 1B 118 114 2,907 1,048 8.9 1,030 940 90 18 87 n/a n/a n/a .983 9.57
1953 Indians 1B 56 55 1,149 481 8.6 472 442 30 9 54 n/a n/a n/a .981 11.09
1B Totals 427 421 10,587 3,847 9.0 3,795 3,525 270 52 363 n/a n/a n/a .986 9.68
RF Totals 25 23 543 23 0.9 23 23 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.14
5 Years 452 444 11,130 3,870 8.6 3,818 3,548 270 52 363 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.26

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Luke Easter Miscellaneous Stats

1949 Indians 0 1 .000 9 0 n/a 0.0 7.5 22.5 - - -
1950 Indians 0 3 .000 2 0 n/a 19.3 5.7 5.0 - - -
1951 Indians 0 1 .000 3 0 n/a 18.0 6.8 4.7 - - -
1952 Indians 1 1 .500 11 0 n/a 14.1 5.2 4.5 - - -
1953 Indians 0 2 .000 12 0 n/a 30.1 6.0 6.8 - - -
1954 Indians 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
6 Years 1 8 .111 43 0 n/a 18.5 5.9 5.1 - - -

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Luke Easter Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1949 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -
1950 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -
1951 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -
1952 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -
1953 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -
1954 Cleveland Indians 9 Undetermined - -

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Did you know that Luke Easter was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Easter was named one of the nine first basemen.

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