MLB / Players

Lu Blue

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 165 lb

BornMarch 5, 1897 · Washington, DC, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1921

Final gameApril 25, 1933

Seasons13 (1921–1933)

Detroit Tigers 1921–1927; St. Louis Browns 1928–1930; Chicago White Sox 1931–1932; Brooklyn Dodgers 1933

Percentile snapshot

1931 season — qualified batters

155

725

97.4

589

80.2

119

179

78.4

43.1

95.7

17.2

RBI

53.4

127

99.1

7.8

83.6

25.9

.304

52.6

OBP

.430

94.8

SLG

.399

38.8

OPS

.829

66.4

wRC+

129.7

74.1

OPS+

123.1

69.8

wOBA

.397

sWAR

3.8

77.6

of 117 qualified 1931 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

113.4

68.6

OPS+

108.3

sWAR

23.3

94.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1921	153	709	585	103	180	33	11	5	75	103	47	13	17	.308	.416	.427	.843	119.7	115.1	.398	2.9
1922	145	681	584	131	175	31	9	6	45	82	48	8	5	.300	.392	.414	.807	115.6	112.3	.380	2.5
1923	129	614	504	100	143	27	7	1	46	96	40	10	11	.284	.402	.371	.773	112.3	105.6	.378	1.9
1924	108	476	395	81	123	26	7	2	53	64	26	9	4	.311	.413	.428	.840	120.8	117.2	.402	1.9
1925	150	652	532	91	163	18	9	3	94	83	29	19	5	.306	.403	.391	.794	107.3	102.7	.381	1.5
1926	128	538	429	92	123	24	14	1	52	90	18	13	7	.287	.413	.415	.828	120.4	114.6	.397	2.2
1927	112	454	365	71	95	17	9	1	42	71	28	13	7	.260	.384	.364	.748	98.6	92.7	.363	0.6
1928	154	678	549	116	154	32	11	14	80	105	43	12	7	.281	.400	.455	.855	123.8	120.6	.397	3.0
1929	151	712	573	111	168	40	10	6	61	126	32	12	6	.293	.422	.429	.852	122.4	116.4	.400	3.2
1930	117	524	425	85	100	27	5	4	42	81	44	12	7	.235	.363	.351	.713	84.9	78.9	.339	-0.1
1931	155	725	589	119	179	23	15	1	62	127	60	13	3	.304	.430	.399	.829	129.7	123.1	.397	3.8
1932	112	443	373	51	93	21	2	0	43	64	21	17	6	.249	.364	.316	.680	89.1	81.8	.330	0.0
1933	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-127.7	-100.0	.000	0.0

Career totals

1,615

7,207

417th-most career PA

5,904

1,151

227th-most career R

1,696

489th-most career H

319

420th-most career 2B

109

130th-most career 3B

RBI

695

1,092

86th-most career BB

436

151

.2873

475th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4022

60th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4006

OPS

.8028

474th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1922-05-23	DET @ ATH Gameday	4	3	4	0	1	1	2	1	9
1928-08-07	BOS @ BAL Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	9
1929-04-23	DET @ BAL Gameday	3	4	2	0	0	2	3	2	8
1922-04-28	CWS @ DET Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	7
1929-04-30	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1921-04-14	CWS @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-15	CWS @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-19	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-20	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921-04-21	DET @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.