Rube Lutzke
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb
BornNovember 17, 1897 · Milwaukee, WI, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 1923
Final gameSeptember 13, 1927
Seasons5 (1923–1927)
Cleveland Indians 1923–1927
Percentile snapshot
1926 season — qualified batters
of 159 qualified 1926 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 143 | 596 | 511 | 71 | 131 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 59 | 57 | 9 | 6 | .256 | .338 | .337 | .675 | 78.5 | 77.2 | .326 | 0.6 |
| 1924 | 106 | 396 | 341 | 37 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 46 | 4 | 0 | .243 | .328 | .314 | .642 | 65.1 | 64.0 | .314 | -0.3 |
| 1925 | 81 | 283 | 238 | 31 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .218 | .295 | .269 | .564 | 45.0 | 43.8 | .277 | -0.9 |
| 1926 | 142 | 536 | 475 | 42 | 124 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 34 | 35 | 6 | 3 | .261 | .313 | .345 | .658 | 68.5 | 71.5 | .311 | -0.1 |
| 1927 | 100 | 359 | 311 | 35 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .251 | .307 | .309 | .615 | 58.8 | 59.6 | .294 | -0.5 |
Career totals
G
572
PA
2,170
AB
1,876
R
216
H
468
2B
87
3B
18
HR
4
RBI
223
BB
179
SO
196
SB
23
BA
.2495
OBP
.3195
SLG
.3214
OPS
.6409
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-07-07 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 1924-08-04 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1923-10-05 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1923-06-19 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1926-09-21 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-04-18 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-04-19 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-04-20 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-04-21 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-04-22 | DET @ CLE 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.