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Luke
Easter		  
Nickname: Luscious
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 240
 
Born: August 4, 1915 in Usa, MS, JONESTOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1949   
All-Star Selections 1946    1947    1948   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1944 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1945 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1946 30 PIT NL $ 2,200,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1947 31 PIT NL $ 3,178,571   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1948 32 BRK NL $ 5,280,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
1949 33 SDP NL $ 5,280,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1950 34 SDP NL $ 5,280,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1951 35 NYA AL     6 6 5 6 7 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1952 36 MON NL $ 980,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,280,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 27 NYA AL 84 292 52 70 9 1 17 50 1 0 36 47 .240 .328 .452 .780 44.9 7.4
  PIT NL 53 185 28 42 2 0 3 22 0 0 24 20 .227 .319 .286 .606 18.8 1.6
  TOT   137 477 80 112 11 1 20 72 1 0 60 67 .235 .325 .388 .713 63.7 9.0
1944 28 PIT NL 126 366 45 92 9 3 13 42 0 0 31 70 .251 .313 .399 .712 45.6 6.2
1945 29 PIT NL 149 494 64 113 10 3 28 84 0 0 65 78 .229 .321 .431 .752 73.4 10.5
1946 30 PIT NL 149 504 75 135 12 0 35 112 0 0 60 80 .268 .350 .500 .850 85.9 18.0
1947 31 PIT NL 154 539 85 157 30 1 29 100 0 0 67 67 .291 .368 .512 .880 98.6 19.7
1948 32 BRK NL 151 533 91 148 17 4 25 103 0 0 60 93 .278 .352 .465 .817 88.1 15.7
1949 33 BRK NL 79 283 39 77 8 2 8 41 0 0 37 43 .272 .357 .399 .756 41.9 6.0
  SDP NL 66 213 29 64 5 0 11 50 0 0 19 33 .300 .359 .479 .838 36.1 6.8
  TOT   145 496 68 141 13 2 19 91 0 0 56 76 .284 .358 .433 .791 78.0 12.8
1950 34 SDP NL 108 275 38 78 11 1 14 55 0 0 22 35 .284 .340 .484 .824 44.2 7.1
1951 35 NYA AL 134 365 36 87 13 2 10 52 0 0 40 60 .238 .320 .367 .687 43.0 3.6
1952 36 MON NL 22 36 5 10 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 3 .278 .366 .472 .838 6.5 1.2
10 Years Sim 1275 4085 587 1073 127 17 195 717 1 0 465 629 .263 .341 .445 .786 626.8 103.8
162 Game Average 519 74 136 16 2 24 91 0 0 59 79 .263 .341 .445 .786 79.6  
Career Highs 154 539 91 157 30 4 35 112 1 0 67 93 .291 .368 .512 .880 98.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2974 452 833 89 11 149 551 1 0 353 417 .280 .359 .468 .827 496.7
vs LH   1111 135 240 38 6 46 166 0 0 112 212 .216 .289 .385 .675 129.3
Home 620 1951 294 540 60 8 100 369 0 0 226 285 .277 .355 .470 .824 322.9
Away 655 2134 293 533 67 9 95 348 1 0 239 344 .250 .328 .423 .751 303.1
RISP   1093 0 316 43 6 59 509 0 0 157 181 .289 .371 .501 .872 204.9
Pinch Hitting   181 26 53 5 1 13 58 0 0 16 26 .293 .343 .547 .890 33.5
Close/Late   499 46 137 9 1 19 86 0 0 58 70 .275 .354 .411 .764 73.8
Mar/Apr 202 614 74 162 23 4 24 100 0 0 80 97 .264 .346 .432 .778 94.6
May 233 769 129 228 22 5 54 154 0 0 77 120 .296 .369 .549 .918 146.5
June 202 679 93 163 20 1 32 126 1 0 79 100 .240 .323 .414 .737 94.0
July 203 658 90 158 22 1 24 101 0 0 66 104 .240 .313 .386 .699 81.4
August 225 691 102 171 18 3 30 121 0 0 90 112 .247 .333 .412 .746 100.0
Sep/Oct 209 674 99 191 22 3 31 115 0 0 73 96 .283 .356 .463 .819 109.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 27 NYA AL RF 75 73 626.9 131 1 0 0 1.000 1.90   1.9
    1B 7 4 40.5 48 6 0 6 1.000 12.00   0.1
  PIT NL RF 47 46 398.6 83 0 0 0 1.000 1.87   1.0
    1B 4 3 25.7 30 4 0 4 1.000 11.91   0.1
  TOT   RF 122 119 1025.5 214 1 0 0 1.000 1.89   2.9
      1B 11 7 66.2 78 10 0 10 1.000 11.96   0.1
1944 28 PIT NL RF 64 51 456.7 106 1 1 1 .991 2.11   1.2
    1B 44 43 374.7 466 36 4 47 .992 12.06   0.6
1945 29 PIT NL RF 102 100 870.3 216 3 0 0 1.000 2.26   2.8
    1B 41 37 324.0 376 31 3 37 .993 11.31   0.5
1946 30 PIT NL 1B 120 107 966.3 1275 95 6 109 .996 12.76   2.9
    RF 22 21 175.3 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.4
1947 31 PIT NL 1B 81 79 682.3 906 72 6 83 .994 12.90   0.8
    RF 71 64 564.0 131 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.7
1948 32 BRK NL 1B 147 127 1173.0 1452 146 13 142 .992 12.26   3.2
    RF 3 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
1949 33 BRK NL 1B 72 68 634.4 836 69 8 79 .991 12.84   1.3
    RF 4 1 17.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
  SDP NL 1B 60 56 462.6 610 50 6 57 .991 12.84   0.9
    RF 4 1 12.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71   0.0
  TOT   1B 132 124 1097.0 1446 119 14 136 .991 12.84   2.2
      RF 8 2 30.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 .90   0.0
1950 34 SDP NL 1B 66 56 510.7 648 52 10 51 .986 12.34   1.2
    RF 7 3 31.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.41   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 35 NYA AL 1B 96 84 734.3 944 74 5 94 .995 12.48   2.1
    RF 12 8 82.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.32   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 36 MON NL 1B 15 6 64.7 86 10 0 3 1.000 13.36   0.2
  1B 753 670 5993.2 7677 645 61 712 .993 12.50   13.9
  RF 411 369 3248.5 736 5 2 1 .997 2.05   8.2
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1167 1039 9246.7 8413 650 63 713 .993 8.82   22.0
Career Highs   152 143 1246.3 1454 146 14 142 1.000 13.36    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 34 SDP NL 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571
Career Post-Season Batting 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1946-8-.500
1947-6-.512
 OPS
1947-7-.880
 XR
1947-8-98.6
 Games
1947-9-154
 Total Bases
1947-6-276
 Homeruns
1945-4-28
1946-3-35
1947-5-29
RBIs
1946-4-112
1947-9-100
 Strikeouts
1945-4-78
1946-5-80
1947-9-67
1948-3-93
1949-5-76
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Willie Upshaw (901)
  7. Joe Gaines (901)
  8. Bill Skowron (899)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1943
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1943, off Johnny Broaca (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1943, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
Injured on 4/11/1943 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1943, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1943 (Going to NYA: P Johnny Rigney. Going to PIT: RF Luke Easter, P Ed Baecht)
Injured on 5/25/1944 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/24/1946
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 5/29/1946
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1946, hitting .368 with 14 HR, 35 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1946, hitting .565 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1946, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1947, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1947, hitting .415 with 7 HR, 20 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1947, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
7/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,280,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: P Steve Nagy. Going to BRK: RF Luke Easter, C Mike Garbark)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1948, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 7/1/1949 (Going to BRK: 3B Mickey Witek, P Preacher Roe, RF Danny Litwhiler. Going to SDP: 1B Luke Easter)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1949
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1950, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/24/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/20/1951
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/11/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $980,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 9/27/1952
 
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