Lu Blue
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Luzerne Atwell "Lu" Blue (March 5, 1897 – July 28, 1958) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. During his thirteen seasons in the major leagues, he played with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, and Brooklyn Dodgers. For ten seasons, Blue was among the top ten in walks, finishing his career with 1,092 walks and a .402 on base percentage. In 1929, he was first in the American League in total times on base.
Born in Washington, D.C., Lu Blue served in World War I. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after his death in 1958 at Alexandria, Virginia.
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Baseball-Almanac career statistics
- The Deadball Era
Categories: Baseball first baseman stubs | 1897 births | 1958 deaths | Major league first basemen | Major league players from Washington, D.C. | Detroit Tigers players | St. Louis Browns players | Chicago White Sox players | Brooklyn Dodgers players | Toronto Maple Leafs (minor league baseball) players | American military personnel of World War I | Burials at Arlington National Cemetery