Luke Easter Stats & Facts

Luke Easter Stats & Facts

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Luke Easter Positions: First Baseman and RightfielderBats: Left  •  Throws: Right6-4, 240lb (193cm, 108kg)Born: August 4, 1915 in Jonestown, MSDied: March 29, 1979 (Aged 63-237d) in Euclid, OHBuried: Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OHDebut: August 11, 1949 (Age 34-007d, 8,219th in MLB history)vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: May 4, 1954 (Age 38-273d)vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Luscious Luke EasterView Player Bio from the SABR BioProject     Luke…

Negro leagues and Cleveland Indians star Luke Easter is murdered at the age of 63 in Euclid, Ohio

Negro leagues and Cleveland Indians star Luke Easter is murdered at the age of 63 in Euclid, Ohio

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On March 29, 1979, former Negro leagues and Cleveland Indians star Luke Easter is murdered at the age of 63 in Euclid, Ohio. Easter starred for the Homestead Grays and several minor league teams before arriving in the major leagues at age 34. Game ticket & learn more about the players, teams, stadiums and dates…

For the third win in a row‚ Luke Easter homers as the Indians win‚ 8 – 3, over the Browns. Big Luke clouts two to back Bob Lemon’s 19th win‚ and Larry Doby hits his 30th.

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For the third win in a row‚ Luke Easter homers as the Indians win‚ 8 – 3, over the Browns. Big Luke clouts two to back Bob Lemon’s 19th win‚ and Larry Doby hits his 30th.

The Cleveland Indians’ power hitters dazzle the New York Yankees with a triple steal in the 1st inning

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The Cleveland Indians’ power hitters dazzle the New York Yankees with a triple steal in the 1st inning as Al Rosen scores, Larry Doby goes to third, and Luke Easter, in his only major-league theft, goes to second.

Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns and Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians each pitch one-hitters, with the Browns prevailing, 1 – 0

Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns and Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians each pitch one-hitters, with the Browns prevailing, 1 – 0

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Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns and Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians each pitch one-hitters, with the Browns prevailing, 1 – 0. This ties a major league record for the fewest hits by two teams in a game (since broken). Bobby Young hits a triple in the 1st inning and scores on an Al Rosen error as the Browns move into first place. The Indians’ only hit is a single by Luke Easter. For Feller, it is the fourth time he’s tossed a one-hitter against the Browns.

The Yankees blow a 6-run lead as Cleveland scores four in the 9th inning off Allie Reynolds to win, 8 – 7. Luke Easter’s 3-run home run – his second of the game – is the big blow, as the Yankees skid to second place, a half game behind Detroit and a half game ahead of Boston.

The Yankees blow a 6-run lead as Cleveland scores four in the 9th inning off Allie Reynolds to win, 8 – 7. Luke Easter’s 3-run home run – his second of the game – is the big blow, as the Yankees skid to second place, a half game behind Detroit and a half game ahead of Boston.

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The Yankees blow a 6-run lead as Cleveland scores four in the 9th inning off Allie Reynolds to win, 8 – 7. Luke Easter’s 3-run home run – his second of the game – is the big blow, as the Yankees skid to second place, a half game behind Detroit and a half game ahead of Boston.

Luke Easter has his second consecutive two-homer day to lead the Indians to a 13 – 4 trouncing of the Senators. Easter had two yesterday in a win over New York. Al Rosen adds a single, double, and triple to back Bob Lemon’s pitching.

Luke Easter has his second consecutive two-homer day to lead the Indians to a 13 – 4 trouncing of the Senators. Easter had two yesterday in a win over New York. Al Rosen adds a single, double, and triple to back Bob Lemon’s pitching.

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Luke Easter has his second consecutive two-homer day to lead the Indians to a 13 – 4 trouncing of the Senators. Easter had two yesterday in a win over New York. Al Rosen adds a single, double, and triple to back Bob Lemon’s pitching.

Schoolboy Rowe’s launches a batting practice bomb into the Polo Grounds’ center-field bleachers, a feat never before performed

Schoolboy Rowe’s launches a batting practice bomb into the Polo Grounds’ center-field bleachers, a feat never before performed

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Prior to a pre-season contest in New York, (and exactly one week before Schoolboy Rowe’s official major league debut), the highly touted Tigers pitching prospect launches a batting practice bomb into the Polo Grounds’ center-field bleachers, a feat never before performed since the stadium’s 1923 reconfiguration. It will be more than 15 years—July 18, 1948, to be precise—before Rowe’s feat is finally matched in the course of a game, by Negro Leaguer Luke Easter, and roughly 20—i.e. April 29, 1953—before the first major league version, courtesy of Joe Adcock.