Peter Jeter?....NO, THAT, that is Just Not Right!
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:54 am
I do stupid stuff sometimes. Both, the DOH! stupid stuff and intentional stupid stuff.
My intentional stupid stuff the other day was finding baseball names that rhyme.
This led me to Lu Blue.
Hey! I don't make this stuff up!
That's right! Lu Blue.
Along with Larry Sherry, Mark Clark, Greg Legg, Don Haun, Bill Hill, and Paul Schaal was Lu Blue.
And thank you, Mr. and Mrs Garvey for not naming your son, Harvey.
And thankfully, Mr. and Mrs. Spahn were not Latin, Juan Spahn just does not fit.
And Mr. and Mrs. Jeter....you get the picture...
With a name like Lu Blue, due diligence was needed, of course.
It turns out Lu Blue was one of the few players who liked Ty Cobb. Blue broke into the Majors the same year that Cobb would manage the Tigers. Blue was a no-nonsense player in the Cobb mold.
Cobb took Blue under his wing and Blue's career flourished.
Sabrmetrically, Blue was ahead of his time. He was best at drawing bases on balls.
In 1921, Lu Blue's rookie year and the same year that Babe Ruth arguably had the greatest hitting year by a player, only two players had over 100 bases on balls.
Ruth-144
Blue- 103
He was adept at hitting foul balls to prolong at bats, making himself a great PITA (pain in the ass) hitter.
His 103/47 ratio of walks/strike outs remains as one of the best of all time.
His PITA ways would remain throughout his career. He had an anomaly season of 14 home runs one season. He never hit more than six home runs in his other 12 seasons.
Yet, he would score over 100 runs six times and nine times, he drew at least 80 walks.
His lifetime ratio of bb/k is 1,092/436. Can you imagine?
He also had a lifetime on base percentage of .402
Lu Blue is not in the Hall of Fame.
He probably shouldn't be.
But, someday when somebody builds a sabrmetric Hall of Fame, Lu Blue should be considered.
My intentional stupid stuff the other day was finding baseball names that rhyme.
This led me to Lu Blue.
Hey! I don't make this stuff up!
That's right! Lu Blue.
Along with Larry Sherry, Mark Clark, Greg Legg, Don Haun, Bill Hill, and Paul Schaal was Lu Blue.
And thank you, Mr. and Mrs Garvey for not naming your son, Harvey.
And thankfully, Mr. and Mrs. Spahn were not Latin, Juan Spahn just does not fit.
And Mr. and Mrs. Jeter....you get the picture...
With a name like Lu Blue, due diligence was needed, of course.
It turns out Lu Blue was one of the few players who liked Ty Cobb. Blue broke into the Majors the same year that Cobb would manage the Tigers. Blue was a no-nonsense player in the Cobb mold.
Cobb took Blue under his wing and Blue's career flourished.
Sabrmetrically, Blue was ahead of his time. He was best at drawing bases on balls.
In 1921, Lu Blue's rookie year and the same year that Babe Ruth arguably had the greatest hitting year by a player, only two players had over 100 bases on balls.
Ruth-144
Blue- 103
He was adept at hitting foul balls to prolong at bats, making himself a great PITA (pain in the ass) hitter.
His 103/47 ratio of walks/strike outs remains as one of the best of all time.
His PITA ways would remain throughout his career. He had an anomaly season of 14 home runs one season. He never hit more than six home runs in his other 12 seasons.
Yet, he would score over 100 runs six times and nine times, he drew at least 80 walks.
His lifetime ratio of bb/k is 1,092/436. Can you imagine?
He also had a lifetime on base percentage of .402
Lu Blue is not in the Hall of Fame.
He probably shouldn't be.
But, someday when somebody builds a sabrmetric Hall of Fame, Lu Blue should be considered.