Lu Blue Baseball player

Luzerne Atwell "Lu" Blue (March 5, 1897 – July 28, 1958) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. He played in the major leagues from 1921 to 1932 with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox. Blue was a switch-hitter who had a career on-base percentage of .402 and was one of the best fielding first basemen of his era. He interrupted his baseball career for military service in World War I and was later honored with burial at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked Blue as the 77th best first baseman of all time.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 05, 1897
Birth place	Washington D.C.
Date of death	July 28, 1958
Place of death	Alexandria Virginia

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Baseball player

Career start	April 14, 1921
Career end	April 25, 1933
batting side	Switch
former teams	Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Dodgers
position	First baseman
teams	Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Dodgers
throwing side	Left