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Amos Otis League
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John Luke Center Field
Retired (1966, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .247 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .655 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 158 Age at Death 80 Date of Birth 02-26-1932
HR 16 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(153 games)
RBI 70
SB 26
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D+ Contact vs. L D  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF B  (64.4%) Arm C  WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF C+ (51.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 21 0.00 11 / 11 6 / 12 6 / 6 5 / 12 2 / 10 11 / 11 4 / 6 45 / 68
1954 Minors 22 0.00 3 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 0 2 / 3 2 / 3 11 / 21
1954 Majors 22 0.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 3 / 3
1955 Minors 23 0.00 1 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 6 / 10
1956 Minors 24 0.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 4
1956 Majors 24 0.00 0 / 0 2 / 6 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 9
1957 Minors 25 0.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 6
1957 Majors 25 0.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 4
1958 Majors 26 0.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 14
1959 Majors 27 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 5
1960 Majors 28 9.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 9
1961 Majors 29 8.50 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 8
1962 Majors 30 6.20 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6
1963 Majors 31 3.20 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 3
1964 Majors 32 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1965 Majors 33 1.50 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1966 Majors 34 1.10 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Total 0 0 0 18 / 23 11 / 34 16 / 24 6 / 28 4 / 21 17 / 28 8 / 15 80 / 173
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01John Luke has retired from the Boston Ooze
1957-08-29The Boston Ooze have promoted John Luke to the major league team. The Boston Ooze have sent Jack Bowman to the minors.
1957-08-08The Boston Ooze have acquired John Luke from the waiver wire.
1957-07-13The Chicago White Sox have waived John Luke.
1957-07-13The Chicago White Sox have promoted Dave Pryor to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have sent John Luke to the minors.
1957-07-06The Chicago White Sox have promoted John Luke to the major league team.
1956-10-07The Chicago White Sox have sent John Luke to the minors.
1956-08-21The Chicago White Sox have promoted John Luke to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have sent Craig Leonard to the minors.
1956-06-21The Chicago White Sox have promoted Craig Leonard to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have sent John Luke to the minors.
1956-05-13The Chicago White Sox have promoted John Luke to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have designated Bruce Macaffey for assignment.
1956-05-06The Chicago White Sox have renamed Lou Brock to John Luke.
1956-05-06The Chicago White Sox have acquired Lou Brock from the waiver wire.
1956-05-02The New York Hurricanes have waived Lou Brock.
1956-04-26The New York Hurricanes have promoted Joe Torre to the major league team. The New York Hurricanes have sent Lou Brock to the minors.
1956-04-22The New York Hurricanes have promoted Lou Brock to the major league team.
1956-04-08The New York Hurricanes have renamed John Luke to Lou Brock.
1956-04-05The New York Hurricanes have acquired John Luke from the waiver wire.
1956-04-01The Cleveland Indians have waived John Luke.
1954-08-22The Cleveland Indians have sent John Luke to the minors.
1954-08-03The Cleveland Indians have promoted John Luke to the major league team.
1954-06-06The Cleveland Indians have sent John Luke to the minors.
1954-05-14The Cleveland Indians have promoted John Luke to the major league team.