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Name Team Age
Happy Luby Retired (1973, Age 38) Died (2024, Age 89)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18
(1956)
1B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Rickey Henderson League 0 18 years (58 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 6/13/1935
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 6
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (C)
(0.0 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1956 DET 158 597 69 155 33 7 17 92 43 123 23 14 9 .733 .309 .424 .260
1957 DET 158 614 79 148 19 3 10 46 61 124 24 6 5 .642 .312 .331 .241
1958 DET 158 647 94 157 20 3 18 56 59 106 48 15 6 .680 .313 .366 .243
1959 DET 158 629 89 166 33 4 11 53 63 129 21 15 3 .713 .331 .382 .264
1960 DET 150 526 83 134 28 4 14 54 34 93 24 6 1 .702 .299 .403 .255
1961 DET 148 535 82 165 27 6 24 94 41 83 27 9 2 .875 .359 .516 .308
1962 DET 159 671 108 201 38 11 15 78 61 102 39 7 1 .814 .358 .456 .300
1963 DET 158 684 116 207 35 11 16 82 59 108 50 9 0 .816 .360 .456 .303
1964 DET 158 648 118 166 26 4 27 100 75 92 35 4 1 .771 .338 .434 .256
1965 DET 149 501 114 159 33 5 28 95 75 70 41 6 5 .977 .407 .571 .317
1966 DET 158 683 154 229 49 15 26 97 63 99 40 9 2 .957 .392 .565 .335
1967 DET 158 669 120 205 25 11 24 95 63 109 42 7 3 .851 .367 .484 .306
1968 DET 158 654 111 201 25 22 27 113 76 91 40 7 4 .916 .379 .537 .307
1969 DET 158 654 125 219 37 9 23 100 65 101 43 1 3 .921 .396 .524 .335
1970 DET 157 610 107 171 28 8 17 81 64 89 32 10 2 .785 .349 .436 .280
1971 DET 157 610 96 162 25 5 26 112 52 113 32 5 3 .775 .324 .451 .266
1972 DET 156 585 77 156 23 8 12 80 63 115 12 2 0 .733 .338 .395 .267
1973 DET 154 590 66 159 19 7 18 87 54 91 11 3 4 .746 .329 .417 .269
Total 2810 11107 1808 3160 523 143 353 1515 1071 1838 584 135 54 .801 .348 .453 .285
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Happy Luby has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1956-04-01The Detroit Cavalry have promoted Bob Kammeyer to the major league team. The Detroit Cavalry have promoted Happy Luby to the major league team. The Detroit Cavalry have designated Art Mooty for assignment. The Detroit Cavalry have designated Myron Elarton for assignment.