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Red Lucas

Pitcher/Pinch hitter

Born: May 23, 1902
Columbia, Tennessee

Died: July 9, 1986 (aged 84)
Nashville, Tennessee

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 19, 1923, for the New York Giants

Last MLB appearance

October 1, 1938, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

157–135

Earned run average

3.72

Strikeouts

602

Teams

Charles Fred Lucas (April 28, 1902 – July 9, 1986) was a pitcher for the New York Giants (1923), Boston Braves (1924), Cincinnati Reds (1926–33) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1934–38).

He was a solid pitcher who contributed to his teams over the years. Some of his career highlights were as follows:

He helped the Giants win the 1923 National League Pennant.
He finished 11th in voting for the 1927 National League MVP. That year, he had a won-loss record of 18–11, with 19 complete games, 4 shutouts, 2 saves, 239 ⅔ Innings Pitched, and a 3.38 ERA.
He also finished 6th in voting for the 1929 NL MVP for leading the league in WHIP (1.204), hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (8.90), and complete games (28).
In addition, he also had a 19–12 won–loss record, with 2 shutouts and a 3.60 ERA. Lucas finished 14th in voting for the 1931 NL MVP.
Lucas also led the National League in shutouts (4) in 1928, complete games (28) in 1932, walks/9IP (1.33) in 1936.

Lucas batted seventh in the lineup for the Reds on September 7, 1933, and was the last Reds pitcher to bat higher than ninth until Jason Marquis batted eighth in May 2015.^[1]

He currently ranks 30th on the Major League Baseball career walks per 9 Innings Pitched (walks/9IP) List (1.61). In 15 seasons, Lucas had a 157–135 won–loss record, 396 games, 301 games started, 204 complete games, 22 shutouts, 70 games finished, 7 saves, 2,542 innings pitched, 2,736 hits allowed, 1,198 runs allowed, 1,051 earned runs allowed, 136 Home Runs allowed, 455 walks, 602 strikeouts, 23 hit batsmen, 7 wild pitches, 10,648 batters faced, 6 balks and a 3.72 ERA.

In his younger days he was regarded as attractive, though vain, and received the nickname "The Nashville Narcissus". He died in Nashville, Tennessee on July 9th, 1986, at the age of 84.