Luke Easter

Portrait of Luke Easter, first baseman for the Cleveland Indians, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Luke Easter." Printed on back: "Luke Easter. First base, Cleveland Indians. Born: St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 4, 1921. Height: 6-4 1/2. Weight: 235. Bats: left. Throws: right. One of the biggest men in baseball. Though plagued by a bad knee through much of 1951, Luke got into 128 games. He batted .270. Hit 27 home runs, 5 triples, 12 doubles. Drove in 103 runs, making a total of 210 for the past 2 seasons. Began in baseball in 1949. No. 95 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."