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1915<br /><a href="/wiki/Jonestown,_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonestown, Mississippi">Jonestown, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> March 29, 1979<span style="display:none">(1979-03-29)</span> (aged 63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Euclid,_Ohio" title="Euclid, Ohio">Euclid, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Left</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Professional debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NgL:</b> 1947, for the Homestead Grays</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> August 11, 1949, for the Cleveland Indians</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 4, 1954, for the Cleveland Indians</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.276</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">104</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" 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class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game" title="East–West All-Star Game">NgL All-Star</a> (1948)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Luscious</b> <b>"Luke"</b> <b>Easter</b> (August 4, 1915<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – March 29, 1979) was an American professional baseball player in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro leagues</a>. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, was 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), and weighed 240 lb. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Luke Easter was born in <a href="/wiki/Jonestown,_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonestown, Mississippi">Jonestown, Mississippi</a> to parents James and Maude Easter. His father was a graduate of the <a href="/wiki/Tuskegee_University" title="Tuskegee University">Tuskegee Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Maude, died in 1922 and the family moved to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a> where his father worked in a glass factory. Prior to that time, the Easters had been farmers in the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Delta" title="Mississippi Delta">Mississippi Delta</a>. Luke Easter attended the same high school as fellow Negro league star, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Trouppe" title="Quincy Trouppe">Quincy Trouppe</a>, before dropping out in the ninth grade.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next few years, Easter worked a variety of jobs such as <a href="/wiki/Shoeshiner" title="Shoeshiner">shoeshiner</a>, hat making, and for a dry cleaner. </p><p>Although Easter was good enough to be a professional player, there was no Negro league franchise in St. Louis. So, in 1937 Easter joined the top team in the area, a semipro outfit called the St. Louis Titanium Giants. The team was made up of African-Americans employed by the National Lead Company.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players would work their factory jobs during the week, often with time off to practice, then play baseball for the company on weekends. Easter earned $20 per week plus another ten to twenty on the weekends playing baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luke Easter was a very large man, standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) in height and weighing around 240 pounds (110 kg).<sup id="cite_ref-Krajcek_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krajcek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A left-handed hitting first baseman, he was known for towering home runs. During his five years with the Giants, they fielded a very competitive team. Also featuring <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jethroe" title="Sam Jethroe">Sam Jethroe</a>, they went 6–0 in exhibitions against teams from the <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a> in 1940. </p><p>With World War II raging and America soon to enter the fray, Luke Easter planned to enlist in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in 1941. However, while returning from a trip to <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> with Sam Jethroe, Easter was involved in an auto accident that left him with a fractured leg.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luscious "Luke" Easter, serial number 37 368 805, was finally inducted into the Army at <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Barracks_Military_Post" title="Jefferson Barracks Military Post">Jefferson Barracks</a> in St. Louis on June 22, 1942. Assigned to the Quartermaster Corps after basic training, he was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Leonard_Wood_(military_base)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Leonard Wood (military base)">Fort Leonard Wood</a> in Missouri, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of St. Louis. Easter was separated from the Army at Fort Leonard Wood on July 3, 1943,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thereafter worked in the defense industry. </p><p>Following the war's end in 1945, Luke Easter had tryouts with two <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> teams, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">Chicago American Giants</a>. Both teams felt he was too big and awkward to be a good ballplayer despite his previous success with the Titanium Giants.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manager <a href="/wiki/Candy_Jim_Taylor" title="Candy Jim Taylor">"Candy Jim" Taylor</a> of the American Giants elected not to sign Easter, but referred him to promoter <a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Abe Saperstein</a>—famous for being the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a>. At that time, Saperstein was founding a new touring baseball team, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Crescents" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Crescents">Cincinnati Crescents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krajcek_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krajcek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saperstein signed Easter, and after a successful 1946 season, sold him to the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Negro_and_Major_Leagues">Negro and Major Leagues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Negro and Major Leagues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Easter was a solid contributor to the Grays in 1947, and excelled in 1948. That year, he <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> .363, tied for the league lead in <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, and led the league in <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>. He led the Grays to a victory over the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Black_Barons" title="Birmingham Black Barons">Birmingham Black Barons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1948_Negro_World_Series" title="1948 Negro World Series">1948 Negro World Series</a>. His success attracted the attention of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a>, owner of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, who purchased his contract from the Grays. A knee injury in <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> in 1949 cost Easter a spot on the major league roster at the start of the season. He started the year in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> with the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres_(PCL)" title="San Diego Padres (PCL)">San Diego Padres</a> despite a mid-season operation on the knee, and continued to be a star, prompting coach <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Reese" title="Jimmie Reese">Jimmie Reese</a> to remark, "Easter is the only player I ever saw who can hit a baseball as far as <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He again batted .363, along with 25 home runs and 80 RBIs. This performance impressed the Indians so much that they called Easter up for a brief appearance at the end of the season, and, early in 1950, traded <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> to open up <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a> for him. </p><p>As a 34-year-old rookie, Easter continued his power hitting, ranking among the league leaders in home runs and RBIs, and led the league in times <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">hit by pitch</a>. He continued to produce in 1951 and 1952, finishing 13th in <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a> voting in the latter year, but ongoing knee and <a href="/wiki/Ankle_problems" title="Ankle problems">ankle problems</a>, as well as advancing age, brought his major league career to an end. He played in only 68 major league games in 1953, spending part of the year at <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a>, and finished his major league career with six games in 1954. </p><p>Easter continued to play professionally at Triple-A, even though the leg injuries had reduced his running speed to a limp. He played regularly for the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Athletics" title="Ottawa Athletics">Ottawa Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charleston_Senators" title="Charleston Senators">Charleston Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons_(1886%E2%80%931970)" title="Buffalo Bisons (1886–1970)">Buffalo Bisons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a>, and won the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>'s MVP award with the Bisons in 1957. He ultimately retired as a player in 1963 at the age of 48 and worked for several years thereafter as a coach. The Rochester Red Wings retired his uniform number used while playing for them (36), as did the Buffalo Bisons (25). </p><p>In 2008, Easter was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="International League Hall of Fame">International League Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_home_runs">Notable home runs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable home runs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a player, Easter was best known for his powerful home runs, colloquially known as "Easter Eggs."<sup id="cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wordpress1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 18, 1948, while with the Homestead Grays, Easter became the first player to hit a home run into the center field bleachers at New York's <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> during game action, a drive estimated at 490 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his rookie season, he also hit the longest home run in the history of Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>, a 477-foot blast over the auxiliary scoreboard in right field. The only other player to match that feat was <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a>, who did it in 1960. Finally, during his twilight days with the Bisons, he became the first player to hit a home run over the center field scoreboard at Buffalo's home park, <a href="/wiki/Offermann_Stadium" title="Offermann Stadium">Offermann Stadium</a>, doing so twice in 1957. On June 14 he cleared the board, and newspapers reported the blow at an estimated 500 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 15, he hit the board near the top, and it went through a space between the board and a sign just above it.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When told by a fan one time that the fan had seen Easter's longest home run in person, Easter is reported to have replied, "If it came down, it wasn't my longest." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While playing with the Red Wings, Easter also began to serve as a coach, and, after his playing days were over, he continued in this role. Future major leaguers <a href="/wiki/Boog_Powell" title="Boog Powell">Boog Powell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a>, and Canadian-born <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ward" title="Pete Ward">Pete Ward</a> were among the players who credited Easter as a positive influence on their careers. </p><p>After his days as a coach, Easter returned to the Cleveland area and went to work for the Aircraft Workers Alliance in 1964, eventually becoming the chief union steward for <a href="/wiki/TRW_Inc." title="TRW Inc.">TRW</a> in the east-side suburb of <a href="/wiki/Euclid,_Ohio" title="Euclid, Ohio">Euclid, Ohio</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Murder">Murder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Murder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 29, 1979, Easter was shot and killed outside a bank at East 260th Street and <a href="/wiki/Euclid_Avenue_(Cleveland)" title="Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)">Euclid Avenue</a> while transporting over $5,000 from payroll checks.<sup id="cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wordpress1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Easter was approached by two robbers armed with shotguns and was shot twice at close range after refusing to turn over the funds.<sup id="cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wordpress1979-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributes">Tributes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1980, Woodland Hills Park in Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Cleveland" title="Mount Pleasant, Cleveland">Mount Pleasant</a> neighborhood was renamed Luke Easter Park in memoriam.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A statue of Easter was also dedicated at his now namesake park.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_analysis">Historical analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historical analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Easter was generally well-liked by teammates during his career, and most printed recollections by them refer to him as a good-natured practical joker. He owned and operated a sausage company while in Buffalo, and gave five pounds of sausage to every teammate who hit a home run. He was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, with that body citing his "grace and dignity on and off the field" and his "legacy as a friend to the community, a generous soul with plenty of time for any cause."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had already become a charter member of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame">Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ned_Garver" title="Ned Garver">Ned Garver</a> remembered that his favorite type of pitches to hit were ones "out over the plate and down" in the <a href="/wiki/Strike_zone" title="Strike zone">strike zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Garver_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garver-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract">The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract</a></i>, baseball writer and statistician <a href="/wiki/Bill_James" title="Bill James">Bill James</a> rated Easter as the second-best first baseman in the history of the Negro leagues, behind only <a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Buck Leonard</a>. He described Easter as "an amiable, fun-loving man who gambled, wasn't 100% honest, and had a temper," with "shoulders that crossed three lanes of traffic," but also claimed that "if you could clone him and bring him back, you'd have the greatest power hitter in baseball today, if not ever." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The birth year listed here is drawn from <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census#Fifteenth_Census_of_the_United_States_(1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census">census</a> data. Easter himself listed multiple birth years ranging from 1911 to 1921 on different occasions, so some ambiguity as to the correct year exists.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Easter_(baseball)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Christensen-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Christensen_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Christensen, Lawrence O. <i>Dictionary of Missouri Biography</i>, University of Missouri Press, 1999. 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New York Daily News website. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-12-06/news/17913292_1_major-leagues-dan-bankhead-monte-irvin">the original</a> on January 30, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Death+of+a+Baseball+Great&rft.pub=New+York+Daily+News+website&rft.date=2008-12-06&rft.aulast=Krajcek&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.nydailynews.com%2F2008-12-06%2Fnews%2F17913292_1_major-leagues-dan-bankhead-monte-irvin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+Easter+%28baseball%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Archives and Records Administration</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ward, Arch. "In the Wake of the News". <i>The Chicago Daily Tribune</i>. May 24, 1949.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wordpress1979-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wordpress1979_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://miscbaseball.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/luke-easters-career-and-murder-in-1979/">"Luke Easter's Career and Murder in 1979"</a>. Misc. Baseball. December 16, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Luke+Easter%27s+Career+and+Murder+in+1979&rft.pub=Misc.+Baseball&rft.date=2010-12-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmiscbaseball.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Fluke-easters-career-and-murder-in-1979%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+Easter+%28baseball%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank_Daugherty1948" class="citation news cs1">Frank Daugherty (July 24, 1948). "Hits Homer Into PG Bleachers, 490 Ft!; Luke Easter's Clout Amazes as Grays Win". <i>New York Amsterdam News</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/514427000">514427000</a>. <q>4,500 fans cheered Easter to the echo in the 4-run rally the Grays staged in the last inning of the second game. Easter leveled off on the Cuban lefty, Pat Scantlebury, and the ball went on a line 490 feet into the sixth row in the centerfield bleachers. Old-time park attendants at the Polo Grounds and fans who have been Giants followers over the years could not recall a similar clout. Josh Gibson, the late Homestead Grays home run king, was credited with hitting the ball 400 feet for home runs, but no one, and veteran PG patrons included major league players, had ever put a ball into the right center bleachers.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Amsterdam+News&rft.atitle=Hits+Homer+Into+PG+Bleachers%2C+490+Ft%21%3B+Luke+Easter%27s+Clout+Amazes+as+Grays+Win&rft.date=1948-07-24&rft.au=Frank+Daugherty&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+Easter+%28baseball%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105142829/the-record/">"Grays Beat Cubans Twice"</a>. <i>The Hackensack Record</i>. July 19, 1948. p. 14. Retrieved July 7, 1948.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/minor-league/minor9.shtml/">Luke Easter, Myth, Legend Superstar; Baseball Almanac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100602031011/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/minor-league/minor9.shtml/">Archived</a> June 2, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rochester, New York, <i>Democrat and Chronicle</i>, June 15, 1957, p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rochester, New York, <i>Democrat and Chronicle</i>, August 16, 1957, p. 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=LEP">"Luke Easter Park"</a>. 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Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/1997/luke_easter.html/">the original</a> on February 4, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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