Major League Baseball Player. Born in Washington, D.C., to Charles and Ida Blue. Luzeme better known as Lu grew up a fan of the Washington Senators. He attended Briarly Hall Military School in Poolsville, Maryland, where his play caught the attention of professional scouts. Lu signed with the minor league Martinsburg Blue Sox. In 1917, Lu known as a switch-hitter reportedly hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in the same game. The Detroit Tigers purchased his contract in the fall of 1917. Lu did not make the team in 1918 and was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served at Camp Lee, Virginia until the war ended in 1919. He re-joined the Tigers after World War I, but was sent to Portland in the Pacific Coast League, where he played in 1919 and 1920. In 1921, with Ty Cobb as the Tigers new player-manager, Lu finally made it to the big leagues at age 24. He credited Cobb with improving his performance as a hitter. Cobb taught him to study pitchers and to become a student of the game. Lu hit .308 in his first season with Detroit and remained entrenched as the Tigers starting first baseman for seven seasons, 1921 to 1927. He was a reliable hitter in his years at Detroit, hitting above .300 four times, including a .311 season in 1924. He finished among the top vote getters in the American League Most Valuable Player voting three times for the Tigers: 10th in 1922, 19th in 1924, and 12th in 1925. In addition to hitting for average, he had a keen eye and a talent for drawing bases on balls. He was among the league leaders in bases on balls ten times in his career from 1921 through 1923, 1925 through 1931. He finished his career with 1,092 walks. Lu was also among the league leaders in on-base percentage four times, including a career-high .430 on-base percentage in 1931 second best in the American League. His career on-base percentage was .402, 115 points above his .287 career batting average. During his thirteen seasons in the major leagues, he played with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, and Brooklyn Dodgers. For ten seasons, Lu was among the top ten in walks, and a .402 on base percentage. In 1924, Lu gave up the single life and married Pauline Chambers; the couple had no children. Lu operated a baseball school and maintained a semipro stadium in northern Virginia. The site was utilized by the NFL's Washington Redskins as a training facility in the late 1930s. The baseball school ultimately closed in 1940. In 1941, Lu retired to a chicken farm in Cloverly, Virginia. Later, he owned a farm in Colesville, Maryland, where neighbors Sam Rice and Ossie Bluege also operated successful chicken hatcheries. He had a longtime illness of arthritis. Lu died at his home at the age of 61.