Dolf Luque

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1914-1935)

W–L 194–179
ERA 3.24
WHIP 1.29
SO 1,130
Pitcher PIV 27566.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'7" / 160 lb
Born
8/4/1890 in Havana, La Habana, Cuba
Died
7/3/1957 in Havana, La Habana, Cuba
MLB Debut
1914-05-20
Last Game
1935-04-26

Full name: Adolfo Domingo de Guzman Luque

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
194 179 550 365 206 26 28 3220.3 3,231 1,161 113 918 1,130 3.24 27566.0

Career ERA 3.24 vs. league average 3.93 across their career seasons — 17.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1914 BSN NL 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 8.7 5 4 4 1 4.15 — 0.0
1915 BSN NL 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 4 3 3.60 — 0.0
1918 CIN NL 6 3 12 10 9 1 0 83.0 84 35 32 26 3.80 2.83 (-34%) -387.7
1919 CIN NL 10 3 30 9 6 2 3 106.0 89 31 36 40 2.63 3.09 (+15%) 36.1
1920 CIN NL 13 9 37 23 10 1 1 207.7 168 58 60 72 2.51 3.45 (+27%) 584.2
1921 CIN NL 17 19 41 36 25 3 3 304.0 318 114 64 102 3.38 4.02 (+16%) 2657.2
1922 CIN NL 13 23 39 32 18 0 0 261.0 266 96 72 79 3.31 4.18 (+21%) 2771.3
1923 CIN NL 27 8 41 37 28 6 2 322.0 279 69 88 151 1.93 4.03 (+52%) 8521.2
1924 CIN NL 10 15 31 28 13 2 0 219.3 229 77 53 86 3.16 4.13 (+23%) 3771.1
1925 CIN NL 16 18 36 36 22 4 0 291.0 263 85 78 140 2.63 4.55 (+42%) 5989.2
1926 CIN NL 13 16 34 30 16 1 0 233.7 231 89 77 83 3.43 4.11 (+17%) 2113.3
1927 CIN NL 13 12 29 27 17 2 0 230.7 225 82 56 76 3.20 4.08 (+22%) 2176.1
1928 CIN NL 11 10 33 29 11 1 1 234.3 254 93 84 72 3.57 4.13 (+14%) -658.8
1929 CIN NL 5 16 32 22 8 1 0 176.0 213 88 56 43 4.50 4.60 (+2%) 1091.9
1930 BRO NL 14 8 31 24 16 2 2 199.0 221 95 58 62 4.30 4.80 (+10%) -1166.5
1931 BRO NL 7 6 19 15 5 0 0 102.7 122 52 27 25 4.56 4.10 (-11%) -333.8
1932 NY1 NL 6 7 38 5 1 0 5 110.0 128 49 32 32 4.01 4.13 (+3%) 664.4
1933 NY1 NL 8 2 35 0 0 0 4 80.3 75 24 19 23 2.69 3.86 (+30%) 328.4
1934 NY1 NL 4 3 26 0 0 0 7 42.3 54 18 17 12 3.83 4.29 (+11%) -591.7
1935 NY1 NL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 1 0 1 2 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 20 seasons 194 179 550 365 206 26 28 3,220.1 3,231 1,161 918 1,130 3.24 — 27,566

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
559 1,043 96 237 31 10 5 90 7 70 114 .227 .283 .291 .573 -3,086

Career AVG .227 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — 17.9% below league average.

Career OBP .283 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — 16.5% below league average.

Career SLG .291 vs. league average .384 across their career seasons — 24.3% below league average.

Career OPS .573 vs. league average .723 across their career seasons — 20.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1914 BSN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1915 BSN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1918 CIN NL 13 28 5 9 2 1 0 5 2 4 7 .321 — — — — 0.0
1919 CIN NL 31 32 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 .125 — — — — 0.0
1920 CIN NL 37 64 6 17 3 0 0 3 2 8 7 .266 .271 (-2%) .331 (+5%) .363 (-14%) .694 (-5%) -26.9
1921 CIN NL 42 111 7 30 7 1 0 8 0 2 9 .270 .286 (-6%) .344 (-16%) .395 (-11%) .739 (-13%) -264.4
1922 CIN NL 39 86 9 18 5 0 0 6 0 4 18 .209 .285 (-27%) .345 (-27%) .397 (-33%) .743 (-30%) -428.3
1923 CIN NL 43 104 8 21 2 1 1 9 1 8 12 .202 .282 (-29%) .344 (-25%) .390 (-31%) .734 (-28%) -479.6
1924 CIN NL 33 73 7 13 1 0 1 4 1 6 8 .178 .283 (-37%) .345 (-30%) .389 (-40%) .734 (-36%) -419.8
1925 CIN NL 37 102 7 26 1 2 2 11 0 3 9 .255 .288 (-12%) .349 (-19%) .407 (-11%) .756 (-15%) -267.9
1926 CIN NL 34 78 8 27 5 0 0 8 0 5 4 .346 .279 (+24%) .345 (+14%) .390 (+5%) .735 (+9%) 134.6
1927 CIN NL 29 83 8 18 0 3 0 9 0 4 7 .217 .282 (-23%) .344 (-27%) .392 (-26%) .736 (-26%) -376.9
1928 CIN NL 33 67 8 8 1 0 0 4 0 8 9 .119 .280 (-57%) .342 (-32%) .395 (-66%) .737 (-50%) -529.0
1929 CIN NL 32 54 10 15 0 0 1 8 0 4 5 .278 .289 (-4%) .353 (-4%) .415 (-20%) .769 (-13%) -99.1
1930 BRO NL 31 75 8 18 1 1 0 11 1 3 3 .240 .293 (-18%) .354 (-16%) .429 (-35%) .784 (-27%) -328.7
1931 BRO NL 19 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .133 — — — — 0.0
1932 NY1 NL 38 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .040 — — — — 0.0
1933 NY1 NL 35 19 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .263 — — — — 0.0
1934 NY1 NL 26 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 — — — — 0.0
1935 NY1 NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 20 seasons 559 1,043 96 237 31 10 5 90 7 70 114 .227 — — — — -3,086

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1933 WS NY1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 WS CIN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 0 3 0 0 9.3 3 0 2 11 0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1933 WS NY1 1 0 1 0 0 4.3 2 0 2 5 0.00
1919 WS CIN 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 6 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home29654249119138.220
Away26350347118455.235

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2921769.117105584676202.84
Away2581451.215256074545093.76

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1935-04-26 NY1PHIL 000000000
1935-04-23 NY1BSNW 101000000
1934-09-29 NY1BROL 000000000
1934-09-26 NY1PHIL 000000000
1934-09-25 NY1PHIL 000000000
1934-09-19 NY1CINW 000000000
1934-09-16 NY1STLL 000000000
1934-08-25 NY1STLW 100000000
1934-08-23 NY1STLW 000000000
1934-07-18 NY1CHCW 100000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1935-04-26 NY1PHI — 1.0000010
1935-04-23 NY1BSN W 2.2100110
1934-09-29 NY1BRO — 0.2000200
1934-09-26 NY1PHI L 2.0311120
1934-09-25 NY1PHI — 2.0200110
1934-09-19 NY1CIN SV 0.2000000
1934-09-16 NY1STL — 1.2111210
1934-08-25 NY1STL — 1.2311000
1934-08-23 NY1STL W 2.0000010
1934-07-18 NY1CHC SV 2.2511101

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
P 550 0 188 786 43 36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1914 BSN P 2 0 1 0 0 0
1915 BSN P 2 0 0 2 0 0
1918 CIN P 12 0 2 23 1 1
1919 CIN 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1919 CIN P 30 0 6 34 0 0
1920 CIN P 37 0 11 47 4 2
1921 CIN P 41 0 21 76 5 3
1922 CIN P 39 0 13 61 3 0
1923 CIN P 41 0 17 71 2 4
1924 CIN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1924 CIN P 31 0 11 57 6 1
1925 CIN P 36 0 15 84 7 3
1926 CIN P 34 0 12 65 3 2
1927 CIN P 29 0 18 64 5 4
1928 CIN P 33 0 15 42 3 3
1929 CIN P 32 0 9 40 0 2
1930 BRO P 31 0 8 45 1 7
1931 BRO P 19 0 3 19 0 1
1932 NY1 P 38 0 19 23 1 2
1933 NY1 P 35 0 3 19 0 0
1934 NY1 P 26 0 4 14 2 1
1935 NY1 P 2 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 550
Third Base 1
Left Field 1

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1923 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1923 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1933 Most Valuable Player NL 25th 1.0 80 0
1925 Most Valuable Player NL 13th 5.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Dolf Luque (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Bob Shawkey
    196-150, 3.09 ERA
  2. 97
    Larry French
    197-171, 3.44 ERA
  3. 93
    Hooks Dauss
    222-182, 3.30 ERA
  4. 91
    Claude Passeau
    162-150, 3.32 ERA
  5. 91
    Rube Marquard HOF
    201-177, 3.08 ERA
  6. 91
    Stan Coveleski HOF
    215-142, 2.89 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Dolf Luque

What years did Dolf Luque play?
Dolf Luque played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1935.
Was Dolf Luque a pitcher?
Yes. Dolf Luque pitched in the major leagues, recording 194 wins and 1130 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dolf Luque hit?
Dolf Luque hit 5 career home runs with 237 hits.