Career
He batted and threw right-handed. Boone had a.209 career batting average. He was born and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lute Boone replaced Honus Wagner as shortstop after his retirement from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He worked after his baseball career ended as a pattern maker for the Mesta Machine Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania a suburb of Pittsburgh. From 1960 to 1962, Boone was the president of the Pittsburgh Professional Baseball Association.