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Luke Appling
Lucius Benjamin Appling (Old Aches and Pains and Luscious Luke)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: April 2, 1907 in High Point, NC
Schools: Oglethorpe University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1930
Final Game: October 1, 1950
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1964 (189/225 ballots).
Died: January 3, 1991 in Cumming, GA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 23 CHW AL 6 26 26 2 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692 76 10 0 0 /6
1931 24 CHW AL 96 330 297 36 69 13 4 1 28 9 2 29 27 .232 .303 .313 .616 66 93 1 3 6/4
1932 25 CHW AL 139 532 489 66 134 20 10 3 63 9 8 40 36 .274 .329 .374 .703 86 183 0 3 645
1933 26 CHW AL 151 670 612 90 197 36 10 6 85 6 11 56 29 .322 .379 .443 .822 121 271 0 2 *6 MVP-21
1934 27 CHW AL 118 516 452 75 137 28 6 2 61 3 1 59 27 .303 .384 .405 .788 101 183 0 5 *6/4
1935 28 CHW AL 153 654 525 94 161 28 6 1 71 12 6 122 40 .307 .437 .389 .826 113 204 0 7 *6 MVP-15
1936 29 CHW AL 138 618 526 111 204 31 7 6 128 10 6 85 25 .388 .474 .508 .981 138 267 1 6 *6 AS,MVP-2
1937 30 CHW AL 154 665 574 98 182 42 8 4 77 18 10 86 28 .317 .407 .439 .846 113 252 1 4 *6 MVP-17
1938 31 CHW AL 81 338 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 3 42 17 .303 .392 .350 .742 86 103 1 1 6
1939 32 CHW AL 148 630 516 82 162 16 6 0 56 16 9 105 37 .314 .430 .368 .798 103 190 11 0 9 *6 AS,MVP-33
1940 33 CHW AL 150 639 566 96 197 27 13 0 79 3 5 69 35 .348 .420 .442 .862 123 250 11 1 3 *6 AS,MVP-10
1941 34 CHW AL 154 677 592 93 186 26 8 1 57 12 8 82 32 .314 .399 .390 .789 110 231 10 1 2 *6 AS
1942 35 CHW AL 142 613 543 78 142 26 4 3 53 17 5 63 23 .262 .342 .341 .682 94 185 7 3 4 *6
1943 36 CHW AL 155 677 585 63 192 33 2 3 80 27 8 90 29 .328 .419 .407 .825 142 238 13 1 1 *6 AS,MVP-2
1945 38 CHW AL 18 70 57 12 21 2 2 1 10 1 0 12 7 .368 .478 .526 1.005 195 30 0 0 1 6
1946 39 CHW AL 149 659 582 59 180 27 5 1 55 6 4 71 41 .309 .384 .378 .762 117 220 15 0 6 *6 AS,MVP-12
1947 40 CHW AL 139 572 503 67 154 29 0 8 49 8 6 64 28 .306 .386 .412 .797 125 207 15 1 4 *6/5 AS,MVP-10
1948 41 CHW AL 139 594 497 63 156 16 2 0 47 10 4 94 35 .314 .423 .354 .777 111 176 17 0 3 56 MVP-22
1949 42 CHW AL 142 619 492 82 148 21 5 5 58 7 12 121 24 .301 .439 .394 .833 124 194 23 0 6 *6 MVP-22
1950 43 CHW AL 50 144 128 11 30 3 4 0 13 2 0 12 8 .234 .300 .320 .620 61 41 7 0 4 63/4
20 Seasons 2422 10243 8856 1319 2749 440 102 45 1116 179 108 1302 528 .310 .399 .398 .798 112 3528 129 11 74
162 Game Avg. 162 685 592 88 184 29 7 3 75 12 7 87 35 .310 .399 .398 .798 112 236 1 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 CHW AL 23 SS 6 33 12 17 4 1 .879 4.83 .942 4.57
1931 CHW AL 24 SS 76 421 147 232 42 37 .900 4.99 .938 4.77
1931 CHW AL 24 2B 1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 5.00 .967 5.50
1932 CHW AL 25 SS 85 519 195 287 37 66 .929 5.67 .942 4.87
1932 CHW AL 25 2B 30 178 62 110 6 16 .966 5.73 .968 5.67
1932 CHW AL 25 3B 14 41 13 22 6 2 .854 2.50 .956 2.77
1933 CHW AL 26 SS 151 903 314 534 55 107 .939 5.62 .942 5.03 MVP-21
1934 CHW AL 27 SS 110 618 243 341 34 55 .945 5.31 .951 5.07
1934 CHW AL 27 2B 8 38 21 16 1 4 .974 4.63 .968 5.68
1935 CHW AL 28 SS 153 930 335 556 39 93 .958 5.82 .957 5.18 MVP-15
1936 CHW AL 29 SS 137 832 320 471 41 119 .951 5.77 .950 5.22 AS,MVP-2
1937 CHW AL 30 SS 154 870 280 541 49 111 .944 5.33 .956 5.06 MVP-17
1938 CHW AL 31 SS 78 427 149 258 20 37 .953 5.22 .953 4.99
1939 CHW AL 32 SS 148 789 289 461 39 78 .951 5.07 .950 4.68 AS,MVP-33
1940 CHW AL 33 SS 150 780 307 436 37 83 .953 4.95 .949 4.53 AS,MVP-10
1941 CHW AL 34 SS 154 809 294 473 42 95 .948 4.98 .948 4.59 AS
1942 CHW AL 35 SS 141 725 269 418 38 77 .948 4.87 .949 4.78
1943 CHW AL 36 SS 155 836 300 500 36 115 .957 5.16 .953 4.93 AS,MVP-2
1945 CHW AL 38 SS 17 100 37 56 7 7 .930 5.47 .952 4.94
1946 CHW AL 39 SS 149 796 252 505 39 99 .951 5.08 .954 4.65 AS,MVP-12
1947 CHW AL 40 SS 129 689 232 422 35 86 .949 5.07 .965 4.93 AS,MVP-10
1947 CHW AL 40 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.90 AS,MVP-10
1948 CHW AL 41 3B 72 262 84 163 15 13 .943 3.43 .959 2.93 MVP-22
1948 CHW AL 41 SS 64 363 133 210 20 50 .945 5.36 .965 4.85 MVP-22
1949 CHW AL 42 SS 141 729 253 450 26 95 .964 4.99 .963 4.79 MVP-22
1950 CHW AL 43 SS 20 90 37 50 3 13 .967 4.35 .961 4.74
1950 CHW AL 43 1B 13 103 91 12 0 16 1.000 7.92 .989 8.51
1950 CHW AL 43 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
20 Seasons SS 2218 12259 4398 7218 643 1424 .948 5.24 .952 4.87
3 Seasons 3B 88 305 98 186 21 15 .931 3.23 .958 2.90
4 Seasons 2B 40 222 87 127 8 20 .964 5.35 .968 5.66
1 Season 1B 13 103 91 12 0 16 1.000 7.92 .989 8.51
20 Seasons TOT 2359 12889 4674 7543 672 1475 .948 5.18 .901 4.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1936 (SS)
1939
1940 (SS)
1941
1943
1946 *
1947 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-AL-21-1%
1935-AL-15-9%
1936-AL-2-81%
1937-AL-17-6%
1939-AL-33-0%
1940-AL-10-16%
1943-AL-2-64%
1946-AL-12-8%
1947-AL-10-13%
1948-AL-22-2%
1949-AL-22-1%
2.01 Career Shares (86th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL--.322--7th
1936 AL--.388--1st
1940 AL--.348--2nd
1941 AL--.314--10th
1943 AL--.328--1st
1946 AL--.309--6th
1947 AL--.306--9th
1948 AL--.314--9th
Career--.310--108th

On-Base% s c a p y
1935 AL--.437--5th
1936 AL--.474--2nd
1937 AL--.407--10th
1939 AL--.430--7th
1940 AL--.420--6th
1943 AL--.419--1st
1946 AL--.384--6th
1948 AL--.423--3rd
1949 AL--.439--2nd
Career--.399--61st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL--.981--7th
1943 AL--.825--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL--151--9th
1935 AL--153--2nd
1937 AL--154--7th
1941 AL--154--3rd
1943 AL--155--1st
1946 AL--149--10th
Career--2422--70th

At Bats s c a p y
1933 AL--612--4th
1941 AL--592--5th
1943 AL--585--9th
1946 AL--582--5th
Career--8856--73rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1933 AL--670--9th
1941 AL--677--8th
1943 AL--677--2nd
1946 AL--659--6th
Career--10243--59th

Runs Scored s c a p y
Career--1319--110th

Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--197--6th
1936 AL--204--8th
1940 AL--197--4th
1941 AL--186--4th
1943 AL--192--2nd
1946 AL--180--3rd
Career--2749--48th

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--271--9th
1943 AL--238--7th
Career--3528--141st

Doubles s c a p y
1933 AL--36--10th
1937 AL--42--6th
1943 AL--33--5th
1947 AL--29--5th
Career--440--102nd

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL--13--5th
Career--102--146th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1936 AL--128--6th
1943 AL--80--10th
Career--1116--182nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 AL--122--2nd
1937 AL--86--10th
1939 AL--105--3rd
1943 AL--90--4th
1946 AL--71--9th
1948 AL--94--7th
1949 AL--121--4th
Career--1302--38th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1937 AL--18--4th
1939 AL--16--9th
1941 AL--12--8th
1942 AL--17--5th
1943 AL--27--4th
1948 AL--10--8th

Singles s c a p y
1933 AL--145--4th
1936 AL--160--2nd
1939 AL--140--3rd
1940 AL--157--2nd
1941 AL--151--2nd
1943 AL--154--2nd
1946 AL--147--2nd
1947 AL--117--7th
1948 AL--138--5th
Career--2162--24th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1936 AL--138--8th
1943 AL--142--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1936 AL--126--7th
1943 AL--103--3rd
Career--1412--98th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1935 AL--19--10th
1936 AL--38--6th
1943 AL--37--2nd
1949 AL--26--7th
Career--216--224th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1935 AL--1.8--10th
1936 AL--3.4--6th
1943 AL--3.9--2nd
1949 AL--2.5--7th
Career--21.1--238th

Times On Base s c a p y
1933 AL--253--10th
1935 AL--283--5th
1936 AL--290--8th
1937 AL--269--10th
1939 AL--267--4th
1940 AL--267--5th
1941 AL--269--5th
1943 AL--283--1st
1946 AL--251--6th
1949 AL--269--9th
Career--4062--37th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1936 AL--.748--5th
1940 AL--.656--10th
1943 AL--.742--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL--15--10th
1949 AL--23--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1932 AL--8--10th
1933 AL--11--4th
1937 AL--10--3rd
1939 AL--9--7th
1941 AL--8--8th
1943 AL--8--9th
1949 AL--12--2nd
Career--108--84th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL--8.0--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1936 AL--21.040--10th
1937 AL--20.500--9th
1941 AL--18.500--10th
1942 AL--23.609--7th
1943 AL--20.172--8th
1947 AL--17.964--9th
1949 AL--20.500--7th
Career--16.770--181st

Outs Made s c a p y
1933 AL--428--7th
1946 AL--427--10th
Career--6418--92nd

Oldest s c a p y
1947 AL--born 1907-04-02--7th
1948 AL--born 1907-04-02--4th
1949 AL--born 1907-04-02--2nd
1950 AL--born 1907-04-02--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 103 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 149 (84), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 52 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 19, 1930: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Atlanta (Southern Association).

November 9, 1950: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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Name and misspellings: Old Aches and Pains Lucius Luscious Benjamin Luke Appling

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