Luke Appling

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 183lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: April 2, 1907 in High Point, NC us

Died: January 3, 1991 in Cumming, GA

Buried: Sawnee View Memorial Gardens, Cumming, GA

High School: Fulton HS (Atlanta, GA)

School: Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 10, 1930 (Age 23-161d, 7,125th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1950 (Age 43-182d)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1964. (Voted by BBWAA in Runoff Election on 189/201 ballots)
View Luke Appling's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Lucius Benjamin Appling

Nicknames: Old Aches and Pains or Luscious Luke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

77.4

8856

2749

.310

1319

RBI

1116

179

OBP

.399

SLG

.398

OPS

.798

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-7	GS	37	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.2	2	3	1	6	2
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
8	8	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	2	10	1
10	10	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
12	12	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 27	CHW		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
16	16	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 4	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
19	19	May 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
20	20	May 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
21	21	May 8	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
22	22	May 10	CHW		NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
23	23	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
24	24	May 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
25	25	May 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	26	May 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	27	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
29	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	32	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	4
33	33	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
34	34	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,11-15	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	35	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
36	36	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-15	CG	53	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
40	40	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	49	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
46	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 8	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	11.0	4	5	0	9	2
48	48	Jun 9	CHW		DET	W,10-9	CG	62	14.0	3	6	0	9	0
49	49	Jun 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
52	52	Jun 12	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 13	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 14	CHW		SLB	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
55	55	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
57	57	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
58	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,8-15	CG	52	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
60	60	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
61	61	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	L,4-11	CG	56	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
62	62	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
63	63	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
64	64	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
65	65	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	66	Jun 26	CHW		PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
67	67	Jun 27	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	3
68	68	Jun 28	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
69	69	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
71	71	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
74	74	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
75	75	Jul 7	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
76	76	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	77	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
78	78	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	5	4	0	9	1
79	79	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
82	82	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
83	83	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
85	85	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	86	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
87	87	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	0	6	1	7	0
89	89	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
90	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
92	92	Jul 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 26	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
94	94	Jul 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
95	95	Jul 29	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
96	96	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
97	97	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
99	99	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
100	100	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	4	8	1	13	1
101	101	Aug 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	54	11.1	3	3	2	8	0
102	102	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	103	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	5	1	9	2
105	105	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
106	106	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 12	CHW		DET	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	108	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	71	17.0	1	3	1	5	1
109	109	Aug 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
110	110	Aug 16	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	111	Aug 17	CHW		WSH	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	4	4	1	9	3
112	112	Aug 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
113	113	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	53	12.0	3	9	1	13	1
114	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-14	CG	51	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
115	115	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
116	116	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	T,3-3	CG	67	18.0	4	7	0	11	3
117	117	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	118	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
119	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
120	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	6	6	0	12	2
121	121	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
122	122	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
123	123	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
124	124	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
125	125	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
126	126	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
127	127	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,5-9	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
128	128	Aug 29	CHW		PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
129	129	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
131	131	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
132	132	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
133	133	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	2	5	1
135	135	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
137	137	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	5	2	2	9	0
138	138	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
139	139	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	1	8	3
140	140	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
141	141	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
142	142	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
143	143	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	3
144	144	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
145	145	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
146	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
147	147	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	2	5	0	7	1
148	148	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
149	149	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
150	150	Sep 30	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
151	151	Oct 1	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
							151gm		1367.0	314	534	55	903	107