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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
2	2	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,11-12	CG	72	14.0	3	1	1	5	0
8	8	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
11	11	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
13	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
14	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	CG	49	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
16	16	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
18	18	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	2	5	0	7	1
19	19	May 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
20	20	May 16 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 16 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	22	May 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	23	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 21	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
26	26	May 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	29	May 25	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
30	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	44 (13)	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	GF	23	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	45	Jun 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	46	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GF	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	47	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	48	Jun 18	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	49	Jun 19	CHW		WSH	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
37	50	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	10	0	10	0
38	51	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	52	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	53	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
41	54	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	55	Jun 25	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	56	Jun 26	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
44	57	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
45	58	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	59	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	60	Jun 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	61	Jul 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	62	Jul 2	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
50	63	Jul 3	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	65 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		DET	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
52	67 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	3	3	1	7	0
53	68	Jul 6	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	69	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	70	Jul 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-14	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
56	71	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	72	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
58	73	Jul 11	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	74	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	75	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	76	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
62	77	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	58	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
63	79 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	81 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	82	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
66	83	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
67	84	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
68	85	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
69	86	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	87	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	88	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	1	1	1	3	2
72	89	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
73	90	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
74	91	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
75	92	Jul 28	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	93	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
77	94	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	95	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
79	96	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
80	97	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
81	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
82	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
83	100	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
84	101	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
85	102	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	103	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	3	3	1	7	1
87	104	Aug 9	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
88	105	Aug 10	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	106	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
90	107	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	108	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
92	109	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	110	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	111	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	112	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	113	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	114	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
98	115	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
99	116	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
101	118	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
102	119	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
103	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
104	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
105	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
106	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	125	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	126	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
110	127	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
111	128	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	129	Sep 5	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	130	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
114	131	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
115	132	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
116	133	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
117	134	Sep 10	CHW		SLB	L,7-10	GF	0	6.0	1	1	1	3	1
118	135	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
119	136	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	137	Sep 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	138	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	7	1	9	2
122	139	Sep 15	CHW		BOS	W,17-10	CG	48	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
123	140	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
124	141	Sep 18	CHW		PHA	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
125	142	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
126	143	Sep 19 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
127	144	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
128	145	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
129	147 (1)	Sep 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	148	Sep 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
131	149	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
132	150	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
133	151	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	3
134	152	Oct 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
135	153	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
							136gm		1151.0	217	373	35	625	63