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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-46 / in Starts: 34-43
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	80 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 339 PAs	43
Actual Runners on Base	201 (105-56-40) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 339 PAs	40
Avg. Runners on Base	232 (118-74-39)

Most Driven In
G Walker	10
H Steinbacher	6
R Radcliff	5
M Kreevich	4
M Connors	3
M Owen	3
J Hayes	1
B Berger	1

Most Driven In By
J Kuhel	10
J Dykes	4
M Kreevich	3
T Rensa	2
G Meyer	2
B Berger	2
N Schlueter	1
R Radcliff	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	956	48 (47)	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000			9	3.77	0.135	1.26	0.03%	0.41	PH
2	957	51 (2)	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.24	-0.007	.05	0.00%	-0.29	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	958	63 (11)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	0-GF(11)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	8						SS
4	959	65 (1)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.500	.625	.500	1.125	5	1.02	-0.035	.22	-0.01%	-0.49	SS
5	960	66	Jul 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-6	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.583	.500	1.083	5	.71	0.126	.15	0.02%	1.90	SS
6	961	67	Jul 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	5	2.57	-0.242	.60	-0.03%	-1.69	SS
7	962	68	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.368	.429	.368	.797	5	.65	-0.028	.13	0.00%	-0.38	SS
8	963	69	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	5	.57	0.086	.11	0.01%	-0.34	SS
9	964	70	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	5						SS
10	965	71	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				0	0	.333	.371	.333	.705	5						SS
11	966	72	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.333	.297	.631	5	1.61	-0.177	.43	-0.03%	-1.69	SS
12	967	73	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.302	.268	.571	5	1.03	-0.056	.22	-0.01%	0.21	SS
13	968	74	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.311	.340	.311	.652	5	.76	0.076	.16	0.01%	0.92	SS
14	969	75	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,8-13	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.365	.347	.712	5	1.20	0.268	.21	0.03%	0.91	SS
15	970	76	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.333	.315	.648	5	1.03	-0.146	.12	-0.01%	-1.86	SS
16	971	77	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.276	.311	.293	.605	5	1.92	0.014	.20	0.00%	0.14	SS
17	972	78	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	L,6-9	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.318	.279	.597	5	1.28	0.049	.06	0.00%	0.56	SS
18	973	79	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.343	.297	.640	5	1.15	0.102	.03	0.00%	1.08	SS
19	974	80	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG(15)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.342	.300	.642	5	1.41	-0.010	.02	0.00%	-0.11	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	975	81	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.346	.297	.643	5	.79	0.110	.00	0.00%	1.20	SS
21	976	82	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-14	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.299	.365	.312	.676	5						SS
22	977	83	Aug 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,5-13	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.296	.367	.309	.675	5						SS
23	978	84	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.368	.298	.666	5	.52	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.36	SS
24	979	85	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.360	.292	.652	5	.48	0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.50	SS
25	980	86	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.365	.301	.666	5	.56	-0.051	.01	0.00%	0.57	SS
26	981	87	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,14-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.306	.673	5	.50	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.06	SS
27	982	88	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-12	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0				0	0	.300	.386	.310	.696	5						SS
28	983	89	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.390	.320	.710	5	1.33	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.08	SS
29	984	90	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.410	.340	.749	5	.91	0.157	.00	0.00%	2.12	SS
30	985	91	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,13-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.402	.327	.729	5	.23	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-1.19	SS
31	986	92	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,9-12	CG(10)	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.409	.348	.757	5	1.58	0.162	.00	0.00%	1.21	SS
32	987	93	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.401	.336	.738	5	1.09	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.05	SS
33	988	94	Aug 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-13	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.401	.333	.735	5	.08	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.14	SS
34	989	95	Aug 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.393	.325	.719	5	.67	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.18	SS
35	990	96	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.383	.315	.698	5	1.30	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.11	SS
36	991	97	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.392	.323	.715	5	1.85	0.208	.00	0.00%	1.46	SS
37	992	98	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.294	.389	.316	.705	5						SS
38	993	99	Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.385	.309	.694	5	.64	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.32	SS
39	994	100	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.382	.308	.690	4	.45	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.40	SS
40	995	101	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.385	.308	.693	5	.80	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.40	SS
41	996	102	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.382	.302	.684	5	1.51	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.80	SS
42	997	103	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.379	.307	.686	5	1.32	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.67	SS
43	998	104	Aug 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.376	.301	.677	5	1.94	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.56	SS
44	999	105	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.376	.304	.681	5	.32	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.12	SS
45	1000	106	Aug 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.374	.303	.677	5	1.96	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
46	1001	107	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.379	.308	.687	5	.67	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.67	SS
47	1002	108	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.377	.306	.683	5	.20	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.54	SS
48	1003	109	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.376	.303	.679	5	1.40	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.46	SS
49	1004	110	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.386	.318	.705	5	.87	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.62	SS
50	1005	111	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.387	.321	.707	5	.73	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.63	SS
51	1006	112	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.396	.330	.726	5	2.03	0.213	.00	0.00%	1.51	SS
52	1007	113	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-19	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.398	.339	.737	5	.48	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.21	SS
53	1008	114	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.404	.340	.745	5	1.00	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.14	SS
54	1009	115	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.397	.333	.731	5	1.08	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.44	SS
55	1010	116	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.399	.342	.741	5	.34	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.86	SS
56	1011	117	Aug 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.301	.392	.335	.727	5						SS
57	1012	118	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0	0	.306	.398	.340	.738	5						SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	1013	119	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.304	.394	.336	.731	5						SS
59	1014	120	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,4-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.392	.332	.724	5	.70	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.21	SS
60	1015	121	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.390	.330	.720	5	1.19	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.02	SS
61	1016	122	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.390	.329	.719	5	.77	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.28	SS
62	1017	123	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.395	.336	.732	5	.98	0.153	.00	0.00%	1.52	SS
63	1018	124	Sep 6	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.393	.332	.725	5	.73	0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.02	SS
64	1019	125	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.297	.387	.326	.714	5						SS
65	1020	126	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.389	.326	.715	5	1.14	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.42	SS
66	1021	127	Sep 12	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.384	.321	.705	5	1.56	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.11	SS
67	1022	128	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.382	.320	.701	5	.76	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.17	SS
68	1023	129	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.376	.315	.691	5	1.07	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.11	SS
69	1024	132 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.380	.322	.702	5	1.13	0.157	.00	0.00%	0.74	SS
70	1025	134 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.385	.333	.718	5	1.68	0.341	.00	0.00%	3.31	SS
71	1026	135	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.383	.330	.713	5	.91	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-1.26	SS
72	1027	136	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.385	.336	.721	5	1.82	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.27	SS
73	1028	137	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	0	0				0	0	.292	.386	.333	.720	5						SS
74	1029	138	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.388	.339	.727	5	1.71	0.146	.00	0.00%	0.81	SS
75	1030	139	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.389	.345	.735	5	.65	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.49	SS
76	1031	140	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.391	.348	.739	9	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
77	1032	141	Sep 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.393	.345	.738	5	.80	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.00	SS
78	1033	142	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.396	.348	.743	5	.60	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.61	SS
79	1034	143	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.301	.394	.346	.740	6	1.79	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.63	SS
80	1035	144	Sep 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0	0	.300	.392	.348	.740	6						SS
81	1036	146 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.393	.350	.744	6	1.16	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.16	SS
							35-46		339	294	40	89	14	0	0	43	43	1	17	1	1		2		1	3	.303	.393	.350	.744		1.03	1.071	.05	0.01%	1.75

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