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	15-34 / in Starts: 9-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 144 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	80 (45-18-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 144 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (50-30-15)

Most Driven In
C Carrasquel	3
D Philley	3
H Adams	2
J Busby	1
B Kuzava	1

Most Driven In By
G Zernial	2
H Majeski	2
C Michaels	2
F Baker	1
P Masi	0

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	2373	2 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,1-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.55	-0.014	1.30	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
2	2374	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.01	-0.111	2.09	-0.14%	-0.91	1B
3	2375	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.08	-0.129	2.08	-0.15%	-1.29	1B
4	2376	5	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	3	1.35	0.245	2.29	0.25%	2.05	1B
5	2377	6	Apr 30 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.063	.118	.125	.243	3	.92	-0.133	1.92	-0.17%	-1.55	1B SS
6	2378	7	Apr 30 (2)	CHW		DET	T,7-7	CG	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	3						SS
May		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
7	2379	8	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.385	.706	3	1.27	0.136	2.87	0.19%	1.20	SS
8	2380	9	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-0	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.324	.375	.699	3	.12	0.005	.23	0.01%	0.03	1B
9	2381	10	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.361	.677	3	.86	-0.037	1.91	-0.05%	-0.31	1B
10	2382	11	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.333	.359	.692	3	.36	-0.015	.75	-0.02%	0.43	1B
11	2383	12	May 7 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.319	.386	.706	2	1.03	-0.007	1.78	-0.01%	-0.57	1B
12	2384	13	May 7 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.314	.362	.675	3	.86	-0.076	1.57	-0.08%	-1.01	1B
13	2385	14	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.240	.309	.340	.649	3	1.55	-0.149	2.91	-0.17%	-0.86	1B
14	2386	15	May 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.317	.345	.662	2	1.35	0.019	2.15	0.02%	1.07	1B
15	2387	16	May 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.333	.651	2	.68	-0.015	.97	-0.01%	-0.21	1B
16	2388	17	May 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.328	.333	.661	9	1.21	0.051	1.47	0.04%	0.62	PH
17	2389	18	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.230	.309	.311	.620	2	1.16	-0.041	1.18	-0.03%	-0.79	1B
18	2390	36 (17)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.309	.311	.620	1						PR SS
Jun		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
19	2391	40 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.304	.306	.611	7	3.73	-0.087	1.50	-0.02%	-0.50	PH
20	2392	41	Jun 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.302	.602	6	2.73	-0.073	.81	-0.01%	-0.47	PH 2B
21	2393	42	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-17	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.296	.297	.593	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.86	PH
22	2394	45 (2)	Jun 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.292	.292	.584	8						PH
23	2395	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.288	.288	.576	8	4.55	-0.250	.46	-0.02%	-0.84	PH
24	2396	51 (4)	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.288	.585	5	3.56	0.122	.56	0.01%	1.00	PH
25	2397	52	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.307	.288	.595	9	3.65	0.074	.51	0.01%	0.22	PH
26	2398	55 (2)	Jun 17	CHW		WSH	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.303	.284	.586	5	3.89	-0.103	.69	-0.01%	-0.81	PH
27	2399	62 (6)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-13	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.295	.275	.570	1	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.37	SS
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
28	2400	70 (7)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.200	.291	.271	.563	8						PH
29	2401	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		DET	L,9-10	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.300	.282	.582	9						PH
30	2402	78 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.296	.278	.574	9						PH
31	2403	97 (18)	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,4-11	3-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.282	.263	.546	1	.06	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.07	SS
32	2404	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,7-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.188	.270	.250	.520	3	.84	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-1.60	SS
33	2405	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG(8)	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.310	.600	3	1.26	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.66	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
34	2406	103 (3)	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.287	.306	.593	9	4.71	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
35	2407	108 (4)	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.284	.302	.587	7	2.75	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
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
36	2408	133 (24)	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.299	.580	2	3.59	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
37	2409	139 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	CHW		DET	L,0-1	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.278	.295	.574	8	6.05	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
38	2410	141 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.202	.276	.292	.568	8						PH
39	2411	142	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.226	.294	.323	.617	6						SS
40	2412	143	Sep 15	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2	0	0	.216	.283	.309	.592	6						SS
41	2413	144	Sep 16	CHW		PHA	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.230	.294	.320	.614	7						SS
42	2414	145	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.243	.304	.350	.653	6	.69	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.28	SS
43	2415	149 (3)	Sep 23	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-5	5-GF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.240	.307	.346	.653	7	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.33	SS
44	2416	150	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.322	.355	.677	3	.67	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.53	SS
45	2417	151	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	0	.243	.311	.342	.654	6						SS
46	2418	152	Sep 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.237	.304	.333	.637	6	2.22	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-1.10	SS
47	2419	153	Sep 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.297	.325	.622	6	.56	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.61	SS
48	2420	154	Sep 30	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.295	.322	.618	6	.66	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.48	SS
49	2421	155	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.301	.323	.624	6	1.36	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.58	SS
50	2422	156	Oct 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,6-10	CG(18)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.300	.320	.620	7						SS
							15-34		144	128	11	30	3	4	0	13	12	0	9	0	4		2	7	2	0	.234	.300	.320	.620		1.16	-1.133	1.02	-0.39%	-8.57

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