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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
8	8	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 30	CHW		SLB	W,10-9	CG	49	11.0	2	4	3	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
15	15	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	3	4	0
16	16	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
17	21 (4)	May 12	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	22	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,5-7	CG	47	11.0	7	3	1	11	1
19	23	May 14	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	53 (29)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	2	2	0
21	65 (11)	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	66	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	67	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
27	71	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
28	72	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	73	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	54	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	74	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	51	11.0	0	6	1	7	0
31	75	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	76	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	52	11.0	1	2	1	4	0
33	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
34	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
36	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	1	2	2	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	107 (26)	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	109 (1)	Aug 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	116 (6)	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	GF	34	7.1	1	3	0	4	2
40	117	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	L,12-15	CG	49	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
41	118	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
42	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
43	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	121	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
45	122	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
46	123	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	124	Aug 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	6	2	2	10	2
48	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
49	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	12.0	4	5	1	10	0
50	127	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-15	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	3	7	1
52	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	130	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
54	131	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
55	132	Sep 5	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	133	Sep 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
57	134	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
58	135	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
59	136	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	137	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
61	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
62	139	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	54	13.0	1	4	1	6	1
63	140	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	T,13-13	CG	56	10.0	3	2	2	7	1
64	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
65	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	1	8	0	9	2
66	143	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
67	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	1	4	0	5	0
68	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
69	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
70	147	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
71	148	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
72	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	0	1	1	0
73	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	151	Sep 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	152	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
76	154 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-13	CG	41	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	155	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
							77gm		659.0	151	233	43	427	37