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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	4	3	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 20	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	8	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	13 (3)	Apr 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
11	14	Apr 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	15	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16	May 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	17	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
15	18	May 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
16	19	May 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	20	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
18	21	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	23 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
20	24	May 10 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	2	8	1
21	25	May 10 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
22	26	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	27	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
24	28	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
25	29	May 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	30	May 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	31	May 18	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
28	32	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
29	33	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	34	May 22	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	35	May 24 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
32	36	May 24 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	37	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
34	38	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	4	4	0	8	2
35	39	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
36	40	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	41	May 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
38	42	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	5	2	8	1
39	43	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
40	44	May 31	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
42	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
44	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	49	Jun 7 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
46	50	Jun 7 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	30	7.1	1	1	0	2	1
47	51	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
48	52	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
49	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
50	54	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	55	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
52	56	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	57	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
54	58	Jun 18	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	59	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	60	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	61	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
58	62	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	63	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	64	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
61	65	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
62	66	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	67	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,13-1	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	68	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
65	69	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
67	71	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
68	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	3
69	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	61	13.0	2	1	0	3	1
70	74	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,14-2	GS	0		1	4	1	6	0
71	75	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-13	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
72	76	Jul 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
74	78	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	1	2	1	4	1
75	79	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
76	80	Jul 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	2	3	2	7	0
77	81	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
78	82	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
79	83	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	84	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	85	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
82	86	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	87	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS	29	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
84	88	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	89	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	90	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	91	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
88	92	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
90	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	2
91	95	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	96	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	97	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
94	98	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
96	100	Aug 5	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
97	101	Aug 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
98	102	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	103	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
100	104	Aug 10	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
101	105	Aug 11	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	2
102	106	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	2
103	107	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	108	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
105	109	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
106	110	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	1	4	0	5	2
107	111	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	5	2	7	0
108	112	Aug 18	CHW		SLB	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	113	Aug 20	CHW		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
110	114	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	115	Aug 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	116	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
113	117	Aug 23 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	39	9.1	2	2	0	4	2
114	118	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
115	119	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	120	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
117	121	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
118	122	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
119	123	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	2	0	2	1
120	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
121	125	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
123	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
124	128	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
125	129	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-14	CG	49	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
126	130	Sep 5	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
127	131	Sep 6	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	132	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
129	133	Sep 10 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
130	134	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
131	135	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
132	136	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	137	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
134	138	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
135	139	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
136	140	Sep 16	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
137	141	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
138	142	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
139	146 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
140	147	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
141	148	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							141gm		1244.0	269	418	38	725	77