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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
9	10 (1)	Apr 30	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
11	12	May 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	13	May 3 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	14	May 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
14	16 (1)	May 6	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	17	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
16	18	May 9	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	19	May 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
18	20	May 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
19	21	May 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	22	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-19	CG	53	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
21	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
22	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
23	25	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
24	26	May 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	27	May 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
26	28	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	3
27	29	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	12.0	2	3	1	6	1
28	30	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
29	31	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
30	32	May 23	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
31	33	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
32	34	May 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	36 (1)	May 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
34	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	41 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
36	43 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	44	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	L,3-10	CG	54	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	45	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
39	46	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
40	47	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
41	48	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	18.0	4	7	0	11	1
42	50 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	52	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	1	6	0	7	1
45	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
46	54	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	55	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
48	56	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
49	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	58	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	42	11.0	2	3	1	6	0
51	59	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
52	60	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
53	61	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
54	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	3
55	63	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	6	1	7	0
56	64	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
57	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
58	66	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
59	67	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	68	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
61	69	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	7	0	11	0
62	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
64	72	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
65	73	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	74	Jul 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
67	75	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	76	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
69	77	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
70	78	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
71	79	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
72	80	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
73	81	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
74	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
75	83	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
76	84	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
77	85	Jul 18	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
78	86	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
79	87	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	88	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	1	5	1	7	0
81	89	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	63	13.1	1	1	1	3	1
82	90	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
84	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
85	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
86	94	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	95	Jul 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
88	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
89	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	100	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	101	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
94	102	Aug 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	103	Aug 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
96	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	105	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	2	7	0	9	1
98	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	107	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	108	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
101	109	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	110	Aug 12	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
103	111	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
104	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
105	113	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	114	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
107	115	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
108	116	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	0	6	0	6	0
109	117	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	5	2	14	3
110	118	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
111	119	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	120	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
113	122 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
114	123	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	124	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
116	125	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	45	12.0	4	7	1	12	1
117	126	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	2	11	2
118	127	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	128	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
120	129	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
121	134 (4)	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	135	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
123	136	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
124	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	2	8	2
125	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
126	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	51	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
127	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
129	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
130	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
							131gm		1160.0	233	423	35	691	86