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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	8 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GF	17	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
3	10 (1)	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
4	11	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
5	12	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	50	8.2	1	0	1	2	0
6	13	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (2)	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	18	May 2	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	19	May 4	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	20	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
12	21	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	22	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	62	13.2	1	1	0	2	1
14	23	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	24	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
16	25	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	26	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
18	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	2	4	1
19	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	48	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
20	29	May 20	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	51	11.0	3	9	0	12	1
21	30	May 21	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	31	May 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	32	May 22 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	33	May 23	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	34	May 24	CHW		CLE	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	35	May 26	CHW	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
27	36	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
28	37	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	38	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
30	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
31	40	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	39	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	43 (2)	Jun 2	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GF	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	44	Jun 3	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	45	Jun 4	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
35	46	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	L,5-8	CG	53	11.0	6	10	0	16	3
36	58 (11)	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,11-18	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	59	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	60	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	61	Jun 23	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
40	62	Jun 25	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	63	Jun 26	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	64	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
43	65	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	66	Jun 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	67	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
46	68	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
47	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
48	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
49	71	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
50	72	Jul 7 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
51	73	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	74	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
53	75	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
54	76	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
55	77	Jul 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	79	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,12-13	CG	54	9.2	1	1	3	5	0
58	80	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-15	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	81	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	3	4	0	7	2
60	82	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	4	4	0	8	2
61	83	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
63	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
64	86	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
65	87	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	88	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	89	Jul 23	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	3	7	0	10	2
68	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	2	8	1
69	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
70	92	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
71	93	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
72	94	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
73	95	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
74	96	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
75	97	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	98	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
77	99	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
78	100	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
79	101	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
80	102	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
81	103	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
82	104	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
83	105	Aug 10	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	106	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
85	107	Aug 13	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
86	108	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	109	Aug 14 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
88	110	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
89	111	Aug 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
90	112	Aug 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
91	113	Aug 19 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
92	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
93	115	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,8-14	CG	49	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	116	Aug 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
95	117	Aug 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	49	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	118	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
97	119	Aug 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
98	120	Aug 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	48	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
99	121	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
100	122	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
101	123	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
102	124	Aug 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
103	125	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
104	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	127	Sep 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	128	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
107	129	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	130	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	131	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
111	133	Sep 8	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
112	134	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-9	CG	45	10.0	5	4	0	9	3
113	135	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	136	Sep 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
115	137	Sep 11 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
116	138	Sep 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
117	139	Sep 13	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
118	140	Sep 14	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
119	141	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
120	142	Sep 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
121	143	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	5	7	2	14	2
122	144	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
123	145	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
124	146	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
125	147	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
126	148	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-13	GS	20	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	6	1	12	3
129	151	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
							129gm		1097.0	270	419	49	738	84