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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	47	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	5	6	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHW		DET	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	W,16-4	CG	41	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
15	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
16	16	May 7	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
17	17	May 8	CHW		NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
18	18	May 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	CHW		BOS	L,2-12	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
20	20	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
21	21	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
22	22	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	56	12.1	3	4	0	7	0
23	23	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
25	25	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
27	27	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	3	7	0	10	0
28	28	May 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	29	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
30	30	May 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	31	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
32	32	May 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	8	1	10	2
34	34	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
35	35	May 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
38	38	Jun 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	39	Jun 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
40	40	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	41	Jun 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
42	42	Jun 9	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
44	44	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
46	46	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	L,11-16	CG	59	11.0	2	4	1	7	2
48	48	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
49	49	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
50	50	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	1	8	0	9	1
51	51	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	54	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
55	55	Jun 24	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
56	56	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
57	57	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
58	58	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
59	59	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
62	62	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
63	63	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
65	65	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	7	1	11	1
66	66	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
67	67	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
68	68	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
69	69	Jul 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
70	70	Jul 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	71	Jul 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 14 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
74	74	Jul 14 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
75	75	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	3
76	76	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
77	77	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
78	78	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
82	82	Jul 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
83	83	Jul 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
84	84	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
85	85	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 30	CHW		CLE	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
88	88	Jul 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	89	Aug 1	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
90	90	Aug 2	CHW		SLB	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
91	91	Aug 3	CHW		SLB	T,7-7	CG	44	10.0	4	9	0	13	2
92	92	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	93	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
94	94	Aug 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
95	95	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	96	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
97	97	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
98	98	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
99	99	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
100	100	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
101	101	Aug 13	CHW		BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
102	102	Aug 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
104	104	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	3	4	0	7	0
105	105	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
106	106	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	21	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
108	108	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
109	109	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	3
110	110	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
111	111	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	L,7-15	CG	52	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
112	112	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 23	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	1	5	1	7	2
114	114	Aug 24	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
115	115	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
116	116	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	117	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	70	15.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	118	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
119	119	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,10-13	CG	55	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
120	120	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
121	121	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
122	122	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
123	123	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	124	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
125	125	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
126	126	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	127	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	128	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
129	129	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
130	130	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
131	131	Sep 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	132	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
133	133	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
134	134	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
135	135	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-19	CG	51	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
136	136	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
137	137	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
138	138	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
139	139	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	50	9.2	3	5	0	8	1
140	140	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	7	4	1	12	0
141	141	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	51	14.0	4	4	0	8	1
142	142	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
143	143	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	3	1	10	0
144	144	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	7	0	11	1
145	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
146	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
147	147	Sep 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
148	148	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
149	149	Sep 25	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	7	1	11	0
150	150	Sep 28 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
151	151	Sep 28 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
152	152	Sep 29 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
153	153	Sep 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,14-2	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							153gm		1360.0	335	556	39	930	93