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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 30)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 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	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
2	2	Apr 15	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
7	7	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	45	10.0	5	5	0	10	2
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
10	10	Apr 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
11	11	Apr 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	53	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
14	14	May 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
15	15	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
16	16	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	47	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
17	17	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
19	19	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,19-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
21	21	May 14	CHW		WSH	W,13-12	CG	53	9.0	4	4	3	11	2
22	22	May 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	23	May 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
24	24	May 17	CHW		BOS	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
25	25	May 18	CHW		BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
26	26	May 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	27	May 20	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	28	May 21	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	59	14.0	3	4	2	9	1
29	29	May 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
30	30	May 23 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
31	31	May 23 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
32	32	May 24	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
33	33	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
34	34	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	35	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
36	36	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	53 (16)	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	54	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	55	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	56	Jun 19	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	54	13.0	5	5	1	11	1
41	57	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
42	58	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
43	59	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
44	60	Jun 23	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
45	61	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,11-18	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
46	62	Jun 25	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
47	63	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
48	64	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
49	65	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,9-12	CG	50	10.0	2	7	0	9	2
50	66	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,6-21	CG	60	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	68	Jul 2	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	69	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
54	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
56	72	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
57	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
58	74	Jul 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
59	75	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
60	76	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
61	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
62	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	79	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
64	80	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
65	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
66	82	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
67	83	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	84	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,21-14	CG	49	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
69	85	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	86	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
71	87	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
72	88	Jul 22	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	2	3	0	5	1
73	89	Jul 23	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
74	90	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
75	91	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
76	92	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,8-11	CG	55	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	93	Jul 27	CHW		PHA	L,8-15	CG	54	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	94	Jul 28	CHW		PHA	W,19-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	95	Jul 29	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
80	96	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
81	97	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	98	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	99	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
84	100	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-11	CG	57	12.0	7	4	0	11	2
85	101	Aug 4	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
86	102	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-16	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	103	Aug 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	T,9-9	CG	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	104	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
89	105	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	106	Aug 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	107	Aug 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	108	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
93	109	Aug 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
94	110	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
95	111	Aug 12	CHW		SLB	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
96	112	Aug 13	CHW		SLB	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
97	113	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
98	114	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
99	115	Aug 16 (1)	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
100	116	Aug 16 (2)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	8	1	12	3
101	117	Aug 17	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
102	118	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	55	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
103	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
104	120	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	121	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	122	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
107	123	Aug 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,11-13	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
108	124	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
109	125	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
110	126	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
111	127	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
112	128	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	129	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
114	130	Aug 31	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	131	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
116	132	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
117	133	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
118	134	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
119	135	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	5	7	0	12	0
121	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
122	138	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
123	139	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	4	7	0	11	1
124	140	Sep 11	CHW		PHA	W,17-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
125	141	Sep 12	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
126	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
127	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
128	144	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
129	145	Sep 17	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	5	0	10	2
130	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
131	147	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
132	148	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
133	149	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	T,8-8	CG	53	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
134	150	Sep 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-17	CG	50	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
135	151	Sep 23 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	28	6.0	0	1	2	3	0
136	152	Sep 26 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
137	153	Sep 26 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	CG	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	2
							137gm		1223.0	320	471	41	832	119