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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	63 (62)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	0		0	2	0	2	0
2	65 (1)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	66	Jul 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS	26	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
4	67	Jul 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
5	68	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
6	69	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
7	70	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
8	71	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
9	72	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
10	73	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
11	74	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	3	8	1	12	1
12	75	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,8-13	CG	53	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	76	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
14	77	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	78	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	79	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	80	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	71	15.0	4	6	1	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	81	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
19	82	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-14	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
20	83	Aug 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,5-13	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	84	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	85	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
23	86	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
24	87	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	88	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
26	89	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	90	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	91	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	92	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,9-12	CG	53	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	93	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
31	94	Aug 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	95	Aug 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
33	96	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
34	97	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	2
35	98	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
36	99	Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	100	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
38	101	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
39	102	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
40	103	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
41	104	Aug 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
42	105	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
43	106	Aug 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	107	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
45	108	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	109	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	110	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	111	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
49	112	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	5	3	1	9	1
50	113	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-19	CG	53	8.0	0	8	0	8	0
51	114	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
52	115	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	116	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
54	117	Aug 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
55	118	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	119	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
57	120	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
58	121	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	122	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
60	123	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
61	124	Sep 6	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
62	125	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
63	126	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
64	127	Sep 12	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	128	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
66	129	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	132 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
68	134 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
69	135	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
70	136	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
71	137	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
72	138	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
73	139	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	141 (1)	Sep 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	142	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	143	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
77	144	Sep 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	146 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
							78gm		680.0	149	258	20	427	37