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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	58	13.1	3	2	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,17-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 27	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	45	13.0	6	7	2	15	3
9	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
12	12	May 3	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
13	13	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 6	CHW		WSH	W,14-12	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
16	16	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
18	18	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
19	19	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
22	22	May 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
23	23	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-18	GS	34	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	24	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	25	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
26	26	May 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	28	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
29	29	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	31	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
32	32	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
33	33	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	3
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
37	37	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 3	CHW		WSH	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
40	40	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
41	41	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	42	Jun 6	CHW		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
43	43	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
45	45	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 17	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
52	52	Jun 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
53	53	Jun 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
54	54	Jun 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
57	57	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
58	58	Jun 27	CHW		SLB	W,11-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	19	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	62	Jul 1 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
63	63	Jul 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
64	64	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	65	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
68	68	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
69	69	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
70	70	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
71	71	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
72	72	Jul 9 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
73	73	Jul 9 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
74	74	Jul 13	CHW		PHA	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
75	75	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
78	78	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
80	80	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	81	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
83	83	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	3
84	84	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
86	86	Jul 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
87	87	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
89	89	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
90	90	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	2	4	1	7	0
93	93	Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
94	94	Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
96	96	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-13	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
97	97	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
98	98	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
99	99	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
100	100	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
101	101	Aug 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	2	6	1
102	102	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
103	103	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
106	106	Aug 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
108	108	Aug 14	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
109	109	Aug 16	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	47	12.0	1	9	0	10	1
110	110	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
111	111	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
112	112	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
113	113	Aug 20	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
114	114	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-14	CG	50	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
115	115	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
116	116	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-16	CG	52	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
117	117	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
119	119	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	120	Aug 27	CHW		PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	122	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
123	123	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
124	124	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 2	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
126	126	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
127	127	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	128	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
129	129	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	130	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
131	131	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	132	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
133	133	Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	141 (7)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
135	142	Sep 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	143	Sep 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
137	144	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
138	145	Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
139	146	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
140	147	Sep 23 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,9-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	148	Sep 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	149	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	150	Sep 25	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
144	151	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
145	152	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	153	Sep 30 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
147	154	Sep 30 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
148	155	Oct 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	3	5	0	8	0
							148gm		1302.0	289	461	39	789	78