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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
9	9	Apr 28	CHW		SLB	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
12	12	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
14	14	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
22	22	May 14	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
23	23	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	24	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
25	25	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
26	26	May 20	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 21	CHW		WSH	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 22	CHW		PHA	W,10-1	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	29	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	30	May 24	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 25	CHW		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
32	32	May 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
33	33	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
34	34	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	May 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
36	36	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
41	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
42	42	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
43	43	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
47	47	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
49	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
50	50	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
52	52	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
55	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	T,1-0	CG	38	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-12	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
58	58	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
59	59	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
60	60	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	GS	27	5.0	2	2	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	66 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
62	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	68	Jul 5	CHW		SLB	W,10-8	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	69	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
65	70	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
66	71	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	4	1	0	5	1
67	72	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
68	73	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	74	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	8	1	14	5
70	75	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	76	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	77	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
73	78	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
74	79	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
75	80	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,19-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
76	81	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
77	82	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
78	83	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
79	84	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
80	85	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	86	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	87	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	88	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
84	89	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
85	90	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	91	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	92	Aug 1	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	93	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	94	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
90	95	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
91	96	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	97	Aug 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	98	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
94	99	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
95	100	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	101	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	102	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	23	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
98	103	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
99	104	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
101	106	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
102	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
103	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	W,13-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
105	110	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
107	112	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
108	113	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
109	114	Aug 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	115	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	1	6	0	7	2
111	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
112	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
113	118	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
114	119	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
115	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	3	2	0	5	1
116	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
117	122	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	6	0	7	1
118	123	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
119	124	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	1	3	2	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	125	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
121	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
122	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
123	128	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
124	129	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
125	130	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	131	Sep 6	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	132	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
128	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	3	3	0	6	1
129	134	Sep 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
130	135	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
131	136	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
132	137	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	138	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
134	139	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	140	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
136	141	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
138	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
139	144	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	2	11	2
140	145	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
141	146	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
142	147	Sep 19	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
143	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
144	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
145	150	Sep 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
146	151	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	2	4	1	7	2
147	152	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
148	153	Sep 27	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	5	4	1	10	2
149	154	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	155	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
							150gm		1337.0	307	436	37	780	83