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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
5	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
13	13	Apr 30	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
15	15	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 3	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	54	13.0	4	6	0	10	0
17	17	May 4	CHW		PHA	L,11-17	CG	52	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
18	18	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	20	May 10	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
21	21	May 11	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	22	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	2
24	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
25	25	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
26	26	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	27	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
28	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
29	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	4
32	32	May 23 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
33	33	May 23 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
34	34	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	3	0	4	1
35	35	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
36	36	May 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
37	37	May 28	CHW		SLB	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
38	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	41	May 31	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
43	43	Jun 1 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	6	7	0	13	2
44	44	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
45	45	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
52	52	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	3	8	0	11	3
55	55	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	6	1	9	0
56	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
58	58	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
60	60	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,14-0	GS	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	63 (2)	Jun 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	47	13.0	1	8	0	9	0
62	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	61	15.2	1	5	1	7	2
63	65	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	66	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
65	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	7	4	1	12	1
66	68	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	69	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	70	Jul 2	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
69	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
71	73	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	74	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
73	75	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
74	76	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
75	77	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
76	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
77	79	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	41	11.0	0	7	0	7	0
78	80	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
79	81	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
80	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
81	83	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
82	84	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	85	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
84	86	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
85	87	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	88	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	50	13.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	89	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
88	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
89	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
91	93	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
92	94	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
93	95	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
95	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	10.1	0	4	0	4	0
96	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	100	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
99	101	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
100	102	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	103	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
102	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	105	Aug 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
104	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
105	107	Aug 10 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
106	108	Aug 10 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,14-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
108	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
109	111	Aug 12	CHW		SLB	T,6-6	CG	0	14.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	112	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
111	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
112	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	115	Aug 15	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
114	116	Aug 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
116	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	119	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	120	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	121	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
120	122	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
121	123	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
122	124	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
123	125	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	126	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
125	127	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
126	128	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
127	129	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
128	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	2
129	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	48	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
130	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	3	3	3	9	1
131	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
133	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	3	0	5	2
134	136	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
135	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
136	138	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
137	139	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
138	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
140	142	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
141	143	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	144	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
143	145	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	146	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
145	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
146	148	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
147	149	Sep 20	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
148	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		DET	T,1-1	CG	0	14.0	2	3	0	5	0
150	152	Sep 22	CHW		DET	L,0-11	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
151	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
152	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
153	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
154	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
							154gm		1390.0	294	473	42	809	95