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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	34	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	May 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	1
8	8	May 2 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
9	9	May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	May 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
12	12	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
13	13	May 7	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 9 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
15	15	May 9 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	47	11.0	2	1	1	4	1
16	16	May 12	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	4	0	5	3
17	17	May 14	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	18	May 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	19	May 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	20	May 21	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
21	21	May 22	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
22	22	May 23	CHW		WSH	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
23	23	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
24	24	May 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
25	25	May 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
26	26	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
27	27	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
28	28	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	47	10.0	3	7	0	10	1
29	29	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	30	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
31	31	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
32	32	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
33	33	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
34	34	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	5	0	7	0
35	35	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	36	Jun 9	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	Jun 10	CHW	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
38	38	Jun 12	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
39	39	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
41	41	Jun 15	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	3	9	0	12	5
44	44	Jun 17	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	2	12	1	15	1
45	45	Jun 18	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	58	14.0	1	2	0	3	1
46	46	Jun 19 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 19 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-10	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	48	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
49	49	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	51	Jun 23	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	49	9.1	1	3	0	4	1
53	53	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
54	54	Jun 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
55	55	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
56	56	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	57	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	58	Jun 30	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	59	Jul 1	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
60	60	Jul 2	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	61	Jul 3	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	62	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
63	63	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	64	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
65	65	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
66	66	Jul 7	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	3	2	0	5	0
67	67	Jul 8	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
69	69	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
70	70	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-9	GS	33	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
71	71	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	72	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	10	1	12	2
73	73	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	75	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		DET	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
76	76	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	77	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	9.1	3	1	2	6	0
80	80	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
81	81	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
82	82	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
83	83	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	84	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	1
86	86	Jul 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
88	88	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
89	89	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
91	91	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-9	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
94	94	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	95	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	96	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
97	97	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
98	98	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
99	99	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
100	100	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
101	101	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
102	102	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	56	14.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	103	Aug 13	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	104	Aug 14	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
105	105	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	106	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 16	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	108	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
109	109	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	1	4	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
111	111	Aug 19	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 20	CHW		WSH	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
113	113	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
114	114	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
115	115	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
116	116	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
117	117	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
118	118	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
119	119	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
120	120	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 27	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
122	122	Aug 28	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	123	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	124	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
126	126	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
127	127	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
128	128	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
129	129	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	130	Sep 10	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	131	Sep 11	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
132	132	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
133	133	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
134	134	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
135	135	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
136	136	Sep 15	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
137	137	Sep 17	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
138	138	Sep 18	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
140	140	Sep 19 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	7	5	0	12	2
141	141	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	142	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
143	143	Sep 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
144	144	Sep 24	CHW	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	0	16.0	3	5	0	8	0
145	145	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
146	146	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
147	147	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,15-3	GS	23	6.0	4	4	0	8	3
148	148	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
149	149	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
150	150	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
151	151	Sep 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
152	152	Sep 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
153	153	Sep 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
154	154	Oct 3 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
155	155	Oct 3 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
							155gm		1394.0	300	500	36	836	115