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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
6	6	Apr 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
8	8	Apr 26 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
13	13	May 1 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-11	GS	32	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
14	14	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	CG	48	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
15	15	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	16	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	17	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
18	18	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
19	19	May 8 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
20	20	May 8 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
21	21	May 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	4	10	0	14	3
22	22	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
23	23	May 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	5	4	0	9	0
24	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 15 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
26	26	May 15 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
27	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
28	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
29	29	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	5	6	0	11	1
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
32	32	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	33	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
34	34	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	28	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
35	35	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	6	0	7	1
36	36	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	37	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	4	1	0	5	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
41	41	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,7-12	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
43	43	Jun 4	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
47	47	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
48	48	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	43	12.0	2	0	2	4	0
49	49	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-15	GS	0	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
51	51	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-15	GS	42	7.0	2	4	1	7	0
53	53	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
54	57 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	58	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
56	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
58	61	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
59	62	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	63	Jun 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-11	GS	38	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
61	66 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	67	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
63	68	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	4	9	0	13	2
64	69	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	8	1	11	3
66	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	0	2	0	2	0
67	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
68	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
71	76	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	77	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
73	78	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	81	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	82	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
78	83	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	86	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
82	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	GS	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
84	89	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W,12-0	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
86	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
87	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
88	93	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	94	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	95	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
91	96	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	2
92	97	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	1	2	1	4	0
93	98	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	99	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
95	100	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	6	0	10	0
96	101	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	102	Aug 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	103	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	104	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
100	105	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	3
101	106	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
102	107	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	1	2	1	4	0
103	108	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	109	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	110	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
106	111	Aug 15	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
107	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
108	113	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
109	114	Aug 18	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
110	115	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
111	116	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
112	117	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	118	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GS	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	119	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
115	120	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	GS	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
116	121	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
117	122	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	123	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
119	124	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
120	125	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
121	126	Aug 30	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	0	9	0	9	2
122	127	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	128	Sep 1	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	GS	0	5.0	2	5	0	7	2
124	130 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
125	131	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	132	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
127	133	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
128	134	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
129	135	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
130	136	Sep 10	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
131	137	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
132	138	Sep 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
133	139	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-1	GS	28	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
134	140	Sep 16 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
135	141	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
136	142	Sep 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
137	143	Sep 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	144	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	145	Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
140	147 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	149 (1)	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							141gm		1186.0	253	450	26	729	95