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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	CHW		DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	3	7	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW		CLE	W,20-10	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		CLE	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
12	12	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
13	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
14	14	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-17	CG	49	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
17	17	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	47	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
18	18	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	57	13.1	3	6	0	9	2
19	19	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	3	3	1	7	0
20	20	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	3	6	1	10	2
21	21	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	22	May 17	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
23	23	May 18	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
24	24	May 19	CHW		PHA	W,14-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	3	8	2
25	25	May 20	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 21	CHW		BOS	L,10-13	CG	51	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	27	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	28	May 23	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	29	May 24	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	30	May 25	CHW		NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
31	31	May 26	CHW		WSH	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
32	32	May 27	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 28	CHW		WSH	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
34	34	May 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	58	12.0	5	7	0	12	3
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	37	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	2	9	1
39	39	Jun 2	CHW		DET	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 3	CHW		DET	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
42	42	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,5-10	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	77 (34)	Jul 12	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	78	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
45	79	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
46	80	Jul 15 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	81	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
48	82	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	83	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	84	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-16	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	85	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	86	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	57	13.0	5	3	1	9	1
53	87	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
54	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
55	89	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
56	90	Jul 23	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
57	91	Jul 24	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	92	Jul 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
59	93	Jul 26	CHW		WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
60	94	Jul 28	CHW		DET	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	95	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,15-16	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	96	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	0	2	1	3	0
64	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	99	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
66	100	Aug 1 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	2
67	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
68	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	47	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
69	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-16	CG	48	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
70	104	Aug 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	105	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	106	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
73	107	Aug 10	CHW		SLB	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
74	108	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	109	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	110	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
77	111	Aug 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
78	112	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	113	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	4	4	0	8	1
80	114	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
81	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
82	116	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
83	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
84	118	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	45	9.2	3	4	0	7	0
85	119	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
86	120	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	1	5	1	7	0
87	121	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	4	6	0	10	3
88	122	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	123	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	124	Aug 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
91	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
92	126	Aug 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	49	10.2	0	3	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	127	Sep 1	CHW	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	130	Sep 6	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
97	131	Sep 7	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
98	132	Sep 8	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	133	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	134	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
101	135	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	136	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	1
103	137	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	138	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
105	139	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
106	140	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
107	141	Sep 18	CHW		PHA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
108	142	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
109	143	Sep 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-14	GS	36	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	144	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
111	145	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	146	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
113	147	Sep 23 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
114	148	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	49	8.0	2	3	3	8	0
115	149	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	150	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
117	151	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
118	152	Sep 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							118gm		1044.0	264	357	35	656	59