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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 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,10-15	CG	48	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 23	CHW		DET	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
5	5	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 29	CHW		SLB	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
8	8	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 3	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
10	10	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
11	11	May 6	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
12	12	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
13	13	May 8	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
14	14	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
15	15	May 10	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
16	16	May 11	CHW		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 12	CHW		WSH	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
18	18	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	0	4	2	6	1
19	19	May 15	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	20	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
21	21	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	22	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
23	23	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	24	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	51	10.2	2	3	0	5	1
25	25	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	0	9	0	9	2
26	26	May 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
27	27	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
28	28	May 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
29	29	May 27	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
30	30	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	6	0	10	1
31	31	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
32	32	May 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-15	CG	48	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
33	33	May 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	2	9	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
37	37	Jun 3	CHW		BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
38	38	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 6 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	3
41	41	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,14-8	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
45	45	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
46	46	Jun 13 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
47	47	Jun 13 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
49	49	Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
51	51	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	0	6	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
55	55	Jun 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
57	57	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
58	58	Jun 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	2	6	1	9	3
59	59	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
60	60	Jun 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
61	61	Jun 29	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
64	64	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	65	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
68	68	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
69	69	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 9	CHW		SLB	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	71	Jul 10	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	5	7	1	13	2
72	72	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
73	73	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
74	74	Jul 13	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
75	75	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	25	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
76	76	Jul 15	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
77	77	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
78	78	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
79	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
80	80	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
83	83	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
84	84	Jul 23	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	85	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,11-12	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
87	87	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 27	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	0	4	1	5	0
89	89	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
90	90	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	8	0	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	3	7	1	11	1
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
94	94	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
95	95	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
96	96	Aug 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	42	8.1	1	6	0	7	1
97	97	Aug 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-13	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
98	98	Aug 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	8	0	8	0
99	99	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	1	6	0	7	0
100	100	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	1	4	1	6	0
101	101	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-0	CG	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
102	102	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
103	103	Aug 12 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
104	104	Aug 12 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
106	106	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
107	107	Aug 15 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	108	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
109	109	Aug 17	CHW		DET	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
110	110	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
111	111	Aug 19	CHW		DET	L,4-12	CG	36	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
112	112	Aug 20	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
113	113	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
115	115	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
116	116	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	CG	52	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
117	117	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	4
118	118	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	119	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	120	Aug 29 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,0-16	CG	51	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
121	121	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
122	122	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1	CHW		BOS	L,0-2	CG	27	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
124	124	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
125	125	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
126	126	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
127	127	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
128	128	Sep 5	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
129	129	Sep 6 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
130	130	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
131	131	Sep 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
132	132	Sep 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
133	133	Sep 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
134	134	Sep 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
135	135	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
136	136	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	137	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
138	138	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
139	139	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
141	141	Sep 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	1	3	1	5	0
142	142	Sep 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
143	143	Sep 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
144	144	Sep 25	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 26 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
146	146	Sep 26 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
147	147	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
148	148	Sep 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	2	3	1	6	1
149	149	Sep 29 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	150	Sep 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	2	9	2
151	151	Sep 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
152	152	Oct 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
153	153	Oct 3 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	2	6	0	8	2
154	154	Oct 3 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
							154gm		1347.0	280	541	49	870	111