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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 11)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
10	10	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
11	11	Apr 28 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,8-11	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
13	13	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-5	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
16	16	May 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-14	CG	49	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
19	19	May 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
20	20	May 12	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
21	21	May 13	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	22	May 14	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	23	May 15	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	24	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	25	May 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
26	26	May 19 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
27	27	May 19 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	28	May 20	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	29	May 22	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	30	May 24	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
31	31	May 26 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
32	32	May 26 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
34	34	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 3 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
38	38	Jun 3 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
39	39	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
41	41	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
43	43	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
46	47 (1)	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
47	48	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	49	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
49	50	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
50	51	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
51	53 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
52	55 (1)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	4
53	56	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	57	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
55	58	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
56	59	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,12-7	GS	25	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	60	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
58	61	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	66	16.0	2	8	0	10	2
59	62	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
60	63	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	64	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	65	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	66	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	67	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
65	68	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	0	1	1	2	1
66	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
67	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
68	71	Jul 5	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	2
69	72	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
70	73	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	75 (1)	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	2	4	1	7	1
72	76	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	1
73	77	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	78	Jul 14 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
75	79	Jul 14 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
76	80	Jul 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-12	GS	30	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
77	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	4	4	0
78	82	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	83	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
80	84	Jul 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	85	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	86	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	17	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
83	87	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
84	88	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	2
85	89	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	90	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
87	91	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	92	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
89	93	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	GS	39	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	94	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
91	95	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
92	96	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	4	7	0	11	4
93	97	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
94	98	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 1	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	100	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	L,0-6	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
97	101	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	4	6	0	10	4
98	102	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
99	103	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	104	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	105	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
102	108 (2)	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
103	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
104	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	111	Aug 13 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
106	112	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
107	113	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	114	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
109	115	Aug 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
110	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
111	117	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-13	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	118	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
115	121	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
116	122	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
117	123	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	124	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
119	125	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	126	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
121	127	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
122	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	4	5	0	9	1
123	129	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	130	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
125	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
126	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
127	133	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	16.0	4	10	1	15	1
128	134	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
129	135	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	11.0	0	6	0	6	1
130	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
131	137	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
132	138	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
133	139	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	140	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
135	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
136	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	143	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	144	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	145	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
141	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
142	148	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
143	149	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
144	150	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
145	151	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
146	152	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
147	153	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
148	154	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
149	155	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
							149gm		1319.0	252	505	39	796	99