Luke Appling

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1930-1950 (1930-1950)
Proper Name
Lucius Benjamin Appling
Nickname
Old Aches and Pains
Positions
SS (2218) ... 3B (88) ... 2B (40) ... 1B (13)
Height / Weight
5-10 / 183
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Birthdate
Death Date
January 3,1991   Age:  83.276
High School
Fulton (Atlanta,GA)
Colleges
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
appll101
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[1964] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers)   [1975] His #4 was retired by the White Sox on June 7,1975

Batting Statistics

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agepostbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1930Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA-23SS626282002200000000102626.308.308.385.693.154.077.0000.000.000.000.00
1931Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA524SS8796297366913412892292713000933301851.232.303.313.616.202.081.0008.798.180.93297.00
1932Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA825SS951394896613420103639840360300018353233101.274.329.374.703.184.100.0007.526.770.90163.00
1933Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA426SS11415161290197361068561156290200027167052145.322.379.443.822.204.121.0008.364.330.52102.00
1934Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA427SS107118452751372862613159270500018351636101.303.384.405.789.237.102.00011.435.230.46226.00
1935Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA428SS11515352594161286171126122400700020465435126.307.437.389.826.326.082.00018.656.120.33525.00
1936Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA429SS129138526111204317612810685251600026761844160.388.474.508.982.289.120.00013.754.050.2987.67
1937Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA430SS11415457498182428477181086281400025266554128.317.407.439.846.286.122.00012.934.210.33143.50
1938Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA431SS102812944189140044134217110001033381475.303.392.350.742.184.047.00012.435.030.400.00
1939Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA432SS111148516821621660561691053709001119063022140.314.430.368.798.271.054.00016.675.870.350.00
1940Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA433SS11815056696197271307935693513001125063940157.348.420.442.862.212.094.00010.805.480.510.00
1941Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA434SS11115459293186268157128823212001023167735151.314.399.390.789.221.076.00012.114.730.39592.00
1942Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA435SS1031425437814226435317563233400718561333109.262.342.341.683.217.079.00010.283.750.37181.00
1943Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA436SS12515558563192332380278902911001323867738154.328.419.407.826.265.079.00013.294.280.32195.00
1945Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA438SS185712212211010127010003070516.368.478.5261.004.386.158.00017.1410.000.5857.00
1946Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA439SS1111495825918027515564714106001522065933147.309.384.378.762.194.069.00010.776.220.58582.00
1947Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA440SS1111395036715429084986642814001520757237117.306.386.412.798.237.106.00011.194.900.4462.88
1948Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA4413B-SS11013949763156162047104943503001717659418138.314.423.354.777.241.040.00015.825.890.370.00
1949Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA442SS115142492821482155587121212406002319461931117.301.439.394.833.329.093.00019.553.880.2098.40
1950Chicago White SoxALMLBCHA443SS-1B84*50128113034013201280400741144723.234.300.320.620.195.086.0008.335.560.670.00
Tot:MLB (20 yrs) MLB     242288561319274944010245111617910813025281174001293528102435872162.310.399.398.798.243.088.32612.715.150.41196.80
Tot:AL (20 yrs) AL     242288561319274944010245111617910813025281174001293528102435872162.310.399.398.798.243.088.32612.715.150.41196.80
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB     162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1936American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar29140100020010000001501.250.400.250.650.250.000.25020.000.000.000.00
1940American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar33130210000000000003311.667.6671.0001.667.333.333.6670.000.000.000.00
1946American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar39110000000000000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1947American LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar401111000000000000011011.0001.0001.0002.000.000.0001.0000.000.000.000.00
Tot:AllStar (4 Yrs) AllStar 4914100200100000051013.444.500.5561.056.222.111.44410.000.000.00

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