Luke Appling Stats

Luke Appling was born on Tuesday, April 2, 1907, in High Point, North Carolina. Appling was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1930, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Luke Appling baseball stats page.
"When (Luke) Appling was around, the real blunder was to ask him, 'How do you feel?' It would sometimes take half an hour before he stopped telling you." - Maury Allen in Big-Time Baseabll (1978)

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Luke Appling

Luke Appling Autograph on a 1988 Pacific Trading (#4)

Luke Appling Autograph on a 1988 Pacific Trading (#4)
 

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Birth Name:   Lucius Benjamin Appling
Nickname:   Fumblefoot or Kid Boots or Old Aches & Pains
Born On:   04-02-1907
Place of Birth Data Born In:   High Point, North Carolina
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-03-1991
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cumming, Georgia
Cemetery:   Sawnee View Memorial Gardens, Cumming, Georgia Click For Grave Photo
College:   Oglethorpe University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10
Player Weight Chart Weight:   183
First Game:   09-10-1930 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-01-1950
Draft:   Not Applicable
Luke Appling

Luke Appling Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Luke Appling

Luke Appling Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1930 White Sox 6 26 2 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .308 .308 .385
1931 White Sox 96 297 36 69 13 4 1 0 28 29 - 27 3 - 1 - .232 .303 .313
1932 White Sox 139 489 66 134 20 10 3 0 63 40 - 36 3 - 0 - .274 .329 .374
1933 White Sox 151 612 90 197 36 10 6 0 85 56 - 29 2 - 0 - .322 .379 .443
1934 White Sox 118 452 75 137 28 6 2 0 61 59 - 27 5 - 0 - .303 .384 .405
1935 White Sox 153 525 94 161 28 6 1 0 71 122 - 40 7 - 0 - .307 .437 .389
1936 White Sox 138 526 111 204 31 7 6 0 128 85 - 25 6 - 1 - .388 .474 .508
1937 White Sox 154 574 98 182 42 8 4 0 77 86 - 28 4 - 1 - .317 .407 .439
1938 White Sox 81 294 41 89 14 0 0 0 44 42 - 17 1 - 1 - .303 .392 .350
1939 White Sox 148 516 82 162 16 6 0 0 56 105 - 37 9 - 0 11 .314 .430 .368
1940 White Sox 150 566 96 197 27 13 0 0 79 69 - 35 3 - 1 11 .348 .420 .442
1941 White Sox 154 592 93 186 26 8 1 0 57 82 - 32 2 - 1 10 .314 .399 .390
1942 White Sox 142 543 78 142 26 4 3 0 53 63 - 23 4 - 3 7 .262 .342 .341
1943 White Sox 155 585 63 192 33 2 3 0 80 90 - 29 1 - 1 13 .328 .419 .407
1945 White Sox 18 57 12 21 2 2 1 0 10 12 - 7 1 - 0 0 .368 .478 .526
1946 White Sox 149 582 59 180 27 5 1 0 55 71 - 41 6 - 0 15 .309 .384 .378
1947 White Sox 139 503 67 154 29 0 8 0 49 64 - 28 4 - 1 15 .306 .386 .412
1948 White Sox 139 497 63 156 16 2 0 0 47 94 - 35 3 - 0 17 .314 .423 .354
1949 White Sox 142 492 82 148 21 5 5 0 58 121 - 24 6 - 0 23 .301 .439 .394
1950 White Sox 50 128 11 30 3 4 0 0 13 12 - 8 4 - 0 7 .234 .300 .320
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
20 Years 2,422 8,856 1,319 2,749 440 102 45 0 1,116 1,302 - 528 74 - 11 129 .310 .399 .398
Luke Appling

Luke Appling Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1930 White Sox SS 6 - - 33 5.5 29 12 17 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .879 0.00 -
1931 White Sox 2B 1 - - 6 6.0 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1931 White Sox SS 76 - - 421 5.5 379 147 232 42 37 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1932 White Sox 2B 30 - - 178 5.9 172 62 110 6 16 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1932 White Sox 3B 14 - - 41 2.9 35 13 22 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .854 0.00 -
1932 White Sox SS 85 - - 519 6.1 482 195 287 37 66 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00 -
1933 White Sox SS 151 - - 903 6.0 848 314 534 55 107 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1934 White Sox 2B 8 - - 38 4.8 37 21 16 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1934 White Sox SS 110 - - 618 5.6 584 243 341 34 55 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00 -
1935 White Sox SS 153 - - 930 6.1 891 335 556 39 93 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1936 White Sox SS 137 - - 832 6.1 791 320 471 41 119 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1937 White Sox SS 154 - - 870 5.6 821 280 541 49 111 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 -
1938 White Sox SS 78 - - 427 5.5 407 149 258 20 37 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 -
1939 White Sox SS 148 - - 789 5.3 750 289 461 39 78 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1940 White Sox SS 150 - - 780 5.2 743 307 436 37 83 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 -
1941 White Sox SS 154 - - 809 5.3 767 294 473 42 95 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1942 White Sox SS 141 - - 725 5.1 687 269 418 38 77 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1943 White Sox SS 155 - - 836 5.4 800 300 500 36 115 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1945 White Sox SS 17 - - 100 5.9 93 37 56 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .930 0.00 -
1946 White Sox SS 149 - - 796 5.3 757 252 505 39 99 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1947 White Sox 3B 2 - - 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1947 White Sox SS 129 - - 689 5.3 654 232 422 35 86 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1948 White Sox 3B 72 - - 262 3.6 247 84 163 15 13 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00 -
1948 White Sox SS 64 - - 363 5.7 343 133 210 20 50 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00 -
1949 White Sox SS 141 - - 729 5.2 703 253 450 26 95 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1950 White Sox 1B 13 - - 103 7.9 103 91 12 0 16 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1950 White Sox 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1950 White Sox SS 20 - - 90 4.5 87 37 50 3 13 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
SS Totals 2,218 0 0 12,259 5.5 11,616 4,398 7,218 643 1,424 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 --
3B Totals 88 0 0 305 3.5 284 98 186 21 15 n/a n/a n/a .931 0.00 --
2B Totals 40 0 0 222 5.6 214 87 127 8 20 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 --
1B Totals 13 0 0 103 7.9 103 91 12 0 16 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
20 Years 2,359 - - 12,889 5.5 12,217 4,674 7,543 672 1,475 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 --
Luke Appling

Luke Appling Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1930 White Sox 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 13.0 - - -
1931 White Sox 9 2 .818 - - n/a 297.0 11.0 10.6 - - -
1932 White Sox 9 8 .529 - - n/a 163.0 13.6 7.8 - - -
1933 White Sox 6 11 .353 - - n/a 102.0 21.1 7.2 - - -
1934 White Sox 3 1 .750 - - n/a 226.0 16.7 7.4 - - -
1935 White Sox 12 6 .667 - - n/a 525.0 13.1 7.4 - - -
1936 White Sox 10 6 .625 - - n/a 87.7 21.0 4.1 - - -
1937 White Sox 18 10 .643 - - n/a 143.5 20.5 7.5 - - -
1938 White Sox 1 3 .250 - - n/a 0.0 17.3 6.7 - - -
1939 White Sox 16 9 .640 - - n/a 0.0 13.9 9.2 - - -
1940 White Sox 3 5 .375 - - n/a 0.0 16.2 7.2 - - -
1941 White Sox 12 8 .600 - - n/a 592.0 18.5 10.4 - - -
1942 White Sox 17 5 .773 - - n/a 181.0 23.6 10.2 - - -
1943 White Sox 27 8 .771 - - n/a 195.0 20.2 7.3 - - -
1945 White Sox 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 57.0 8.1 5.7 - - -
1946 White Sox 6 4 .600 - - n/a 582.0 14.2 10.6 - - -
1947 White Sox 8 6 .571 - - n/a 62.9 18.0 10.3 - - -
1948 White Sox 10 4 .714 - - n/a 0.0 14.2 10.6 - - -
1949 White Sox 7 12 .368 - - n/a 98.4 20.5 8.5 - - -
1950 White Sox 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 16.0 9.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
20 Years 179 108 .624 - - n/a 196.8 16.8 7.9 - - -
Luke Appling

Luke Appling Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1930 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Chicago White Sox 5 Undetermined n/a -
1932 Chicago White Sox 8 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined - -
1934 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined - -
1935 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined Stats -
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1942 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined - -
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1945 Chicago White Sox 4 Undetermined n/a -
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