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Luke Appling

Birthdate:

4/2/1907

Died:

1/3/1991

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 183 lbs.

Place of Birth:

High Point, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Luke Appling has the highest one season batting average of .388 of any shortstop in baseball history, 1936, and he became the first American League shortstop to led the league in batting. Appling also led the league in 1943 when he batted .328. In 1990 Luke Appling was voted the greatest Chicago White Sox player in history! Appling fouled off pitch after pitch until he got the one he wanted, fans in the ballpark would cheer 'Luke, Luke' after every foul ball. Being a popular player, Luke Appling was picked for eight All-Star games. He was an excellent fielding shortstop and led the league in assists seven different times, and in putouts twice. Appling was noted for his great fielding range.

Appling was the White Sox lead-off-hitter, three times he drew over 100 base-on-balls and his career on-base-pct was .399. He played over 20 years and in 2422 games he struckout only 528 times! Luke Appling batted over .300 in 15 different years including 9 straight seasons. In eight different years he scored over 90 runs. This famous Hall of Famer career stats are .310 batting average, stole 178 bases, walked 1302 times, 528 strikeouts, scored over 1300 runs. Luke Appling, what a all-around player, you played to win! Baseball fans miss your style of play.

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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
20 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1930	CHW (AL)	6	26	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	SLG
1931	CHW (AL)	96	297	36	69	13	4	1	28	29	27	9	2	0	1	3	0	.232	.303	SLG
1932	CHW (AL)	139	489	66	134	20	10	3	63	40	36	9	8	0	0	3	0	.274	.329	SLG
1933	CHW (AL)	151	612	90	197	36	10	6	85	56	29	6	11	0	0	2	0	.322	.379	SLG
1934	CHW (AL)	118	452	75	137	28	6	2	61	59	27	3	1	0	0	5	0	.303	.384	SLG
1935	CHW (AL)	153	525	94	161	28	6	1	71	122	40	12	6	0	0	7	0	.307	.437	SLG
1936	CHW (AL)	138	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	25	10	6	0	1	6	0	.388	.474	SLG
1937	CHW (AL)	154	574	98	182	42	8	4	77	86	28	18	10	0	1	4	0	.317	.407	SLG
1938	CHW (AL)	81	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	42	17	1	3	0	1	1	0	.303	.392	SLG
1939	CHW (AL)	148	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	105	37	16	9	0	0	9	0	.314	.430	SLG
1940	CHW (AL)	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	35	3	5	0	1	3	0	.348	.420	SLG
1941	CHW (AL)	154	592	93	186	26	8	1	57	82	32	12	8	0	1	2	0	.314	.399	SLG
1942	CHW (AL)	142	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	63	23	17	5	0	3	4	0	.262	.342	SLG
1943	CHW (AL)	155	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	90	29	27	8	0	1	1	0	.328	.419	SLG
1945	CHW (AL)	18	57	12	21	2	2	1	10	12	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	.368	.478	SLG
1946	CHW (AL)	149	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	71	41	6	4	0	0	6	0	.309	.384	SLG
1947	CHW (AL)	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	28	8	6	0	1	4	0	.306	.386	SLG
1948	CHW (AL)	139	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	94	35	10	4	0	0	3	0	.314	.423	SLG
1949	CHW (AL)	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	24	7	12	0	0	6	0	.301	.439	SLG
1950	CHW (AL)	50	128	11	30	3	4	0	13	12	8	2	0	0	0	4	0	.234	.300	SLG
20 years		2422	8856	1319	2749	440	102	45	1116	1302	528	179	108	0	11	74	0	.310	.399	.SLG

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