MLB / Players

Luke Appling

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 183 lb

BornApril 2, 1907 · High Point, NC, USA

MLB debutSeptember 10, 1930

Final gameOctober 1, 1950

Seasons20 (1930–1950)

Chicago White Sox 1930–1943; Chicago White Sox 1945–1950

Percentile snapshot

1949 season — qualified batters

142

619

492

57.3

148

49.3

25.3

RBI

29.3

121

70.7

1.3

.301

OBP

.439

98.7

SLG

.394

OPS

.833

wRC+

132.6

82.7

OPS+

123.7

wOBA

.410

85.3

sWAR

5.2

89.3

of 76 qualified 1949 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

116.6

74.1

OPS+

112.9

68.3

sWAR

65.9

99.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1930	6	26	26	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	72.6	75.9	.309	0.0
1931	96	330	297	36	69	13	4	1	28	29	27	9	2	.232	.303	.313	.616	66.8	65.1	.293	0.0
1932	139	532	489	66	134	20	10	3	63	40	36	9	8	.274	.329	.374	.703	85.6	85.9	.325	1.2
1933	151	670	612	90	197	36	10	6	85	56	29	6	11	.322	.379	.443	.822	118.5	119.2	.379	4.5
1934	118	516	452	75	137	28	6	2	61	59	27	3	1	.303	.384	.405	.788	102.3	100.3	.371	2.3
1935	153	654	525	94	161	28	6	1	71	122	40	12	6	.307	.437	.389	.826	121.7	112.6	.399	4.6
1936	138	618	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	25	10	6	.388	.474	.508	.981	143.1	140.1	.453	5.9
1937	154	665	574	98	182	42	8	4	77	86	28	18	10	.317	.407	.439	.846	117.2	114.3	.392	4.3
1938	81	338	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	42	17	1	3	.303	.392	.350	.742	91.9	86.7	.356	1.1
1939	148	630	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	105	37	16	9	.314	.430	.368	.798	114.9	106.6	.385	3.9
1940	150	639	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	35	3	5	.348	.420	.442	.862	128.2	124.7	.396	5.1
1941	154	677	592	93	186	26	8	1	57	82	32	12	8	.314	.399	.390	.789	116.0	111.9	.373	4.3
1942	142	613	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	63	23	17	5	.262	.342	.341	.682	96.6	95.1	.330	2.5
1943	155	677	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	90	29	27	8	.328	.419	.407	.825	149.9	142.3	.400	7.2
1945	18	70	57	12	21	2	2	1	10	12	7	1	0	.368	.478	.526	1.005	203.2	194.5	.476	1.2
1946	149	659	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	71	41	6	4	.309	.384	.378	.762	120.9	116.8	.363	4.7
1947	139	572	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	28	8	6	.306	.386	.412	.797	127.5	124.8	.378	4.5
1948	139	594	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	94	35	10	4	.314	.423	.354	.777	118.5	110.2	.384	3.7
1949	142	619	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	24	7	12	.301	.439	.394	.833	132.6	123.7	.410	5.2
1950	50	144	128	11	30	3	4	0	13	12	8	2	0	.234	.300	.320	.620	58.5	61.1	.294	-0.3

Career totals

2,422

82nd-most career G

10,243

70th-most career PA

8,856

84th-most career AB

1,319

123rd-most career R

2,749

57th-most career H

440

127th-most career 2B

102

153rd-most career 3B

RBI

1,116

216th-most career RBI

1,302

49th-most career BB

528

179

441st-most career SB

.3104

116th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3994

69th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3984

OPS

.7978

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1947-05-04	ATH @ CWS Gameday	5	1	4	2	0	1	1	9
1933-08-05	CWS @ BAL Gameday	6	3	5	3	0	0	3	8
1936-09-23	CWS @ CLE Gameday	4	1	4	1	0	1	3	8
1934-05-28	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	2	8
1941-06-28	CWS @ CLE Gameday	4	0	3	1	2	0	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1930-04-17	CLE @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-19	BAL @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-21	BAL @ CWS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-22	CWS @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-25	CWS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1964 (Run Off)

7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.