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Luke
Appling		  
Nickname: Old Aches
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 208
 
Born: April 2, 1907 in Usa, NC, HIGH POINT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1938   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   48 48 49 9 9 9 65 63 64 73 70 71 79 78 78
1931 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1932 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1933 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1934 27 NYA AL $ 1,878,571   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1935 28 NYA AL $ 1,878,571   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1936 29 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1937 30 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1938 31 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1939 32 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1940 33 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1941 34 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1942 35 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   48 48 49 9 9 9 65 63 64 73 70 71 79 78 78
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 23 NYA AL 88 314 43 92 19 3 1 51 1 1 43 20 .293 .374 .382 .756 45.2 8.5
    AAA   67 259 42 83 14 1 4 36 8 4 41 14 .320 .413 .429 .842 46.1  
1931 24 NYA AL 152 556 83 152 41 3 5 68 5 3 77 29 .273 .361 .385 .746 78.3 13.2
1932 25 NYA AL 101 188 20 39 7 4 1 20 0 1 28 13 .207 .309 .303 .612 17.6 0.8
1933 26 NYA AL 149 533 78 161 31 9 2 57 10 3 52 41 .302 .364 .405 .769 75.2 11.6
1934 27 NYA AL 144 556 93 166 40 10 1 46 8 3 70 38 .299 .377 .412 .789 85.3 15.2
1935 28 NYA AL 152 615 106 180 34 11 2 52 13 6 62 61 .293 .357 .393 .751 83.3 13.6
1936 29 NYA AL 149 507 67 133 21 4 0 49 8 1 59 56 .262 .339 .320 .658 54.8 6.9
1937 30 NYA AL 149 526 84 168 37 8 0 67 9 2 66 45 .319 .395 .420 .815 82.3 17.7
1938 31 NYA AL 146 590 94 177 29 7 2 59 8 9 62 81 .300 .365 .383 .748 79.5 14.0
1939 32 NYA AL 151 543 91 163 28 5 4 70 3 0 65 75 .300 .375 .392 .767 78.5 15.6
1940 33 NYA AL 137 518 80 151 24 7 1 51 16 3 62 72 .292 .367 .371 .738 73.0 15.0
1941 34 NYA AL 154 544 59 130 27 2 0 51 3 1 49 90 .239 .301 .296 .597 45.3 2.2
1942 35 NYA AL 91 151 13 32 7 0 1 13 0 0 14 29 .212 .275 .278 .554 11.6 0.0
13 Years Sim 1763 6141 911 1744 345 73 20 654 84 33 709 650 .284 .357 .374 .731 809.9 134.3
1 Years AAA 67 259 42 83 14 1 4 36 8 4 41 14 .320 .413 .429 .842 46.1  
162 Game Average 564 83 160 31 6 1 60 7 3 65 59 .284 .357 .374 .731 74.4  
Career Highs 154 615 106 180 41 11 5 70 16 9 77 90 .319 .395 .420 .815 85.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4295 634 1196 234 55 13 451 56 21 483 465 .278 .350 .368 .718 561.5
vs LH   1846 277 548 111 18 7 203 28 12 226 185 .297 .373 .388 .761 268.2
Home 886 3001 458 857 187 38 9 296 32 15 350 324 .286 .359 .382 .742 412.8
Away 877 3140 453 887 158 35 11 358 52 18 359 326 .282 .355 .366 .721 416.9
RISP   1495 0 432 74 15 3 579 0 0 199 163 .289 .368 .365 .732 208.8
Pinch Hitting   125 21 43 12 3 1 17 0 0 10 11 .344 .393 .512 .905 22.2
Close/Late   640 82 185 38 7 4 84 0 0 71 64 .289 .360 .389 .749 88.9
Mar/Apr 276 933 134 257 54 18 6 109 4 2 111 103 .275 .351 .391 .742 128.7
May 290 1022 148 294 65 11 2 116 20 3 118 105 .288 .360 .379 .739 142.0
June 297 1045 152 303 57 16 5 99 11 2 118 96 .290 .361 .389 .751 147.6
July 299 1054 162 292 56 6 3 119 18 12 122 117 .277 .351 .350 .701 132.1
August 317 1084 159 297 55 10 1 110 15 8 127 117 .274 .350 .346 .696 134.7
Sep/Oct 284 1003 156 301 58 12 3 101 16 6 113 112 .300 .371 .391 .762 144.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 23 NYA AL SS 88 85 727.3 116 323 15 56 .967 5.43   2.5
1931 24 NYA AL SS 148 147 1252.3 232 591 34 112 .960 5.91   5.7
1932 25 NYA AL SS 22 20 174.3 30 63 6 9 .939 4.80   0.6
    1B 17 16 142.0 186 16 2 22 .990 12.80   0.3
    RF 5 1 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 26 NYA AL SS 146 141 1231.3 195 502 39 92 .947 5.09   3.9
1934 27 NYA AL SS 141 139 1207.0 191 486 28 85 .960 5.05   3.6
1935 28 NYA AL SS 149 144 1279.7 229 568 38 129 .954 5.61   5.4
    2B 2 1 15.0 5 7 1 2 .923 7.20   0.1
1936 29 NYA AL SS 145 137 1188.7 200 536 32 114 .958 5.57   5.6
1937 30 NYA AL SS 143 128 1153.7 201 473 29 94 .959 5.26   4.3
    3B 3 3 26.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.81   0.1
1938 31 NYA AL SS 139 127 1141.0 175 485 30 83 .957 5.21   4.9
    1B 10 10 84.0 108 10 5 11 .959 12.64   0.2
1939 32 NYA AL SS 151 143 1255.0 211 514 37 106 .951 5.20   4.0
1940 33 NYA AL SS 73 63 574.3 99 255 20 54 .947 5.55   2.2
    3B 58 58 503.0 29 152 16 14 .919 3.24   1.5
1941 34 NYA AL SS 135 132 1136.7 204 468 40 83 .944 5.32   0.9
    3B 17 17 128.0 8 39 3 3 .940 3.30   0.2
1942 35 NYA AL SS 76 39 382.3 73 165 13 34 .948 5.60   0.9
    3B 8 5 43.0 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.93   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
  SS 1556 1445 12703.6 2156 5429 361 1051 .955 5.37   44.5
  3B 86 83 700.0 43 210 19 18 .930 3.25   1.9
  1B 27 26 226.0 294 26 7 33 .979 12.74   0.5
  RF 5 1 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
  2B 3 1 19.0 7 8 1 3 .938 7.11   0.1
  CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1681 1556 13677.6 2504 5673 388 1105 .955 5.38   47.0
Career Highs   152 149 1294.7 283 591 43 131 .974 7.79    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 23 NYA AL 5 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .313 .214 .527
1932 25 NYA AL 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1937 30 NYA AL 7 31 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 .258 .314 .290 .605
1939 32 NYA AL 6 26 2 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 .308 .379 .423 .802
Career Post-Season Batting 22 75 9 21 2 1 0 11 0 0 8 6 .280 .345 .333 .679
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1937-10-.319
 On-Base Pct
1937-9-.395
 Games
1933-9-149
 At-Bats
1935-6-615
 Runs
1935-8-106
 Singles
1935-10-133
1938-3-139
1939-9-126
Doubles
1934-5-40
 Triples
1934-5-10
1935-2-11
1937-7-8
 Stolen Bases
1933-4-10
1934-4-8
1935-5-13
1936-4-8
1937-6-9
1938-6-8
1940-4-16
 Caught Stealing
1933-8-3
1934-6-3
1935-3-6
1938-2-9
 Walks
1931-9-77
 Strikeouts
1938-6-81
1941-6-90
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pete Runnels (926)
  2. Debs Garms (908)
  3. Jim Gantner (907)
  4. Buddy Myer (900)
  5. Jim Brideweser (899)
  6. Tony Kubek (889)
  7. Jim Gilliam (886)
  8. Bobby Richardson (884)
  9. Billy Herman (881)
  10. Pinky Higgins (879)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1930
Had first career hit on 6/15/1930, off Harry Courtney (SLB)
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1930, off Al Grabowski (NYM)
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,878,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1934, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,878,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1937 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Injured on 4/28/1938 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 7/14/1940
Injured on 9/6/1940 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by New York (A) on 10/22/1942
 
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