Luke Appling career batting average
.310Career Regular Season
Luke Appling has a career batting average of .310 over 20 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .388 in 1936.
- Most recent: .234 in 1950.
Average of 20 regular seasons, 1930 through 1950. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  CHW | 6 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .308 | .385 | .692 |
| 1931 | CHW | 96 | 297 | 36 | 69 | 1 | 28 | 9 | .232 | .303 | .313 | .616 |
| 1932 | CHW | 139 | 489 | 66 | 134 | 3 | 63 | 9 | .274 | .329 | .374 | .703 |
| 1933 | CHW | 151 | 612 | 90 | 197 | 6 | 85 | 6 | .322 | .379 | .443 | .822 |
| 1934 | CHW | 118 | 452 | 75 | 137 | 2 | 61 | 3 | .303 | .384 | .405 | .788 |
| 1935 | CHW | 153 | 525 | 94 | 161 | 1 | 71 | 12 | .307 | .437 | .389 | .826 |
| 1936 | CHW | 138 | 526 | 111 | 204 | 6 | 128 | 10 | .388 | .474 | .508 | .981 |
| 1937 | CHW | 154 | 574 | 98 | 182 | 4 | 77 | 18 | .317 | .407 | .439 | .846 |
| 1938 | CHW | 81 | 294 | 41 | 89 | 0 | 44 | 1 | .303 | .392 | .350 | .742 |
| 1939 | CHW | 148 | 516 | 82 | 162 | 0 | 56 | 16 | .314 | .430 | .368 | .798 |
| 1940 | CHW | 150 | 566 | 96 | 197 | 0 | 79 | 3 | .348 | .420 | .442 | .862 |
| 1941 | CHW | 154 | 592 | 93 | 186 | 1 | 57 | 12 | .314 | .399 | .390 | .789 |
| 1942 | CHW | 142 | 543 | 78 | 142 | 3 | 53 | 17 | .262 | .342 | .341 | .682 |
| 1943 | CHW | 155 | 585 | 63 | 192 | 3 | 80 | 27 | .328 | .419 | .407 | .825 |
| 1945 | CHW | 18 | 57 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .368 | .478 | .526 | 1.005 |
| 1946 | CHW | 149 | 582 | 59 | 180 | 1 | 55 | 6 | .309 | .384 | .378 | .762 |
| 1947 | CHW | 139 | 503 | 67 | 154 | 8 | 49 | 8 | .306 | .386 | .412 | .797 |
| 1948 | CHW | 139 | 497 | 63 | 156 | 0 | 47 | 10 | .314 | .423 | .354 | .777 |
| 1949 | CHW | 142 | 492 | 82 | 148 | 5 | 58 | 7 | .301 | .439 | .394 | .833 |
| 1950 | CHW | 50 | 128 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 2 | .234 | .300 | .320 | .620 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS