Luke Appling stats

Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1950

Age 119

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Luke Appling played 20 MLB seasons, 1930 to 1950.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,422
AB
8,856
R
1,319
H
2,749
HR
45
RBI
1,116
SB
179
AVG
.310
Standard by season
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.
1930CHW62628022.308
1931CHW9629736691289.232
1932CHW139489661343639.274
1933CHW151612901976856.322
1934CHW118452751372613.303
1935CHW1535259416117112.307
1936CHW138526111204612810.388
1937CHW1545749818247718.317
1938CHW8129441890441.303
1939CHW1485168216205616.314
1940CHW150566961970793.348
1941CHW1545929318615712.314
1942CHW1425437814235317.262
1943CHW1555856319238027.328
1945CHW185712211101.368
1946CHW149582591801556.309
1947CHW139503671548498.306
1948CHW1394976315604710.314
1949CHW142492821485587.301
1950CHW5012811300132.234

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
10,243
TB
3,528
XBH
587
HBP
11
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1930CHW261020000
1931CHW33093181000
1932CHW532183330000
1933CHW670271520000
1934CHW516183360000
1935CHW654204350000
1936CHW618267441000
1937CHW665252541000
1938CHW338103141000
1939CHW630190220000
1940CHW639250401000
1941CHW677231351000
1942CHW613185333000
1943CHW677238381000
1945CHW703050000
1946CHW659220330000
1947CHW572207371000
1948CHW594176180000
1949CHW619194310000
1950CHW1444170000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
69.9
RC
1,534.2
RC/27
6.60
ISOP
.088
SECA
.243
BB/K
2.47
AB/HR
196.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1930CHW0.03.55.2.0770.2000
1931CHW-0.731.53.6.0810.21.12970
1932CHW1.262.34.6.1000.21.11630
1933CHW4.9102.56.5.1210.21.91020
1934CHW1.675.86.4.1020.22.22260
1935CHW6.4104.17.5.0820.33.15250
1936CHW6.8127.610.3.1200.33.487.70
1937CHW6.0108.97.2.1220.33.1143.50
1938CHW1.644.75.8.0480.22.500
1939CHW4.095.26.9.0540.32.800
1940CHW4.9107.97.7.0940.22.000
1941CHW4.699.96.5.0760.22.65920
1942CHW2.371.54.7.0790.22.71810
1943CHW7.0110.87.4.0790.33.11950
1945CHW1.014.910.9.1580.41.7570
1946CHW5.791.76.0690.21.75820
1947CHW4.484.76.4.1050.22.362.90
1948CHW3.387.46.8.0400.22.700
1949CHW4.996.57.2.0930.35.098.40
1950CHW0.013.73.6.0860.21.500

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
119 yearsApr 2, 1907
Debut
1930

What were Luke Appling's career stats?

Luke Appling played 20 seasons for the White Sox. He was a career .310 hitter with 2,749 hits, 45 home runs and 1,116 RBI. His best season was 1936: a .388 batting average, 6 home runs and 128 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 1930 to 1950

All-time career rank

  • 56th in hits (2,749)
  • 190th in rbi (1,116)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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