Luke Appling

Hall of Fame

Shortstop

1930—1950

Player LeveL

Elite

Top 100 Rank

Shortstop RANK

Player Detail

Lucius Benjamin

GIVEN NAME

Appling

SURNAME

April 2, 1907, in High Point, NC

BORN

January 3, 1991, in Cumming, GA, USA

DIED

1930—1950

Playing Career

Played from 23-43

PLAYING AGE

Chicago White Sox

Teams Played For

Shortstop

PRIMARY POSITION

Chicago White Sox

PRIMARY TEAM

NONE

World Series titles

Old Aches and Pains, Luscious Luke, Libby

NICKNAME

4 UNIFORM NUMBER

#5 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

5-10 / 183

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Right / Right

BATTED / THREW

September 10, 1930

Major League Debut

October 1, 1950

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Luke Appling?

Great shortstop who played for mediocre teams in the Great Depression and WWII years.

70

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

50

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

According to legend, Luke Appling once became so disgusted with a team policy over the use of worn baseballs that he purposefully fouled off twelve pitches in one game.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2422	2749	45	1116	.310

7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Ted Lyons

Billy Pierce

Jimmy Dykes

BEST SEASON

1943 White Sox

36 Years Old

.328

AVG

HR

RBI

RUNS

.419

OBP

192

HITS

2B

3B

.407

SLG

BB

SB

7.4

WAR

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.310	.399	.398

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.798	.712	112.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
60.5	55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Red Ruffing

Defeated Ruffing in a special run-off election for the Baseball Hall of Fame

Contemporaries

Luke Appling Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Appling	519	161	77	26	6	3	65	76	31	10	207	238	.310	.399	.398	798
AVG SS	530	142	73	25	5	6		58	46	7	195	203	.269	.343	.368	.712

Luke Appling Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
14	6	11	7	7

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
6	10	22	12

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Luke Appling PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
77.1	43.9	27.5	21.3	5.15
67.7	43.1	30.3	21.6	4.89

BLUE = Luke Appling

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
377.4	206.7	142.7	99.4	25.2
327.4	189.4	134.4	92.3	24.2

BLUE = Luke Appling

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).