Luke Appling DDL Career Statistics
Selected in the 3rd round (#29 overall) of the 1930 Inaugural Draft.



2 Time Gold Glove Winner (1934, 1937)

DDL Regular Season Batting Stats
YR TEAM AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP TB
1930 BRB .308 .308 .423 .731 28 26 26 6 8 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1931 BRB .192 .263 .242 .505 43 133 120 14 23 4 1 0 11 1 0 9 12 0 0 0 1 0 29
1932 BRB .263 .315 .336 .651 54 149 137 17 36 3 2 1 16 0 1 10 10 1 1 0 1 3 46
1933 BRB .308 .371 .443 .814 148 620 548 58 169 32 9 8 96 0 0 27 59 10 2 0 11 20 243
1934 BRB .300 .371 .405 .776 114 440 393 65 118 24 1 5 41 0 0 20 45 2 0 1 1 13 159
1935 BRB .341 .461 .430 .891 150 684 558 110 190 21 7 5 57 8 0 55 124 1 1 1 0 10 240
1936 BRB .432 .488 .544 1.032 136 531 463 94 200 22 6 6 111 0 1 13 58 3 1 0 9 26 252
1937 BRB .298 .373 .412 .785 148 696 614 105 183 49 9 1 67 6 7 42 76 2 0 1 5 10 253
1938 LIT .336 .419 .375 .794 96 330 280 46 94 11 0 0 23 0 0 15 40 0 1 8 1 5 105
1938 BRB .429 .500 .476 .976 6 24 21 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10

DDL Regular Season Career Batting Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB IBB HBP SH SF GDP TB
10 Seasons .326 .404 .427 .831 923 3633 3160 519 1030 170 35 26 426 15 11 191 427 19 6 11 29 87 1348

DDL Playoff Batting Stats
YR TEAM SEG AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SO BB SB CS IBB HBP SH SF GDP
1933 BRB WS .292 .346 .417 .763 7 26 24 1 7 1 1 0 3 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 BRB WS .294 .368 .353 .721 5 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1937 BRB WS .267 .500 .400 .900 5 22 15 2 4 2 0 0 2 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DDL Playoff Career Batting Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SO BB SB CS IBB HBP SH SF GDP
3 Segments .286 .403 .393 .796 17 67 56 6 16 4 1 0 6 22 6 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

MLB Stats
YEAR AGE MLB POS D ARM AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB SF HBP TB WAR SALARY
1930 23 CHW SS 6 31 .308 .308 .385 .692 6 26 26 2 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 $4,200
1931 24 CHW SS+ 7 34 .232 .303 .313 .616 96 331 297 36 69 13 4 1 28 9 2 27 29 0 1 93 -0.6 $4,200
1932 25 CHW SS+ 7 35 .274 .329 .374 .703 139 532 489 66 134 20 10 3 63 9 8 36 40 0 0 183 1.5 $4,200
1933 26 CHW SS 7 35 .322 .379 .443 .822 151 671 612 90 197 36 10 6 85 6 11 29 56 0 0 271 5.1 $5,000
1934 27 CHW SS+ 8 35 .303 .384 .405 .788 118 516 452 75 137 28 6 2 61 3 1 27 59 0 0 183 1.9 $7,500
1935 28 CHW SS 8 35 .307 .437 .389 .826 153 656 525 94 161 28 6 1 71 12 6 40 122 0 0 204 6.8 $7,000
1936 29 CHW SS 8 35 .388 .474 .508 .981 138 618 526 111 204 31 7 6 128 10 6 25 85 0 1 267 6.9 $12,000
1937 30 CHW SS 8 35 .317 .407 .439 .846 154 665 574 98 182 42 8 4 77 18 10 28 86 0 1 252 6.2 $18,500
1938 31 CHW SS 8 35 .303 .392 .350 .742 81 339 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 3 17 42 0 1 103 1.7 $15,000
1939 32 CHW SS 8 35 .314 .430 .368 .798 148 633 516 82 162 16 6 0 56 16 9 37 105 0 0 190 4.2 $13,500
1940 33 CHW SS 8 35 .348 .420 .442 .862 150 640 566 96 197 27 13 0 79 3 5 35 69 0 1 250 5.4 $13,500
1941 34 CHW SS 8 35 .314 .399 .390 .789 154 678 592 93 186 26 8 1 57 12 8 32 82 0 1 231 5.1 $14,000
1942 35 CHW SS 8 35 .262 .342 .341 .682 142 613 543 78 142 26 4 3 53 17 5 23 63 0 3 185 2.7 $14,000
1943 36 CHW SS 8 35 .328 .419 .407 .825 155 677 585 63 192 33 2 3 80 27 8 29 90 0 1 238 7.6 $11,000
1945 38 CHW SS 7 34 .368 .478 .526 1.005 18 70 57 12 21 2 2 1 10 1 0 7 12 0 0 30 1.0 $11,000
1946 39 CHW SS 8 34 .309 .384 .378 .762 149 659 582 59 180 27 5 1 55 6 4 41 71 0 0 220 5.9 $12,000
1947 40 CHW SS+ 8 34 .306 .386 .412 .797 139 573 503 67 154 29 0 8 49 8 6 28 64 0 1 207 4.6 $16,000
1948 41 CHW 3B+ 4 34 .314 .423 .354 .777 139 594 497 63 156 16 2 0 47 10 4 35 94 0 0 176 3.4 $17,000
1949 42 CHW SS 8 33 .301 .439 .394 .833 142 619 492 82 148 21 5 5 58 7 12 24 121 0 0 194 5.0 $17,000
1950 43 CHW SS+ 8 31 .234 .300 .320 .620 50 144 128 11 30 3 4 0 13 2 0 8 12 0 0 41 0.0 $18,000

MLB Stat Totals
TOT STATS AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SO BB SF HBP TB WAR SALARY
20 Seasons .310 .399 .398 .797 2422 10254 8856 1319 2749 440 102 45 1116 179 108 528 1302 0 11 3528 74.4 $234,600