Luke Appling
1930–1950 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox
2,422G
.310AVG
.399OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
2,749H
45HR
1,116RBI
179SB
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 108 | 109 |
| Batting · Doubles | 440 | 441 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,749 | 2,750 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 528 | 531 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,243 | 10,254 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,319 | 1,318 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,116 | 1,110 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 179 | 181 |
| Batting · Triples | 102 | 101 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,302 | 1,313 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,422 | 10,243 | 8,856 | 1,319 | 2,749 | 440 | 102 | 45 | 1,116 | 1,302 | 528 | 179 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 3,528 | .310 | .399 | .398 | .797 |
Streaks
28longest hitting streak · 1936-08-05 to 1936-08-31
55longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1935-08-26 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1936-09-22 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-08-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1224 | 5092 | 1380 | 22 | 573 | 649 | 258 | .314 | .398 | .405 |
| Away | 1198 | 5162 | 1370 | 23 | 537 | 664 | 273 | .307 | .394 | .392 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 178 | 733 | 174 | 3 | 70 | 91 | 41 | .273 | .362 | .335 |
| May | 405 | 1746 | 451 | 9 | 192 | 228 | 101 | .300 | .389 | .394 |
| June | 367 | 1476 | 386 | 9 | 154 | 197 | 75 | .306 | .395 | .401 |
| July | 483 | 2085 | 593 | 10 | 253 | 250 | 117 | .325 | .404 | .418 |
| August | 520 | 2255 | 628 | 11 | 242 | 284 | 103 | .322 | .404 | .418 |
| September | 456 | 1907 | 506 | 3 | 194 | 257 | 92 | .310 | .400 | .384 |
| October | 13 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .261 | .346 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 355 | 1515 | 437 | 7 | 197 | 182 | 65 | .332 | .409 | .432 |
| new-york-yankees | 351 | 1480 | 380 | 8 | 146 | 211 | 77 | .302 | .399 | .383 |
| detroit-tigers | 350 | 1468 | 374 | 6 | 143 | 182 | 96 | .292 | .379 | .380 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 348 | 1496 | 415 | 4 | 168 | 219 | 67 | .330 | .424 | .407 |
| st-louis-browns | 344 | 1439 | 381 | 8 | 163 | 199 | 62 | .311 | .403 | .404 |
| cleveland-guardians | 338 | 1421 | 364 | 7 | 138 | 162 | 88 | .292 | .370 | .379 |
| boston-red-sox | 336 | 1435 | 399 | 5 | 155 | 158 | 76 | .316 | .388 | .402 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Chicago White Sox | 6 | 26 | 8 | – | 2 | 2 | .308 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 96 | 297 | 69 | 1 | 29 | 9 | .232 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 489 | 134 | 3 | 62 | 9 | .274 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 612 | 197 | 6 | 83 | 7 | .322 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 118 | 452 | 138 | 2 | 61 | 3 | .305 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 153 | 525 | 161 | 1 | 72 | 12 | .307 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 526 | 204 | 6 | 125 | 10 | .388 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 574 | 182 | 4 | 77 | 18 | .317 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 81 | 294 | 89 | – | 43 | 1 | .303 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 148 | 516 | 162 | – | 56 | 16 | .314 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 150 | 566 | 197 | – | 79 | 3 | .348 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 592 | 186 | 1 | 57 | 12 | .314 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 543 | 142 | 3 | 53 | 18 | .262 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 155 | 585 | 192 | 3 | 80 | 27 | .328 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago White Sox | 18 | 57 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .368 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 149 | 582 | 180 | 1 | 55 | 6 | .309 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 503 | 154 | 8 | 49 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 497 | 156 | – | 47 | 10 | .314 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 492 | 148 | 5 | 58 | 7 | .301 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 50 | 128 | 30 | – | 13 | 2 | .234 | – | – |