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Luke Appling 2026 Season · CWS

Career: .310/.399/.398, 45 HR, 2749 H in 2422 games.

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Luke Appling

SS · CWS

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AGreat

+30.3Career NUT

+4.7 to Nutty

Career

.310AVG45HR1116RBI2749H1319R179SB

R/R · 5' 10", 183 lb · b. Apr 2, 1907 · High Point, NC · Signed Undrafted FA, 1930

Player Overview

Year by Year


1930	23	CWS	—	6	26	26	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.077	.693	.308
1931	24	CWS	-1.2	96	330	297	36	69	13	4	1	28	29	1	27	9	2	3	0	.232	.303	.313	.081	.616	.253
1932	25	CWS	-0.5	139	532	489	66	134	20	10	3	63	40	0	36	9	8	3	0	.274	.329	.374	.100	.703	.291
1933	26	CWS	+2.5	151	670	612	90	197	36	10	6	85	56	0	29	6	11	2	0	.322	.379	.443	.121	.822	.331
1934	27	CWS	+1.0	118	516	452	75	137	28	6	2	61	59	0	27	3	1	5	0	.303	.384	.405	.102	.789	.319
1935	28	CWS	+2.5	153	654	525	94	161	28	6	1	71	122	0	40	12	6	7	0	.307	.437	.389	.082	.826	.331
1936	29	CWS	+4.7	138	618	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	1	25	10	6	6	0	.388	.474	.508	.120	.982	.400
1937	30	CWS	+2.4	154	665	574	98	182	42	8	4	77	86	1	28	18	10	4	0	.317	.407	.439	.122	.846	.328
1938	31	CWS	+0.4	81	338	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	42	1	17	1	3	1	0	.303	.392	.350	.047	.742	.321
1939	32	CWS	+1.9	148	630	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	105	0	37	16	9	9	11	.314	.430	.368	.054	.798	.338
1940	33	CWS	+3.1	150	639	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	1	35	3	5	3	11	.348	.420	.442	.094	.862	.371
1941	34	CWS	+2.2	154	677	592	93	186	26	8	1	57	82	1	32	12	8	2	10	.314	.399	.390	.076	.789	.331
1942	35	CWS	+0.3	142	613	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	63	3	23	17	5	4	7	.262	.342	.341	.079	.683	.269
1943	36	CWS	+3.9	155	677	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	90	1	29	27	8	1	13	.328	.419	.407	.079	.826	.342
1945	38	CWS	—	18	70	57	12	21	2	2	1	10	12	0	7	1	0	1	0	.368	.478	.526	.158	1.004	.408
1946	39	CWS	+1.7	149	659	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	71	0	41	6	4	6	15	.309	.384	.378	.069	.762	.331
1947	40	CWS	+1.6	139	572	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	1	28	8	6	4	15	.306	.386	.412	.106	.798	.313
1948	41	CWS	+1.7	139	594	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	94	0	35	10	4	3	17	.314	.423	.354	.040	.777	.338
1949	42	CWS	+2.7	142	619	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	0	24	7	12	6	23	.301	.439	.394	.093	.833	.309
1950	43	CWS	-0.7	50	144	128	11	30	3	4	0	13	12	0	8	2	0	4	7	.234	.300	.320	.086	.620	.250
Career	—	20 yrs	+30.3	2422	10243	8856	1319	2749	440	102	45	1116	1302	11	528	179	108	74	129	.310	.399	.398	.088	.797	.326

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Appling's career NUT of +30.3

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

4.7

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NUT by Season

-1.2

-0.5

+2.5

+1.0

+2.5

+4.7

+2.4

+0.4

+1.9

+3.1

+2.2

+0.3

+3.9

+1.7

+1.6

+1.7

+2.7

-0.7

Awards

1936AL All-Star

1939AL All-Star

1940AL All-Star

1941AL All-Star

1943AL All-Star

1946AL All-Star

1947AL All-Star

1964Hall Of Fame

1975Uniform number retired

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