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Jan 4, 2012 · The best word to describe Luke Appling is durability, a quality he showed throughout his baseball career and his life. He was emblematic of an America struggling through the Depression and digging into their psyches (perhaps unknowingly) to prepare for another world war.
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Jan 4, 1991 · Luke Appling, the sure-hitting Hall of Fame shortstop who bedeviled rival pitchers during 20 sparkling years with the Chicago White Sox and then astounded the baseball world by hitting a home...
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Luke Appling was three months shy of his 37th birthday when he reported for Army training at Camp Lee on Jan. 3, 1944. He had no expectation that he would ever play big league baseball again. Fortunately for Appling and the White Sox, “Old Aches and Pains” still had plenty left in the tank.
Fullname: Lucius Benjamin Appling. Nickname: Old Aches and Pains. Born: 4/02/1907 in High Point, NC. College: Oglethorpe. Debut: 9/10/1930. Hall of Fame: 1964. Died: 1/03/1991. Year.
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Nov 18, 2002 · Author John Paul Hill, University of Georgia. Originally published Nov 18, 2002 Last edited Dec 9, 2016. One of baseball’s most revered players, Luke Appling was for nearly twenty years (1930-43, 1945-50) the star shortstop of the American League’s Chicago White Sox.
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Jan 3, 1991 · Luke Appling elected to Hall of Fame. Written by: Craig Muder. He was a line-drive machine for 20 seasons, a man who had more career extra-base hits (587) than strikeouts (528). On Feb. 17, 1964, Luke Appling earned a spot in Cooperstown that was a foregone conclusion for most of his playing career.
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