Luke Appling Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
LUKE APPLING
Born: April 2, 1907 in High Point, North Carolina
Died: January 3, 1991 in Cumming, Georgia
Died: January 3, 1991 in Cumming, Georgia
Full name Lucius Benjamin Appling Born April 2, 1907, High Point, North Carolina Died January 3, 1991, Cumming, Georgia Buried at Sawnee View Memorial Gardens, Cumming, Georgia (Mausoleum, Chapel West, Crypt 140, 3rd Level from Bottom) First Game: September 10, 1930; Final Game: October 1, 1950 Managed First Game: August 21, 1967; Managed Final Game: October 1, 1967 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 183Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1964 Named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1952) Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1936, 1940 and 1943)LUKE APPLING This article was written by Ralph Berger and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research Luke Appling had the misfortune of playing for the White Sox during some of their leanest years. A decade before his arrival, the franchise had been devastated by the Black Sox scandal, when eight players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series and were banned from baseball, and the team did not compete again until the 1950s. Appling, a happy-go-lucky man and a notorious hypochondriac, was one of the Sox' few bright lights. He never got to play in a World Series, as his career was ending just as the team embarked on a period of competitiveness highlighted by their 1959 pennant.At a time when America, along with the rest of the world, was struggling to cope with the worst depression in its history and the ominous rise of fascism in Europe, baseball provided some diversion from dark times. Appling started his major league career in 1930, just about the beginning of the Depression. 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. Appling endured and so did America. "Old Aches and Pains," as Appling was called, was arguably the greatest hypochondriac to ever play the game. Backaches, headaches, bad knees, eye problems would torment him-and then he'd go out and get three hits.
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LUKE APPLING. Signature: " 'Luke' Appling", 3x5 index card. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop. In 1949, at age 42, he was the oldest regular shortstop in baseball history.Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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LUKE APPLING"Old Aches and Pains" signed this official Rawlings American League Baseball in blue ink Baseball signed: "Luke Appling". Official American League Baseball. Luke ApplingSale Price $198.00
$220.00
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LUKE APPLING“Old Aches and Pains” signed this official Rawlings American League Baseball in blue ink Baseball signed: "Luke Appling". Rawlings Official American League Baseball.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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LUKE APPLING"Old Aches and Pains" signed this official Rawlings American League Baseball in blue ink Baseball signed: "Luke Appling". Official Rawlings American League Baseball.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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LUKE APPLINGPhotograph of the Hall of Famer shortstop leaning in for a catch, signed in blue felt tip Photograph signed: "Luke Appling", in blue felt tip, Sepia 8x10. Holding down the WhiteSale Price $144.00
$160.00
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LUKE APPLING. Photograph signed: "Luke Appling". B/w with sepia hue, 8x10. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop. In 1949, at age 42, he was the oldest regular shortstop in baseball history.Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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LUKE APPLING Shown in White Sox uniform, stretching for the ball. Matted in Gallery of History style to 12x14 in a tan matte. Photograph signed: "Luke Appling". B/w with sepia hue, 8x10. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop.Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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LUKE APPLING. Photograph signed: "Luke Appling". B/w with sepia hue, 8x10. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop. In 1949, at age 42, he was the oldest regular shortstop in baseball history.Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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LUKE APPLING and LUIS APARICIO The Hall of Fame Chicago White Sox short stops from two different eras are shown together with their gloves open in this rare publicity photo. Photograph signed: "'Luke' Appling" and "Luis Aparicio". B/w, 10x8.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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LUKE APPLING. Hall of Fame Postcard signed: "Luke Appling". Color, 3¼x5¼. Appling was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop.Sale Price $90.00
$100.00
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LUKE APPLING. Hall of Fame Plaque Postcard signed: " 'Luke' Appling". Color, 3½x5½. Appling was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. From the plaque: "Lucius Benjamin Appling/Chicago A.L. 1930-1950/A.L. Batting Champion in 1936 and 1943.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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LUKE APPLINGThe Hall of Famer signs the cover of a pamphlet for the 1988 Equitable Old Timers Game at Comiskey Park. Pamphlet signed: "Luke Appling", 4 pages, 8½x11, Appling signs the cover of a pamphlet for the Equitable Old Timers Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois on May 21, 1988. The pamphlet contains two box scores which are not filled in.Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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LUKE APPLING. Sports Card signed: "Luke Appling". Color, 2½x3½. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop. In 1949, at age 42, he was the oldest regular shortstop in baseball history.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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LUKE APPLING. Sports Card signed: "Luke Appling". B/w, 2½x3½. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop. In 1949, at age 42, he was the oldest regular shortstop in baseball history.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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LUKE APPLING. Sports Card signed: "Luke Appling". Color, 2½x3½. Baseball Legends No. 4. © 1988 Pacific Trading Cards, Inc. "Old Aches and Pains" Appling retired with a lifetime batting average of .310, hitting .388 in 1936, the highest ever for a shortstop.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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HALL OF FAMERS: BASEBALL Tobacco advertisement signed by nine stars. Metal Advertisement signed: "Eddie Mathews", "Johnny Mize", "Warren Spahn",Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: LUKE APPLING, ERNIE BANKS, LOU BOUDREAU, BOBBY DOERR, BOB FELLER, JUDY JOHNSON, AL KALINE, GEORGE KELL, RALPH KINER, ROBIN ROBERTS, FRANK ROBINSON, ENOS SLAUGHTER, HOYT WILHELM, BILLYSale Price $680.00
$800.00
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HALL OF FAME BASEBALL17 players enshrined in Cooperstown signed this National League baseball. Official Rawlings National League baseball signed in ballpoint by 17 Hall of Famers: Ernie BanksSale Price $680.00
$800.00
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HALL OF FAME BASEBALLFifteen greats of the game signed this National League ball. Official Rawlings National League baseball, Charles S. Feeney, President, signed in ballpoint by 15 Hall of Famers:Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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HALL OF FAME BASEBALLFourteen of Baseball's finest signed this American League ball. Baseball signed: "Brooks Robinson" (sweet-spot), "Bobby Doerr", "Richie Ashburn",Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS14x11 Color photograph signed by nine Hall of Famers Photograph signed: "Warren Spahn", "Buck Leonard", "Joe Sewell", "Luke Appling", "Monte/Irvin", "Billy Herman", "Ernie Banks", "Bob Feller" and "Lou Boudreau".Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed by 17 Hall of Famers Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed: "Luke Appling" (twice), "AlSale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed by 12 Hall of Famers Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed: "Luke Appling", "Al Barlick",Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed by 13 Hall of Famers Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack Professional Baseball Bat signed: "Luke Appling", "Al Barlick",Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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BASEBALL OLD-TIMERSTwenty-one famous players and managers, 17 of them members of baseball's Hall of Fame, signed this photo album Book signed: "Harry Hooper", "Rube Marquard",Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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1937-1938 CHICAGO WHITE SOXVarious Pale Hose team members penned their names on this sheet of paper and album leaf Signatures: "Luke Appling", "ThorntonSale Price $270.00
$300.00
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1971 CHICAGO WHITE SOX13 members of the team pen their names on this baseball Baseball Signed: "Tommy John", "Tom Bradley", "Rich McKinney", "Luke Appling",Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WILLIE MAYS CO-SIGNED BY: LUKE APPLING, MEL PARNELL, BOB FELLER, WHITEY FORD, JOSE CARDENAL, DON LARSEN and EARLY WYNNEight baseball greats sign a Dudley Dixie Youth Baseball Baseball signed:Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
