Editing Luke Appling (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1907–1991)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Luke Appling
|image=Luke Appling 1942.jpg
|caption=Appling with the Chicago White Sox, {{c.|1942}}
|position=[[Shortstop]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1907|4|2}}
|birth_place=[[High Point, North Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1991|1|3|1907|4|3}}
|death_place=[[Cumming, Georgia]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 10
|debutyear=1930
|debutteam=Chicago White Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear=1950
|finalteam=Chicago White Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.310
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hit]]s
|stat2value=2,749
|stat3label=[[Home runs]]
|stat3value=45
|stat4label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,116 
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1930}}–{{mlby|1943}}, {{mlby|1945}}–{{mlby|1950}})
'''As manager'''
* [[Kansas City Athletics]] ({{mlby|1967}})
|highlights=
* 7× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1936]], [[1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1939]]–[[1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1941]], [[1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1943]], [[1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1946]], [[1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1947]])
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|AL batting champion]] (1936, 1943)
* [[Chicago White Sox#Retired numbers|Chicago White Sox No. 4]] retired
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate = [[1964 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1964]]
|hofvote = 94.0% (seventh ballot)
}}
'''Lucius Benjamin Appling''' (April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "'''Old Aches and Pains'''", was an American professional [[baseball]] [[shortstop]] who played 20 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Chicago White Sox]] (1930–1950). He was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1964.

Born in North Carolina, Appling briefly attended [[Oglethorpe University|Oglethorpe College]]. He was signed by the minor league [[Atlanta Crackers]] in 1930 and debuted with the [[Chicago White Sox]] later that year. He interrupted his career to serve in [[World War II]] in 1944 and 1945. He played for Chicago until 1950, then was a minor league manager and major league coach for many years. He served one stint as an interim major league manager in 1967. He died in Georgia in 1991.