#67 Luke "Lucious Luke" Appling, Second Base, 33 yrs, Boston Red Sox Thursday, 9/8/2020 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Luke Appling Lucious Luke 4/2/1987 33 USA,NC,High Point 5"10 188
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| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,000,000 2022 9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days) 11 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Versus LHP | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Versus RHP | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Talent | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 8 8 8 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 2B : 10 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 10 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 10 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 7 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 8/25 | SEA | L 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #1 | | |
| 8/27 | TB | L 5-13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #8 | | |
| 8/29 | TOR | W 7-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #8 | | |
| 8/30 | TOR | L 6-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 8/31 | TOR | W 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 9/2 | @KC | L 6-9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 9/3 | @KC | L 7-11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 9/5 | @TOR | W 7-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 9/6 | @TOR | L 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 9/7 | @TOR | W 14-1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #8 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 134 | 499 | 147 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 80 | 84 | 92 | .295 | .393 | .387 | .780 | .779 | .092 |
| Projected | 153 | 569 | 168 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 91 | 96 | 105 | .295 | .393 | .387 | .780 | .779 | .092 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 132 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 193 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 86.5 | 6.3 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 183 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .446 | .399 | .845 |
| vs. RHP | 316 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 48 | 37 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .288 | .359 | .380 | .738 |
| Close/Late | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .313 | .250 | .563 |
| Scoring Position | 121 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .324 | .273 | .597 |
| Pinch Hitting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 65 | 231 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 39 | 39 | .294 | .392 | .372 | .764 |
| Road | 69 | 268 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 52 | 45 | 53 | .295 | .392 | .399 | .792 |
| This Week | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .357 | .385 | .742 |
| Last Week | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .471 | .524 | .706 | 1.230 |
| March/April | 27 | 113 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 27 | .301 | .400 | .398 | .798 |
| May | 26 | 99 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | .202 | .288 | .283 | .571 |
| June | 26 | 89 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 17 | .348 | .448 | .438 | .886 |
| July | 24 | 88 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 12 | .273 | .394 | .375 | .769 |
| August | 26 | 90 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 15 | .322 | .415 | .400 | .815 |
| Sept/Oct | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .450 | .478 | .600 | 1.078 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2012 | 160 | 599 | 155 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 98 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 35 | 25 | .259 | .352 | .334 | .686 | BOS |
| 2013 | 148 | 590 | 144 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 97 | 97 | 0 | 7 | 89 | 43 | 16 | .244 | .347 | .354 | .701 | BOS |
| 2014 | 151 | 606 | 189 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 137 | 101 | 2 | 4 | 99 | 35 | 19 | .312 | .410 | .464 | .873 | BOS,AL |
| 2015 | 152 | 607 | 188 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 109 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 25 | 26 | .310 | .388 | .446 | .835 | BOS |
| 2016 | 155 | 602 | 189 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 114 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 30 | 23 | .314 | .427 | .409 | .836 | BOS,AL |
| 2017 | 150 | 607 | 174 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 103 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 23 | 20 | .287 | .389 | .369 | .758 | BOS |
| 2018 | 142 | 532 | 164 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 85 | 101 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 14 | 11 | .308 | .421 | .427 | .848 | BOS |
| 2019 | 108 | 408 | 119 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 69 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 13 | 7 | .292 | .376 | .385 | .761 | BOS |
| 2020 | 134 | 499 | 147 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 80 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 5 | 5 | .295 | .393 | .387 | .780 | BOS |
| Total | 1300 | 5050 | 1469 | 299 | 57 | 42 | 598 | 908 | 832 | 3 | 26 | 777 | 223 | 152 | .291 | .390 | .398 | .787 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2010, AA | 91 | 346 | 131 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 89 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 4 | .379 | .427 | .610 | 1.037 |
| 2010, AAA | 26 | 111 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 1 | .351 | .376 | .550 | .926 |
| 2011, AAA | 128 | 514 | 167 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 78 | 87 | 51 | 61 | 34 | 8 | .325 | .384 | .502 | .886 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2012 | 10 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .368 | .718 |
| 2013 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .391 | .652 |
| 2014 | 11 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .340 | .380 | .489 | .869 |
| 2015 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .304 | .381 | .685 |
| 2017 | 10 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .256 | .304 | .302 | .607 |
| Total | 41 | 172 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 4 | .291 | .330 | .390 | .719 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Second Base | 84 | 83 | 166 | 331 | 56 | 508 | 11 | .978 | 759.2 | 6.02 | | | | |
| Shortstop | 49 | 49 | 56 | 150 | 32 | 214 | 8 | .963 | 441.0 | 4.37 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/19/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year... Injured on 5/9/2010 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week... Had first career hit on 4/6/2012, off Andrew Miller (SEA)... Hit first career homerun on 4/8/2012, off Johnny Cueto (BAL)... Injured on 5/10/2013 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/3/2014... 1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration... 1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration... 5/24/2016: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $4,000,000 per year, for 6 years. Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 5/16/2017... Injured on 7/30/2017 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Injured on 4/20/2018 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/19/2018... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 6/24/2020...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 2014 - .312 - 8th
| OBP 2014 - .410 - 3rd 2016 - .427 - 2nd 2018 - .421 - 3rd
| Hits 2014 - 189 - 6th 2015 - 188 - 10th 2016 - 189 - 10th
| Triples 2014 - 10 - 7th
| Runs 2014 - 137 - 1st 2015 - 109 - 7th 2016 - 114 - 10th
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BB 2012 - 86 - 3rd 2013 - 97 - 3rd 2014 - 101 - 2nd 2016 - 120 - 2nd 2017 - 102 - 4th 2018 - 106 - 4th
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