Luke Appling has the highest one season batting average of .388 of any shortstop in baseball history, 1936, and he became the first American League shortstop to lead the league in batting. Appling also led the league in 1943 when he batted .328. In 1990 Luke Appling was voted the greatest Chicago White Sox player in history. Appling was picked for eight All-Star games. He was an excellent fielding shortstop and led the league in assists seven different times, and in putouts twice. Appling was noted for his great fielding range. Appling was the White Sox lead-off-hitter, three times he drew over 100 base-on-balls and his career OBP was .399. He played over 20 years and in 2422 games he...Read more