How Luke Appling's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Luke Appling posted a career OPS of .798, above the league average of .725 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1945, posting 1.01, well above the league average of .677 that year. The lowest point came in 1931 at .616, below the league average of .741 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .777 in 1948 to .833 in 1949 and .620 in 1950. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.

Luke Appling Lifetime OPS

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Luke Appling OPS Per Season

Luke Appling's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Luke Appling OPS per season line chart

Luke Appling OPS by Team

Luke Appling's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Luke Appling career OPS by team bar chart

Luke Appling OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Luke Appling's career OPS shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Luke Appling OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Luke Appling OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luke Appling's seasonal OPS alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Luke Appling OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luke Appling OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luke Appling's MLB career with OPS alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Luke Appling OPS season-by-season breakdown table