# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luke-appling
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:41:44.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luke-appling"
name: "Luke Appling"
slug: "luke-appling"
description: "Lucius Benjamin Appling, 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."
tagline: "American baseball player and coach (1907-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LukeApplingGoudeycard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1907-04-02"
deathDate: "1991-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             30
  historical:           9.253249333333333
  currentAttention:     3.44
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "路克·艾普林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "لوك اپلينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ルーク・アップリング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%ED%81%AC_%EC%95%A0%ED%94%8C%EB%A7%81"
    title: "루크 애플링"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Appling"
    title: "Luke Appling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump