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Lave CrossvsLuke Appling

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

3B · VAL group BAT

Lave Cross

1887–1907 · 21 seasons

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SS · VAL group BAT

Luke Appling

1930–1950 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Lave Cross and Luke Appling: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Lave Cross	Stat	Luke Appling
21	Seasons	20
106.8	Career VAL	124.5
17.7 (1902)	Peak-season VAL	14.0 (1936)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1964
—	All-Star Selections	7×

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Lave Cross and Luke Appling have
Lave Cross	Stat	Luke Appling
Career
2,275	Games	2,422
Batting
2,645	Hits	2,749
47	Home runs	45
1,371	RBI	1,116
1,333	Runs	1,319
301	Stolen bases	179
464

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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View data (23 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Lave Cross	Luke Appling
21	0.4	—
22	0	—
23	0	—
24	2.8	0
25	6.6	2.4
26	5.8	9.4
27	2.4	4.7
28	7.6	7.6
29	2	14
30	2.9	9.6
31	1.2	0.8
32	6.4	8.6
33	3	9.8
34	6.6	9.5
35	13	3.5
36	17.7	13.7
37	5.9	—
38	9.3	—
39	7.1	6.7
40	6.1	6.2
41	0	6.7
42	—	11.3
43	—	0