Every American League pitcher has had to get acquainted, early in his big-league career, with a droopy, lackadaisical figure who plays shortstop for the Chicago White Sox and who comes up to the plate ...

Derek Jeter is trying to join Luke Appling and Honus Wagner as the only shortstops 38 or older to hit .300. (Getty Images) Derek Jeter reached his 38th birthday with a .300 batting average. If he ...

The High Point Enterprise, N.C. Jan. 20—HIGH POINT — Luke Appling, a High Point native and member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, is finally going into the North Carolina Sports Hall of ...

With 232 players enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, it comes as no surprise that many of the games immortals are unknown to today’s fans. After all, how many of these 232 ...

1940 Cleveland's Bob Feller no-hit the White Sox, winning 1-0. The game was not without controversy, however. Luke Appling hit a shot down the line that apparently kicked up the chalk but was ruled ...