In the 8,856 official at-bats in his career, Appling has earned a batting average of .310 and has racked up 2,749 base hits. He has gone deep 45 times, as well as 3,528 bases in total and a .123 slugging percentage. Appling has tallied a walk 1,302 times while fanning on 528 occasions. He has accounted for 1,319 runs and has 1,116 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .399 and he has earned a career OPS of .523.
