Johnny Lanning

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: September 6, 1910 in Asheville, NC us

Died: November 8, 1989 in Asheville, NC

Buried: Tweed Chapel Cemetery, Asheville, NC

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1936 (Age 25-224d, 7,988th in major league history)
vs. NYG 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1947 (Age 36-248d)
vs. BRO 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: John Young Lanning

Nicknames: Tobacco Chewin' Johnny

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Relatives: Brother of Tom Lanning

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

ERA

3.58

278

104

1071.0

295

WHIP

1.341

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (6)	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,4-6		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
4	24 (9)	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	27	7.1	1	3	0	4	1
5	27 (2)	May 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4		9	1.2	0	1	1	2	0
6	29 (1)	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-15	GF	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	31 (1)	May 25	BSN	@	STL	L,1-7		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	34 (2)	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	37 (2)	Jun 1	BSN		CIN	L,4-9	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	40 (2)	Jun 5	BSN		STL	W,10-4	GF	7	2.1	1	1	0	2	1
11	46 (5)	Jun 11 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	48 (1)	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	0	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	51 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-12		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	53 (1)	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	55 (1)	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-7	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	57 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5		0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	59 (1)	Jun 27	BSN		BRO	T,2-2		0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	64 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	67 (2)	Jul 5	BSN		NYG	L,7-11		15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	71 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-7		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	72	Jul 13 (1)	BSN		STL	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	74 (1)	Jul 14	BSN		STL	W,10-4	GF	32	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	79 (4)	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,3-12	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	88 (8)	Jul 27 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,8-9		20	4.2	1	1	1	3	0
25	91 (2)	Jul 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-5		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (6)	Aug 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	101 (2)	Aug 10	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	103 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,13-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	109 (5)	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,0-4	GS	23	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
30	115 (5)	Aug 26 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-8		15	3.1	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	122 (6)	Sep 3 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	130 (7)	Sep 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8		22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	133 (2)	Sep 15	BSN	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	135 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	136	Sep 17 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	143 (6)	Sep 24 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5		14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	150 (6)	Sep 29 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
							37gm		129.0	12	25	3	40	3