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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-19 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 2

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	249	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	6	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.002	.06	0.00%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
2	250	11	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.08	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.025	.52	-0.03%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	251	23	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-16	8-GF(8)		19	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.58	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	252	36	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-8			16	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.08	3												2					0
5	253	38	Jun 4(2)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	11-GF(11)	L(0-1)	0	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.38	5	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.315	4.99	-0.30%	-0.54	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
6	254	44	Jun 9(2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	2-GF	W(1-1)	4	7.2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	3.53	29	9	13	0	0	6		1	0	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.322	.62	0.14%	3.68	2t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 4
7	255	47	Jun 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	3.53	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.011	.27	0.01%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
8	256	53	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	6-7		4	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.45	7	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.097	.44	-0.05%	-0.96	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	257	69	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-8		13	7.0	7	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.68	3.76	33	6	14	0	0	7	47			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.010	.27	0.00%	0.40	1b start a 3	8b -2- 0 out a1
10	258	76	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	8	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.32	34	9	15	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.192	.02	0.00%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	259	82	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.20	13	6	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.125	.01	0.00%	1.37	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
12	260	83	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	3.18	4	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
13	261	84	Jul 21(1)	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.75	3.17	6	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
14	262	87	Jul 25(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.40	3.07	35	7	19	2	8	7	69			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.582	.00	0.00%	2.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
15	263	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	L(3-2)	5	8.2	7	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.18	3.10	35	13	14	2	2	6	62			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.21	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.69	1b start tie	9b --3 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	264	97	Aug 4(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS-2	L(3-3)	3	2.0	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.59	3.25	13	5	0	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.30	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
17	265	99	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	8-GF		4	2.0	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	2.65	3.16	9	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.09	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
18	266	101	Aug 11(1)	PIT		CHC	W,10-9	4-5		1	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.07	3.61	8	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-2.92	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 1-- 0 out d7
19	267	104	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS-5		1	5.0	8	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.11	3.78	24	10	5	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
20	268	113	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	L,1-8	GS-3	L(3-4)	10	2.0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.29	3.88	11	3	3	0	0	2	41			0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	269	121	Sep 1(1)	PIT		STL	L,6-7	7-8		7	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.85	4	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.67	7t 1-- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
22	270	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.04	3.81	31	10	8	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.160	.00	0.00%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
23	271	133	Sep 11(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	5-GF	W(4-4)	5	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.76	22	9	4	0	2	5		0	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.79	5b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
24	272	140	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.35	3.71	30	10	10	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	.62	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-1.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
25	273	144	Sep 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	3-4		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	3.72	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.90	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
26	274	146	Sep 22(1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	6-7	L(4-5)	2	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.20	3.73	10	3	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.73	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.09	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d1
27	275	147	Sep 22(2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.71	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							8-19		W-L:4-5,Sv:1	3.4	91.0	97	36	32	31	16	3	1	3.16	3.71	400	0.88		3%	5%	91	52	2	0%	4	2	0	360	11	2	4	6	0	9	1.06	0.367	.15	-0.23%	5.09

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