Max Lanier
Hubert Max Lanier
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: August 18, 1915 in Denton, NC
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1938
Final Game: July 4, 1953
Died: January 30, 2007 in Lecanto, FL
Relatives: Father of Hal Lanier
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1938 22 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.20 18 3 4 1 0 0 45.0 57 30 21 1 28 14 2 0 0 215 94 1.889 11.4 0.2 5.6 2.8 0.50
1939 23 STL NL 2 1 .667 2.39 7 6 0 2 0 0 37.2 29 11 10 0 13 14 1 0 0 149 172 1.115 6.9 0.0 3.1 3.3 1.08
1940 24 STL NL 9 6 .600 3.34 35 11 14 4 2 3 105.0 113 50 39 1 38 49 1 0 4 458 120 1.438 9.7 0.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
1941 25 STL NL 10 8 .556 2.82 35 18 6 8 2 3 153.0 126 59 48 4 59 93 1 2 2 628 134 1.209 7.4 0.2 3.5 5.5 1.58
1942 26 STL NL 13 8 .619 2.96 34 20 11 8 2 2 161.0 137 55 53 4 60 93 2 0 3 657 116 1.224 7.7 0.2 3.4 5.2 1.55
1943 27 STL NL 15 7 .682 1.90 32 25 5 14 2 3 213.1 195 62 45 3 75 123 2 0 0 882 178 1.266 8.2 0.1 3.2 5.2 1.64 AS
1944 28 STL NL 17 12 .586 2.65 33 30 3 16 5 0 224.1 192 82 66 5 71 141 3 0 0 908 134 1.172 7.7 0.2 2.8 5.7 1.99 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 2 2 .500 1.73 4 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 22 10 5 0 8 16 0 0 0 108 217 1.154 7.6 0.0 2.8 5.5 2.00
1946 30 STL NL 6 0 1.000 1.93 6 6 0 6 2 0 56.0 45 13 12 1 19 36 1 0 0 221 179 1.143 7.2 0.2 3.1 5.8 1.89
1949 33 STL NL 5 4 .556 3.82 15 15 0 4 1 0 92.0 92 42 39 5 35 37 0 0 0 396 109 1.380 9.0 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.06
1950 34 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.13 27 27 0 10 2 0 181.1 173 70 63 13 68 89 1 5 0 771 138 1.329 8.6 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.31
1951 35 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.26 31 23 6 9 2 1 160.0 149 60 58 14 50 59 1 1 2 660 121 1.244 8.4 0.8 2.8 3.3 1.18
1952 36 NYG NL 7 12 .368 3.94 37 16 10 6 1 5 137.0 124 64 60 11 65 47 3 0 2 584 95 1.380 8.1 0.7 4.3 3.1 0.72
1953 37 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 7.16 13 1 3 0 0 0 27.2 36 22 22 3 22 10 0 0 0 135 59 2.096 11.7 1.0 7.2 3.3 0.45
1953 37 NYG NL 0 0 6.75 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 26 64 2.063 13.5 1.7 5.1 3.4 0.67
1953 37 SLB AL 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 58 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
14 Seasons 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 821 18 8 13 6772 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.01 42 26 8 12 3 2 207 191 81 69 8 78 105 2 1 2 867 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
STL (12 yrs) 101 69 .594 2.84 277 187 49 85 20 12 1454.2 1330 544 459 51 524 764 15 8 11 6053 133 1.275 8.2 0.3 3.2 4.7 1.46
NYG (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.05 40 16 11 6 1 5 142.1 132 68 64 12 68 49 3 0 2 610 93 1.405 8.3 0.8 4.3 3.1 0.72
SLB (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 58 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
NL (14 yrs) 108 81 .571 2.95 317 203 60 91 21 17 1597.0 1462 612 523 63 592 813 18 8 13 6663 128 1.286 8.2 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.37
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 58 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1942 26 STL NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1943 27 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.76 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 5 3 1 3 0 13 0 0 1 62 1.043 7.6 0.6 1.8 7.6 4.33
1944 28 STL NL WS W SLB 1 0 1.000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 3 3 0 8 1 11 0 0 1 53 1.297 5.8 0.0 5.8 8.0 1.38
3 Seasons (3 Series) 2 1 .667 1.71 7 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 24 10 6 1 12 1 25 0 0 2 132 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08
3 WS 2 1 .667 1.71 7 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 24 10 6 1 12 1 25 0 0 2 132 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1943 STL NL 27
1944 STL NL 28

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1938 22 0 3 .000 4.20 18 3 4 1 0 0 45.0 57 30 21 1 28 14 2 0 0 215 94 1.889 11.4 0.2 5.6 2.8 0.50 94
1939 23 2 4 .333 3.38 25 9 4 3 0 0 82.2 86 41 31 1 41 28 3 0 0 364 119 1.536 9.4 0.1 4.5 3.0 0.68 119
1940 24 11 10 .524 3.36 60 20 18 7 2 3 187.2 199 91 70 2 79 77 4 0 4 822 119 1.481 9.5 0.1 3.8 3.7 0.97 119
1941 25 21 18 .538 3.12 95 38 24 15 4 6 340.2 325 150 118 6 138 170 5 2 6 1450 125 1.359 8.6 0.2 3.6 4.5 1.23 125
1942 26 34 26 .567 3.07 129 58 35 23 6 8 501.2 462 205 171 10 198 263 7 2 9 2107 122 1.316 8.3 0.2 3.6 4.7 1.33 122
1943 27 49 33 .598 2.72 161 83 40 37 8 11 715.0 657 267 216 13 273 386 9 2 9 2989 134 1.301 8.3 0.2 3.4 4.9 1.41 134
1944 28 66 45 .595 2.70 194 113 43 53 13 11 939.1 849 349 282 18 344 527 12 2 9 3897 134 1.270 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.0 1.53 134
1945 29 68 47 .591 2.68 198 116 43 56 13 11 965.1 871 359 287 18 352 543 12 2 9 4005 135 1.267 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.54 135
1946 30 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 137 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 137
1947 31 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 137 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 137
1948 32 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 137 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 137
1949 33 79 51 .608 2.73 219 137 43 66 16 11 1113.1 1008 414 338 24 406 616 13 2 9 4622 134 1.270 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.0 1.52 134
1950 34 90 60 .600 2.79 246 164 43 76 18 11 1294.2 1181 484 401 37 474 705 14 7 9 5393 134 1.278 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.9 1.49 134
1951 35 101 69 .594 2.84 277 187 49 85 20 12 1454.2 1330 544 459 51 524 764 15 8 11 6053 133 1.275 8.2 0.3 3.2 4.7 1.46 133
1952 36 108 81 .571 2.93 314 203 59 91 21 17 1591.2 1454 608 519 62 589 811 18 8 13 6637 128 1.284 8.2 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.38 128
1953 37 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 821 18 8 13 6772 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34 126

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1938 22 2 3 .400 4.02 47.0 58 23 21 1 28 15 2 1.830 11.1 5.4 2.9 0.54 0.2 18
1939 23 3 1 .750 2.13 38.0 28 10 9 0 13 14 1 1.079 6.6 3.1 3.3 1.08 0.0 7
1940 24 7 5 .583 3.30 109.0 116 44 40 1 39 51 1 1.422 9.6 3.2 4.2 1.31 0.1 35
1941 25 11 6 .647 2.94 153.0 130 56 50 4 61 93 1 1.248 7.6 3.6 5.5 1.52 0.2 35
1942 26 10 7 .588 3.43 160.0 149 68 61 4 65 92 2 1.338 8.4 3.7 5.2 1.42 0.2 34
1943 27 17 6 .739 2.29 208.0 213 59 53 3 82 120 2 1.418 9.2 3.5 5.2 1.46 0.1 32
1944 28 15 9 .625 2.97 221.0 203 81 73 5 75 139 3 1.258 8.3 3.1 5.7 1.85 0.2 33
1945 29 3 0 1.000 1.67 27.0 23 6 5 0 8 17 0 1.148 7.7 2.7 5.7 2.13 0.0 4
1946 30 4 2 .667 2.33 54.0 48 16 14 1 20 35 1 1.259 8.0 3.3 5.8 1.75 0.2 6
1949 33 5 5 .500 3.64 94.0 93 42 38 5 35 38 0 1.362 8.9 3.4 3.6 1.09 0.5 15
1950 34 13 7 .650 2.87 188.0 173 67 60 13 68 92 1 1.282 8.3 3.3 4.4 1.35 0.6 27
1951 35 10 7 .588 3.34 159.0 154 66 59 14 52 59 1 1.296 8.7 2.9 3.3 1.13 0.8 31
1952 36 6 8 .429 4.40 135.0 133 73 66 12 70 46 3 1.504 8.9 4.7 3.1 0.66 0.8 37
1953 37 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 36 24 22 3 22 10 0 2.071 11.6 7.1 3.2 0.45 1.0 13
14 Seasons 107 68 .611 3.17 1621.0 1557 635 571 66 638 821 18 1.354 8.6 4.6 1.29 0.4 327

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1943
1944

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1944-NL-26-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1943 NL--1.898--1st
1944 NL--2.648--5th
1950 NL--3.127--5th
1951 NL--3.263--9th
Career--3.007--169th

Wins s c a p y
1943 NL--15--6th
1944 NL--17--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1943 NL--.682--6th
1944 NL--.586--10th
Career--.568--225th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL--1.172--9th
1951 NL--1.244--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL--7.658--6th
1943 NL--8.227--10th
1944 NL--7.703--3rd
Career--8.281--212th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL--2.813--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL--5.199--2nd
1943 NL--5.189--3rd
1944 NL--5.657--1st

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL--3--6th
1941 NL--3--9th
1943 NL--3--10th
1952 NL--5--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL--93--8th
1942 NL--93--7th
1943 NL--123--4th
1944 NL--141--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL--16--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL--5--3rd
1950 NL--2--9th
Career--21--230th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 NL--1.550--6th
1943 NL--1.640--5th
1944 NL--1.986--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL--.224--6th
1943 NL--.127--1st
1944 NL--.201--2nd
1950 NL--.645--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1943 NL--178--1st
1944 NL--134--5th
1950 NL--138--3rd
1951 NL--121--8th
Career--126--59th

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL--born 1915-08-18--8th
1953 NL--born 1915-08-18--6th
1953 AL--born 1915-08-18--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 40 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (392), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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