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John Lannan

John E. Lannan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: September 27, 1984 in Long Beach, NY
High School: Chaminade HS (Mineola, NY)
School: Siena College (Loudonville, NY)
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 11th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2007
Team: Nationals 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.011, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Brodie Van Wagenen) [*]
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Standard Pitching

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
2007 22 WSN NL 2 2 .500 4.15 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.2 36 17 16 3 17 1 10 2 0 1 153 103 1.529 9.3 0.8 4.4 2.6 0.59
2008 23 WSN NL 9 15 .375 3.91 31 31 0 0 0 0 182.0 172 89 79 23 72 1 117 7 2 6 779 110 1.341 8.5 1.1 3.6 5.8 1.63
2009 24 WSN NL 9 13 .409 3.88 33 33 0 2 1 0 206.1 210 100 89 22 68 5 89 6 0 3 875 109 1.347 9.2 1.0 3.0 3.9 1.31
2010 25 WSN NL 8 8 .500 4.65 25 25 0 0 0 0 143.1 175 82 74 14 49 3 71 4 0 1 643 87 1.563 11.0 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45
2011 26 WSN NL 10 13 .435 3.70 33 33 0 0 0 0 184.2 194 90 76 15 76 3 106 7 0 4 808 104 1.462 9.5 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.39
5 Yrs 38 51 .427 4.00 128 128 0 2 1 0 751.0 787 378 334 77 282 13 393 26 2 15 3258 103 1.423 9.4 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.39
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .427 4.00 34 34 0 1 0 0 199 209 100 89 20 75 3 104 7 1 4 865 103 1.423 9.4 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.39

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2007 22 WSN NL 34.2 6 6 17 4.41 4.59 -0.12 0.19 100.5 4.92 2 0.2 -0.0 0.4 5 .536 .501 $
2008 23 WSN NL 182.0 31 31 89 4.40 4.78 -0.04 0.19 98.7 4.95 12 1.3 -0.1 2.5 29 .542 .508 $
2009 24 WSN NL 206.1 33 33 100 4.36 4.55 -0.34 0.18 100.4 5.09 16 1.8 -0.1 3.1 36 .553 .511 $424,000
2010 25 WSN NL 143.1 25 25 82 5.15 4.35 -0.02 0.16 99.6 4.52 -10 -1.1 -0.1 -0.1 3 .458 .493 $458,000
2011 26 WSN NL 184.2 33 33 90 4.39 4.08 0.02 0.15 100.3 4.22 -4 -0.5 -0.1 0.8 13 .486 .497 $2,750,000
5 Seasons 751.0 128 128 378 4.53 4.45 -0.11 0.17 99.8 4.72 16 1.7 -0.5 6.7 87 .514 .502 $3,632,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2007 22 WSN NL 6 153 132 17 36 4 1 3 4 2 17 10 .273 .364 .386 .751 .277 51 7 2 2 0 1 4
2008 23 WSN NL 31 779 682 89 172 28 2 23 18 7 72 117 .252 .328 .400 .728 .272 273 19 7 13 5 1 9
2009 24 WSN NL 33 875 788 100 210 50 3 22 10 7 68 89 .266 .329 .421 .750 .277 332 28 6 12 1 5 15
2010 25 WSN NL 25 643 580 82 175 31 4 14 18 3 49 71 .302 .357 .441 .799 .322 256 19 4 5 5 3 11
2011 26 WSN NL 33 808 714 90 194 35 2 15 6 4 76 106 .272 .347 .389 .736 .301 278 26 7 10 1 3 13
5 Yrs 128 3258 2896 378 787 148 12 77 56 23 282 393 .272 .340 .411 .751 .291 1190 99 26 42 12 13 52
162 Game Avg. 34 865 769 100 209 39 3 20 15 6 75 104 .272 .340 .411 .751 .291 316 26 7 11 3 3 14
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 WSN NL 0.6 0.1 163 0.3 2.8 -2.5 .96 -0.2 0.4 2.2 0.2 0.96 -1.4 0 0 0
2008 23 WSN NL 6.5 0.6 808 0.2 14.7 -14.5 1.05 -0.1 0.3 6.0 0.6 1.05 -0.0 0 0 0
2009 24 WSN NL 6.5 0.6 897 0.0 16.0 -16.0 1.01 -0.1 0.2 6.3 0.6 1.01 -0.4 0 0 0
2010 25 WSN NL -10.3 -1.0 662 -1.2 10.9 -12.1 1.01 -1.2 -0.0 -10.9 -1.1 1.01 -13.5 0 0 0
2011 26 WSN NL 0.1 0.0 822 -0.6 14.9 -15.5 1.10 -0.7 0.2 -4.8 -0.5 1.10 -8.3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 3.4 0.4 3352 -1.3 59.4 -60.7 1.04 -2.3 1.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.04 -23.5 0 0 0

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 22 WSN NL 6 6 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 46.2 64 32 5 2 0 3 4.4 4.8 5.8 94 0 5 1 0 100
2008 23 WSN NL 31 31 9 15 7 1 7 9 22 .290 1 3 0 0 21 68% 50.9 75 14 8 6 0 18 3.7 2.7 5.9 95 1 17 13 0 110
2009 24 WSN NL 33 33 9 13 11 1 3 13 20 .394 3 6 2 1 19 58% 49.6 76 11 14 7 0 17 3.6 3.1 6.3 95 3 17 12 1 122
2010 25 WSN NL 25 25 8 8 9 2 2 14 11 .560 1 2 0 0 12 48% 44.7 69 14 16 5 0 13 4.6 5.0 5.7 94 2 16 7 0 109
2011 26 WSN NL 33 33 10 13 10 7 5 17 16 .515 6 4 0 0 16 48% 49.0 78 18 33 8 0 15 3.6 3.6 5.6 89 7 17 9 0 115
5 Yrs 128 128 38 51 39 13 18 56 72 .438 11 16 2 1 70 55% 49 78 11 76 28 0 66 3.9 3.6 5.9 93 13 72 42 1 122
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 22 WSN NL 153 18% 2.0% 6.5% 11.1% 5.2% 22% 1.03 1.39 78% 15% 5.7% 10% 43 7 16%
2008 23 WSN NL 779 25% 3.0% 15.0% 9.2% 6.8% 31% 1.21 1.86 70% 18% 10.3% 13% 147 19 13%
2009 24 WSN NL 875 25% 2.5% 10.2% 7.8% 8.6% 36% 1.14 1.64 77% 20% 7.3% 7% 142 28 20%
2010 25 WSN NL 643 26% 2.2% 11.0% 7.6% 7.6% 28% 1.01 1.64 78% 23% 6.2% 10% 133 19 14%
2011 26 WSN NL 808 26% 1.9% 13.1% 9.4% 6.4% 27% 1.25 1.86 74% 19% 6.3% 10% 168 26 15%
5 Yrs 3258 25% 2.4% 12.1% 8.7% 7.3% 30% 1.14 1.72 75% 20% 7.4% 10% 633 99 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 22 WSN NL 153 561 3.67 321 57% 32% 6% 23% 39% 68% 2% 39% 91% 54% 8% 13 7 18% 28 7 1 60% 2 5 0 0 0
2008 23 WSN NL 783 2946 3.76 1798 61% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 0% 44% 82% 57% 6% 44 28 18% 140 61 5 21% 15 15 -4 0 0
2009 24 WSN NL 879 3120 3.55 1984 64% 29% 8% 27% 36% 71% 1% 45% 88% 62% 5% 47 24 23% 204 115 11 27% 18 18 -4 0 0
2010 25 WSN NL 644 2355 3.66 1459 62% 29% 10% 26% 36% 71% 1% 44% 86% 55% 5% 29 19 20% 131 83 8 21% 16 7 -1 0 0
2011 26 WSN NL 808 2938 3.64 1849 63% 29% 13% 24% 33% 71% 1% 45% 82% 59% 6% 46 28 20% 164 97 13 25% 23 15 0 0 0
5 Yrs 3267 11920 3.65 7411 62% 29% 11% 26% 35% 71% 1% 44% 85% 58% 5% 179 106 20% 667 363 38 25% 74 60 -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 22 WSN NL 153 36 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 7 4 0 57% 4 1 2 68 4 2 67% 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2008 23 WSN NL 779 172 18 3 23 0 15 16 7 13 10 43 20 3 47% 9 6 3 295 18 7 72% 15 5 2 1 1 1 4 4 18 0
2009 24 WSN NL 875 210 29 2 22 0 10 13 9 9 13 33 21 3 64% 15 3 0 320 10 7 59% 9 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 6 0
2010 25 WSN NL 643 175 23 3 14 0 14 10 4 8 6 42 21 2 50% 11 1 1 256 18 3 86% 15 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 9 0
2011 26 WSN NL 808 194 25 6 15 0 17 12 3 5 10 28 18 1 64% 13 4 2 298 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 0
5 Yrs 3258 787 99 15 77 0 57 53 24 36 41 153 84 9 55% 52 15 8 1237 56 23 71% 46 17 9 4 1 2 11 10 44 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2007 22 2 2 .500 4.15 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.2 36 17 16 3 17 1 10 2 0 1 153 103 1.529 9.3 0.8 4.4 2.6 0.59 103
2008 23 11 17 .393 3.95 37 37 0 0 0 0 216.2 208 106 95 26 89 2 127 9 2 7 932 109 1.371 8.6 1.1 3.7 5.3 1.43 109
2009 24 20 30 .400 3.91 70 70 0 2 1 0 423.0 418 206 184 48 157 7 216 15 2 10 1807 109 1.359 8.9 1.0 3.3 4.6 1.38 109
2010 25 28 38 .424 4.10 95 95 0 2 1 0 566.1 593 288 258 62 206 10 287 19 2 11 2450 103 1.411 9.4 1.0 3.3 4.6 1.39 103
2011 26 38 51 .427 4.00 128 128 0 2 1 0 751.0 787 378 334 77 282 13 393 26 2 15 3258 103 1.423 9.4 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.39 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 22 1 2 .333 4.36 33.0 36 18 16 3 17 9 2 1.606 9.8 4.6 2.5 0.53 0.8 6
2008 23 10 9 .526 3.92 177.0 169 86 77 23 71 114 7 1.356 8.6 3.6 5.8 1.61 1.2 31
2009 24 10 11 .476 4.02 197.0 209 98 88 22 68 85 6 1.406 9.5 3.1 3.9 1.25 1.0 33
2010 25 6 9 .400 4.93 137.0 177 83 75 14 50 68 4 1.657 11.6 3.3 4.5 1.36 0.9 25
2011 26 9 10 .474 4.14 174.0 200 89 80 15 78 100 7 1.598 10.3 4.0 5.2 1.28 0.8 33
5 Yrs 36 41 .468 4.21 718.0 791 374 336 77 284 376 26 1.497 9.9 4.7 1.32 1.0 128

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2009 NL  33 (7th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 NL  1 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  76 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 NL  15 (3rd)
2009 NL  13 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Oscar Judd (964)
  7. Red Oldham (963)
  8. Fred Talbot (960)
  9. Jay Tibbs (960)
  10. Bill Steele (959)
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  6. Steve Trachsel (968)
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  8. Nino Espinosa (966)
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