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Johnny Lanning

John Young Lanning (Tobacco Chewin' Johnny)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 6, 1910 in Asheville, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1936
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Bees/Braves 1936-1947

Final Game: May 12, 1947
Died: November 8, 1989 in Asheville, NC
Buried: Tweed Chapel Cemetery, Asheville, NC
Relatives: Brother of Tom Lanning
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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
1936 25 BSN NL 7 11 .389 3.65 28 20 5 3 1 0 153.0 154 75 62 9 55 33 0 1 3 649 105 1.366 9.1 0.5 3.2 1.9 0.60
1937 26 BSN NL 5 7 .417 3.93 32 11 13 4 1 2 116.2 107 59 51 10 40 37 1 0 3 499 91 1.260 8.3 0.8 3.1 2.9 0.93
1938 27 BSN NL 8 7 .533 3.72 32 18 9 4 1 0 138.0 146 74 57 5 52 39 1 0 4 607 92 1.435 9.5 0.3 3.4 2.5 0.75
1939 28 BSN NL 5 6 .455 3.42 37 6 14 3 0 4 129.0 120 53 49 6 53 45 2 0 1 548 108 1.341 8.4 0.4 3.7 3.1 0.85
1940 29 PIT NL 8 4 .667 4.05 38 7 16 2 0 2 115.2 119 59 52 8 39 42 0 0 1 489 94 1.366 9.3 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.08
1941 30 PIT NL 11 11 .500 3.13 34 23 8 9 0 1 175.2 175 72 61 6 47 41 0 0 2 742 117 1.264 9.0 0.3 2.4 2.1 0.87
1942 31 PIT NL 6 8 .429 3.32 34 8 11 2 1 1 119.1 125 52 44 7 26 31 1 0 1 497 102 1.265 9.4 0.5 2.0 2.3 1.19
1943 32 PIT NL 4 1 .800 2.33 12 2 4 0 0 2 27.0 23 10 7 0 9 11 0 0 0 114 151 1.185 7.7 0.0 3.0 3.7 1.22
1945 34 PIT NL 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 8 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 4.000 36.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
1946 35 PIT NL 4 5 .444 3.07 27 9 12 3 0 1 91.0 97 36 31 3 31 16 1 0 2 400 115 1.407 9.6 0.3 3.1 1.6 0.52
1947 36 BSN NL 0 0 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 5 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 18 44 2.727 9.8 0.0 14.7 0.0 0.00
11 Yrs 58 60 .492 3.58 278 104 92 30 4 13 1071.0 1078 503 426 55 358 295 6 1 17 4577 101 1.341 9.1 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.82
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .492 3.58 49 19 16 5 1 2 191 192 90 76 10 64 53 1 0 3 815 101 1.341 9.1 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.82
PIT (6 yrs) 33 29 .532 3.44 146 49 51 16 1 7 530.2 547 237 203 25 152 141 2 0 6 2256 105 1.317 9.3 0.4 2.6 2.4 0.93
BSN (5 yrs) 25 31 .446 3.71 132 55 41 14 3 6 540.1 531 266 223 30 206 154 4 1 11 2321 98 1.364 8.8 0.5 3.4 2.6 0.75

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
1936 25 BSN NL 153.0 28 20 75 4.41 4.79 0.17 0.00 94.3 4.36 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.0 14 .495 .499 $
1937 26 BSN NL 117.0 32 11 59 4.54 4.67 0.43 0.00 92.3 3.92 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 0.1 3 .475 .495 $
1938 27 BSN NL 138.0 32 18 74 4.83 4.45 0.23 0.00 93.1 3.93 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .458 .492 $
1939 28 BSN NL 129.0 37 6 53 3.70 4.56 0.28 0.00 97.5 4.17 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.8 19 .521 .505 $
1940 29 PIT NL 115.2 38 7 59 4.59 4.22 -0.26 0.00 100.6 4.50 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .498 .499 $
1941 30 PIT NL 175.2 34 23 72 3.69 4.26 0.07 0.00 99.5 4.17 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.7 29 .533 .507 $
1942 31 PIT NL 119.1 34 8 52 3.92 3.96 -0.15 0.00 101.7 4.18 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.5 14 .515 .503 $
1943 32 PIT NL 27.0 12 2 10 3.33 3.68 0.06 0.00 102.1 3.70 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .511 .501 $
1945 34 PIT NL 2.0 1 0 8 36.00 3.73 -0.16 0.00 108.0 4.20 -7 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -7 .109 .498 $
1946 35 PIT NL 91.0 27 9 36 3.56 3.87 -0.26 0.00 102.0 4.21 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.6 16 .528 .505 $
1947 36 BSN NL 3.2 3 0 5 12.27 4.76 0.01 0.00 99.0 4.70 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .403 .498 $
11 Seasons 1071.1 278 104 503 4.23 4.36 0.08 0.00 97.6 4.17 -4 0.3 1.0 -0.5 9.0 100 .501 .500 $
PIT (6 yrs) 530.2 146 49 237 4.02 4.09 -0.11 0.00 100.8 4.23 14 2.0 1.0 -0.3 6.7 67 .514 .502 $
BSN (5 yrs) 540.2 132 55 266 4.43 4.62 0.27 0.00 94.4 4.11 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.2 2.3 33 .487 .498 $

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%
1936 25 BSN NL 649 1.4% 5.1% 8.5% 1.9% 8% 84%
1937 26 BSN NL 499 2.0% 7.4% 8.0% 3.0% 14% 81%
1938 27 BSN NL 607 0.8% 6.4% 8.6% 2.0% 8% 82%
1939 28 BSN NL 548 1.1% 8.2% 9.7% 1.8% 8% 78%
1940 29 PIT NL 489 1.6% 8.6% 8.0% 2.5% 10% 81%
1941 30 PIT NL 742 0.8% 5.5% 6.3% 3.5% 15% 86%
1942 31 PIT NL 497 1.4% 6.2% 5.2% 2.0% 8% 85%
1943 32 PIT NL 111 0.0% 9.9% 8.1% 80%
1945 34 PIT NL 14 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 93%
1946 35 PIT NL 400 0.8% 4.0% 7.8% 1.8% 7% 85%
1947 36 BSN NL 20 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% 60%
11 Yrs 4576 1.2% 6.5% 7.8% 2.3% 10% 83%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 2.9% 12% 79%

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+
1936 25 7 11 .389 3.65 28 20 5 3 1 0 153.0 154 75 62 9 55 33 0 1 3 649 105 1.366 9.1 0.5 3.2 1.9 0.60 105
1937 26 12 18 .400 3.77 60 31 18 7 2 2 269.2 261 134 113 19 95 70 1 1 6 1148 99 1.320 8.7 0.6 3.2 2.3 0.74 99
1938 27 20 25 .444 3.75 92 49 27 11 3 2 407.2 407 208 170 24 147 109 2 1 10 1755 96 1.359 9.0 0.5 3.2 2.4 0.74 96
1939 28 25 31 .446 3.67 129 55 41 14 3 6 536.2 527 261 219 30 200 154 4 1 11 2303 99 1.355 8.8 0.5 3.4 2.6 0.77 99
1940 29 33 35 .485 3.74 167 62 57 16 3 8 652.1 646 320 271 38 239 196 4 1 12 2792 98 1.357 8.9 0.5 3.3 2.7 0.82 98
1941 30 44 46 .489 3.61 201 85 65 25 3 9 828.0 821 392 332 44 286 237 4 1 14 3534 101 1.337 8.9 0.5 3.1 2.6 0.83 101
1942 31 50 54 .481 3.57 235 93 76 27 4 10 947.1 946 444 376 51 312 268 5 1 15 4031 102 1.328 9.0 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.86 102
1943 32 54 55 .495 3.54 247 95 80 27 4 12 974.1 969 454 383 51 321 279 5 1 15 4145 102 1.324 9.0 0.5 3.0 2.6 0.87 102
1944 33 54 55 .495 3.54 247 95 80 27 4 12 974.1 969 454 383 51 321 279 5 1 15 4145 102 1.324 9.0 0.5 3.0 2.6 0.87 102
1945 34 54 55 .495 3.60 248 95 80 27 4 12 976.1 977 462 391 52 321 279 5 1 15 4159 101 1.329 9.0 0.5 3.0 2.6 0.87 101
1946 35 58 60 .492 3.56 275 104 92 30 4 13 1067.1 1074 498 422 55 352 295 6 1 17 4559 102 1.336 9.1 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.84 102
1947 36 58 60 .492 3.58 278 104 92 30 4 13 1071.0 1078 503 426 55 358 295 6 1 17 4577 101 1.341 9.1 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.82 101

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
1936 25 9 8 .529 3.74 154.0 160 71 64 9 57 33 0 1.409 9.4 3.3 1.9 0.58 0.5 28
1937 26 6 7 .462 4.31 121.0 117 64 58 11 44 38 1 1.331 8.7 3.3 2.8 0.86 0.8 32
1938 27 7 8 .467 4.31 140.0 163 74 67 6 58 40 1 1.579 10.5 3.7 2.6 0.69 0.4 32
1939 28 7 7 .500 3.77 129.0 129 60 54 6 57 45 2 1.442 9.0 4.0 3.1 0.79 0.4 37
1940 29 6 6 .500 4.27 116.0 126 61 55 8 41 42 0 1.440 9.8 3.2 3.3 1.02 0.6 38
1941 30 11 8 .579 3.39 178.0 186 74 67 6 50 42 0 1.326 9.4 2.5 2.1 0.84 0.3 34
1942 31 7 6 .538 3.93 119.0 140 58 52 8 29 31 1 1.420 10.6 2.2 2.3 1.07 0.6 34
1943 32 2 1 .667 2.57 28.0 25 9 8 0 10 11 0 1.250 8.0 3.2 3.5 1.10 0.0 12
1945 34 0 0 14.40 5.0 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1946 35 6 4 .600 3.39 93.0 105 39 35 3 34 16 1 1.495 10.2 3.3 1.5 0.47 0.3 27
1947 36 0 0 15.00 3.0 4 6 5 0 6 0 0 3.333 12.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
11 Yrs 61 55 .526 3.92 1086.0 1155 525 473 57 386 298 6 1.419 9.6 2.5 0.77 0.5 278

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  2.408 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1939 NL  4 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  0.307 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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