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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:37AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
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 2 400 116 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1936 25 BSN NL 153.0 20 75 92 2 1.0 17 1.1 $
1937 26 BSN NL 116.2 11 59 68 4 1.0 9 0.0 $
1938 27 BSN NL 138.0 18 74 78 2 1.0 4 -0.6 $
1939 28 BSN NL 129.0 6 53 74 3 1.0 21 1.5 $
1940 29 PIT NL 115.2 7 59 65 -2 1.0 6 0.9 $
1941 30 PIT NL 175.2 23 72 96 1 1.0 24 2.4 $
1942 31 PIT NL 119.1 8 52 57 -1 1.0 5 0.8 $
1943 32 PIT NL 27.0 2 10 13 0 1.0 3 0.4 $
1945 34 PIT NL 2.0 0 8 1 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
1946 35 PIT NL 91.0 9 36 47 -2 1.0 11 1.5 $
1947 36 BSN NL 3.2 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
11 Seasons 1071.0 104 503 593 7 1.0 90 7.0 $
PIT (6 yrs) 530.2 49 237 279 -4 1.0 42 5.3 $
BSN (5 yrs) 540.1 55 266 314 11 1.0 48 1.7 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1936 25 BSN NL 28 55 52 1 7 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 .135 .151 .192 .343 -5 10 3 0 2 1
1937 26 BSN NL 32 38 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .121 .194 .121 .316 -9 4 0 0 2 1
1938 27 BSN NL 32 50 48 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 .188 .188 .188 .375 8 9 1 0 2 1
1939 28 BSN NL 37 44 42 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 .143 .143 .190 .333 -8 8 1 0 2 1
1940 29 PIT NL 38 40 35 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .200 .243 .257 .500 39 9 0 0 3 1
1941 30 PIT NL 34 66 56 5 6 3 0 0 4 0 3 8 .107 .167 .161 .327 -8 9 1 1 6 1
1942 31 PIT NL 34 32 29 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 .138 .167 .241 .408 17 7 2 0 2 1
1943 32 PIT NL 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0 1
1945 34 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 35 PIT NL 27 25 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .182 .190 .372 4 4 1 0 3 1
1947 36 BSN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 278 356 322 17 47 11 0 1 17 0 11 67 .146 .177 .189 .366 3 61 9 1 22
162 Game Avg. 162 207 188 10 27 6 0 1 10 0 6 39 .146 .177 .189 .366 3 36 5 1 13
PIT (6 yrs) 146 169 147 7 21 9 0 0 8 0 7 27 .143 .187 .204 .391 10 30 4 1 14
BSN (5 yrs) 132 187 175 10 26 2 0 1 9 0 4 40 .149 .168 .177 .345 -3 31 5 0 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 25 BSN NL 55 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1937 26 BSN NL 38 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1938 27 BSN NL 50 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1939 28 BSN NL 44 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 PIT NL 40 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1941 30 PIT NL 66 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1942 31 PIT NL 32 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1943 32 PIT NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1946 35 PIT NL 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
9 Seasons 356 -43 0 0 0 0 27 10 -6 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $
PIT (5 yrs) 169 -18 0 0 0 0 12 5 -1 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $
BSN (4 yrs) 187 -25 0 0 0 0 15 5 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1936 BSN NL 25 P 28 20 3 153.0 39 8 28 3 1 .923 2.12 1.29 .950 2.32 2.31
1937 BSN NL 26 P 32 11 4 116.2 30 7 23 0 3 1.000 2.31 0.94 .958 2.39 2.36
1938 BSN NL 27 P 32 18 4 138.0 34 7 24 3 3 .912 2.02 0.97 .964 2.21 2.19
1939 BSN NL 28 P 37 6 3 129.0 40 12 25 3 3 .925 2.58 1.00 .960 2.19 2.16
1940 PIT NL 29 P 38 7 2 115.2 33 8 22 3 2 .909 2.33 0.79 .962 2.22 2.22
1941 PIT NL 30 P 34 23 9 175.2 53 12 41 0 2 1.000 2.72 1.56 .965 2.23 2.21
1942 PIT NL 31 P 34 8 2 119.1 34 13 20 1 4 .971 2.49 0.97 .968 2.35 2.35
1943 PIT NL 32 P 12 2 0 27.0 6 1 3 2 0 .667 1.33 0.33 .962 2.27 2.25
1945 PIT NL 34 P 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .960 2.25 2.20
1946 PIT NL 35 P 27 9 3 91.0 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.67 1.00 .960 2.24 2.22
1947 BSN NL 36 P 3 0 0 3.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 7.36 1.00 .967 2.21 2.07
11 Seasons P 278 104 30 1071.0 300 73 212 15 19 .950 2.39 1.03 .961 2.27 2.25
11 Seasons TOT 278 104 30 1071.0 300 73 212 15 19 .950 2.39 1.03 .961 2.27 2.25
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1937 NL  1.000 (1st)
1946 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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