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Johnny Lanning
John Young Lanning (Tobacco Chewin' Johnny)
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
Final Game: May 12, 1947
Died: November 8, 1989 in Asheville, NC
Relatives: Brother of Tom Lanning
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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 3 649 106 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 93 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 2 742 116 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 0 114 149 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 11 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 40 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 104 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

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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 -6 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 0 0 0 /1
1946 35 PIT NL 27 25 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .182 .190 .372 5 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 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 278 356 322 17 47 11 0 1 17 0 0 11 67 .146 .177 .189 .366 3 61 9 1 22 0 0
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 0 7 27 .143 .187 .204 .391 10 30 4 1 14 0 0
BSN (5 yrs) 132 187 175 10 26 2 0 1 9 0 0 4 40 .149 .168 .177 .345 -3 31 5 0 8 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1936 BSN NL 25 P 28 39 8 28 3 1 .923 1.29 .951 1.16
1937 BSN NL 26 P 32 30 7 23 0 3 1.000 0.94 .957 1.20
1938 BSN NL 27 P 32 34 7 24 3 3 .912 0.97 .965 1.13
1939 BSN NL 28 P 37 40 12 25 3 3 .925 1.00 .962 1.09
1940 PIT NL 29 P 38 33 8 22 3 2 .909 0.79 .964 1.10
1941 PIT NL 30 P 34 53 12 41 0 2 1.000 1.56 .964 1.09
1942 PIT NL 31 P 34 34 13 20 1 4 .971 0.97 .968 1.17
1943 PIT NL 32 P 12 6 1 3 2 0 .667 0.33 .967 1.16
1945 PIT NL 34 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.10
1946 PIT NL 35 P 27 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 1.00 .959 1.01
1947 BSN NL 36 P 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 0.90
11 Seasons P 278 300 73 212 15 19 .950 1.03 .962 1.12
11 Seasons TOT 278 300 73 212 15 19 .950 1.03 .912 1.12

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--.307--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Tobin and cash.

March 31, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 21, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

May 15, 1947: Released by the Boston Braves.

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