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Lon Warneke
Lonnie Warneke (The Arkansas Hummingbird)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 28, 1909 in Mount Ida, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1930
Final Game: September 29, 1945
Died: June 23, 1976 in Hot Springs, AR
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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
1930 21 CHC NL 0 0 33.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 11 14 5.250 13.5 0.0 33.8 0.0 0.00
1931 22 CHC NL 2 4 .333 3.22 20 7 7 3 0 0 64.1 67 33 23 1 37 27 3 1 0 299 120 1.617 9.4 0.1 5.2 3.8 0.73
1932 23 CHC NL 22 6 .786 2.37 35 32 1 25 4 0 277.0 247 84 73 12 64 106 2 0 5 1117 159 1.123 8.0 0.4 2.1 3.4 1.66 MVP-2
1933 24 CHC NL 18 13 .581 2.00 36 34 1 26 4 1 287.1 262 83 64 8 75 133 3 0 6 1175 163 1.173 8.2 0.3 2.3 4.2 1.77 AS,MVP-20
1934 25 CHC NL 22 10 .688 3.21 43 35 7 23 3 3 291.1 273 116 104 16 66 143 2 0 4 1198 121 1.164 8.4 0.5 2.0 4.4 2.17 AS,MVP-13
1935 26 CHC NL 20 13 .606 3.06 42 30 11 20 1 4 261.2 257 102 89 19 50 120 3 0 10 1066 129 1.173 8.8 0.7 1.7 4.1 2.40 MVP-12
1936 27 CHC NL 16 13 .552 3.45 40 29 7 13 4 1 240.1 246 108 92 10 76 113 4 0 5 1024 115 1.340 9.2 0.4 2.8 4.2 1.49 AS
1937 28 STL NL 18 11 .621 4.53 36 33 1 18 2 0 238.2 280 139 120 32 69 87 0 0 6 1051 88 1.462 10.6 1.2 2.6 3.3 1.26 MVP-16
1938 29 STL NL 13 8 .619 3.97 31 26 3 12 4 0 197.0 199 102 87 14 64 89 2 0 6 855 99 1.335 9.1 0.6 2.9 4.1 1.39 MVP-30
1939 30 STL NL 13 7 .650 3.78 34 21 7 6 2 2 162.0 160 73 68 14 49 59 2 0 2 675 109 1.290 8.9 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.20 AS
1940 31 STL NL 16 10 .615 3.14 33 31 2 17 1 0 232.0 235 103 81 17 47 85 3 0 3 969 127 1.216 9.1 0.7 1.8 3.3 1.81
1941 32 STL NL 17 9 .654 3.15 37 30 5 12 4 0 246.0 227 100 86 19 82 83 3 0 0 1014 120 1.256 8.3 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.01 AS,MVP-27
1942 33 TOT NL 11 11 .500 2.73 27 24 3 13 1 2 181.0 173 67 55 10 36 59 0 0 0 739 121 1.155 8.6 0.5 1.8 2.9 1.64
1942 33 STL NL 6 4 .600 3.29 12 12 0 5 0 0 82.0 76 34 30 8 15 31 0 0 0 336 105 1.110 8.3 0.9 1.6 3.4 2.07
1942 33 CHC NL 5 7 .417 2.27 15 12 3 8 1 2 99.0 97 33 25 2 21 28 0 0 0 403 141 1.192 8.8 0.2 1.9 2.5 1.33
1943 34 CHC NL 4 5 .444 3.16 21 10 5 4 0 0 88.1 82 40 31 3 18 30 0 0 0 354 106 1.132 8.4 0.3 1.8 3.1 1.67
1945 36 CHC NL 0 1 .000 3.86 9 1 5 0 0 0 14.0 16 9 6 0 1 6 0 0 2 61 95 1.214 10.3 0.0 0.6 3.9 6.00
15 Seasons 192 121 .613 3.18 445 343 65 192 30 13 2782.1 2726 1164 984 175 739 1140 27 1 50 11608 119 1.245 8.8 0.6 2.4 3.7 1.54
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .613 3.18 38 30 6 17 3 1 240 235 100 85 15 64 98 2 0 4 1002 119 1.245 8.8 0.6 2.4 3.7 1.54
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
CHC (10 yrs) 109 72 .602 2.84 262 190 47 122 17 11 1624.2 1549 613 512 71 413 706 17 1 33 6708 131 1.208 8.6 0.4 2.3 3.9 1.71
STL (6 yrs) 83 49 .629 3.67 183 153 18 70 13 2 1157.2 1177 551 472 104 326 434 10 0 17 4900 107 1.298 9.2 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.33

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
1932 23 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.91 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.2 15 7 7 1 5 1 8 0 0 0 48 1.875 12.7 0.8 4.2 6.8 1.60
1935 26 CHC NL WS L DET 2 0 1.000 0.54 3 2 0 1 1 0 16.2 9 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 62 0.780 4.9 0.0 2.2 2.7 1.25
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 1 .667 2.63 5 3 0 2 1 0 27.1 24 8 8 1 9 1 13 0 0 0 110 1.207 7.9 0.3 3.0 4.3 1.44
2 WS 2 1 .667 2.63 5 3 0 2 1 0 27.1 24 8 8 1 9 1 13 0 0 0 110 1.207 7.9 0.3 3.0 4.3 1.44
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Standard Batting

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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
1930 21 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1931 22 CHC NL 20 19 19 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 .263 .263 .368 .632 67 7 0 0 1
1932 23 CHC NL 35 106 99 8 19 1 1 0 9 0 3 20 .192 .216 .222 .438 19 22 0 4 1 MVP-2
1933 24 CHC NL 39 106 100 9 30 6 1 2 13 0 3 13 .300 .320 .440 .760 115 44 4 0 3 1 AS,MVP-20
1934 25 CHC NL 52 118 113 12 22 3 0 0 8 0 3 9 .195 .216 .221 .437 18 25 2 0 2 1 AS,MVP-13
1935 26 CHC NL 44 102 91 9 20 1 0 0 15 0 3 9 .220 .253 .231 .483 30 21 4 1 7 1 MVP-12
1936 27 CHC NL 40 98 84 9 17 1 0 1 5 0 2 9 .202 .239 .250 .489 31 21 4 2 10 1 AS
1937 28 STL NL 36 93 80 10 21 3 0 0 10 0 7 12 .263 .322 .300 .622 68 24 2 0 6 1 MVP-16
1938 29 STL NL 31 76 71 5 23 3 0 0 6 0 2 7 .324 .342 .366 .709 90 26 2 0 3 1 MVP-30
1939 30 STL NL 34 63 52 4 10 3 0 0 8 0 4 7 .192 .263 .250 .513 35 13 3 1 6 1 AS
1940 31 STL NL 33 98 86 6 18 2 0 1 13 0 5 24 .209 .253 .267 .520 40 23 4 0 7 1
1941 32 STL NL 37 96 77 6 9 0 0 0 4 0 11 18 .117 .227 .117 .344 -4 9 3 0 8 1 AS,MVP-27
1942 33 TOT NL 27 70 62 3 16 0 0 0 4 0 3 9 .258 .292 .258 .550 61 16 2 0 5 1
1942 33 STL NL 12 36 30 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .333 .394 .333 .727 107 10 0 0 3 1
1942 33 CHC NL 15 34 32 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .188 .188 .188 .375 12 6 2 0 2 1
1943 34 CHC NL 21 32 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 5 6 .192 .323 .231 .553 62 6 1 0 1 1
1945 36 CHC NL 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 459 1080 962 87 215 26 2 4 97 1 0 52 148 .223 .266 .267 .533 46 257 31 4 62 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 381 340 31 76 9 1 1 34 0 18 52 .223 .266 .267 .533 46 91 1 22
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
CHC (10 yrs) 276 618 566 54 124 15 2 3 53 1 0 20 76 .219 .250 .269 .518 42 152 17 3 29 0 0
STL (6 yrs) 183 462 396 33 91 11 0 1 44 0 32 72 .230 .289 .265 .554 50 105 14 1 33

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 23 CHC NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 26 CHC NL WS DET L 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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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
1930 CHC NL 21 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.10
1931 CHC NL 22 P 20 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.45 .960 1.20
1932 CHC NL 23 P 35 67 11 55 1 7 .985 1.89 .955 1.21 MVP-2
1933 CHC NL 24 P 36 80 8 72 0 7 1.000 2.22 .962 1.28 AS,MVP-20
1934 CHC NL 25 P 43 73 15 58 0 1 1.000 1.70 .959 1.12 AS,MVP-13
1935 CHC NL 26 P 42 63 15 47 1 1 .984 1.48 .957 1.18 MVP-12
1936 CHC NL 27 P 40 60 15 44 1 1 .983 1.48 .948 1.16 AS
1937 STL NL 28 P 36 52 10 40 2 0 .962 1.39 .958 1.20 MVP-16
1938 STL NL 29 P 31 40 4 34 2 0 .950 1.23 .965 1.13 MVP-30
1939 STL NL 30 P 34 37 9 28 0 4 1.000 1.09 .959 1.09 AS
1940 STL NL 31 P 33 60 10 50 0 5 1.000 1.82 .960 1.10
1941 STL NL 32 P 37 51 8 43 0 3 1.000 1.38 .965 1.09 AS,MVP-27
1942 TOT NL 33 P 27 47 14 33 0 0 1.000 1.74 .968 1.17
1942 STL NL 33 P 12 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.58 .968 1.17
1942 CHC NL 33 P 15 28 8 20 0 0 1.000 1.87 .968 1.17
1943 CHC NL 34 P 21 25 3 22 0 2 1.000 1.19 .960 1.16
1945 CHC NL 36 P 9 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.67 .967 1.06
15 Seasons P 445 672 126 538 8 31 .988 1.49 .960 1.16
15 Seasons TOT 445 672 126 538 8 31 .988 1.49 .948 1.16
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 *
1934 *
1936 *
1939
1941

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1932-NL-2-85%
1933-NL-20-5%
1934-NL-13-12%
1935-NL-12-11%
1937-NL-16-8%
1938-NL-30-0%
1941-NL-27-2%
1.23 Career Shares (180th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 NL--2.372--1st
1933 NL--2.005--2nd
1934 NL--3.213--8th
1935 NL--3.061--7th
1936 NL--3.445--9th
1940 NL--3.142--10th
1942 NL--2.735--10th
Career--3.183--240th

Wins s c a p y
1932 NL--22--1st
1933 NL--18--6th
1934 NL--22--3rd
1935 NL--20--4th
1936 NL--16--8th
1937 NL--18--5th
1940 NL--16--4th
1941 NL--17--5th
Career--192--134th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1932 NL--.786--1st
1934 NL--.688--5th
1937 NL--.621--9th
1938 NL--.619--6th
1939 NL--.650--8th
1940 NL--.615--7th
1941 NL--.654--6th
Career--.613--80th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1932 NL--1.123--4th
1933 NL--1.173--8th
1934 NL--1.164--2nd
1935 NL--1.173--5th
1939 NL--1.290--8th
1940 NL--1.216--10th
1941 NL--1.256--9th
1942 NL--1.155--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL--8.025--3rd
1933 NL--8.207--6th
1934 NL--8.434--3rd
1939 NL--8.889--8th
1941 NL--8.305--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL--1.720--8th
1940 NL--1.823--5th
1942 NL--1.790--1st
Career--2.390--229th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL--4.166--5th
1934 NL--4.418--7th
1936 NL--4.232--5th
1938 NL--4.066--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1935 NL--42--10th

Saves s c a p y
1935 NL--4--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 NL--277.0--3rd
1933 NL--287.3--5th
1934 NL--291.3--5th
1935 NL--261.7--5th
1936 NL--240.3--10th
1941 NL--246.0--5th
Career--2782.3--168th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 NL--106--8th
1933 NL--133--4th
1934 NL--143--4th
1935 NL--120--6th
1936 NL--113--6th
1941 NL--83--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1932 NL--32--6th
1933 NL--34--4th
1934 NL--35--4th
1935 NL--30--9th
1937 NL--33--5th
1940 NL--31--8th
1941 NL--30--7th
Career--343--194th

Complete Games s c a p y
1932 NL--25--2nd
1933 NL--26--1st
1934 NL--23--3rd
1935 NL--20--4th
1937 NL--18--4th
1940 NL--17--8th
Career--192--149th

Shutouts s c a p y
1932 NL--4--1st
1933 NL--4--4th
1934 NL--3--5th
1936 NL--4--1st
1937 NL--2--10th
1938 NL--4--3rd
1939 NL--2--8th
1941 NL--4--5th
Career--30--110th

Home Runs s c a p y
1934 NL--16--5th
1935 NL--19--4th
1937 NL--32--1st
1938 NL--14--9th
1940 NL--17--5th
1941 NL--19--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 NL--75--8th
1934 NL--66--9th
1936 NL--76--6th
1941 NL--82--7th

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL--247--10th
1933 NL--262--6th
1934 NL--273--10th
1935 NL--257--8th
1937 NL--280--5th
1940 NL--235--10th
1941 NL--227--7th
Career--2726--170th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 NL--1.656--10th
1933 NL--1.773--5th
1934 NL--2.167--5th
1935 NL--2.400--7th
1938 NL--1.391--10th
1940 NL--1.809--5th
1942 NL--1.639--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL--.251--5th

Losses s c a p y
1935 NL--13--9th
1936 NL--13--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1934 NL--104--8th
1937 NL--120--5th
1941 NL--86--7th
Career--984--235th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1932 NL--5--7th
1933 NL--6--6th
1935 NL--10--1st
1937 NL--6--6th
1938 NL--6--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 NL--1117--5th
1933 NL--1175--4th
1934 NL--1198--5th
1935 NL--1066--6th
1937 NL--1051--7th
1941 NL--1014--6th
Career--11608--147th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 NL--159--1st
1933 NL--163--2nd
1934 NL--121--7th
1935 NL--129--7th
1940 NL--127--7th
1941 NL--120--9th
1942 NL--121--8th
Career--119--125th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1930 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1930 NL--0--1st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1930 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1930 NL--0--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1930 NL--born 1909-03-28--7th
1931 NL--born 1909-03-28--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (118), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 170 (75), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 86 (129), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (103), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October 8, 1936: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ripper Collins and Roy Parmelee.

July 8, 1942: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $75,000.

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