Johnny Lanning

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: September 6, 1910 in Asheville, NC us

Died: November 8, 1989 in Asheville, NC

Buried: Tweed Chapel Cemetery, Asheville, NC

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1936 (Age 25-224d, 7,988th in major league history)
vs. NYG 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 12, 1947 (Age 36-248d)
vs. BRO 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: John Young Lanning

Nicknames: Tobacco Chewin' Johnny

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Brother of Tom Lanning

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

ERA

3.58

278

104

1071.0

295

WHIP

1.341

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-25 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 15

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	93	3	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-3	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.18	0.00%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a7	9b end a 7
2	94	7	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	5.1	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.18	2.95	23	7	3	1	2	4	53			1	1	0	19	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.077	3.73	-0.14%	-0.45	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	95	14	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,4-6	5-6		10	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.70	4.29	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.115	1.29	-0.24%	-1.08	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d4
4	96	24	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	1-GF(8)		11	7.1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.40	4.06	27	13	8	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	1	.72	0.322	2.02	0.54%	3.81	1b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 1
5	97	27	May 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	6-7		2	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.70	3.85	9	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	.42	0.003	1.00	0.00%	0.20	6b -2- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
6	98	29	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-15	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.19	3.58	14	7	0	0	0	6		3	3	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.048	.20	-0.07%	-4.40	6b 123 1 out d3	8b end d10
7	99	31	May 25	BSN	@	STL	L,1-7	7-7		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.43	3.67	6	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.031	.43	-0.03%	-1.46	7b 12- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
8	100	34	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.49	3.51	32	14	9	1	3	6	65			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.230	1.25	0.15%	3.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	101	37	Jun 1	BSN		CIN	L,4-9	13-GF(13)		2	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.03	4.04	6	2	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.275	1.36	-0.20%	-3.48	13t 123 1 out tie	13t end d 5
10	102	40	Jun 5	BSN		STL	W,10-4	7-GF	S(2)	3	2.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.73	4.03	7	6	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.188	1.03	0.09%	1.66	7t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 6
11	103	46	Jun 11(1)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3			5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.69	4.11	3												2					0
12	104	48	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5		W(1-2)	3	4.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	4.02	15												14					0
13	105	51	Jun 18(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-12	1-2		2	1.0	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.17	4.07	8	0	3	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.240	.35	-0.08%	-4.15	1b 1-- 1 out d2	2b 1-3 1 out d4
14	106	53	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	3.94	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.031	.09	0.01%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
15	107	55	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-7	3-GF(8)		1	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	1	3.63	3.87	24	12	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	1	.13	0.024	.04	0.00%	1.06	3b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
16	108	57	Jun 25(1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5		W(2-2)	2	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.38	3.97	16												12					0
17	109	59	Jun 27	BSN		BRO	T,2-2			1	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.12	3.80	13												12					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	110	64	Jul 2(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-	W(3-2)	4	5.0	4	3	2	5	2	0	0	3.16	3.89	24						46						19					0
19	111	67	Jul 5	BSN		NYG	L,7-11	4-7		2	3.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.30	3.89	15	8	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.020	1.14	0.01%	0.41	4t --- 0 out d1	7t 12- 0 out a2
20	112	71	Jul 9(2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-7		L(3-3)	3	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	3.89	1												1					0
21	113	72	Jul 13(1)	BSN		STL	L,3-5	8-8		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.87	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.025	.31	0.01%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
22	114	74	Jul 14	BSN		STL	W,10-4	1-GF	W(4-3)	0	8.2	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.23	3.99	32	12	9	1	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	1	0	.40	0.129	.15	0.03%	2.32	1t -2- 1 out d2	9t end a 6
23	115	79	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,3-12	9-GF		3	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.44	3.97	6	0	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.54	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 9
24	116	88	Jul 27(2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,8-9	3-7		8	4.2	3	3	1	1	2	0	1	3.35	3.91	20	6	7	1	0	3		1	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.044	.04	0.00%	-0.43	3b 1-- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d4
25	117	91	Jul 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-5	7-9		2	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.49	3.89	11	2	3	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.222	.02	0.00%	-2.02	7b 12- 0 out a5	9b 12- 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	118	98	Aug 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	8-8		7	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.45	3.95	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --3 0 out d1	8b 3 out d2
27	119	101	Aug 10	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-6	1-GF(8)		2	8.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.34	3.98	30	15	4	3	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.042	.00	0.00%	2.05	1b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
28	120	103	Aug 13(1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,13-6	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.36	3.91	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.19	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.05	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
29	121	109	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,0-4	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	5.1	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.56	3.85	23	7	5	0	1	7	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.73	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
30	122	115	Aug 26(2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-8	3-6		6	3.1	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.71	3.76	15	3	4	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.20	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.95	3t 1-3 1 out d4	6t 1-3 2 out d8
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	123	122	Sep 3(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(5-4)	7	9.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.65	3.72	33	10	12	0	0	5	69			1	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.443	.00	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
32	124	130	Sep 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8	1-5		8	5.0	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.57	3.81	22	14	2	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.55	1b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d5
33	125	133	Sep 15	BSN	@	STL	L,0-1	12-GF(14)	L(5-5)	2	2.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.57	3.79	10	2	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.070	.00	0.00%	0.04	12b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
34	126	135	Sep 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.54	3.81	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
35	127	136	Sep 17(2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	-1	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.56	3.84	8	3	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.19	0.284	.00	0.00%	1.51	8b -23 0 out a3	9b end a 2
36	128	143	Sep 24(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	3-6		6	3.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	3.78	14	11	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.44	3b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
37	129	150	Sep 29(2)	BSN		BRO	L,1-7	CG	L(5-6)	4	9.0	9	7	3	4	2	0	0	3.42	3.76	42						47						35	1	0			0
							11-25		W-L:5-6,Sv:4	3.1	129.0	120	58	49	53	46	6	2	3.42	3.76	548	1.99		4%	5%	92	53	28	46%	4	2	0	477	21	5	4	11	5	7	.74	0.565	.58	0.07%	1.05

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