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: 8-24 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 11

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	202	3	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	3-9		99	6.1	7	2	1	2	2	1	0	1.42	4.44	28	9	8	0	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.82	-0.254	5.80	-0.49%	-0.25	3b 1-3 0 out tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
2	203	10	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	6.1	4	5	5	4	2	0	0	4.26	3.89	27	6	12	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.169	4.26	-0.33%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
3	204	15	Apr 29	PIT		PHI	W,7-6			5	2.1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.60	10												9					0
4	205	16	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,3-6		L(0-2)	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	4.24	5.13	9												8					0
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
5	206	22	May 5	PIT		BSN	L,1-7			4	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	4.55	14												14					0
6	207	29	May 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	3-GF(8)		6	5.1	5	3	0	3	2	0	0	2.73	4.24	24	9	5	0	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.053	1.70	0.11%	-0.41	3b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 4
7	208	35	May 17(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	4.16	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.095	6.57	0.14%	0.41	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
8	209	38	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,5-4		W(1-2)	5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.95	7												7					0
9	210	39	May 24(1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	3.90	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	-0.091	4.18	-0.12%	-0.66	7t -23 1 out d1	7t 3 out d3
10	211	41	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.90	3.81	6	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.018	.18	-0.02%	-1.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
11	212	46	May 31(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	5-7		5	3.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.91	3.63	10	0	6	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.053	.19	-0.03%	-0.37	5b 1-3 0 out d2	7b 3 out d5
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
12	213	48	Jun 2	PIT		BRO	L,2-17	3-5		1	1.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.79	3.56	12	4	2	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.058	.11	-0.02%	-3.73	3t -2- 1 out d5	5t 123 0 out d7
13	214	52	Jun 7(2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	3-7	W(2-2)	4	4.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.79	3.41	19	12	0	0	0	5		2	2	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.019	.42	0.01%	-1.26	3t 12- 0 out d2	7t 1-3 2 out a2
14	215	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	3-7		8	5.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.26	22	7	8	2	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.052	.37	-0.02%	-0.96	3b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
15	216	64	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	6-GF(8)		6	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.19	10	2	7	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.015	.04	0.01%	1.33	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
16	217	66	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.75	3.46	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.006	.03	0.00%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
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
17	218	72	Jul 3	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-2)	5	8.2	13	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.81	3.27	37	17	6	1	0	12	42			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.23	0.270	.19	0.03%	0.00	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 2 out a1
18	219	78	Jul 12(1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-3)	8	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	1	3.63	3.13	32	7	12	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.009	.13	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	220	83	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,2-11	GS-2	L(3-4)	4	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.04	3.26	12	3	2	0	1	6	29			1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
20	221	87	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	L(3-5)	2	9.0	10	5	4	3	0	1	0	4.04	3.40	41	13	15	2	0	10	46			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
21	222	93	Jul 26(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-3	L(3-6)	5	2.2	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.36	15	3	6	0	0	6	30			1	0	0	15	3	1	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-3.97	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d4
22	223	94	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-8		1	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.46	3.40	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-2.61	8b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 0 out d3
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
23	224	103	Aug 8	PIT		STL	T,5-5	7-9	BS(1)	10	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.36	9	7	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.30	7t 12- 2 out a1	9t 3 out tie
24	225	104	Aug 9(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4		L(3-7)	0	8.2	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.12	3.17	32												32					0
25	226	109	Aug 14	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-7	2-6		4	4.1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.94	3.13	18	6	5	1	1	5		2	1	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.28	0.006	.00	0.00%	1.11	2b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
26	227	110	Aug 15(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.87	3.07	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.52	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
27	228	114	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-7)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.54	2.96	34	9	15	2	0	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.88	0.417	.00	0.00%	3.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
28	229	120	Aug 23(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-2	L(4-8)	4	1.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.57	3.00	11	3	3	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d1
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
29	230	139	Sep 13(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		20	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	2.97	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
30	231	142	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.57	3.08	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-2.15	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
31	232	146	Sep 20(1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	12-GF(13)	W(5-8)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.03	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.253	.00	0.00%	0.90	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
32	233	147	Sep 20(2)	PIT		CIN	T,3-3	7-GF(7)		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.02	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.73	7t 123 2 out tie	7t end tie
33	234	149	Sep 22	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	3.02	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
34	235	150	Sep 27(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-7	7-11	W(6-8)	4	5.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.32	2.97	16	6	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.506	.00	0.00%	2.17	7b --- 0 out d1	11b 3 out tie
							8-24		W-L:6-8,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	119.1	125	52	44	25	31	7	1	3.32	2.97	497	1.08		4%	1%	103	46	22	55%	7	1	0	458	18	3	0	6	0	8	.97	0.348	.89	-0.73%	-7.68

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