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

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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-23 / in Starts: 4-3
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 40 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	27 (12-11-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 40 PAs	4
Avg. Runners on Base	26 (13-8-4)

Most Driven In
A Vaughan	1
E Fletcher	1
A Lopez	0
F Gustine	0
M Van Robays	0

Most Driven In By
B Elliott	1
P Young	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	130	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	131	4 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,4-9	1-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.13	-0.056	6.08	-0.10%	-0.58	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	132	11 (6)	May 5	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	133	13 (1)	May 7	PIT		BSN	L,9-11	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	134	21 (7)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	135	23 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	136	32 (8)	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	137	36 (3)	Jun 7	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	0-GF	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9						P
9	138	41 (4)	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9						P
10	139	43 (1)	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-12	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
11	140	46 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9						P
12	141	47	Jun 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9						P
13	142	50 (2)	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,8-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9						P
14	143	54 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7	2-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.38	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.21	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	144	62 (7)	Jul 3	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9						P
16	145	63	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	3-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	.33	-0.010	.02	0.00%	-0.23	P
17	146	66 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-8	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.29	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
18	147	70 (3)	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.39	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.12	P
19	148	73 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9						P
20	149	76 (2)	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.357	.624	9	.96	0.021	.03	0.00%	0.29	P
21	150	81 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,16-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.333	.583	9	.43	-0.011	.01	0.00%	-0.10	P
22	151	82	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.333	.583	9						P
23	152	88 (5)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	.85	0.041	.04	0.00%	0.28	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	153	91 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9						P
25	154	95 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.381	.699	9	.57	0.012	.04	0.00%	0.21	P
26	155	97 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		STL	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.381	.699	1						P
27	156	101 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.409	.757	9	.44	0.049	.04	0.00%	1.93	P
28	157	104 (2)	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.409	.757	9						P
29	158	106 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.409	.757	9						P
30	159	113 (6)	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.409	.757	1						P
31	160	115 (1)	Aug 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-10	2-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	9	.23	-0.012	.02	0.00%	-0.45	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	161	123 (7)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.346	.642	9	1.67	-0.065	.09	0.00%	-0.40	P
33	162	127 (3)	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.310	.577	9	1.55	-0.122	.01	0.00%	-0.95	P
34	163	129 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,16-14	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.300	.558	9	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
35	164	134 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.258	.300	.558	9						P
36	165	138 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.219	.242	.281	.524	9	1.95	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
37	166	149 (10)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.265	.515	9	1.19	0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
38	167	153 (3)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.257	.500	9	1.36	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
							14-23		40	35	2	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	8	0	3		2	0	0	0	.200	.243	.257	.500		.87	-0.128	.19	-0.10%	-1.51

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