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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-19 / in Starts: 11-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	46 (25-13-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-7)

Most Driven In
F Gustine	2
E Fletcher	1
S Martin	0

Most Driven In By
A Vaughan	2
S Martin	2
B Stewart	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	168	8 (7)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	169	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	170	12 (2)	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						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
4	171	15 (2)	May 2	PIT	@	NYG	T,7-7	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	2.30	0.172	2.76	0.12%	0.62	P
5	172	19 (3)	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	.58	-0.014	.76	-0.01%	-0.21	P
6	173	20	May 11	PIT		STL	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9						P
7	174	24 (3)	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	1.52	-0.059	1.64	-0.04%	-0.61	P
8	175	33 (8)	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	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
9	176	37 (3)	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	9	1.08	-0.053	.44	-0.01%	-0.35	P
10	177	41 (3)	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.80	0.030	.41	0.01%	0.28	P
11	178	45 (3)	Jun 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9						P
12	179	51 (5)	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,6-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.68	-0.052	.18	-0.01%	-0.67	P
13	180	55 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9						P
14	181	57 (1)	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	L,0-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9						P
15	182	61 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	.50	0.043	.06	0.00%	0.55	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
16	183	66 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	1.71	-0.043	.30	-0.01%	-0.42	P
17	184	70 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,13-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9						P
18	185	72 (1)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	9						P
19	186	77 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	1.34	-0.036	.29	-0.01%	-0.33	P
20	187	82 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.136	.136	.182	.318	9	1.11	-0.093	.33	-0.02%	-0.39	P
21	188	88 (5)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.160	.280	9	.65	-0.079	.39	-0.03%	-1.28	P
22	189	94 (5)	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	GS-8	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.143	.281	9	.71	-0.082	.38	-0.03%	-0.80	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
23	190	99 (4)	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.129	.254	9	.84	-0.069	.51	-0.03%	-1.39	P
24	191	103 (3)	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.118	.121	.239	9						P
25	192	107 (3)	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.081	.105	.108	.213	9	.63	-0.064	.27	-0.02%	-1.48	P
26	193	112 (4)	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.128	.158	.286	9	2.69	0.165	.87	0.03%	1.83	P
27	194	117 (4)	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.200	.367	9	1.03	0.120	.01	0.00%	0.69	P
28	195	124 (6)	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	0			0	0	0	.136	.191	.205	.396	9						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
29	196	130 (5)	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.128	.180	.191	.371	9	.90	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.68	P
30	197	135 (4)	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	9						P
31	198	137 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	W,10-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	9						P
32	199	141 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9	2.01	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.23	P
33	200	146 (4)	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	.34	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
34	201	152 (5)	Sep 24	PIT		STL	L,0-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.153	.161	.313	9	.79	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
							14-19		65	56	5	6	3	0	0	4	2	0	8	1	6		1	1	0	0	.107	.153	.161	.313		.95	-0.444	.35	-0.03%	-7.77

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