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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,4-9		19	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	11 (6)	May 5	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	13 (1)	May 7	PIT		BSN	L,9-11		9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
5	21 (7)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	23 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	32 (8)	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	36 (3)	Jun 7	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	GF	0	7.1	2	1	0	3	1
9	41 (4)	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	43 (1)	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-12	GF	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	46 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	47	Jun 17 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	50 (2)	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,8-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	54 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-7		23	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	62 (7)	Jul 3	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	63	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9		20	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
17	66 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-8	GF	16	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
18	70 (3)	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,3-6		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	73 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	76 (2)	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	81 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,16-2	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	82	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	88 (5)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	31	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	91 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	95 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	35	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
26	97 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		STL	W,10-9	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	101 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	104 (2)	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	106 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	113 (6)	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	115 (1)	Aug 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-10		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	123 (7)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5		30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	127 (3)	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
34	129 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,16-14		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	134 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
36	138 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
37	149 (10)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	153 (3)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							38gm		116.0	8	22	3	33	2