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, 7,989th 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: 9-23 / in Starts: 3-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 9

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	29	4	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	3	3	2	4	3	0	3.38	7.83	35	11	10	0	4	8	56			0	1	1	33	0	0	1	0	0	3	.81	-0.037	1.59	-0.04%	1.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
2	30	15	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,3-5	8-GF		12	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	7.00	8	2	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.019	.55	0.03%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	31	19	May 12	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	4.24	6.08	27	7	12	1	2	7	44			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.206	.97	-0.20%	-1.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
4	32	25	May 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		9	1.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.34	6.15	9	3	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.100	1.90	-0.13%	-0.97	7b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 3
5	33	26	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	6.00	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
6	34	34	May 31(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-9	2-3		7	1.2	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	4.64	6.44	9	4	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	.69	-0.097	1.12	-0.09%	-1.99	2b -23 1 out d2	3b 3 out d6
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
7	35	38	Jun 5	BSN		CHC	L,3-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	6.29	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	36	40	Jun 6(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-7	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	6.07	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
9	37	45	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,1-4	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	5.96	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.09	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	38	51	Jun 20(1)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.26	5.85	5	1	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.046	.07	-0.01%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
11	39	54	Jun 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-8	2-4		2	2.2	5	3	2	0	2	0	0	4.50	5.45	14	4	3	0	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.044	.12	0.00%	-0.80	2b 1-3 1 out d2	4b 3 out d5
12	40	56	Jun 25	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS-3	L(0-3)	1	2.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.70	5.50	16	3	4	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.352	.09	-0.03%	-5.51	1b start tie	3b -23 0 out d5
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
13	41	63	Jul 1	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.62	5.00	32	13	9	2	2	3	78			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.356	.26	0.04%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	42	66	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,14-9	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39	4.86	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.158	.20	0.02%	1.10	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
15	43	69	Jul 5(2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-6		W(2-3)	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	4.70	9												9					0
16	44	71	Jul 10	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	7-8		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.94	4.60	5	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.020	.04	0.00%	1.10	7t -2- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
17	45	72	Jul 11(1)	BSN		PHI	L,4-10			0	1.1	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	4.40	4.69	12												10					0
18	46	83	Jul 21(2)	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	9	9.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.86	4.43	29	12	12	2	4	2	80			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.589	.11	0.03%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	47	89	Jul 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	6	4.1	8	6	6	0	0	1	0	4.48	4.56	23	9	6	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	.63	-0.183	.10	-0.02%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
20	48	92	Jul 31	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-7	3-4		2	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.67	4.84	8	2	2	1	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.168	.23	-0.01%	-1.34	3b --3 0 out a1	4b --- 1 out d2
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
21	49	97	Aug 6(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-12	4-6		5	1.2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.97	4.94	11	4	1	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.185	.12	-0.01%	-2.79	4b 123 1 out tie	6b --3 0 out d4
22	50	100	Aug 8(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	4.91	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
23	51	103	Aug 12	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	5-GF	W(4-4)	3	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.67	4.80	18	8	5	2	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	0.267	.02	0.00%	1.57	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
24	52	106	Aug 15(1)	BSN		BRO	L,5-7			2	5.2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	4.32	4.71	23												21					0
25	53	109	Aug 18	BSN		NYG	L,1-9	1-7		2	6.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.20	4.62	26	11	6	2	1	5		1	0	1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.020	.01	0.00%	1.05	1t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d6
26	54	113	Aug 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	GS-4	L(4-5)	3	4.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.22	4.55	17	12	0	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.042	.00	0.00%	0.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
27	55	119	Aug 29(2)	BSN		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-6)	6	7.1	10	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.18	4.57	32	8	6	0	0	10	48			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d3
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
28	56	127	Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS-8	L(4-7)	8	7.0	8	4	3	3	2	1	0	4.15	4.66	32	8	11	0	4	8	46			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d2
29	57	134	Sep 14(1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-7)	6	9.0	5	0	0	7	2	0	0	3.81	4.69	38	15	9	0	3	5	72			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.238	.00	0.00%	4.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
30	58	139	Sep 18	BSN	@	STL	W,8-7	9-9	BS(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.79	4.67	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	-0.037	.00	0.00%	0.20	9b 1-3 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
31	59	140	Sep 19(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	4.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.14	0.329	.00	0.00%	0.89	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
32	60	147	Sep 27(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-7		7	7.0	5	4	4	3	1	1	1	3.85	4.77	29	10	10	1	4	4	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							9-23		W-L:5-7,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.8	117.0	107	57	50	40	35	10	1	3.85	4.77	494	1.32		5%	11%	96	51	15	40%	1	6	1	448	18	6	2	8	0	11	.95	0.140	.31	-0.41%	1.27

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