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: 12-20 / in Starts: 7-11

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: 5

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	61	1	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-13	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	3.05	9	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-3.50	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d12
2	62	9	Apr 30	BSN	@	PHI	W,16-11			10	4.2	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	9.53	4.46	25												21					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
3	63	11	May 3	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.10	4.70	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.032	1.32	0.04%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
4	64	14	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,9-13	7-7		2	1.0	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	11.74	5.66	9	0	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.104	1.08	-0.15%	-3.49	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d6
5	65	19	May 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-10	5-GF(8)		7	4.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	9.26	4.94	18	4	6	0	1	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.003	.05	0.00%	0.03	5b 12- 0 out d6	8b end d 9
6	66	28	May 24	BSN		CIN	W,10-9	1-6		9	5.0	6	5	2	2	3	0	0	7.56	4.37	25	8	6	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.40	-0.011	1.16	-0.02%	-1.89	1t --- 2 out d4	6t 1-- 2 out d7
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	67	34	Jun 2	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-2	2-GF	W(1-0)	8	7.1	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.25	4.22	28	9	13	0	3	4		2	0	1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.499	3.95	1.03%	4.01	2b 12- 2 out tie	9b end a 4
8	68	43	Jun 12(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-5	7-GF(10)	BW(2-0)	9	3.1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.61	4.29	14	5	4	2	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.98	0.197	6.88	0.27%	0.21	7b 123 2 out a2	10b end a 1
9	69	48	Jun 17(2)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.08	3.90	31	8	11	0	2	5	67			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.115	2.25	0.18%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
10	70	51	Jun 20	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	10-GF(13)	L(3-1)	2	4.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.12	3.97	16	5	7	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.042	5.37	-0.07%	-0.22	10t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 2
11	71	55	Jun 25	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	GS-1		4	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.22	4.03	6	2	0	0	0	3	22			0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	-0.305	2.89	-0.34%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
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
12	72	58	Jul 1(1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	GS-8		5	8.0	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4.34	3.74	32	14	9	2	3	6	71			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.28	0.223	1.75	0.18%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	73	63	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-5	GS-4		2	3.2	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.91	3.71	18	10	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.289	.85	-0.15%	-2.34	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out a1
14	74	64	Jul 4(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-10	7-GF(8)		-1	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.75	3.64	6	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.68	7b 1-3 1 out d9	8b end d 8
15	75	67	Jul 10	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-1	L(3-2)	5	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	5.20	3.93	6	2	0	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.247	.72	-0.14%	-2.73	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d3
16	76	71	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-3		5	2.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.43	3.90	14	6	1	0	1	5	36			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.176	.60	-0.07%	-2.08	1b start a 4	3b -23 2 out a1
17	77	73	Jul 17(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	3.89	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
18	78	75	Jul 19(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	1	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.18	3.97	31	8	13	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.090	.17	-0.01%	0.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
19	79	81	Jul 24(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-1	L(3-4)	4	0.2	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	3.96	7	1	3	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.259	.16	-0.03%	-2.94	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
20	80	82	Jul 26	BSN		CIN	L,2-6	7-8		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.37	3.90	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.11	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
21	81	86	Jul 29	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.86	3.79	34	10	13	1	7	8	68			0	0	0	33	4	1	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.535	.08	0.02%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
22	82	90	Aug 2	BSN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	4.45	3.87	32	11	10	0	1	4	76			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.390	.08	0.02%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	83	95	Aug 7(1)	BSN		CHC	L,4-7	GS-	L(5-5)	4	7.1	10	6	5	1	0	0	0	4.58	3.84	33						35						31					0
24	84	100	Aug 13(1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-8	GS-1	L(5-6)	5	0.2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	4.65	3.93	6	2	0	0	0	1	41			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.204	.06	-0.01%	-2.02	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d2
25	85	104	Aug 15	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-7		1	6.0	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.55	3.94	24	13	3	0	0	6	48			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.38	-0.160	.02	0.00%	-0.66	1b start a 1	7b -2- 0 out tie
26	86	111	Aug 23(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-6)	7	9.0	6	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.17	3.94	36	9	16	1	6	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.317	.04	0.01%	4.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
27	87	116	Aug 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(7-6)	2	9.0	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.92	3.95	34	13	11	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	4	0	1	1.01	0.339	.04	0.01%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Sep/Oct				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	88	122	Sep 1	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-2	L(7-7)	5	1.1	1	3	3	4	0	0	0	4.11	4.04	8	2	1	0	0	1	36			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.140	.15	-0.01%	-1.57	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d1
29	89	128	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.2	7	2	2	3	4	2	0	4.00	4.19	32	10	8	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.022	.19	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
30	90	132	Sep 10	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-5	3-GF	W(8-7)	3	6.2	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.80	4.11	27	9	8	0	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.605	.03	0.01%	2.87	3b 12- 1 out d2	9b end a 1
31	91	143	Sep 24(1)	BSN		NYG	L,8-9	GS-5		13	4.2	8	7	2	4	2	0	0	3.80	4.14	27	7	6	0	3	8	28			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-3.50	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
32	92	152	Oct 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-13	6-6		6	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	4.13	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.26	6b --- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
							12-20		W-L:8-7,BSv:1	3.8	138.0	146	74	58	53	39	5	1	3.78	4.13	607	1.10		3%	9%	123	48	11	36%	3	4	0	546	28	4	3	14	0	14	1.04	0.990	.98	0.78%	-0.91

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