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Season Age Team Lg WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1938 22 STL NL -0.1 0 3 .000 4.20 18 3 4 1 0 0 45.0 57 30 21 1 28 1 14 2 0 0 215 95 4.72 1.889 11.4 0.2 5.6 2.8 0.50
1939 23 STL NL 1.4 2 1 .667 2.39 7 6 0 2 0 0 37.2 29 11 10 0 13 1 14 1 0 0 149 174 2.96 1.115 6.9 0.0 3.1 3.3 1.08
1940 24 STL NL 1.6 9 6 .600 3.34 35 11 14 4 2 3 105.0 113 50 39 1 38 2 49 1 0 4 458 119 3.30 1.438 9.7 0.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
1941 25 STL NL 3.3 10 8 .556 2.82 35 18 6 8 2 3 153.0 126 59 48 4 59 3 93 1 2 2 628 134 3.08 1.209 7.4 0.2 3.5 5.5 1.58
1942 26 STL NL 4.0 13 8 .619 2.96 34 20 11 8 2 2 161.0 137 55 53 4 60 6 93 2 0 3 657 116 2.39 1.224 7.7 0.2 3.4 5.2 1.55
1943 27 STL NL 4.8 15 7 .682 1.90 32 25 5 14 2 3 213.1 195 62 45 3 75 9 123 2 0 0 882 178 2.77 1.266 8.2 0.1 3.2 5.2 1.64 AS
1944 28 STL NL 3.5 17 12 .586 2.65 33 30 3 16 5 0 224.1 192 82 66 5 71 12 141 3 0 0 908 135 2.70 1.172 7.7 0.2 2.8 5.7 1.99 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 0.4 2 2 .500 1.73 4 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 22 10 5 0 8 1 16 0 0 0 108 221 2.39 1.154 7.6 0.0 2.8 5.5 2.00
1946 30 STL NL 1.9 6 0 1.000 1.93 6 6 0 6 2 0 56.0 45 13 12 1 19 3 36 1 0 0 221 180 2.60 1.143 7.2 0.2 3.1 5.8 1.89
1949 33 STL NL 1.4 5 4 .556 3.82 15 15 0 4 1 0 92.0 92 42 39 5 35 1 37 0 0 0 396 108 3.55 1.380 9.0 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.06
1950 34 STL NL 4.7 11 9 .550 3.13 27 27 0 10 2 0 181.1 173 70 63 13 68 6 89 1 5 0 771 137 3.68 1.329 8.6 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.31
1951 35 STL NL 3.1 11 9 .550 3.26 31 23 6 9 2 1 160.0 149 60 58 14 50 3 59 1 1 2 660 122 3.84 1.244 8.4 0.8 2.8 3.3 1.18
1952 36 NYG NL 0.8 7 12 .368 3.94 37 16 10 6 1 5 137.0 124 64 60 11 65 8 47 3 0 2 584 94 4.24 1.380 8.1 0.7 4.3 3.1 0.72
1953 37 2TM 2LG -0.4 0 1 .000 7.16 13 1 3 0 0 0 27.2 36 22 22 3 22 0 10 0 0 0 135 61 5.67 2.096 11.7 1.0 7.2 3.3 0.45
1953 37 NYG NL 0.0 0 0 6.75 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 26 68 5.97 2.063 13.5 1.7 5.1 3.4 0.67
1953 37 SLB AL -0.4 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 0 8 0 0 0 109 59 5.59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
14 Yrs 30.4 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 56 821 18 8 13 6772 126 3.26 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
162 Game Avg 3.9 14 11 .568 3.01 42 26 8 12 3 2 207 191 81 69 8 78 7 105 2 1 2 867 126 3.26 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
STL (12 Yrs) 29.9 101 69 .594 2.84 277 187 49 85 20 12 1454.2 1330 544 459 51 524 48 764 15 8 11 6053 133 3.12 1.275 8.2 0.3 3.2 4.7 1.46
NYG (2 Yrs) 0.8 7 12 .368 4.05 40 16 11 6 1 5 142.1 132 68 64 12 68 8 49 3 0 2 610 92 4.30 1.405 8.3 0.8 4.3 3.1 0.72
SLB (1 Yr) -0.4 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 0 8 0 0 0 109 59 5.59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
NL (14 Yrs) 30.7 108 81 .571 2.95 317 203 60 91 21 17 1597.0 1462 612 523 63 592 56 813 18 8 13 6663 128 3.23 1.286 8.2 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.37
AL (1 Yr) -0.4 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 0 8 0 0 0 109 59 5.59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
Standard Pitching Table
Season Age Team Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1942 26 STL WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1943 27 STL WS 0 1 .000 1.76 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 5 3 1 3 0 13 0 0 1 62 1.043 7.6 0.6 1.8 7.6 4.33
1944 28 STL WS 1 0 1.000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 3 3 0 8 1 11 0 0 1 53 1.297 5.8 0.0 5.8 8.0 1.38
3 Yrs 2 1 .667 1.71 7 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 24 10 6 1 12 1 25 0 0 2 132 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08
162 Game Avg 12 6 .667 1.71 43 25 12 0 0 0 193 148 62 37 6 74 6 155 0 0 12 816 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08
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Season Age Team Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Awards
1938 22 STL NL 45.0 18 3 30 6.00 4.46 -0.11 0.00 106 4.84 -6 -0.6 0.67 0.0 -0.1 -2 .468 .496
1939 23 STL NL 37.2 7 6 11 2.63 4.62 0.09 0.00 107 4.84 9 1.1 0.38 0.0 1.4 13 .655 .507
1940 24 STL NL 105.0 35 11 50 4.29 4.46 -0.18 0.00 103 4.80 6 0.7 1.68 0.0 1.6 16 .519 .504
1941 25 STL NL 153.0 35 18 59 3.47 4.43 0.28 0.00 103 4.29 14 1.6 3.16 0.2 3.3 28 .547 .510
1942 26 STL NL 161.0 34 20 55 3.07 4.29 0.15 0.00 101 4.20 20 2.6 1.36 0.0 4.0 32 .577 .516
1943 27 STL NL 213.1 32 25 62 2.62 3.99 0.34 0.00 100 3.64 24 3.0 2.11 0.0 4.8 40 .594 .519 AS
1944 28 STL NL 224.1 33 30 82 3.29 4.30 0.42 0.00 99 3.85 14 1.6 4.36 -0.1 3.5 32 .549 .510 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 26.0 4 3 10 3.46 4.35 0.17 0.00 100 4.19 2 0.2 2.34 0.0 0.4 4 .552 .501
1946 30 STL NL 56.0 6 6 13 2.09 3.92 0.10 0.00 100 3.82 11 1.4 0.0 1.9 16 .733 .509
1949 33 STL NL 92.0 15 15 42 4.11 4.60 0.11 0.00 101 4.54 4 0.5 0.0 1.4 15 .530 .503
1950 34 STL NL 181.1 27 27 70 3.47 4.72 0.06 0.00 102 4.75 26 2.9 -0.1 4.7 46 .608 .518
1951 35 STL NL 160.0 31 23 60 3.38 4.35 0.26 0.00 101 4.12 13 1.4 2.53 0.0 3.1 30 .547 .509
1952 36 NYG NL 137.0 37 16 64 4.20 4.17 0.17 0.00 98 3.91 -4 -0.5 1.55 -0.2 0.8 9 .488 .497
1953 37 2TM 2LG 27.2 13 1 22 7.16 4.82 -0.21 0.00 103 5.18 -6 -0.6 0.90 0.0 -0.4 -4 .454 .497
1953 37 NYG NL 5.1 3 0 4 6.75 4.88 -0.03 0.00 103 5.06 -1 -0.1 0.23 0.0 0.0 0 .469 .499
1953 37 SLB AL 22.1 10 1 18 7.25 4.80 -0.26 0.00 103 5.21 -5 -0.5 1.13 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .449 .497
14 Yrs 1619.1 327 204 630 3.50 4.35 0.19 0.00 101 4.21 128 15.4 1.77 -0.3 30.4 274 .547 .508
162 Game Avg 207 42 26 81 3.50 4.35 0.19 0.00 101 4.21 16 2.0 1.77 0.0 3.9 35 .547 .508
STL (12 Yrs) 1454.2 277 187 544 3.37 4.35 0.20 0.00 101 4.22 138 16.5 1.93 -0.1 29.9 269 .559 .510
NYG (2 Yrs) 142.1 40 16 68 4.30 4.20 0.17 0.00 98 3.95 -5 -0.6 1.38 -0.2 0.8 8 .486 .497
SLB (1 Yr) 22.1 10 1 18 7.25 4.80 -0.26 0.00 103 5.21 -5 -0.5 1.13 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .449 .497
NL (14 Yrs) 1597.0 317 203 612 3.45 4.34 0.19 0.00 101 4.20 133 15.9 1.82 -0.3 30.7 278 .550 .509
AL (1 Yr) 22.1 10 1 18 7.25 4.80 -0.26 0.00 103 5.21 -5 -0.5 1.13 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .449 .497

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Batting Against Pitching Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg IP BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip HR% K% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 Awards
1938 22 STL NL 45.0 .317 .414 .394 .809 .339 0.5 6.5 13.0 -1.5 -1.1% -7.07
1939 23 STL NL 37.2 .220 .295 .258 .552 .246 0.0 9.4 8.7 0.5 0.8% 9.01
1940 24 STL NL 105.0 .278 .341 .324 .665 .314 0.2 10.7 8.3 1.2 -0.2% 0.36
1941 25 STL NL 153.0 .225 .300 .295 .595 .263 0.6 14.8 9.4 2.7 14.1% 17.42
1942 26 STL NL 161.0 .234 .308 .289 .596 .273 0.6 14.2 9.1 3.2 10.7% 23.32
1943 27 STL NL 213.1 .246 .312 .295 .607 .287 0.3 13.9 8.5 4.4 5.1% 31.60 AS
1944 28 STL NL 224.1 .234 .297 .296 .592 .277 0.6 15.5 7.8 2.3 3.3% 28.13 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 26.0 .222 .280 .253 .533 .265 0.0 14.8 7.4 0.0 -0.2% -0.04
1946 30 STL NL 56.0 .228 .300 .299 .599 .275 0.5 16.3 8.6 1.5 3.0% 9.91
1949 33 STL NL 92.0 .262 .329 .345 .674 .282 1.3 9.3 8.8 0.7 5.6% 5.69
1950 34 STL NL 181.1 .248 .316 .345 .661 .268 1.7 11.5 8.8 2.8 5.0% 29.01
1951 35 STL NL 160.0 .247 .306 .371 .677 .255 2.1 8.9 7.6 2.4 -0.1% 11.76
1952 36 NYG NL 137.0 .244 .333 .360 .694 .251 1.9 8.0 11.1 -0.4 -1.6% -8.68
1953 37 2TM 2LG 27.2 .333 .446 .481 .928 .347 2.2 7.4 16.3 -0.4 0.0% -9.42
1953 37 NYG NL 5.1 .381 .458 .619 1.077 .389 3.8 7.7 11.5 0.0 0.0% -1.47
1953 37 SLB AL 22.1 .322 .443 .448 .892 .338 1.8 7.3 17.4 -0.4 0.1% -7.95
14 Yrs 1619.1 .247 .318 .323 .641 .276 1.0 12.1 9.0 19.4 44.4% 141.00
MLB Average .292 .371 .371 .742 .305 1.5
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Batting Against Pitching Ratios Batted Ball Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg IP BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip HR% K% BB% LD% GB% FB% GB/FB WPA cWPA RE24 Awards
1942 26 STL WS 4.0 .200 .250 .200 .450 .214 0.0 5.9 5.9 13.3 46.7 20.0 1.00 0.2 7.7% -0.13
1943 27 STL WS 15.1 .220 .258 .305 .563 .267 1.6 21.0 4.8 17.4 39.1 26.1 0.69 -0.1 0.7% 1.33
1944 28 STL WS 12.1 .182 .308 .295 .603 .242 0.0 20.8 15.1 8.8 47.1 29.4 1.00 0.0 -0.6% 1.34
3 Yrs 31.2 .203 .277 .288 .565 .250 0.8 18.9 9.1 13.7 43.2 26.3 0.84 0.1 7.8% 2.54
MLB Average .518 .600 .311 .911 .792 0.8 14.2 7.9 14.4 41.8 24.4 0.82

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Postseason Pitching

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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% XBT% Pos Awards
1938 22 STL NL 11 .155 -26 .100 .000 0.0 0.0 9.1 0.1 0.0% 0.21 50.0 0.0 1
1939 23 STL NL 16 .297 62 .308 .000 0.0 6.3 6.3 -0.1 -0.5% -1.00 20.0 0.0 /1
1940 24 STL NL 32 .200 3 .240 .000 0.0 15.6 3.1 -0.3 0.0% -4.47 42.9 33.3 1
1941 25 STL NL 55 .191 -5 .213 .000 0.0 9.1 1.8 -0.5 -1.7% -5.30 27.3 0.0 1
1942 26 STL NL 56 .286 64 .286 .000 0.0 8.9 8.9 -0.5 -1.5% -3.32 35.3 16.7 1
1943 27 STL NL 85 .165 -37 .176 .000 0.0 5.9 1.2 -0.5 -0.3% -8.50 61.5 55.6 1 AS
1944 28 STL NL 87 .205 7 .187 .013 0.0 2.3 4.6 -0.8 -1.7% -7.54 61.1 40.0 1 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 11 .176 -10 .182 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0% -0.31 0.0 /1
1946 30 STL NL 26 .212 12 .208 .000 0.0 3.8 3.8 -0.2 -0.4% -1.43 16.7 33.3 /1
1949 33 STL NL 34 .138 -60 .077 .000 0.0 2.9 8.8 -0.5 -2.2% -6.40 20.0 0.0 1
1950 34 STL NL 75 .187 -16 .190 .044 0.0 13.3 4.0 0.0 -0.2% -7.92 35.7 0.0 1
1951 35 STL NL 57 .151 -36 .167 .000 0.0 8.8 1.8 -0.6 -0.9% -7.12 22.2 66.7 1
1952 36 NYG NL 47 .278 58 .297 .049 0.0 8.5 2.1 0.0 0.0% -0.63 33.3 33.3 1/H
1953 37 2TM 2LG 7 .270 36 .167 .000 0.0 14.3 0.0 -0.1 0.0% -0.56 0.0 1
1953 37 NYG NL 1 .000 -150 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0% -0.18 /1
1953 37 SLB AL 6 .315 69 .200 .000 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0% -0.38 0.0 1
14 Yrs 599 .202 -1 .202 .011 0.0 7.5 3.8 -4.0 -9.4% -54.28 37.7 30.2 1/H
MLB Average .330 100 .277 .112 1.5 8.5 9.1 32.6 45.4
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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% Pos Awards
1942 26 STL WS 1 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5% 0.87 0.0 /1
1943 27 STL WS 4 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.2% 0.30 0.0 /1
1944 28 STL WS 5 .500 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 7.2% 1.52 0.0 /1
3 Yrs 10 .444 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 9.8% 2.70 0.0 /1
MLB Average .248 .071 0.8 7.2 7.8 29.4

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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG WP SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
1938 22 STL NL P 18 3 1 45.0 14 3 9 2 1 .857 .964 2.40 2.22 0.67 2.19 0 1 2 66.7 49.7 2
1939 23 STL NL P 7 6 2 38.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 .960 1.66 2.18 1.00 2.16 0 1 0 0.0 47.0 0
1940 24 STL NL P 35 11 4 105.0 34 5 26 3 1 .912 .962 2.66 2.22 0.89 2.22 4 4 0 0.0 45.8 1
1941 25 STL NL P 35 18 8 153.0 47 10 37 0 2 1.000 .965 2.76 2.23 1.34 2.21 2 3 5 62.5 47.6 2
1942 26 STL NL P 34 20 8 161.0 45 5 38 2 1 .956 .968 2.40 2.35 1.26 2.35 3 1 6 85.7 45.0 2
1943 27 STL NL P 32 25 14 213.0 52 8 43 1 2 .981 .961 2.15 2.25 1.59 2.25 0 7 5 41.7 46.1 3 AS
1944 28 STL NL P 33 30 16 224.0 50 8 39 3 3 .940 .961 1.89 2.14 1.42 2.13 0 1 9 90.0 44.9 1 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL P 4 3 3 26.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .963 1.38 2.18 1.00 2.18 0 1 0 0.0 38.0 0
1946 30 STL NL P 6 6 6 56.0 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 .960 1.77 2.23 1.83 2.22 0 0 3 100.0 44.3 2
1949 33 STL NL P 15 15 4 92.0 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 .953 1.37 2.04 0.93 2.02 0 2 0 0.0 44.0 2
1950 34 STL NL P 27 27 10 181.1 44 12 31 1 2 .977 .961 2.13 2.13 1.59 2.10 0 0 3 100.0 44.7 0
1951 35 STL NL P 31 23 9 160.0 39 9 28 2 5 .949 .962 2.08 2.14 1.19 2.14 2 0 4 100.0 42.3 3
1952 36 NYG NL P 37 16 6 137.0 53 13 37 3 4 .943 .953 3.28 2.18 1.35 2.16 2 0 5 100.0 44.4 1
1953 37 2TM 2LG P 13 1 0 27.2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 .958 1.63 1.95 0.38 1.95 0 0 0 1
1953 37 NYG NL P 3 0 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .960 1.69 2.03 0.33 2.03 0 0 0 1
1953 37 SLB AL P 10 1 0 22.1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 .958 1.61 1.93 0.40 1.93 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 327 204 91 1619.0 419 78 324 17 25 .959 .961 2.23 2.19 1.23 2.18 13 21 42 66.7 45.4 20
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Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G SB CS CS% Awards
1942 26 STL WS P 2 0 4.0 3 0 1 2 0 .333 2.25 0.50 0 0
1943 27 STL WS P 3 2 15.1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.76 1.00 1 0 0.0
1944 28 STL WS P 2 2 12.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 1.00 0 0
3 Yrs 7 4 31.2 9 1 5 3 0 .667 1.71 0.86 1 0 0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Max Lanier born?

Max Lanier was born on August 18, 1915.

Where was Max Lanier born?

Max Lanier was born in Denton, NC.

How tall was Max Lanier?

Max Lanier was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Max Lanier weigh when playing?

Max Lanier weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Max Lanier play?

Max Lanier played 14 seasons.

Is Max Lanier in the Hall of Fame?

Max Lanier has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Max Lanier play?

Max Lanier was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Max Lanier have?

Max Lanier had 821 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Max Lanier played for?

Max Lanier played for 3 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and St. Louis Browns.

How many World Series has Max Lanier won?

Max Lanier won 2 World Series.

When did Max Lanier retire?

Max Lanier last played in 1953.

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