Lon Warneke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: March 28, 1909 in Mount Ida, AR us

Died: June 23, 1976 in Hot Springs, AR

Buried: Owley Cemetery, Mount Ida, AR

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 21-021d, 6,054th in MLB history)
vs. STL 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1945 (Age 36-185d)
vs. PIT 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Lonnie Warneke

Nicknames: The Arkansas Hummingbird

Pronunciation: \WARN-a-key\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.7

W

192

L

121

ERA

3.18

G

445

GS

343

SV

IP

2782.1

SO

1140

WHIP

1.245

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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/W	Awards
1930	21	CHC-min	AA	9	12	.429	6.03	34						185.0	236	137	124		68									1.643	11.5		3.3			REA IL
1930	21	CHC	NL	0	0		33.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	11	18	14.75	5.250	13.5	0.0	33.8	0.0	0.00
1931	22	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	3.22	20	7	7	3	0	0	64.1	67	33	23	1	37	2	27	3	1	0	299	121	4.34	1.617	9.4	0.1	5.2	3.8	0.73
1932	23	CHC	NL	22	6	.786	*2.37*	35	32	2	25	4	0	277.0	247	84	73	12	64	4	106	2	0	5	1117	*160*	3.53	1.123	8.0	0.4	2.1	3.4	1.66	MVP-2
1933	24	CHC	NL	18	13	.581	2.00	36	34	1	26	4	1	287.1	262	83	64	8	75	3	133	3	0	6	1175	165	3.05	1.173	8.2	0.3	2.3	4.2	1.77	AS,MVP-20
1934	25	CHC	NL	22	10	.688	3.21	43	35	7	23	3	3	291.1	273	116	104	16	66	5	143	2	0	4	1198	122	3.55	1.164	8.4	0.5	2.0	4.4	2.17	AS,MVP-13
1935	26	CHC	NL	20	13	.606	3.06	42	30	11	20	1	4	261.2	257	102	89	19	50	7	120	3	0	10	1066	129	3.69	1.173	8.8	0.7	1.7	4.1	2.40	MVP-12
1936	27	CHC	NL	16	13	.552	3.45	40	29	7	13	4	1	240.1	246	108	92	10	76	11	113	4	0	5	1024	116	3.86	1.340	9.2	0.4	2.8	4.2	1.49	AS
1937	28	STL	NL	18	11	.621	4.53	36	33	1	18	2	0	238.2	280	139	120	32	69	8	87	0	0	6	1051	87	4.92	1.462	10.6	1.2	2.6	3.3	1.26	MVP-16
1938	29	STL	NL	13	8	.619	3.97	31	26	3	12	4	0	197.0	199	102	87	14	64	5	89	2	0	6	855	99	3.95	1.335	9.1	0.6	2.9	4.1	1.39	MVP-30
1939	30	STL	NL	13	7	.650	3.78	34	21	7	6	2	2	162.0	160	73	68	14	49	5	59	2	0	2	675	109	4.31	1.290	8.9	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.20	AS
1940	31	STL	NL	16	10	.615	3.14	33	31	2	17	1	0	232.0	235	103	81	17	47	5	85	3	0	3	969	126	3.70	1.216	9.1	0.7	1.8	3.3	1.81
1941	32	STL	NL	17	9	.654	3.15	37	30	5	12	4	0	246.0	227	100	86	19	82	14	83	3	0	0	1014	120	4.03	1.256	8.3	0.7	3.0	3.0	1.01	AS,MVP-27
1942	33	TOT	NL	11	11	.500	2.73	27	24	3	13	1	2	181.0	173	67	55	10	36	5	59	0	0	0	739	121	3.08	1.155	8.6	0.5	1.8	2.9	1.64
1942	33	STL	NL	6	4	.600	3.29	12	12	0	5	0	0	82.0	76	34	30	8	15	2	31	0	0	0	336	104	3.48	1.110	8.3	0.9	1.6	3.4	2.07
1942	33	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	2.27	15	12	3	8	1	2	99.0	97	33	25	2	21	3	28	0	0	0	403	141	2.75	1.192	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.5	1.33
1943	34	CHC	NL	4	5	.444	3.16	21	10	5	4	0	0	88.1	82	40	31	3	18	3	30	0	0	0	354	105	2.78	1.132	8.4	0.3	1.8	3.1	1.67
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945	36	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	9	1	5	0	0	1	14.0	16	9	6	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	61	97	1.90	1.214	10.3	0.0	0.6	3.9	6.00
15 Yrs				192	121	.613	3.18	445	343	66	192	30	14	2782.1	2726	1164	984	175	739	77	1140	27	1	50	11608	119	3.74	1.245	8.8	0.6	2.4	3.7	1.54
162 Game Avg.				17	10	.613	3.18	38	30	6	17	3	1	240	235	100	85	15	64	7	98	2	0	4	1002	119	3.74	1.245	8.8	0.6	2.4	3.7	1.54
				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/W	Awards
CHC (10 yrs)				109	72	.602	2.84	262	190	48	122	17	12	1624.2	1549	613	512	71	413	38	706	17	1	33	6708	131	3.46	1.208	8.6	0.4	2.3	3.9	1.71
STL (6 yrs)				83	49	.629	3.67	183	153	18	70	13	2	1157.2	1177	551	472	104	326	39	434	10	0	17	4900	106	4.14	1.298	9.2	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.33