Lon Warneke

Q: When was Lon Warneke born?

Lon Warneke was born on March 28, 1909.

Q: Where was Lon Warneke born?

Lon Warneke was born in Mount Ida, AR .

Q: How tall was Lon Warneke?

Lon Warneke was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Lon Warneke weigh when playing?

Lon Warneke weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Lon Warneke in the Hall of Fame?

Lon Warneke has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Lon Warneke have?

Lon Warneke had 1,140 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Lon Warneke played for?

Lon Warneke played for 2 teams; the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.

Q: How many World Series has Lon Warneke won?

Lon Warneke never won a World Series.

Q: When did Lon Warneke retire?

Lon Warneke last played in 1945.

Q: What are Lon Warneke's nicknames?

The Arkansas Hummingbird is a nickname for 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, 7,061st in major league 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

45.8

192

121

ERA

3.18

445

343

2782.1

1140

WHIP

1.245

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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	14.11	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	4.36	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	3.31	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	3.15	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	3.62	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	3.82	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	3.91	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	5.08	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	4.08	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	3.93	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	3.86	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	4.15	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	2.73	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	3.13	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	2.40	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	3.03	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	2.06	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	3.77	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	3.77	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	3.48	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	4.17	1.298	9.2	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.33

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1930	21	CHC	NL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0		0	0	0	/1
1931	22	CHC	NL	0.1	20	19	19	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.263	.263	.368	.632	67	.278	54	7		0	0	0	1
1932	23	CHC	NL	0.1	35	106	99	8	19	1	1	0	9	0	0	3	20	.192	.216	.222	.438	18	.197	3	22		0	4	0	1	MVP-2
1933	24	CHC	NL	1.2	39	106	100	9	30	6	1	2	13	0	0	3	13	.300	.320	.440	.760	115	.347	116	44	4	0	3	0	1/H	AS,MVP-20
1934	25	CHC	NL	-0.1	52	118	113	12	22	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	9	.195	.216	.221	.437	18	.205	11	25	2	0	2	0	1/H	AS,MVP-13
1935	26	CHC	NL	0.0	44	102	91	9	20	1	0	0	15	0	0	3	9	.220	.253	.231	.483	30	.229	22	21	4	1	7	0	1/H	MVP-12
1936	27	CHC	NL	0.2	40	98	84	9	17	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	.202	.239	.250	.489	31	.232	18	21	4	2	10	0	1	AS
1937	28	STL	NL	0.6	36	93	80	10	21	3	0	0	10	0	0	7	12	.263	.322	.300	.622	69	.295	68	24	2	0	6	0	1	MVP-16
1938	29	STL	NL	0.8	31	76	71	5	23	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.324	.342	.366	.709	91	.328	91	26	2	0	3	0	1	MVP-30
1939	30	STL	NL	0.1	34	63	52	4	10	3	0	0	8	0	0	4	7	.192	.263	.250	.513	35	.247	22	13	3	1	6	0	1	AS
1940	31	STL	NL	0.3	33	98	86	6	18	2	0	1	13	0	0	5	24	.209	.253	.267	.520	41	.237	27	23	4	0	7	0	1
1941	32	STL	NL	-0.1	37	96	77	6	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	18	.117	.227	.117	.344	-4	.182	-18	9	3	0	8	0	1	AS,MVP-27
1942	33	2TM	NL	0.4	27	70	62	3	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.258	.292	.258	.550	61	.263	54	16	2	0	5	0	1
1942	33	STL	NL	0.4	12	36	30	2	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	.333	.394	.333	.727	107	.349	112	10	0	0	3	0	1
1942	33	CHC	NL	-0.1	15	34	32	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	12	.175	-5	6	2	0	2	0	1
1943	34	CHC	NL	0.2	21	32	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	.192	.323	.231	.553	62	.289	67	6	1	0	1	0	1
1944	Did not play - Military Service
1945	36	CHC	NL	0.0	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	.249	44	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				3.7	459	1080	962	87	215	26	2	4	97	1	0	52	148	.223	.266	.267	.533	46	.251	37	257	31	4	62	0	1H
162 Game Avg				1.3	162	381	340	31	76	9	1	1	34	0	0	18	52	.223	.266	.267	.533	46	.251	37	91		1	22	0

CHC (10 Yrs)				1.7	276	618	566	54	124	15	2	3	53	1	0	20	76	.219	.250	.269	.518	42	.242	32	152	17	3	29	0	1H
STL (6 Yrs)				2.0	183	462	396	33	91	11	0	1	44	0	0	32	72	.230	.289	.265	.554	51	.263	43	105	14	1	33	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1932	23	CHC	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	/1

1935	26	CHC	WS	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	/1
2 Yrs				5	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	292	292	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	.111	.111	.111	.222	32		0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
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
1930	21	CHC	NL	P	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.960	9.00	1.80	1.00	2.20	1	0	0			0
1931	22	CHC	NL	P	20	7	3	64.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.959	1.27	2.24	0.45	2.19	0	2	5	71.4	51.4	0
1932	23	CHC	NL	P	35	32	25	277.0	67	11	55	1	7	.985	.957	2.14	2.29	1.89	2.29	5	2	10	83.3	47.5	0	MVP-2
1933	24	CHC	NL	P	36	34	26	287.0	80	8	72	0	7	*1.000*	.964	2.51	2.36	2.22	2.33	6	5	8	61.5	48.5	2	AS,MVP-20
1934	25	CHC	NL	P	43	35	23	291.0	73	15	58	0	1	*1.000*	.960	2.26	2.27	1.70	2.24	4	3	9	75.0	48.6	2	AS,MVP-13
1935	26	CHC	NL	P	42	30	20	262.0	63	15	47	1	1	.984	.959	2.13	2.31	1.48	2.28	10	11	13	54.2	48.6	1	MVP-12
1936	27	CHC	NL	P	40	29	13	240.0	60	15	44	1	1	.983	.950	2.21	2.32	1.48	2.31	5	7	9	56.3	51.2	0	AS
1937	28	STL	NL	P	36	33	18	239.0	52	10	40	2	0	.962	.958	1.88	2.39	1.39	2.36	6	6	6	50.0	51.5	1	MVP-16
1938	29	STL	NL	P	31	26	12	197.0	40	4	34	2	0	.950	.964	1.74	2.21	1.23	2.19	6	5	2	28.6	49.7	0	MVP-30
1939	30	STL	NL	P	34	21	6	162.0	37	9	28	0	4	*1.000*	.960	2.06	2.19	1.09	2.16	2	6	5	45.5	47.0	0	AS
1940	31	STL	NL	P	33	31	17	232.0	60	10	50	0	5	1.000	.962	2.33	2.22	1.82	2.22	3	6	2	25.0	45.8	1
1941	32	STL	NL	P	37	30	12	246.0	51	8	43	0	3	1.000	.965	1.87	2.23	1.38	2.21	0	9	9	50.0	47.6	1	AS,MVP-27
1942	33	2TM	NL	P	27	24	13	181.0	47	14	33	0	0	*1.000*	.968	2.34	2.35	1.74	2.35	0	4	6	60.0	45.0	0
1942	33	STL	NL	P	12	12	5	82.0	19	6	13	0	0	1.000	.968	2.09	2.35	1.58	2.35	0	1	1	50.0	45.0	0
1942	33	CHC	NL	P	15	12	8	99.0	28	8	20	0	0	1.000	.968	2.55	2.35	1.87	2.35	0	3	5	62.5	45.0	0
1943	34	CHC	NL	P	21	10	4	88.0	25	3	22	0	2	1.000	.961	2.56	2.25	1.19	2.25	0	1	2	66.7	46.0	0
1944	Did not play - Military Service
1945	36	CHC	NL	P	9	1	0	14.0	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	.963	3.86	2.19	0.67	2.17	2	0	0			0
15 Yrs					445	343	192	2781.0	672	126	538	8	31	.988	.960	2.15	2.29	1.49	2.26	50	67	86	56.2	48.5	8

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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
1932	23	CHC	WS	P	2	1	10.2	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	2.53	1.50	0	1	100.0

1935	26	CHC	WS	P	3	2	16.2	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	5.94	3.67	0	1	100.0
2 Yrs					5	3	27.1	14	3	11	0	1	1.000	4.61	2.80	0	2	100.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Lon Warneke born?

Lon Warneke was born on March 28, 1909.

Where was Lon Warneke born?

Lon Warneke was born in Mount Ida, AR.

How tall was Lon Warneke?

Lon Warneke was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Lon Warneke weigh when playing?

Lon Warneke weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Lon Warneke play?

Lon Warneke played 15 seasons.

Is Lon Warneke in the Hall of Fame?

Lon Warneke has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Lon Warneke play?

Lon Warneke was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Lon Warneke have?

Lon Warneke had 1,140 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Lon Warneke played for?

Lon Warneke played for 2 teams; the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.

How many World Series has Lon Warneke won?

Lon Warneke never won a World Series.

When did Lon Warneke retire?

Lon Warneke last played in 1945.

What are Lon Warneke's nicknames?

The Arkansas Hummingbird is a nickname for Lon Warneke.

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