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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

Relatives: Brother of Tom Lanning

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

ERA

3.58

278

104

1071.0

295

WHIP

1.341

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8		28	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
2	10 (6)	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS	27	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	15 (4)	Apr 29	PIT		PHI	W,7-6		0	2.1	1	1	0	2	0
4	16	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,3-6		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	22 (5)	May 5	PIT		BSN	L,1-7		0	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	29 (6)	May 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	GF	24	5.1	1	1	1	3	0
7	35 (5)	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	38 (2)	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,5-4		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	39	May 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	41 (1)	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	46 (4)	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	48 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		BRO	L,2-17		12	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
13	52 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6		19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	59 (6)	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5		22	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
15	64 (4)	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	66 (1)	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	72 (5)	Jul 3	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	37	8.2	1	2	0	3	2
18	78 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	83 (4)	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,2-11	GS	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	87 (3)	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	93 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	94	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	103 (8)	Aug 8	PIT		STL	T,5-5		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	104	Aug 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GF	0	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
25	109 (4)	Aug 14	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-7		18	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
26	110	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GF	4	1.2	0	2	0	2	1
27	114 (3)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	120 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	139 (18)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	142 (2)	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-10	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	146 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	147	Sep 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	T,3-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	149 (1)	Sep 22	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	150	Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-7		16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							34gm		119.0	13	20	1	34	4