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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

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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: 6-6 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 5

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	236	3	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-3		99	3.0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.65	14	9	2	0	0	2	46			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.244	3.43	-0.36%	-1.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
2	237	5	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	8-8	W(1-0)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.90	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	0.101	4.79	0.16%	0.46	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
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	238	13	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	7	7.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.27	3.29	29	8	12	1	2	7	49			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.140	2.92	-0.23%	0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	239	23	May 19(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	1-2		13	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.46	3.65	9	2	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.008	1.41	-0.01%	0.19	1b 1-3 0 out d2	2b 3 out d4
5	240	26	May 23(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	5-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.037	2.38	0.03%	0.39	5b 12- 2 out d1	5b 3 out d1
6	241	28	May 27	PIT		BRO	W,9-5	8-8	W(2-1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	3.63	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.101	3.31	0.11%	0.46	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
7	242	33	May 31(1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-6	3-6		3	3.1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.55	3.11	14	1	5	0	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.038	.40	0.04%	1.78	3t 12- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
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
8	243	35	Jun 1	PIT		BSN	W,5-4		W(3-1)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	2.94	10												10					0
9	244	37	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	2.84	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.032	2.41	0.04%	0.47	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
10	245	39	Jun 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	1-4		1	3.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.63	2.99	15	6	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.069	1.78	-0.10%	-1.84	1t -2- 0 out d2	4t 123 0 out d4
11	246	52	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(4-1)	13	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.42	2.85	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	0.257	6.78	0.36%	0.91	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
12	247	54	Jun 20(2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.84	4	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.82	0.067	4.82	0.11%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
							6-6		W-L:4-1,Sv:2	2.2	27.0	23	10	7	9	11	0	0	2.33	2.84	112	1.03		2%	5%	22	48	9	11%	1	1	0	101	2	0	2	4	0	2	1.16	0.172	2.80	0.15%	1.60

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