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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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: 9-19 / in Starts: 8-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 5

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	1	4	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	L,4-6	7-GF		99	2.2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	5.94	12	3	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.31	0.055	.76	0.08%	1.88	7t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
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
2	2	19	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-8	6-7		18	2.0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.86	5.67	11	5	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.04	-0.013	2.74	-0.02%	-0.58	6b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
3	3	25	May 13	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	GS-5		6	4.0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.19	5.62	20	5	6	0	2	6	35			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.132	3.48	-0.20%	-0.67	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a1
4	4	28	May 16	BSN		STL	L,5-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	2	2.0	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	5.91	5.28	13	3	4	0	0	4	34			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.279	2.98	-0.43%	-3.02	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
5	5	32	May 21	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.66	4.23	34	13	13	0	3	4	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	0.212	1.88	0.21%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	6	37	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.51	4.01	34	10	13	0	2	7	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.389	1.64	0.42%	4.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
7	7	43	May 30(1)	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	GS-10	L(2-2)	4	9.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.11	3.98	36	9	13	0	1	9	48			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.69	-0.092	2.82	-0.09%	0.02	1t start tie	10t 1-- 0 out tie
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	8	48	Jun 4	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	8	7	6	2	0	1	0	3.92	4.32	27	5	12	0	1	8	28			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.321	.98	-0.32%	-3.79	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d6
9	9	53	Jun 9	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	5.0	6	6	5	2	2	1	0	4.44	4.53	23	3	10	0	4	6	33			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.325	1.73	-0.46%	-3.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
10	10	57	Jun 14	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	4.45	4.94	24	15	1	0	0	5	47			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.059	.75	-0.04%	0.22	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
11	11	62	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,4-8	GS-6	L(2-6)	4	6.0	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.75	5.00	29	4	9	0	2	11	31			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.362	.96	-0.18%	-2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	12	66	Jun 23	BSN		CHC	L,6-8	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.94	7	3	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.044	.43	0.03%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
13	13	68	Jun 25(2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-8	GS-6	L(2-7)	1	5.1	7	5	5	4	0	0	0	4.90	4.99	26	8	7	3	1	7	30			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.198	.88	-0.07%	-1.46	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d2
Jul				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
14	14	75	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-8		8	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.94	6	0	5	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.123	.32	0.02%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out tie
15	15	81	Jul 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-9		7	8.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.50	4.99	31	9	14	1	3	5	63			0	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.092	.39	0.02%	1.66	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
16	16	87	Jul 18	BSN	@	STL	W,6-5	9-GF(11)	W(3-7)	5	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.35	4.98	10	4	3	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.45	0.559	1.39	0.14%	1.97	9b 12- 1 out tie	11b end a 1
17	17	89	Jul 19(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	5-GF(8)		0	4.0	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	4.25	4.83	17	8	0	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.026	.10	0.01%	0.47	5b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
18	18	91	Jul 22	BSN		CIN	L,4-7	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.17	4.77	6	3	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.116	.06	-0.01%	-0.95	8t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 4
19	19	95	Jul 26(2)	BSN		STL	L,5-8	7-7		3	1.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.23	4.79	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	-0.066	.06	-0.01%	-1.51	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
Aug				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
20	20	100	Aug 1	BSN		CHC	L,0-1	GS-10		5	10.0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.79	4.74	36	14	12	3	1	5	79			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.48	0.814	.07	0.02%	4.89	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	21	107	Aug 9(2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-5	GS-	L(3-8)	7	5.2	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3.58	4.70	24						52						22					0
22	22	111	Aug 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-9)	4	5.1	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.66	4.72	24	11	5	0	2	5	41			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	-0.115	.02	0.00%	-0.03	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
23	23	115	Aug 18	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	GS-6	L(3-10)	3	5.0	5	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.81	4.66	23	9	6	2	0	3	40			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-3.54	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d5
24	24	122	Aug 25(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	W(4-10)	6	9.0	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.83	4.74	34	24	0	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.156	.00	0.00%	0.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	25	126	Aug 29	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-10)	3	6.2	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.77	4.79	28	5	9	4	1	8	50			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.256	.00	0.00%	1.51	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a3
Sept				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
26	26	134	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-10)	7	8.1	13	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.67	4.79	41	11	14	2	0	12	45			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.25	-0.049	.00	0.00%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
27	27	144	Sep 16(1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-11)	9	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.68	4.76	29	8	13	0	1	6	51			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.063	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	28	150	Sep 22(1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	GS-9	W(7-11)	5	8.2	9	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.65	4.73	40	12	14	3	4	8	52			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.77	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.97	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
							9-19		W-L:7-11	4.3	153.0	155	75	62	55	33	9	0	3.65	4.73	650	1.07		5%	8%	143	48	10	30%	2	8	1	587	22	9	3	15	0	11	1.15	0.343	.86	-0.89%	4.67

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