Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

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

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

ERA

3.58

278

104

1071.0

295

WHIP

1.341

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 14-19 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 5

1941 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1941 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	168	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	11-GF(11)	W(1-0)	99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.78	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.132	4.74	0.14%	0.47	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
2	169	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(1)	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.53	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.650	7.83	-0.79%	-1.52	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end d 1
3	170	12	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.93	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
4	171	15	May 2	PIT	@	NYG	T,7-7	9-GF(13)		2	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.19	17	14	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.10	0.670	2.53	0.48%	2.42	9b --- 0 out tie	13b end tie
5	172	19	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(1-1)	4	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	3.45	9	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	-0.687	5.51	-0.54%	-1.52	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
6	173	20	May 11	PIT		STL	L,4-7	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.43	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.007	.35	0.01%	0.48	9t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 3
7	174	24	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	2.08	3.65	35	6	15	2	0	6	60			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.127	1.54	0.08%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	175	33	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-7	5-6		9	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.84	4.41	9	3	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.177	.25	-0.07%	-1.87	5b -2- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d3
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
9	176	37	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	6	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.77	3.78	29	15	1	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.062	.43	0.02%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	177	41	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.60	25	10	8	0	0	5	61			0	1	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	0	.88	0.183	.45	0.06%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	178	45	Jun 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.58	3	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.050	.60	0.02%	0.88	8b 1-- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
12	179	51	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,6-9	GS-7		8	6.2	8	6	5	2	0	1	0	3.10	3.91	30	12	9	1	1	7	34			0	0	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.396	.31	-0.06%	-3.00	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
13	180	55	Jun 22(2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	6-7		2	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.81	9	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.075	.19	-0.02%	-1.05	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
14	181	57	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	L,0-8	GS-1	L(1-4)	1	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.95	3.87	6	1	1	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.270	.38	-0.05%	-2.88	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d3
15	182	61	Jun 29(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	4	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.44	3.66	35	22	2	0	1	3	75			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.212	.07	0.02%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
16	183	66	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-2	L(2-5)	4	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.65	7	1	1	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.221	.20	-0.02%	-2.51	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d2
17	184	70	Jul 6(2)	PIT		CHC	W,13-4		S(1)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.99	3.79	11												11					0
18	185	72	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.58	3.62	34						73						32	2	0			0
19	186	77	Jul 16(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-3	L(3-6)	3	3.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.69	3.68	14	5	4	1	2	3	43			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.100	.21	-0.01%	-0.67	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
20	187	82	Jul 20(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.38	3.68	35	12	11	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.528	.33	0.09%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
21	188	88	Jul 25(2)	PIT		BRO	W,8-2	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.23	3.55	34	8	14	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	33	2	3	0	1	0	0	.71	0.144	.42	0.05%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	189	94	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	GS-8	W(6-6)	5	7.2	10	6	5	3	1	0	0	3.45	3.56	35	18	4	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.60	0.087	.32	0.03%	-2.57	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a3
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
23	190	99	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.15	3.56	34	11	16	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	0.352	.64	0.13%	3.26	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
24	191	103	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(7-7)	3	8.0	10	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.00	3.56	37						57						33	3	0			0
25	192	107	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GS-9	L(7-8)	4	8.1	6	6	2	2	1	0	0	2.94	3.54	36	26	1	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	3	1.28	-0.139	.56	-0.04%	-0.28	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a1
26	193	112	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.18	3.68	14	1	6	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.362	.34	-0.07%	-3.42	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d2
27	194	117	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.10	3.61	34	13	11	1	2	7	64			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.084	.02	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	195	124	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	10	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.96	3.56	39						61						37	1	0			0
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
29	196	130	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(10-8)	6	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.91	3.59	35	12	14	2	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.470	.00	0.00%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	197	135	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-	L(10-9)	3	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.97	3.55	25						45						24					0
31	198	137	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	W,10-7	8-8	BW(11-9)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.56	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.16	8t 1-3 1 out a1	8t 3 out tie
32	199	141	Sep 12(2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-5	GS-8	L(11-10)	1	7.1	12	4	3	3	0	0	0	2.99	3.58	38	22	1	0	0	12	37			2	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d4
33	200	146	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GS-8		5	7.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.06	3.55	31	13	10	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.204	.00	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
34	201	152	Sep 24	PIT		STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(11-11)	5	5.1	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.13	3.56	25	8	9	1	2	6	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-1.54	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d3
							14-19		W-L:11-11,Sv:1,BSv:3	3.6	175.2	176	72	61	47	41	6	0	3.13	3.56	742	1.71		3%	2%	132	53	8	50%	3	3	0	684	28	13	4	8	0	9	1.12	0.117	.54	-0.55%	2.03

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Lanning Pages

Johnny Lanning Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Johnny Lanning Pages at Baseball Reference