Dick Lanahan
[edit] Biography
Born on September 27, 1911 in Washington, D.C., Dick Lanahan (Richard Anthony Lanahan) played for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 4 year career. Lanahan broke into the bigs on September 15, 1935 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.25 ERA in 108 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dick Lanahan's best season was 1940, when he posted a 4.25 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 5.66
| 10
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20.2
| 27
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12.71
| 2
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 16
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 8
| 6
| 8
| 4.25
| 45
| 63
| 51
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 108
| 121
| 8
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.25
| 5
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 8
| 6
| 9
| 4.35
| 50
| 72
| 58
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 120
| 134
| 9
| 45
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 8.16
| 12
| 29
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 43
| 4
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 13
| 6
| 13
| 5.15
| 62
| 101
| 87
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 152
| 177
| 13
| 75
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 32
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .667
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 34
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 35
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .114
| .114
| .114
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .333
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 42
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .119
| .159
| .119
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Washington Senators in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1939).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox (May 12, 1941).
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