Johnny Lanning

Full Name: John Young Lanning	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 17, 1936
Birthdate: September 6, 1910	Final Game: May 12, 1947
Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: November 8, 1989
Deathplace: Asheville, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 6, 1910 in Asheville, North Carolina, Johnny Lanning (John Young Lanning) played for the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 11 year career. Lanning broke into the bigs on April 17, 1936 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 153 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Lanning's best season was 1941, when he posted a 3.13 ERA and won 11 games.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1936	BOS	N	28	20	7	11	3.65	33	75	62	3	1	0	153	154	9	55	3	0
1937	BOS	N	32	11	5	7	3.93	37	59	51	4	1	2	116.2	107	10	40	3	1
1938	BOS	N	32	18	8	7	3.72	39	74	57	4	1	0	138	146	5	52	4	1
1939	BOS	N	37	6	5	6	3.42	45	53	49	3	0	4	129	120	6	53	1	2
1940	PIT	N	38	7	8	4	4.05	42	59	52	2	0	2	115.2	119	8	39	1	0
1941	PIT	N	34	23	11	11	3.13	41	72	61	9	0	1	175.2	175	6	47	2	0
1942	PIT	N	34	8	6	8	3.32	31	52	44	2	1	1	119.1	125	7	26	1	1
1943	PIT	N	12	2	4	1	2.33	11	10	7	0	0	2	27	23	0	9	0	0
1945	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	36.00	0	8	8	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0
1946	PIT	N	27	9	4	5	3.07	16	36	31	3	0	1	91	97	3	31	2	1
1947	BOS	N	3	0	0	0	9.82	0	5	4	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	6	0	0
Total			278	104	58	60	3.58	295	503	426	30	4	13	1071	1078	55	358	17	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	BOS	N	P	28	8	28	3	1	.923
1937	BOS	N	P	32	7	23	0	3	1.000
1938	BOS	N	P	32	7	24	3	3	.912
1939	BOS	N	P	37	12	25	3	3	.925
1940	PIT	N	P	38	8	22	3	2	.909
1941	PIT	N	P	34	12	41	0	2	1.000
1942	PIT	N	P	34	13	20	1	4	.971
1943	PIT	N	P	12	1	3	2	0	.667
1945	PIT	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1946	PIT	N	P	27	5	22	0	1	1.000
1947	BOS	N	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	278	73	212	15	19	.950

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1936	BOS	N	28	52	1	7	1	2	.135	.151	.192	0	1	11	0	2	3
1937	BOS	N	32	33	2	4	0	0	.121	.194	.121	0	3	12	0	2	0
1938	BOS	N	32	48	6	9	0	3	.188	.188	.188	0	0	10	0	2	1
1939	BOS	N	37	42	1	6	0	4	.143	.143	.190	2	0	7	0	2	1
1940	PIT	N	38	35	2	7	0	3	.200	.243	.257	2	2	8	0	3	0
1941	PIT	N	34	56	5	6	0	4	.107	.167	.161	3	3	8	1	6	1
1942	PIT	N	34	29	0	4	0	1	.138	.167	.241	3	1	7	0	2	2
1943	PIT	N	12	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946	PIT	N	27	21	0	3	0	0	.143	.182	.190	1	1	4	0	3	1
1947	BOS	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			278	322	17	47	1	17	.146	.177	.189	11	11	67	1	22	9

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Bees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jim Tobin and cash (December 6, 1939).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 31, 1947).
Signed by Boston Braves (@April 15, 1947).
Released by Boston Braves (May 15, 1947).

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