Max Lanier career WHIP
1.30Career Regular Season
Max Lanier has a career WHIP of 1.30 over 14 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.12 in 1939.
- Most recent: 2.10 in 1953.
Average of 14 regular seasons, 1938 through 1953. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  STL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4.20 | 45.0 | 14 | 28 | 1.89 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2.39 | 37.2 | 14 | 13 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL | 35 | 9 | 6 | 3.34 | 105.0 | 49 | 38 | 1.44 | 3 |
| 1941 | STL | 35 | 10 | 8 | 2.82 | 153.0 | 93 | 59 | 1.21 | 3 |
| 1942 | STL | 34 | 13 | 8 | 2.96 | 161.0 | 93 | 60 | 1.22 | 2 |
| 1943 | STL | 32 | 15 | 7 | 1.90 | 213.1 | 123 | 75 | 1.27 | 3 |
| 1944 | STL | 33 | 17 | 12 | 2.65 | 224.1 | 141 | 71 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.73 | 26.0 | 16 | 8 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 56.0 | 36 | 19 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3.82 | 92.0 | 37 | 35 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 27 | 11 | 9 | 3.13 | 181.1 | 89 | 68 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | 31 | 11 | 9 | 3.26 | 160.0 | 59 | 50 | 1.24 | 1 |
| 1952 |  SF | 37 | 7 | 12 | 3.94 | 137.0 | 47 | 65 | 1.38 | 5 |
| 1953 |  SF/BAL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7.16 | 27.2 | 10 | 22 | 2.10 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV