Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 445
- W
- 192
- L
- 121
- ERA
- 3.18
- IP
- 2782.1
- K
- 1,140
- BB
- 739
- WHIP
- 1.25
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 1.1 | 0 | 5 | 5.25 |
| 1931 | CHC | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3.22 | 64.1 | 27 | 37 | 1.62 |
| 1932 | CHC | 35 | 22 | 6 | 2.37 | 277.0 | 106 | 64 | 1.12 |
| 1933 | CHC | 36 | 18 | 13 | 2.00 | 287.1 | 133 | 75 | 1.17 |
| 1934 | CHC | 43 | 22 | 10 | 3.21 | 291.1 | 143 | 66 | 1.16 |
| 1935 | CHC | 42 | 20 | 13 | 3.06 | 261.2 | 120 | 50 | 1.17 |
| 1936 | CHC | 40 | 16 | 13 | 3.45 | 240.1 | 113 | 76 | 1.34 |
| 1937 | STL | 36 | 18 | 11 | 4.53 | 238.2 | 87 | 69 | 1.46 |
| 1938 | STL | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3.97 | 197.0 | 89 | 64 | 1.34 |
| 1939 | STL | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3.78 | 162.0 | 59 | 49 | 1.29 |
| 1940 | STL | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3.14 | 232.0 | 85 | 47 | 1.22 |
| 1941 | STL | 37 | 17 | 9 | 3.15 | 246.0 | 83 | 82 | 1.26 |
| 1942 |  STL/CHC | 27 | 11 | 11 | 2.73 | 181.0 | 59 | 36 | 1.15 |
| 1943 | CHC | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3.16 | 88.1 | 30 | 18 | 1.13 |
| 1945 | CHC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 14.0 | 6 | 1 | 1.21 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.77
- IP
- 26.0
- K
- 13
- BB
- 9
- WHIP
- 1.27
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 192
- SHO
- 30
- K/9
- 3.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | CHC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHC | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHC | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | STL | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | STL | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | STL | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL/CHC | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Lon Warneke's career stats?
Lon Warneke played 15 seasons for the Cubs and the Cardinals. He had 192 wins and 1,140 strikeouts with a 3.18 ERA over 2,782.1 innings. His best season was 1932: 22 wins, a 2.37 ERA and 106 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1930 to 1945
Championships
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
All-time career rank
- 140th in wins (pitching) (192)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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