Max Lanier stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1938
Bio
- Debut
- 1938
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 327
- W
- 108
- L
- 82
- ERA
- 3.01
- IP
- 1619.1
- K
- 821
- BB
- 611
- WHIP
- 1.30
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | STL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4.20 | 45.0 | 14 | 28 | 1.89 |
| 1939 | STL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2.39 | 37.2 | 14 | 13 | 1.12 |
| 1940 | STL | 35 | 9 | 6 | 3.34 | 105.0 | 49 | 38 | 1.44 |
| 1941 | STL | 35 | 10 | 8 | 2.82 | 153.0 | 93 | 59 | 1.21 |
| 1942 | STL | 34 | 13 | 8 | 2.96 | 161.0 | 93 | 60 | 1.22 |
| 1943 | STL | 32 | 15 | 7 | 1.90 | 213.1 | 123 | 75 | 1.27 |
| 1944 | STL | 33 | 17 | 12 | 2.65 | 224.1 | 141 | 71 | 1.17 |
| 1945 | STL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.73 | 26.0 | 16 | 8 | 1.15 |
| 1946 | STL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 56.0 | 36 | 19 | 1.14 |
| 1949 | STL | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3.82 | 92.0 | 37 | 35 | 1.38 |
| 1950 | STL | 27 | 11 | 9 | 3.13 | 181.1 | 89 | 68 | 1.33 |
| 1951 | STL | 31 | 11 | 9 | 3.26 | 160.0 | 59 | 50 | 1.24 |
| 1952 | SF | 37 | 7 | 12 | 3.94 | 137.0 | 47 | 65 | 1.38 |
| 1953 |  SF/BAL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7.16 | 27.2 | 10 | 22 | 2.10 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.74
- IP
- 31.0
- K
- 25
- BB
- 12
- WHIP
- 1.16
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 91
- SHO
- 21
- K/9
- 4.6
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | STL | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SF | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | SF/BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Max Lanier's career stats?
Max Lanier played 14 seasons for the Cardinals and the Giants. He had 108 wins and 821 strikeouts with a 3.01 ERA over 1,619.1 innings. His best season was 1944: 17 wins, a 2.65 ERA and 141 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1938 to 1953
Championships ×3
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
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