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Max Lanier

American baseball player

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Also known as Hubert Max Lanier

Born: August 18, 1915
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Died: January 30, 2007
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Birthplace: Denton
Place of death: Dunnellon
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Hubert Max Lanier was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and St. Louis Browns. He led the National League in earned run average in 1943, and was the winning pitcher of the clinching game in the 1944 World Series against the Browns. His son Hal became a major league infielder and manager.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

15 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	18	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.182	.100	.282
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	7	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.333	.286	.619
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	35	30	3	6	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.226	.200	.426
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	35	52	3	10	0	0	0	1	5	.192	.208	.192	.400
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	34	47	6	12	0	0	4	5	5	.255	.327	.255	.582
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	32	73	8	12	0	0	5	1	5	.164	.176	.164	.340
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	33	77	11	14	1	0	2	4	2	.182	.222	.195	.417
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	4	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364
1946	St. Louis Cardinals	6	25	1	5	0	0	2	1	1	.200	.231	.200	.431
1949	St. Louis Cardinals	15	27	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	.074	.167	.074	.241
1950	St. Louis Cardinals	27	68	5	11	1	1	10	3	10	.162	.197	.206	.403
1951	St. Louis Cardinals	31	53	2	8	0	0	1	1	5	.151	.167	.151	.318
1952	New York Giants	38	41	4	11	2	0	2	1	4	.268	.286	.317	.603
1953	New York Giants	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1953	St. Louis Browns	10	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333
Career		328	535	46	99	4	1	27	23	45	.185	.219	.196	.415

MLB pitching stats — season by season

15 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	0	3	18	3	1	0	0	45.0	57	21	1	28	14	4.20	1.889
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	2	1	7	6	2	0	0	37.2	29	10	0	13	14	2.39	1.115
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	9	6	35	11	4	2	3	105.0	113	39	1	38	49	3.34	1.438
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	10	8	35	18	8	2	3	153.0	126	48	4	59	93	2.82	1.209
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	13	8	34	20	8	2	2	161.0	137	53	4	60	93	2.96	1.224
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	15	7	32	25	14	2	3	213.1	195	45	3	75	123	1.90	1.266
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	17	12	33	30	16	5	0	224.1	192	66	5	71	141	2.65	1.172
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	2	2	4	3	3	0	0	26.0	22	5	0	8	16	1.73	1.154
1946	St. Louis Cardinals	6	0	6	6	6	2	0	56.0	45	12	1	19	36	1.93	1.143
1949	St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	15	15	4	1	0	92.0	92	39	5	35	37	3.82	1.380
1950	St. Louis Cardinals	11	9	27	27	10	2	0	181.1	173	63	13	68	89	3.13	1.329
1951	St. Louis Cardinals	11	9	31	23	9	2	1	160.0	149	58	14	50	59	3.26	1.244
1952	New York Giants	7	12	37	16	6	1	5	137.0	124	60	11	65	47	3.94	1.380
1953	New York Giants	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	1	3	2	6.75	2.063
1953	St. Louis Browns	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	22.1	28	18	2	19	8	7.25	2.104
Career		108	82	327	204	91	21	17	1,619.1	1,490	541	65	611	821	3.01	1.297

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Given name: Max
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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Family name: Lanier
League: Major League Baseball
Awards: North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame(2001)

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