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Max
Lanier		  
Nickname: Mad Max
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 187
 
Born: August 18, 1915 in Usa, NC, DENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1949   
All-Star Selections 1940    1942    1944    1946    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 22 DET AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8
1939 23 DET AL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10
1940 24 DET AL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 10 10 10
1941 25 DET AL $ 300,000 9 8 7 8 6 5 5 9 9 9
1942 26 DET AL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 9 9
1943 27 DET AL $ 6,000,000 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1944 28 DET AL $ 6,000,000 8 8 7 8 6 5 5 9 9 9
1945 29 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 8 8
1946 30 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1947 31 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1948 32 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1949 33 TAM AL $ 6,000,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 8
1950 34 TAM AL $ 6,000,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
1951 35 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3
1952 36 TAM AL $ 600,000 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 9 8 7 8 7 6 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 22 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1939 23 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1940 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1941 25 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1942 26 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1943 27 DET AL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1944 28 DET AL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1945 29 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1946 30 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1947 31 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1948 32 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1949 33 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1950 34 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1951 35 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1952 36 TAM AL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 22 DET AL 6 6 .500 15 15 8 2 0 113.3 118 35 1 41 61 2.78 .271 .331 .319 .649 10.8
    AAA   12 9 .571 24 24 2 1 0 174.3 161 65 5 71 134 3.36 .243 .316 .320 .636  
1939 23 DET AL 11 9 .550 23 23 11 1 0 189.3 187 75 6 57 83 3.57 .261 .315 .352 .667 13.3
    AAA   5 7 .417 15 15 2 1 0 110.7 108 42 3 41 73 3.42 .247 .312 .330 .641  
1940 24 DET AL 17 11 .607 40 40 14 1 0 322.3 284 120 6 132 160 3.35 .235 .308 .319 .627 26.8
1941 25 DET AL 4 4 .500 12 12 3 0 0 90.3 102 49 2 33 48 4.88 .288 .348 .390 .738 3.6
    AAA   1 1 .500 6 6 0 0 0 43.3 38 14 0 11 38 2.91 .224 .271 .300 .571  
1942 26 DET AL 25 12 .676 43 43 12 1 0 346.7 286 127 11 145 148 3.30 .225 .303 .326 .629 30.8
1943 27 DET AL 17 15 .531 44 44 6 0 0 314.0 303 141 5 132 169 4.04 .254 .327 .341 .668 21.7
1944 28 DET AL 18 13 .581 41 41 9 2 0 307.3 271 136 13 143 148 3.98 .239 .321 .352 .674 22.2
1945 29 DET AL 3 6 .333 14 14 2 0 0 98.0 106 65 5 48 50 5.97 .275 .353 .381 .734 0.0
  CIN NL 19 3 .864 27 27 3 0 0 203.3 148 49 8 85 117 2.17 .203 .286 .285 .571 22.9
  TOT   22 9 .710 41 41 5 0 0 301.3 254 114 13 133 167 3.40 .228 .309 .318 .628 22.9
1946 30 CIN NL 23 10 .697 39 39 3 2 0 273.3 232 96 19 115 140 3.16 .229 .305 .331 .637 22.8
1947 31 CIN NL 19 10 .655 41 41 5 0 0 291.3 267 120 21 135 138 3.71 .245 .326 .359 .685 21.3
1948 32 CIN NL 19 10 .655 40 40 7 1 0 274.0 253 106 17 147 136 3.48 .249 .341 .351 .692 19.0
1949 33 TAM AL 23 10 .697 44 44 4 1 0 308.7 266 122 14 144 166 3.56 .232 .316 .317 .633 25.0
1950 34 TAM AL 3 8 .273 18 18 3 0 0 111.0 122 69 11 68 66 5.59 .288 .384 .425 .808 3.1
1951 35 CIN NL 1 3 .250 26 1 0 0 0 48.3 57 27 6 30 23 5.03 .298 .389 .455 .845 2.5
1952 36 AA   3 2 .600 34 0 0 0 1 31.7 31 20 7 18 35 5.69 .258 .355 .500 .855  
14 Years Sim 208 130 .615 467 442 90 11 0 3291.3 3002 1337 145 1455 1653 3.66 .244 .322 .342 .664 245.9
3 Years AAA 18 17 .514 45 45 4 2 0 328.3 307 121 8 123 245 3.32 .242 .309 .320 .629  
1 Years AA 3 2 .600 34 0 0 0 1 31.7 31 20 7 18 35 5.69 .258 .355 .500 .855  
4 Years Minors 21 19 .525 79 45 4 2 1 360.0 338 141 15 141 280 3.53 .243 .313 .336 .649  
Season Average 14 9 .609 33 31 6 0 0 235.1 214 95 10 103 118 3.66 .244 .322 .342 .664  
Career Highs 25 15 .710 44 44 14 2 0 346.7 303 141 21 147 169 5.59 .298 .389 .455 .845  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2164 927 101 999 1113   .257 .336 .359 .695
vs LH   838 410 44 456 540   .215 .297 .305 .602
Home 104 66 .612 237 225 42 8 0 1677.0 1526 688 74 726 854 3.69 .243 .322 .338 .660
Away 104 64 .619 230 217 48 3 3 1614.3 1476 649 71 729 799 3.62 .244 .326 .345 .671
Mar/Apr 30 23 .566 73 73 18 2 0 509.6 452 233 27 263 246 4.11 .240 .333 .351 .684
May 32 23 .582 79 74 18 2 0 551.3 485 228 31 254 273 3.72 .240 .325 .348 .672
June 38 19 .667 79 71 11 1 0 537.6 481 213 21 248 268 3.57 .240 .323 .333 .656
July 36 22 .621 77 72 11 2 0 544.3 516 222 22 224 261 3.67 .250 .324 .341 .665
August 33 27 .550 85 78 13 0 0 578.0 567 242 25 247 312 3.77 .257 .332 .352 .684
Sep/Oct 39 16 .709 74 74 19 4 3 570.3 501 199 19 219 293 3.14 .236 .307 .325 .632
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 22 DET AL 15 36 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .167 .162 .167 .329 0.6 0.0
1939 23 DET AL 23 64 5 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .141 .167 .219 .385 1.5 0.0
1940 24 DET AL 40 113 15 20 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 14 .177 .197 .212 .409 3.1 0.0
1941 25 DET AL 12 29 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .241 .290 .241 .532 2.0 0.0
1942 26 DET AL 43 121 8 20 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 11 .165 .198 .190 .388 3.3 0.0
1943 27 DET AL 44 106 7 20 3 0 1 16 0 0 1 6 .189 .194 .245 .440 5.2 0.0
1944 28 DET AL 41 98 5 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 11 .173 .198 .184 .382 2.7 0.0
1945 29 DET AL 14 36 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .139 .162 .167 .329 0.0 0.0
  CIN NL 27 78 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .154 .175 .167 .342 0.9 0.0
  TOT   41 114 6 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 10 .149 .171 .167 .338 1.0 0.0
1946 30 CIN NL 39 106 6 18 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 7 .170 .178 .198 .376 1.1 0.0
1947 31 CIN NL 41 103 8 27 1 0 0 12 0 0 2 11 .262 .283 .272 .555 8.2 0.0
1948 32 CIN NL 40 105 7 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 .190 .190 .219 .410 3.6 0.0
1949 33 TAM AL 44 108 11 22 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 9 .204 .225 .213 .438 4.3 0.0
1950 34 TAM AL 18 37 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .216 .216 .216 .432 1.3 0.0
1951 35 CIN NL 26 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
14 Years Sim 467 1145 80 212 22 1 2 93 0 0 25 104 .185 .203 .211 .414 38.2 0.0
162 Game Average 397 27 73 7 0 0 32 0 0 8 36 .185 .203 .211 .414 13.3  
Career Highs 44 121 15 27 3 1 1 16 0 0 5 14 .262 .290 .400 .600 8.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   802 59 152 17 1 1 67 0 0 17 64 .190 .207 .217 .424 24.6
vs LH   343 21 60 5 0 1 26 0 0 8 40 .175 .194 .198 .392 7.6
Home 237 536 40 109 11 1 1 46 0 0 14 61 .203 .225 .233 .458 22.2
Away 217 609 40 103 11 0 1 47 0 0 11 43 .169 .183 .192 .375 10.0
RISP   316 0 62 4 0 1 88 0 0 6 46 .196 .209 .218 .428 10.5
Close/Late   77 5 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 5 .195 .215 .234 .449 2.9
Mar/Apr 73 173 10 28 2 0 0 19 0 0 4 17 .162 .180 .173 .353 1.9
May 74 192 15 37 4 1 1 11 0 0 3 18 .193 .204 .240 .444 7.0
June 71 189 15 35 2 0 1 18 0 0 4 11 .185 .202 .212 .414 5.5
July 77 186 14 31 4 0 0 16 0 0 5 22 .167 .193 .188 .381 3.2
August 78 202 13 47 5 0 0 14 0 0 5 18 .233 .250 .257 .507 11.4
Sep/Oct 74 203 13 34 5 0 0 15 0 0 4 18 .167 .184 .192 .376 3.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 22 DET AL P 15 15 113.3 5 22 0 2 1.000 2.14    
1939 23 DET AL P 23 23 189.3 6 39 2 0 .957 2.14    
1940 24 DET AL P 40 40 322.3 16 50 3 4 .957 1.84    
1941 25 DET AL P 12 12 90.3 3 19 0 3 1.000 2.19    
1942 26 DET AL P 43 43 346.7 14 57 2 1 .973 1.84    
1943 27 DET AL P 44 44 314.0 17 55 4 3 .947 2.06    
1944 28 DET AL P 41 41 307.3 19 48 1 4 .985 1.96    
1945 29 DET AL P 14 14 98.0 4 20 1 1 .960 2.20    
  CIN NL P 27 27 203.3 7 42 1 3 .980 2.17    
  TOT   P 41 41 301.3 11 62 2 4 .973 2.18    
1946 30 CIN NL P 39 39 273.3 16 51 1 6 .985 2.21    
1947 31 CIN NL P 41 41 291.3 14 43 1 5 .983 1.76    
1948 32 CIN NL P 40 40 274.0 14 46 3 1 .952 1.97    
1949 33 TAM AL P 44 44 308.7 13 56 4 5 .945 2.01    
1950 34 TAM AL P 18 18 111.0 10 20 2 6 .938 2.43    
1951 35 CIN NL P 26 1 48.3 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.49    
Career Totals   467 442 3291.3 162 572 25 44 .967 2.01    
Career Highs   44 44 346.7 19 62 4 6 1.000 2.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1945 29 CIN NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 17 5 3 4 5 2.81 .274 .318 .435 .754
1946 30 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 5 2 0 0 1 19.3 16 8 1 10 15 3.72 .225 .321 .338 .659
1947 31 CIN NL 1 1 .500 7 2 0 0 2 17.3 16 4 0 10 7 2.08 .246 .347 .277 .624
1948 32 CIN NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 9 1 0 9 11 0.66 .188 .316 .292 .607
1949 33 TAM AL 2 2 .500 4 4 0 0 0 27.3 22 10 4 16 15 3.29 .227 .336 .392 .728
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 3 .625 20 12 0 0 3 93.7 80 28 8 49 53 2.69 .233 .329 .353 .682
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1945 29 CIN NL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 30 CIN NL 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571
1947 31 CIN NL 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 32 CIN NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 33 TAM AL 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 20 30 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .067 .065 .067 .131
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1939-7-3.57
1940-2-3.35
1942-3-3.30
1943-10-4.04
1944-9-3.98
1945-1-2.17
1946-4-3.16
1947-8-3.71
1948-7-3.48
1949-1-3.56
 Wins
1940-9-17
1942-1-25
1943-10-17
1944-8-18
1945-6-19
1946-3-23
1947-7-19
1948-8-19
1949-1-23
 Winning Pct
1940-6-.607
1942-3-.676
1945-1-.864
1946-5-.697
1947-6-.655
1948-7-.655
1949-1-.697
CAR-34-.615
 Games Started
1942-7-43
1943-1-44
1944-5-41
1946-6-39
1947-3-41
1949-1-44
 Complete Games
1942-9-12
1944-9-9
 Shutouts
1938-5-2
1942-8-1
1944-5-2
1946-9-2
1949-5-1
Innings Pitched
1940-9-322.3
1942-2-346.7
1943-9-314.0
1944-7-307.3
1947-9-291.3
1949-7-308.7
 Strikeouts
1940-9-160
1942-5-148
1943-4-169
1944-9-148
1946-9-140
1947-8-138
1948-9-136
1949-2-166
 Walks Allowed
1940-5-132
1942-2-145
1943-3-132
1944-6-143
1946-7-115
1947-7-135
1948-5-147
1949-5-144
CAR-29-1455
 Hits per 9IP
1939-9-8.9
1940-1-7.9
1942-2-7.4
1943-7-8.7
1944-3-7.9
1945-1-6.6
1946-4-7.6
1947-6-8.2
1948-9-8.3
1949-1-7.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1940-8-4.5
1943-7-4.8
1945-4-5.2
1946-9-4.6
1947-10-4.3
1949-3-4.8
 WHiP
1939-7-1.29
1940-8-1.29
1942-6-1.24
1944-10-1.35
1945-1-1.15
1946-7-1.27
1949-5-1.33
OAVG
1939-10-.261
1940-1-.235
1942-2-.225
1943-7-.254
1944-3-.239
1945-1-.203
1946-3-.229
1947-6-.245
1948-10-.249
1949-1-.232
 OOBP
1940-7-.308
1942-5-.303
1945-1-.286
1946-7-.305
1947-10-.326
1949-4-.316
 OSLG
1939-3-.352
1940-1-.319
1942-1-.326
1943-3-.341
1944-4-.352
1945-1-.285
1946-4-.331
1947-7-.359
1948-8-.351
1949-1-.317
CAR-35-.342
 OOPS
1939-5-.667
1940-1-.627
1942-2-.629
1943-3-.668
1944-4-.674
1945-1-.571
1946-3-.637
1947-6-.685
1949-1-.633
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 194    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Bart Johnson (902)
  7. Pat Malone (898)
  8. Harry Brecheen (890)
  9. Red Embree (889)
  10. Ralph Birkofer (879)
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  1. Marius Russo (995)
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  4. Ray Benge (985)
  5. Red Embree (982)
  6. Gary Peters (981)
  7. Hal Newhouser (981)
  8. Harry Brecheen (979)
  9. Frank Baumann (977)
  10. Carl Scheib (973)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Detroit in 1938
Had first career hit on 8/3/1938, off Ivy Andrews (SEM)
Earned first career win on 8/23/1938
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1939, off Cy Blanton (MIN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1940, going 5-1, 1.65
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Injured on 7/20/1940 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/10/1941 with a Broken Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1941 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1942, going 5-1, 1.98
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1942, going 6-0, 2.25
Won Platinum Arm in 1942, going 25-12, 3.30 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1944, going 5-0, 2.06
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1944, going 4-0, 1.90
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 6/1/1945 (Going to CIN: P Max Lanier, 2B Moe Franklin. Going to DET: P Joe Dobson, SS Billy Cox)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1945, winning 2 games with a 1.88 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1945, going 6-0, 2.04
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1945, going 6-1, 0.96
Won Platinum Arm in 1945, going 22-9, 3.40 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 8/27/1946 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
6/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1949 (Going to TAM: P Harry Brecheen, P Max Lanier, 1B Lou Stringer. Going to CIN: 2B Babe Barna, P Howie Krist)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1949, going 4-1, 2.77
Won Platinum Arm in 1949, going 23-10, 3.56 ERA
Injured on 6/11/1950 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: P Johnny Beazley, P Harry Brecheen, P Max Lanier. Going to TAM: 2B Ralph Lapointe)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/12/1952 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
 
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