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Historical player · 1938–1953

Max Lanier

B/T R/L · HT 71 · WT 180 · Born 8/18/1915 · From Denton, NC USA · Debut 1938-04-20 · Final 1953-07-04

Career · batting

328

535

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.185 · 0.415

Career · pitching

327

204

1,619.3

W-L

108-82

821

ERA

3.01

WHIP

1.30

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1938–1951

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Hits

#439 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 C. O'Leary

↓ 1 B. Skinner

RBI

#534 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Bragg

↓ 1 T. Woodson

Runs

#431 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 W. Westlake

↓ 1 W. Davis

#501 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Bonilla

↓ 1 R. Cedeno

Career with the New York Giants · 1952–1953

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Hits

#920 on the Giants

↑ 1 A. Adams

↓ 1 J. Wittig

RBI

#1,069 on the Giants

↑ 1 M. Becker

↓ 1 A. Zabala

Runs

#980 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 A. Allanson

#1,139 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Adames

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1953–1953

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Hits

#1,233 on the Browns

↑ 1 M. Adamson

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#6,247 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 R. Williams

RBI

#7,177 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

↓ 1 B. Walker

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1938	Cardinals	NL	18	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.100	—	0.100
1939	Cardinals	NL	7	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0.286	—	0.286
1940	Cardinals	NL	35	30	3	6	0	0	0	1	5	0.200	—	0.200
1941	Cardinals	NL	35	52	3	10	0	0	0	1	5	0.192	—	0.192
1942	Cardinals	NL	34	47	6	12	0	0	4	5	5	0.255	—	0.255
1943	Cardinals	NL	32	73	8	12	0	0	5	1	5	0.164	—	0.164
1944	Cardinals	NL	33	77	11	14	1	0	2	4	2	0.182	—	0.195
1945	Cardinals	NL	4	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.182	—	0.182
1946	Cardinals	NL	6	25	1	5	0	0	2	1	1	0.200	—	0.200
1949	Cardinals	NL	15	27	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0.074	—	0.074
1950	Cardinals	NL	27	68	5	11	1	1	10	3	10	0.162	—	0.206
1951	Cardinals	NL	31	53	2	8	0	0	1	1	5	0.151	—	0.151
1952	Giants	NL	38	41	4	11	2	0	2	1	4	0.268	—	0.317
1953	Giants	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1953	Browns	AL	10	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.167	—	0.167
Career			328	535	46	99	4	1	27	23	45	0.185	0.219	0.196

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1938	Cardinals	NL	0	3	18	3	0	45.0	57	21	28	14	4.20	1.89
1939	Cardinals	NL	2	1	7	6	0	37.7	29	10	13	14	2.39	1.12
1940	Cardinals	NL	9	6	35	11	3	105.0	113	39	38	49	3.34	1.44
1941	Cardinals	NL	10	8	35	18	3	153.0	126	48	59	93	2.82	1.21
1942	Cardinals	NL	13	8	34	20	2	161.0	137	53	60	93	2.96	1.22
1943	Cardinals	NL	15	7	32	25	3	213.3	195	45	75	123	1.90	1.27
1944	Cardinals	NL	17	12	33	30	0	224.3	192	66	71	141	2.65	1.17
1945	Cardinals	NL	2	2	4	3	0	26.0	22	5	8	16	1.73	1.15
1946	Cardinals	NL	6	0	6	6	0	56.0	45	12	19	36	1.93	1.14
1949	Cardinals	NL	5	4	15	15	0	92.0	92	39	35	37	3.82	1.38
1950	Cardinals	NL	11	9	27	27	0	181.3	173	63	68	89	3.13	1.33
1951	Cardinals	NL	11	9	31	23	1	160.0	149	58	50	59	3.26	1.24
1952	Giants	NL	7	12	37	16	5	137.0	124	60	65	47	3.94	1.38
1953	Giants	NL	0	0	3	0	0	5.3	8	4	3	2	6.75	2.06
1953	Browns	AL	0	1	10	1	0	22.3	28	18	19	8	7.25	2.10
Career			108	82	327	204	17	1,619.3	1,490	541	611	821	3.01	1.30

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	327	0	0.0	78	324	17	25