Lon Warneke
1930–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, MLS, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
459G
.223AVG
.266OBP
.267SLG
More career statistics
215H
4HR
97RBI
1SB
192–121W–L
2,782.1IP
1,140K
3.19ERA
343GS
13SV
8Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,080 | 1,079 |
| Batting · RBI | 97 | 99 |
| Pitching · p er | 986 | 984 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,726 | 2,729 |
| Pitching · p hr | 175 | 174 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,347 | 8,342 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,140 | 1,148 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,166 | 1,167 |
| Pitching · p w | 739 | 740 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 459 | 1,080 | 962 | 87 | 215 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 52 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 257 | .223 | .266 | .267 | .533 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,782.3 | 445 | 343 | 192 | 192 | 121 | 13 | 2,726 | 1,166 | 986 | 175 | 739 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 3.19 | 1.245 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1938-07-27 to 1938-08-30
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1942-08-23 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1941-08-30 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1936-07-16 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 233 | 551 | 117 | 1 | 52 | 24 | 69 | .237 | .256 | .287 |
| Away | 226 | 528 | 98 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 79 | .209 | .239 | .246 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | .233 | .263 | .256 |
| May | 77 | 204 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 24 | .243 | .275 | .356 |
| June | 77 | 188 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | .221 | .234 | .250 |
| July | 94 | 202 | 33 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 27 | .183 | .218 | .211 |
| August | 94 | 205 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 23 | .230 | .249 | .257 |
| September | 81 | 177 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 37 | .237 | .254 | .269 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 75 | 187 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 24 | .218 | .246 | .255 |
| new-york-giants | 75 | 175 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 24 | .206 | .229 | .232 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 64 | 153 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 23 | .209 | .255 | .261 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 59 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 18 | .232 | .254 | .288 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 142 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | .221 | .239 | .260 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 95 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .169 | .211 | .180 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 50 | 109 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | .283 | .266 | .323 |
| chicago-cubs | 31 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | .281 | .303 | .406 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs | 20 | 19 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .263 | 64 | 29 |
| 1932 | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 99 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .192 | 277 | 111 |
| 1933 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 100 | 30 | 2 | 13 | – | .300 | 287 | 133 |
| 1934 | Chicago Cubs | 52 | 113 | 22 | – | 10 | – | .195 | 291 | 143 |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs | 44 | 91 | 20 | – | 15 | – | .220 | 260 | 120 |
| 1936 | Chicago Cubs | 40 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 5 | – | .202 | 240 | 113 |
| 1937 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 80 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .263 | 238 | 87 |
| 1938 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 71 | 23 | – | 6 | – | .324 | 197 | 89 |
| 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 52 | 10 | – | 8 | – | .192 | 161 | 59 |
| 1940 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 13 | – | .209 | 232 | 85 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 77 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .117 | 246 | 83 |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 62 | 16 | – | 4 | – | .258 | 180 | 59 |
| 1943 | Chicago Cubs | 21 | 26 | 5 | – | – | 1 | .192 | 88 | 31 |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 6 |