Max Lanier

1938–1953 · bats R / throws L · NLS, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals

328G

.185AVG

.219OBP

.196SLG

More career statistics

99H

0HR

27RBI

0SB

108–82W–L

1,619.1IP

821K

3.01ERA

204GS

17SV

6Rare 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 · Strikeouts	45	46
Pitching · Batters faced	6,772	6,775
Pitching · p er	542	535
Pitching · p h	1,490	1,488
Pitching · p hr	65	64
Pitching · p ipouts	4,858	4,856
Pitching · p k	821	820
Pitching · p r	631	632
Pitching · p w	611	610

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
328	599	535	46	99	4	1	0	27	23	45	0	0	0	0	105	.185	.219	.196	.415

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1,619.3	327	204	91	108	82	17	1,490	631	542	65	611	821	0	0	3.01	1.297

Streaks

6longest hitting streak · 1944-07-29 to 1944-08-22

6longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
80	Three Balks	1950-05-17	1 in 4,657 games	box score ↗
75	Faced the Minimum	1951-08-11	1 in 2,759 games	box score ↗
62	Ten Walks	1952-07-17	1 in 747 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	176	284	50	0	16	13	26	.202	.222	.218
Away	152	315	49	0	11	10	20	.171	.187	.178

By month

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	29	56	11	2	2	3	.216	.232	.255
May	60	108	9	4	8	11	.098	.157	.098
June	55	82	14	8	1	6	.197	.183	.225
July	66	123	21	9	5	8	.188	.211	.196
August	55	112	23	4	1	12	.223	.214	.233
September	62	115	20	0	6	6	.194	.226	.194
October	1	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
brooklyn-dodgers	58	126	21	7	11	14	.188	.254	.188
chicago-cubs	50	116	13	1	2	10	.118	.129	.118
pittsburgh-pirates	47	59	8	2	3	4	.167	.186	.167
cincinnati-reds	47	87	14	4	4	7	.182	.207	.195
boston-braves	47	85	19	3	0	2	.237	.224	.263
new-york-giants	33	54	11	5	2	2	.239	.241	.239
philadelphia-phillies	26	54	11	4	0	5	.234	.204	.277
st-louis-cardinals	10	12	1	1	1	1	.111	.167	.222

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	18	10	1	–	–	–	.100	45	14
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	7	14	4	–	–	–	.286	37	14
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	35	30	6	–	–	–	.200	105	49
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	35	52	10	–	–	–	.192	152	92
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	34	47	12	–	4	–	.255	160	93
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	32	73	12	–	5	–	.164	213	123
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	33	77	14	–	2	–	.182	224	141
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	4	11	2	–	–	–	.182	26	16
1946	St. Louis Cardinals	6	25	5	–	2	–	.200	56	36
1949	St. Louis Cardinals	15	27	2	–	1	–	.074	92	36
1950	St. Louis Cardinals	27	68	11	–	10	–	.162	181	89
1951	St. Louis Cardinals	31	53	8	–	1	–	.151	160	60
1952	New York Giants	38	41	11	–	2	–	.268	137	47
1953	New York Giants, St. Louis Browns	13	7	1	–	–	–	.143	27	10