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Max Lanier played 14 major-league seasons (1938-1953) as a P (327). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 23 | SLN | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .282 | -18 |
| 1939 | 24 | SLN | 7 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .619 | 73 |
| 1940 | 25 | SLN | 35 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .426 | 22 |
| 1941 | 26 | SLN | 35 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .192 | .400 | 17 |
| 1942 | 27 | SLN | 34 | 47 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .255 | .582 | 77 |
| 1943 | 28 | SLN | 32 | 73 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .164 | .340 | 1 |
| 1944 | 29 | SLN | 33 | 77 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .182 | .417 | 22 |
| 1945 | 30 | SLN | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .364 | 5 |
| 1946 | 31 | SLN | 6 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .431 | 26 |
| 1949 | 34 | SLN | 15 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .074 | .241 | -31 |
| 1950 | 35 | SLN | 27 | 68 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .162 | .403 | 10 |
| 1951 | 36 | SLN | 31 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .151 | .318 | -11 |
| 1952 | 37 | NY1 | 38 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .268 | .603 | 73 |
| 1953 | 38 | SLA | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .333 | -7 |
| 1953 | 38 | NY1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 23 | SLN | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 28 | 4.20 | 90 |
| 1939 | 24 | SLN | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.2 | 14 | 13 | 2.39 | 164 |
| 1940 | 25 | SLN | 35 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 105 | 49 | 38 | 3.34 | 115 |
| 1941 | 26 | SLN | 35 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 153 | 93 | 59 | 2.82 | 129 |
| 1942 | 27 | SLN | 34 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 161 | 93 | 60 | 2.96 | 112 |
| 1943 | 28 | SLN | 32 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 213.1 | 123 | 75 | 1.90 | 178 |
| 1944 | 29 | SLN | 33 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 224.1 | 141 | 71 | 2.65 | 136 |
| 1945 | 30 | SLN | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 1.73 | 219 |
| 1946 | 31 | SLN | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | 19 | 1.93 | 177 |
| 1949 | 34 | SLN | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 37 | 35 | 3.82 | 106 |
| 1950 | 35 | SLN | 27 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 181.1 | 89 | 68 | 3.13 | 133 |
| 1951 | 36 | SLN | 31 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 160 | 59 | 50 | 3.26 | 121 |
| 1952 | 37 | NY1 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 137 | 47 | 65 | 3.94 | 95 |
| 1953 | 38 | SLA | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22.1 | 8 | 19 | 7.25 | 55 |
| 1953 | 38 | NY1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 2 | 3 | 6.75 | 64 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | P | 18 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1939 | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 35 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 1941 | P | 35 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942 | P | 34 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
| 1943 | P | 32 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 1 | 2 |
| 1944 | P | 33 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 3 |
| 1945 | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950 | P | 27 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| 1951 | P | 31 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 5 |
| 1952 | P | 37 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 4 |
| 1953 | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1944.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 27 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
Max Lanier ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #116 | starting pitchers | 1943 | 178 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.