About Tom Lanning
Lived 1907 – 1967 (aged 60). Tom Lanning was an American baseball player.
Thomas Newton Lanning (April 22, 1907 – November 4, 1967) was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher for one season with the Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a 0–1 record, with a 6.43 earned run average, and two strikeouts in seven innings pitched.
A single in his only at-bat left Lanning with a rare MLB career batting average of 1.000. His only decision came in the same game when the Phillies lost to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8–1, on September 24, 1938.
An alumnus of Wake Forest University, Lanning was born in Biltmore, North Carolina, and died in Marietta, Georgia, at the age of 60.
Lanning's younger brother, Johnny, was also an MLB pitcher.
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Who was Tom Lanning?
American baseball player (1907-1967)
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Tom Lanning was born on 22 April 1907 in Biltmore, North Carolina.
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Tom Lanning died on 4 November 1967 in Marietta.
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Tom Lanning was a baseball player.
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Tom Lanning was American.
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