John Lannan
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| Washington Nationals – No. 31 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Born: September 27, 1984 Long Beach, New York |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| July 26, 2007 for the Washington Nationals | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 38-51 |
| Earned run average | 4.00 |
| Strikeouts | 393 |
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John Edward Lannan (born September 27, 1984 in Long Beach, New York) is a left-handed starting pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.
Following his time as captain of the Chaminade High School baseball team, Lannan was selected by the Washington Nationals out of Siena College in the 11th round (324th overall) of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft.
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[edit] Minor Leagues
He pitched for the low Single-A Vermont Expos in 2005 and the Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats in 2006, compiling ERA's of 5.26 and 4.76 respectively. In 2007, however, he blazed through the minors. He began the year for the high-A Potomac Nationals going 6-0 with an ERA of 2.13 and was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg. He went 3–2 with a 3.25 ERA and got bumped up to Triple-A Columbus, where he started six games, and went 3–1 with a 1.75 ERA—and all of this before July ended.
[edit] Major Leagues
The Nationals, decimated by starting injuries to their pitching staff, purchased his contract on July 26, 2007, for Lannan to start against the Philadelphia Phillies. In his debut, behind 3–2 with one out in the fifth inning, Lannan hit Chase Utley with a fastball (breaking Utley's hand) and then hit Ryan Howard on the next pitch, whereupon umpire Hunter Wendelstedt immediately ejected Lannan from the game; Lannan was the first Major Leaguer in a decade to be tossed from his debut. The next would be current Astros pitcher Kyle Weiland who was tossed in his debut with the Boston Red Sox in 2011. [1] Lannan picked up his first Major League win, in his second start, six days later, in which he held the Cincinnati Reds hitless through three and scoreless through five inning before allowing two runs in the sixth.
On August 6, 2007, in just his third major league start, found himself on the national stage as he faced the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park in Barry Bonds's first start after tying Hank Aaron's Major League Baseball's home run record. The 22-year old Lannan held Bonds to no hits; in four plate appearances Bonds fouled out to third, walked, grounded into a double play, and, as Lannan's last batter, struck out on a 3-2 curveball with two out and one on in the seventh.[2] Lannan finished with seven innings of one-run ball pitched, although the Nats went on to lose 3-2 in 11 innings.
He ended the year with a 2-2 record and an ERA of 4.15 in six starts, becoming one of the Nationals best starters. Over the next two years, he pitched more than 385 total innings with an ERA under 3.90. Only 22 other pitchers did that,[3] earning him the starter position for opening day in 2009 and 2010.[3]
Lannan threw his first complete game on June 6, 2009, a 7-1 win over the New York Mets, and a month and a half later threw his first complete game shutout on July 21, 2009, a 4-0 shutout of the Mets.
His 2010 season started off poorly, allowing seven hits, three walks, and five runs in only 3-2/2 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies on Opening Day.[4] After a stretch of two weeks in June, where in three games, he compiled a 10.38 ERA while allowing 38 base runners in 13 innings, on June 21, 2010, Lannan was optioned to the class AA Harrisburg Senators.[3] He was sent to AA rather than AAA because he had previously worked well with Harrisburg pitching coach Randy Tomlin.[3]
On July 22, 2011, Lannan hit his first career home run off Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was a two-run home run, giving the Nationals a 3-0 lead, en route to a 7-2 win at Dodger Stadium.
[edit] References
- ^ Ladson, Bill (July 26, 2007). "Lannan ejected against Phils: Left-hander plunks Utley and Howard in big-league debut". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?c_id=mlb&content_id=2110881&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_mlb&ymd=20070726. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Nick Cafardo (August 7, 2007). "Standup guy Lannan keeps Bonds at bay". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2007/08/07/standup_guy_lannan_keeps_bonds_at_bay/.
- ^ a b c d Kilgore, Adam (June 21, 2010). "John Lannan sent to Class AA Harrisburg (final update)". Nationals Journal. The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/06/john_lannan_sent_to_class_aa_h.html. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "John Lannan, Game Logs, 2010, Pitching". Fangraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playerid=7080&position=P&season=2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
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