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    • Max Lanier

    American baseball player (–)

    Baseball player

    Max Lanier

    Lanier on a Bowman Gum card

    Pitcher
    Born:()August 18,
    Denton, North Carolina, U.S.
    Died: January 30, () (aged&#;91)
    Lecanto, Florida, U.S.
    April 20,&#;,&#;for the&#;St.

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    July 4,&#;,&#;for the&#;St. Louis Browns
    Win–loss record–82
    Earned run average
    Strikeouts
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    Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, – January 30, ) was an American professional baseballpitcher.

    He spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals, but also played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Browns.

    Max lanier biography Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, – January 30, ) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals, but also played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Browns.

    He led the National League in earned run average in , and was the winning pitcher of the clinching game in the World Series against the Browns. His son Hal became a major league infielder and manager.

    Career

    Born in Denton, North Carolina, Lanier was one of a handful of players who remained active during the World War II years.

    A naturally right-handed player, he had become a left-handed pitcher only because he twice broke his right arm in childhood. After signing with the Cardinals in , he reached the major leagues in He had arguably his best season in , compiling a 15–7 record with a league-best ERA. In he won a career-high 17 games and was the winner of the final game of the World Series against the crosstown Browns.

    He was named an NL All-Star in both and

    Lanier, along with a dozen other major leaguers, defected to the Mexican League in after being offered a salary nearly double what he was making with the Cardinals.

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    • In 18 games with the Azules de Veracruz, he worked to an 8–3 record and a league-leading ERA.[1] However, disappointed by poor playing conditions and allegedly broken contract promises, he tried to return to the Cardinals in but was barred by an order from commissioner Happy Chandler, imposing a five-year suspension on all players who had jumped to the Mexican League.

    In response, Lanier and teammate Fred Martin, as well as Danny Gardella of the New York Giants, sued Major League Baseball in federal court, challenging baseball's reserve clause as a violation of U.S. antitrust law (preceding the similar suit by Curt Flood some 25 years later). Chandler reinstated Lanier and the other players in June [2] Lanier immediately held out for more money than he was being paid at the time of his leaving for Mexico,[3] but eventually signed a contract paying him the same amount as in [4]

    Lanier rejoined the Cardinals in After winning a total of games for the club, he ended his career with the New York Giants (–53) and the Browns ().

    Over fourteen seasons, Lanier posted a –82 record with strikeouts and a ERA in &#;3innings pitched, including 21 shutouts and 91 complete games.

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    Lanier's son Hal, would play in professional baseball for ten years.[5]

    Lanier died at age 91 in Lecanto, Florida.[6] He was posthumously inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame on August 20,

    See also

    References

    1. ^"Quién es quién "(PDF) (in Spanish).

      Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p.&#; Retrieved June 7,

    2. ^"Chandler Reinstates Outlawed Ball Players: Big League Players Who Jumped to Mexican Loop Forgiven; Few Expected to Make Grade". Beaver (Pennsylvania) Valley Times.

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      Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, – January 30, ) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals, but also played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Browns.

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    3. ^Johnson, Vince (June 10, ). "Once Over Lightly: Max Lanier Holds Out for More". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p.&#; Retrieved March 22,
    4. ^"Max Lanier signs Card contract for $11,".

      See full list on baseball-reference.com A hard-throwing southpaw and two-time All-Star, Max Lanier won 45 games and posted an impressive earned-run average from to for the St. Louis Cardinals, who captured three consecutive National League pennants and two World Series championships in those seasons.

      Archived from the original on April 21, Retrieved October 8,

    5. ^"22 HOUSTON ASTROS". Sports Illustrated. April 14, Archived from the original on November 27,
    6. ^Goldstein, Richard (February 9, ). "Max Lanier, 91, Who Challenged Baseball's Reserve Clause, Is Dead". The New York Times.

      Retrieved March 22,

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