Was Max Manning a pitcher?

Yes. Max Manning pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 440 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Max Manning hit?

Max Manning hit 2 career home runs with 61 hits.

What teams did Max Manning play for?

Max Manning played for one team, the Newark Eagles (1939–1943, 1946–1948).

What awards did Max Manning win?

Max Manning was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Max Manning's career stats?

In 122 games, Max Manning went 58-30 with a 3.35 ERA, 440 strikeouts, 742.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 61 hits and 2 home runs.

What position did Max Manning play?

Max Manning played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Max Manning and how much did he weigh?

Max Manning was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 180 pounds.

What was Max Manning's career ERA?

Max Manning finished with a 3.35 career ERA, going 58-30 with 440 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Max Manning have?

Max Manning recorded 440 career strikeouts.

Is Max Manning in the Hall of Fame?

No. Max Manning has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Max Manning make?

Max Manning was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Max Manning

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Max Manning was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Newark Eagles. Across 122 career appearances, he went 58-30 with a 3.35 ERA and 440 strikeouts. He also batted .197 with 2 home runs. Max Manning was a 2-time All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 18865.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 58–30

ERA 3.35

WHIP 1.25

SO 440

Pitcher PIV 18865.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 180 lb
Born: 11/18/1918 in Rome, GA, USA
Died: 6/23/2003 in Pleasantville, NJ, USA
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Maxwell Cornelius Manning

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Max Manning — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
385.0	363.0	36.0	67.0	7.0	0	2.0	32.0	14.0	2.0	1.0	.185	.214	.220	.434

Pitching

Max Manning — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
78	45	122	91	47	4	1023.0	931	486	114	34	238	336	1.00	1.14

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Max Manning — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	18.0	18.0	0	2.0	1.0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278
Listed seasons · 1	18	18	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	.111	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Max Manning — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1949	10	4	11	10	6	2	108.0	91	35	16	4	7	10	1.33	0.91
Listed seasons · 1	10	4	11	10	6	2	108.0	91	35	16	4	7	10	1.33	0.91

Career Pitching Statistics

Max Manning — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
58	30	122	87	63	4	4	742.0	698	276	18	230	440	3.35	18865.7

Career ERA 3.35 vs. league average 3.89 across their career seasons — 14.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Max Manning Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1939	NE	NN2	1	3	8	6	3	1	0	42.0	51	20	22	15	4.29	4.28 (avg)	-98.6
1940	NE	NN2	10	6	22	12	7	0	2	109.2	111	56	50	68	4.60	4.21 (-9%)	1502.0
1941	NE	NN2	8	5	22	13	7	0	0	113.2	128	57	34	80	4.51	3.94 (-15%)	2218.5
1942	NE	NN2	7	5	15	12	9	1	0	104.0	79	32	29	52	2.77	3.57 (+22%)	2917.1
1943	NE	NN2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	11	6	2	8	6.00	3.50 (-71%)	0.0
1946	NE	NN2	11	2	19	12	11	0	2	120.1	115	40	24	67	2.99	3.59 (+17%)	2613.3
1947	NE	NN2	12	4	20	17	13	1	0	130.0	115	43	31	77	2.98	3.97 (+25%)	5187.7
1948	NE	NN2	9	4	15	14	12	1	0	113.1	88	22	38	73	1.75	4.10 (+57%)	4525.8
Career · 8 seasons			58	30	122	87	63	4	4	742.0	698	276	230	440	3.35	—	18,866

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Max Manning — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
143	310	34	61	4	1	2	30	1	10	3	.197	.222	.235	.457	-1,097

Career AVG .197 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 24.9% below league average.

Career OBP .222 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 33.4% below league average.

Career SLG .235 vs. league average .370 across their career seasons — 36.4% below league average.

Career OPS .457 vs. league average .703 across their career seasons — 35.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Max Manning — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1939	NE	NN2	8	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1940	NE	NN2	22	47	7	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	.255	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	NE	NN2	24	50	5	9	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	.180	.262 (-31%)	.332 (-36%)	.373 (-52%)	.705 (-45%)	-346.2
1942	NE	NN2	15	41	1	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	.122	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	NE	NN2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	NE	NN2	25	51	8	14	0	0	1	9	0	3	0	.275	.256 (+7%)	.328 (-4%)	.358 (-7%)	.687 (-6%)	-44.9
1947	NE	NN2	26	54	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.148	.262 (-44%)	.336 (-51%)	.376 (-61%)	.712 (-56%)	-481.4
1948	NE	NN2	22	49	9	10	1	0	1	10	0	2	0	.204	—	—	—	—	-225.0
Career · 8 seasons			143	310	34	61	4	1	2	30	1	10	3	.197	—	—	—	—	-1,097

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Max Manning — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231

Playoff Batting by Year

Max Manning — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1946	NWS	NE	4	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
1939	NLP1	NE	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Max Manning — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	5	3	0	28.0	30	15	9	26	4.82

Playoff Pitching by Year

Max Manning — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1946	NWS	NE	1	1	3	2	0	17.1	16	9	6	15	4.67
1939	NLP1	NE	1	1	2	1	0	10.2	14	6	3	11	5.06

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Max Manning — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	90	160	15	29	2	18	.181
Away	70	131	13	24	0	13	.183

Pitching — Home / Away

Max Manning — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	81	479.0	412	42	108	137	0.79
Away	62	378.2	344	44	90	119	1.05

Last 10 Games — Batting

Max Manning — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI
1949-08-26	HOE	MEM	W	0	0	0	0
1949-08-21	HOE	NY6	L	3	0	0	0
1949-08-16	HOE	BLG	W	4	0	0	0
1949-08-11	HOE	KCM	W	4	1	1	2
1949-08-07	HOE	KCM	W	4	0	0	0
1949-07-24	HOE	LCB	W	0	0	0	0
1949-07-18	HOE	IN9	W	0	0	0	0
1949-07-13	HOE	IN9	W	0	0	0	0
1949-07-10	HOE	IN9	W	0	0	0	0
1949-07-01	HOE	MEM	L	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Max Manning — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-08-26	HOE	MEM	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-21	HOE	NY6	L	8.0	10	6	6	2	4	2
1949-08-16	HOE	BLG	W	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	0
1949-08-11	HOE	KCM	W	9.0	7	4	4	0	2	1
1949-08-07	HOE	KCM	W	8.2	11	4	4	2	2	0
1949-07-24	HOE	LCB	W	9.0	7	2	0	0	0	0
1949-07-18	HOE	IN9	W	9.0	10	5	0	0	0	1
1949-07-13	HOE	IN9	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	0
1949-07-10	HOE	IN9	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-01	HOE	MEM	L	8.0	4	1	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Max Manning — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2	1	0	1	1	0
P	122	87	13	176	9	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Max Manning — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1939	NE	P	8	6	0	11	0	0
1940	NE	P	22	12	2	26	1	0
1941	NE	OF	1	1	0	1	1	0
1941	NE	P	22	13	0	22	2	1
1942	NE	P	15	12	3	26	2	1
1943	NE	P	1	1	0	0	1	0
1946	NE	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1946	NE	P	19	12	2	33	0	3
1947	NE	P	20	17	4	32	2	1
1948	NE	P	15	14	2	26	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Max Manning — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	122
Left Field	1
Right Field	1

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Max Manning: the record in brief

The season rows for Max Manning begin in 1939. Every season row on the page belongs to the Newark Eagles, from 1939 through 1948. Manning played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on November 18, 1918, in Rome, GA, USA, Manning was listed at 6'4" and 180 pounds. The bio records the death on June 23, 2003, in Pleasantville, NJ, USA. Max Manning was the playing name; the full given name is Maxwell Cornelius.

Manning's career pitching line is 58 wins, 30 losses and a 3.35 ERA over 122 appearances. Manning had 440 strikeouts and 63 complete games. Against a 3.89 league ERA for the same years, Manning was 14.0% better. The best win total was 12, in 1947. The strikeout high was 80 in 1941. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.75 in 1948, when the league's was 4.10. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 18,865.7 for Manning's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Max Manning

Was Max Manning a pitcher?: Yes. Max Manning pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 440 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Max Manning hit?: Max Manning hit 2 career home runs with 61 hits.
What teams did Max Manning play for?: Max Manning played for one team, the Newark Eagles (1939–1943, 1946–1948).
What awards did Max Manning win?: Max Manning was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Max Manning's career stats?: In 122 games, Max Manning went 58-30 with a 3.35 ERA, 440 strikeouts, 742.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 61 hits and 2 home runs.
What position did Max Manning play?: Max Manning played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Max Manning and how much did he weigh?: Max Manning was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 180 pounds.
What was Max Manning's career ERA?: Max Manning finished with a 3.35 career ERA, going 58-30 with 440 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Max Manning have?: Max Manning recorded 440 career strikeouts.
Is Max Manning in the Hall of Fame?: No. Max Manning has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Max Manning make?: Max Manning was selected to 2 All-Star Games.