:Rimp Lanier

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1948)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rimp Lanier

|position=Pinch hitter/Pinch runner

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1948|10|19}}

|birth_place=Tuskegee, Alabama

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 11

|debutyear=1971

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1971

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.000

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1971}})

}}

Lorenzo "Rimp" Lanier (born October 19, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. An outfielder and third baseman, Lanier had a September trial with the {{baseball year|1971}} Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He appeared in six games, five as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner, with five plate appearances, no hits and no runs scored. He reached base once when he was hit by a pitch thrown by Gary Gentry of the New York Mets on September 17.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1971/B09170PIT1971.htm 1971-9-17 box score from Retrosheet] Lanier was not on the postseason roster as the Pirates went on to win the National League pennant and the 1971 World Series.

Lanier stood {{convert|5|ft|8|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|150|lb}}, batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He played for seven seasons (1967–73) in the Pirates' farm system, batting .289 with 608 hits in 633 minor league games.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=lanier001lor Minor league statistics] from Baseball Reference