Career
The right-hander played his entire career for the Saint Louis Browns. Born in Louisa, Kentucky, he stood 6 feet (18 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg). He logged six shutouts and 28 complete games, and earned six saves.
Fannin"s best season was probably 1948, when he went 10–14, with ten complete games, and 102 strikeouts, the only season he struck out more than 100.
Over his MLB career, Fannin allowed 763 hits and 393 bases on balls in 733 innings. He died at age 42 in Sandusky, Ohio, of a coronary occlusion.