Johnny Vander Meer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: November 2, 1914 in Prospect Park, NJ us

Died: October 6, 1997 in Tampa, FL

Buried: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, FL

High School: Midland Park HS (Midland Park, NJ)

Debut: April 22, 1937 (Age 22-171d, 8,231st in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 7, 1951 (Age 36-186d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: John Samuel Vander Meer

Nicknames: The Dutch Master or Double No-Hit

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

119

121

ERA

3.44

346

286

2104.2

1294

WHIP

1.393

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,7-6		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9 (4)	May 5	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	19 (9)	May 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,9-16	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	22 (2)	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	25 (2)	May 21 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	33 (7)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	GS	29	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	39 (5)	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	41 (1)	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	44 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	49 (4)	Jun 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-6	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	50	Jun 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-10		11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	54 (3)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	57 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	GS	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	61 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8		30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	68 (6)	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,4-5		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
17	71 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	74 (2)	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,5-13	GF	12	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	78 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	81 (2)	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	L,0-7	GF	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	87 (5)	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-13	GF	10	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
22	91 (3)	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	93 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	100 (6)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	106 (5)	Aug 14	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	114 (7)	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,5-6		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	118 (3)	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	122 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	127 (4)	Sep 3	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	GF	4	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
30	136 (8)	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-12		11	2.2	0	1	1	2	0
31	139 (2)	Sep 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	GF	11	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	152 (12)	Sep 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							32gm		74.0	4	14	3	21	0