Hy Vandenberg

Harold Harris Vandenberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 17, 1906 in Abilene, KS
High School: Washburn HS (Minneapolis, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1935
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/RedSox 1935-1945

Final Game: September 29, 1945
Died: July 31, 1994 in Bloomington, MN
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1930	24	BMG	B	40	89	89		20	2	3	1						.225	.225	.348	.573		31					BMG · IIIL
1931	25	BMG,MNE	B,AA	30	58	58		16	3	2	0						.276	.276	.397	.672		23					BMG,MNE · IIIL,AA
1932	26	MNE	AA	44	79	79		14	4	0	1						.177	.177	.266	.443		21					MNE · AA
1933	27	MNE	AA	50	76	76		16	3	2	0						.211	.211	.303	.513		23					MNE · AA
1934	28	OAK-MIN-min	A,AA	43	61	61		13	3	1	0						.213	.213	.295	.508		18					WPT,MNE,CNG · NYPL,AA,SOUA
1935	29	BOS-min	AA	30	59	59		6	2	0	0						.102	.102	.136	.237		8					SYR · IL
1935	29	BOS	AL	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	406	1		0	0	/1

1936	30	BOS-min	AA	45	80	80		16	2	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425		18					SYR · IL
1937	31	BLT	AA	40	86	86		14	2	0	0						.163	.163	.186	.349		16					BLT · IL
1937	31	NYG	NL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	/1
1938	32	SFG-min	AA	15	30	30		8	1	0	0						.267	.267	.300	.567		9					JER · IL
1938	32	NYG	NL	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1939	33	SFG-min	AA	34	73	73		12	2	1	0						.164	.164	.219	.384		16					JER · IL
1939	33	NYG	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1940	34	SFG-min	AA	17	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378		7					JER · IL
1940	34	NYG	NL	13	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	1	1	0	1	1

1941	35	STL-min	AA	33	71	66	4	14	1	0	0	2	0		2	12	.212	.235	.227	.463		15		0	3		ROC · IL
1942	36	CHC-min	AA	46	95	90	7	21	2	0	0	7	0		2	10	.233	.250	.256	.506		23	3	0	3		MLW · AA
1944	38	CHC	NL	35	42	38	3	9	0	0	0	5	0		1	2	.237	.256	.237	.493	40	9	1	0	3	1
1945	39	CHC	NL	30	34	32	4	4	0	1	0	2	0		1	4	.125	.152	.188	.339	-5	6	1	0	1	1
1946	40	CHW-min	AAA	18	21	21		4	0	0	0	1	0				.190	.190	.143	.333		3					OLD,MLW · PCL,AA
7 Yrs				90	97	89	7	15	0	1	0	8	0	0	3	11	.169	.196	.191	.387	8	17	4	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	175	160	13	27	0	2	0	14	0		5	20	.169	.196	.191	.387	8	31		0	9

NYG (4 yrs)				22	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	1	2	0	1
CHC (2 yrs)				65	76	70	7	13	0	1	0	7	0		2	6	.186	.208	.214	.423	19	15	2	0	4
BOS (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	406	1		0	0

NL (6 yrs)				87	96	88	7	14	0	1	0	8	0		3	11	.159	.187	.182	.369	3	16	4	0	5
AL (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	406	1		0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1935	29	BOS	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1

1937	31	NYG	NL	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.424	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1938	32	NYG	NL	6	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.489	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1939	33	NYG	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1940	34	NYG	NL	13	10	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1944	38	CHC	NL	35	42	-3	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1945	39	CHC	NL	30	34	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
7 Seasons				90	97	-11	0	0	0	9	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$

NYG (4 yrs)				22	20	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.492	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				65	76	-8	0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$
BOS (1 yr)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1935	29	BOS	AL	1	0	1		116	1.000	1.000	.295	1.000	.368	1.000	.426	2.000	.794	406	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000

1937	31	NYG	NL	4	5	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.281	.000	.343	.000	.399	.000	.742	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1938	32	NYG	NL	4	4	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.276	.000	.340	.000	.393	.000	.733	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1939	33	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.282	.000	.348	.000	.402	.000	.750	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1940	34	NYG	NL	10	9	0	0.0	99	.125	.125	.273	.222	.338	.125	.393	.347	.731	-2	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.250	.125	.000

1944	38	CHC	NL	42	33	2	1.6	93	.250	.237	.267	.256	.334	.237	.375	.493	.709	40	.150	-3.1	-0.3	.333	.026	.000
1945	39	CHC	NL	34	30	1	0.9	95	.143	.125	.271	.152	.340	.188	.374	.339	.714	-5	.054	-4.8	-0.5	.241	.094	.063
7 Yrs				97	83	4	1.3	96	.192	.169	.271	.196	.338	.191	.379	.387	.717	8	.100	-11.4	-1.2	.256	.056	.022
162 Game Avg.				175	149	7	1.3	96	.192	.169	.271	.196	.338	.191	.379	.387	.717	8	.100	-11.4	-1.2	.256	.056	.022

NYG (4 yrs)				20	20	0	0.0	100	.077	.056	.276	.105	.340	.056	.395	.161	.736	-55	.000	-3.9	-0.4	.105	.056	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				76	63	3	1.3	94	.203	.186	.269	.208	.337	.214	.374	.423	.711	19	.100	-7.9	-0.8	.288	.057	.029
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	1		116	1.000	1.000	.295	1.000	.368	1.000	.426	2.000	.794	406		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				96	83	3	1.0	95	.182	.159	.270	.187	.338	.182	.379	.369	.716	3	.062	-11.8	-1.2	.244	.057	.023
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1		116	1.000	1.000	.295	1.000	.368	1.000	.426	2.000	.794	406		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	39	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1935	29	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%

1937	31	NYG	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			50%
1938	32	NYG	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			25%
1939	33	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
1940	34	NYG	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			8.0	80%

1944	38	CHC	NL	42	0.0%	4.8%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	2.00	19.0		7.6	86%
1945	39	CHC	NL	34	0.0%	11.8%	2.9%	2.9%	25%	4.00	8.0		16.0	82%
7 Yrs				97	0.0%	11.3%	3.1%	1.0%	7%	3.67	8.1		11.1	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.8%	8.7%	6.4%	27%	1.01	10.1	67.4	8.2	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1935	29	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	406	1		0
1936	30	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	406	1		0
1937	31	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	1	0
1938	32	10	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	1	0
1939	33	12	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	1	0
1940	34	25	21	19	0	2	0	1	1	5	.105	.150	.105	.255	-30	2	2	1
1941	35	25	21	19	0	2	0	1	1	5	.105	.150	.105	.255	-30	2	2	1
1942	36	25	21	19	0	2	0	1	1	5	.105	.150	.105	.255	-30	2	2	1
1943	37	25	21	19	0	2	0	1	1	5	.105	.150	.105	.255	-30	2	2	1
1944	38	60	63	57	3	11	0	6	2	7	.193	.220	.193	.413	16	11	3	4
1945	39	90	97	89	7	15	1	8	3	11	.169	.196	.191	.387	8	17	4	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1935	29	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	3

1937	31	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1938	32	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1939	33	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1940	34	14	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	13

1944	38	36	43	39	3	9	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	.231	.250	.231	.481	2	35
1945	39	31	35	33	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	4	.121	.147	.182	.329	1	30
7 Yrs		93	99	91	8	14	0	1	0	6	0	3	11	.154	.181	.176	.357	4	90
162 Game Avg.		162	172	159	14	24	0	2	0	10	0	5	19	.154	.181	.176	.357	7	90

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