Johnny Vander Meer
John Samuel Vander Meer (The Dutch Master and Double No-Hit)
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left

Born: November 2, 1914 in Prospect Park, NJ
High School: Midland Park (Midland Park, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1933. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1937
Final Game: May 7, 1951
Died: October 6, 1997 in Tampa, FL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1937 22 CIN NL 3 5 .375 3.84 19 9 3 4 0 0 84.1 63 41 36 0 69 52 2 0 1 380 97 1.565 6.7 0.0 7.4 5.5 0.75
1938 23 CIN NL 15 10 .600 3.12 32 29 0 16 3 0 225.1 177 89 78 12 103 125 3 0 5 948 117 1.243 7.1 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.21 AS,MVP-18
1939 24 CIN NL 5 9 .357 4.67 30 21 4 8 0 0 129.0 128 76 67 7 95 102 2 2 3 593 82 1.729 8.9 0.5 6.6 7.1 1.07 AS
1940 25 CIN NL 3 1 .750 3.75 10 7 2 2 0 1 48.0 38 24 20 3 41 41 1 1 1 224 102 1.646 7.1 0.6 7.7 7.7 1.00
1941 26 CIN NL 16 13 .552 2.82 33 32 0 18 6 0 226.1 172 83 71 8 126 202 1 0 3 945 129 1.317 6.8 0.3 5.0 8.0 1.60
1942 27 CIN NL 18 12 .600 2.43 33 33 0 21 4 0 244.0 188 78 66 6 102 186 1 0 4 1017 136 1.189 6.9 0.2 3.8 6.9 1.82 AS,MVP-20
1943 28 CIN NL 15 16 .484 2.87 36 36 0 21 3 0 289.0 228 102 92 5 162 174 3 0 6 1204 116 1.349 7.1 0.2 5.0 5.4 1.07 AS
1946 31 CIN NL 10 12 .455 3.17 29 25 0 11 4 0 204.1 175 77 72 11 78 94 0 0 1 847 105 1.238 7.7 0.5 3.4 4.1 1.21 MVP-24
1947 32 CIN NL 9 14 .391 4.40 30 29 0 9 3 0 186.0 186 104 91 11 87 79 3 0 3 816 93 1.468 9.0 0.5 4.2 3.8 0.91
1948 33 CIN NL 17 14 .548 3.41 33 33 0 14 3 0 232.0 204 97 88 15 124 120 1 0 2 993 115 1.414 7.9 0.6 4.8 4.7 0.97 MVP-19
1949 34 CIN NL 5 10 .333 4.90 28 24 2 7 3 0 159.2 172 92 87 12 85 76 2 0 5 712 85 1.610 9.7 0.7 4.8 4.3 0.89
1950 35 CHC NL 3 4 .429 3.79 32 6 17 0 0 1 73.2 60 46 31 10 59 41 2 0 3 338 110 1.615 7.3 1.2 7.2 5.0 0.69
1951 36 CLE AL 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 21 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
13 Seasons 119 121 .496 3.44 346 285 28 131 29 2 2104.2 1799 915 805 100 1132 1294 21 3 37 9034 107 1.393 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .496 3.44 37 31 3 14 3 0 227 194 99 87 11 122 139 2 0 4 974 107 1.393 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14
CIN (11 yrs) 116 116 .500 3.41 313 278 11 131 29 1 2028.0 1731 863 768 90 1072 1251 19 3 34 8679 107 1.382 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.6 1.17
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 21 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
CHC (1 yr) 3 4 .429 3.79 32 6 17 0 0 1 73.2 60 46 31 10 59 41 2 0 3 338 110 1.615 7.3 1.2 7.2 5.0 0.69
NL (12 yrs) 119 120 .498 3.42 345 284 28 131 29 2 2101.2 1791 909 799 100 1131 1292 21 3 37 9017 108 1.390 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 21 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1940 25 CIN NL WS W DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1938 CIN NL 23 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1939 CIN NL 24
1942 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1943 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 10 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 20.3 6.00
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 32 0.692 5.2 0.0 1.0 11.4 11.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1937 22 3 5 .375 3.84 19 9 3 4 0 0 84.1 63 41 36 0 69 52 2 0 1 380 97 1.565 6.7 0.0 7.4 5.5 0.75 97
1938 23 18 15 .545 3.31 51 38 3 20 3 0 309.2 240 130 114 12 172 177 5 0 6 1328 110 1.330 7.0 0.3 5.0 5.1 1.03 110
1939 24 23 24 .489 3.71 81 59 7 28 3 0 438.2 368 206 181 19 267 279 7 2 9 1921 100 1.448 7.6 0.4 5.5 5.7 1.04 100
1940 25 26 25 .510 3.72 91 66 9 30 3 1 486.2 406 230 201 22 308 320 8 3 10 2145 100 1.467 7.5 0.4 5.7 5.9 1.04 100
1941 26 42 38 .525 3.43 124 98 9 48 9 1 713.0 578 313 272 30 434 522 9 3 13 3090 108 1.419 7.3 0.4 5.5 6.6 1.20 108
1942 27 60 50 .545 3.18 157 131 9 69 13 1 957.0 766 391 338 36 536 708 10 3 17 4107 113 1.361 7.2 0.3 5.0 6.7 1.32 113
1943 28 75 66 .532 3.11 193 167 9 90 16 1 1246.0 994 493 430 41 698 882 13 3 23 5311 114 1.358 7.2 0.3 5.0 6.4 1.26 114
1944 29 75 66 .532 3.11 193 167 9 90 16 1 1246.0 994 493 430 41 698 882 13 3 23 5311 114 1.358 7.2 0.3 5.0 6.4 1.26 114
1945 30 75 66 .532 3.11 193 167 9 90 16 1 1246.0 994 493 430 41 698 882 13 3 23 5311 114 1.358 7.2 0.3 5.0 6.4 1.26 114
1946 31 85 78 .521 3.12 222 192 9 101 20 1 1450.1 1169 570 502 52 776 976 13 3 24 6158 113 1.341 7.3 0.3 4.8 6.1 1.26 113
1947 32 94 92 .505 3.26 252 221 9 110 23 1 1636.1 1355 674 593 63 863 1055 16 3 27 6974 110 1.355 7.5 0.3 4.7 5.8 1.22 110
1948 33 111 106 .512 3.28 285 254 9 124 26 1 1868.1 1559 771 681 78 987 1175 17 3 29 7967 110 1.363 7.5 0.4 4.8 5.7 1.19 110
1949 34 116 116 .500 3.41 313 278 11 131 29 1 2028.0 1731 863 768 90 1072 1251 19 3 34 8679 107 1.382 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.6 1.17 107
1950 35 119 120 .498 3.42 345 284 28 131 29 2 2101.2 1791 909 799 100 1131 1292 21 3 37 9017 108 1.390 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14 108
1951 36 119 121 .496 3.44 346 285 28 131 29 2 2104.2 1799 915 805 100 1132 1294 21 3 37 9034 107 1.393 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14 107

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1937 22 4 5 .444 4.08 86.0 67 43 39 0 73 53 2 1.628 7.0 7.6 5.5 0.73 0.0 19
1938 23 15 10 .600 3.34 232.0 192 96 86 13 112 129 3 1.310 7.4 4.3 5.0 1.15 0.5 32
1939 24 5 9 .357 5.02 129.0 135 80 72 7 100 102 2 1.822 9.4 7.0 7.1 1.02 0.5 30
1940 25 3 2 .600 3.96 50.0 41 24 22 3 44 43 1 1.700 7.4 7.9 7.7 0.98 0.5 10
1941 26 15 9 .625 3.12 222.0 181 86 77 8 133 198 1 1.414 7.3 5.4 8.0 1.49 0.3 33
1942 27 18 9 .667 2.84 250.0 212 88 79 7 115 191 1 1.308 7.6 4.1 6.9 1.66 0.3 33
1943 28 17 13 .567 3.55 276.0 249 121 109 5 177 166 3 1.543 8.1 5.8 5.4 0.94 0.2 36
1946 31 11 11 .500 3.85 201.0 196 96 86 12 87 92 0 1.408 8.8 3.9 4.1 1.06 0.5 29
1947 32 10 11 .476 4.31 190.0 190 101 91 11 89 81 3 1.468 9.0 4.2 3.8 0.91 0.5 30
1948 33 14 11 .560 3.62 231.0 214 103 93 16 130 119 1 1.489 8.3 5.1 4.6 0.92 0.6 33
1949 34 7 10 .412 4.78 160.0 172 94 85 12 85 76 2 1.606 9.7 4.8 4.3 0.89 0.7 28
1950 35 4 4 .500 3.67 76.0 62 34 31 10 61 42 2 1.618 7.3 7.2 5.0 0.69 1.2 32
1951 36 0 0 21.00 3.0 9 8 7 0 1 2 0 3.333 27.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 1
13 Seasons 123 104 .542 3.75 2106.0 1920 974 877 104 1207 1294 21 1.485 8.2 5.5 1.07 0.4 346

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1938 (P)
1939
1942 *
1943 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1938-ML-Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1938-NL-18-2%
1942-NL-20-3%
1946-NL-24-2%
1948-NL-19-4%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1938 NL--3.115--10th
1941 NL--2.823--4th
1942 NL--2.434--4th
1948 NL--3.414--9th

Wins s c a p y
1938 NL--15--5th
1941 NL--16--8th
1942 NL--18--5th
1943 NL--15--6th
1948 NL--17--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 NL--.600--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 NL--1.188--8th
1946 NL--1.238--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL--7.069--1st
1941 NL--6.839--1st
1942 NL--6.934--2nd
1943 NL--7.100--2nd
1946 NL--7.708--6th
1948 NL--7.914--6th
Career--7.693--52nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL--4.993--2nd
1941 NL--8.032--1st
1942 NL--6.861--1st
1943 NL--5.419--1st
1946 NL--4.140--8th
1948 NL--4.655--6th
1949 NL--4.284--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1941 NL--226.3--10th
1942 NL--244.0--9th
1943 NL--289.0--2nd
1946 NL--204.3--8th
1948 NL--232.0--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 NL--125--3rd
1939 NL--102--6th
1941 NL--202--1st
1942 NL--186--1st
1943 NL--174--1st
1946 NL--94--9th
1948 NL--120--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1941 NL--32--4th
1942 NL--33--4th
1943 NL--36--1st
1948 NL--33--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1938 NL--16--8th
1941 NL--18--7th
1942 NL--21--4th
1943 NL--21--5th
1948 NL--14--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1938 NL--3--5th
1941 NL--6--2nd
1942 NL--4--5th
1943 NL--3--7th
1946 NL--4--3rd
1947 NL--3--6th
1948 NL--3--6th
1949 NL--3--8th
Career--29--124th

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 NL--11--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1938 NL--103--4th
1939 NL--95--4th
1941 NL--126--2nd
1942 NL--102--4th
1943 NL--162--1st
1947 NL--87--8th
1948 NL--124--1st
Career--1132--65th

Hits s c a p y
1943 NL--228--9th
1948 NL--204--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL--1.603--6th
1942 NL--1.824--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL--.318--5th
1942 NL--.221--5th
1943 NL--.156--3rd
1947 NL--.532--8th

Losses s c a p y
1943 NL--16--4th
1946 NL--12--10th
1947 NL--14--6th
1948 NL--14--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1943 NL--92--3rd
1946 NL--72--6th
1947 NL--91--5th
1948 NL--88--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1938 NL--5--8th
1942 NL--4--9th
1943 NL--6--2nd
1949 NL--5--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1941 NL--945--10th
1942 NL--1017--9th
1943 NL--1204--2nd
1946 NL--847--9th
1948 NL--993--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 NL--17--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL--129--4th
1942 NL--136--4th
1948 NL--115--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1951 AL--born 1914-11-02--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (109), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 85 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (392), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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