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Johnny Vander Meer

John Samuel Vander Meer (The Dutch Master or Double No-Hit)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 2, 1914 in Prospect Park, NJ
High School: Midland Park HS (Midland Park, NJ)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1933. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1937
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs/Indians 1937-1951

Final Game: May 7, 1951
Died: October 6, 1997 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, FL
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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 10 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 5 948 118 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 83 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 3 945 128 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 135 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 117 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 1 847 106 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 94 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 86 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 3 338 111 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 24 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
13 Yrs 119 121 .496 3.44 346 286 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 0 226 194 98 87 11 122 139 2 0 4 972 107 1.393 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.5 1.14
CIN (11 yrs) 116 116 .500 3.41 313 279 11 131 29 1 2028.0 1731 863 768 90 1072 1251 19 3 34 8679 108 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 24 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 3 338 111 1.615 7.3 1.2 7.2 5.0 0.69
NL (12 yrs) 119 120 .498 3.42 345 285 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 24 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1937 22 CIN NL 84.1 19 10 41 4.38 4.44 -0.07 0.00 96.0 4.33 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.6 8 .498 .500 $3,500
1938 23 CIN NL 225.1 32 29 89 3.55 4.44 0.25 0.00 97.4 4.08 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 3.2 34 .548 .510 $ AS,MVP-18
1939 24 CIN NL 129.1 30 21 76 5.29 4.38 0.34 0.00 99.4 4.01 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .441 .489 $12,000 AS
1940 25 CIN NL 48.0 10 7 24 4.50 4.47 0.55 0.00 100.0 3.92 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .469 .498 $
1941 26 CIN NL 226.1 33 32 83 3.30 4.23 0.13 0.00 98.7 4.04 20 2.2 1.0 -0.1 4.2 43 .567 .514 $
1942 27 CIN NL 244.0 33 33 78 2.88 3.85 0.20 0.00 98.8 3.61 22 2.7 -0.1 4.5 41 .581 .516 $ AS,MVP-20
1943 28 CIN NL 288.1 36 36 102 3.18 3.94 0.27 0.00 99.1 3.63 14 1.7 -0.2 3.8 39 .548 .511 $ AS
1946 31 CIN NL 204.1 29 25 77 3.39 4.14 0.37 0.00 97.9 3.69 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.5 28 .527 .505 $ MVP-24
1947 32 CIN NL 186.0 30 29 104 5.03 4.65 -0.32 0.00 100.9 5.01 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.5 22 .495 .499 $
1948 33 CIN NL 232.0 33 33 97 3.76 4.65 -0.20 0.00 99.7 4.83 27 3.0 -0.1 5.0 54 .591 .518 $ MVP-19
1949 34 CIN NL 158.2 28 24 92 5.22 4.62 -0.06 0.00 103.2 4.83 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.1 0.7 12 .474 .496 $
1950 35 CHC NL 74.0 32 6 46 5.59 4.86 -0.07 0.00 99.8 4.92 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 0.1 3 .484 .497 $
1951 36 CLE AL 3.0 1 1 6 18.00 4.47 0.09 0.00 84.0 3.68 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .181 .498 $
13 Seasons 2103.2 346 286 915 3.91 4.32 0.11 0.00 99.2 4.18 64 8.1 1.0 -1.2 25.1 276 .524 .504 $15,500
CIN (11 yrs) 2026.2 313 279 863 3.83 4.30 0.12 0.00 99.2 4.15 74 9.0 1.0 -1.1 25.3 277 .529 .505 $15,500
CLE (1 yr) 3.0 1 1 6 18.00 4.47 0.09 0.00 84.0 3.68 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .181 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 74.0 32 6 46 5.59 4.86 -0.07 0.00 99.8 4.92 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 0.1 3 .484 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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 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 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 Yrs (3 GP) 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 33 CIN NL 33 397 863 97 204 20 2 15 3 2 124 120 .236 .333 .316 .649 .260 273 12 1 13 0 4
1949 34 CIN NL 28 475 618 92 172 24 4 12 1 1 85 76 .278 .367 .388 .756 .302 240 9 2 12 0 4
1950 35 CHC NL 32 280 273 46 60 11 0 10 2 3 59 41 .220 .362 .370 .732 .225 101 5 2 5 0 8
1951 36 CLE AL 1 17 16 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .529 .500 1.029 .571 8 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 94 1169 1770 241 444 55 6 37 6 6 269 239 .251 .351 .351 .703 .272 622 27 5 30 0 16
162 Game Avg. 40 503 762 104 191 24 3 16 3 3 116 103 .251 .351 .351 .703 .272 268 12 2 13 0 7
MLB Averages .263 .335 .341 .676 .281

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 33 CIN NL 14.6 1.5 405 0.1 8.3 -8.2 1.23 -0.3 0.4 2.9 0.3 1.23 -2.4 0 0 0
1949 34 CIN NL -9.0 -0.9 489 -2.4 8.0 -10.4 1.10 -0.5 -1.7 -9.9 -0.9 1.09 -5.6 0 1 1
1950 35 CHC NL -1.0 -0.1 289 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 .84 -1.2 0.9 -9.2 -0.9 0.84 -12.2 4 5 11
1951 36 CLE AL -4.6 -0.4 17 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.19 -0.2 -0.0 -3.9 -0.3 1.19 -2.3 0 0 0
13 Yrs 68.1 7.7 1200 -2.9 20.5 -23.4 1.08 -2.3 -0.4 -20.1 -1.9 1.08 -22.4 4 6 12

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1937 22 CIN NL 19 10 3 5 2 1 2 4 6 .400 0 0 4 0 4 40% 52.2 77 27 4 4 4.0 6.3
1938 23 CIN NL 32 29 15 10 4 4 5 15 13 .536 0 0 16 3 16 55% 57.6 88 26 12 8 4.6 7.7
1939 24 CIN NL 30 21 5 7 9 0 2 11 10 .524 0 0 8 0 8 38% 48.6 81 28 6 8 4.9 5.5
1940 25 CIN NL 10 7 3 1 3 0 0 5 1 .833 0 0 2 0 3 43% 52.9 80 31 2 4 4.3 5.8
1941 26 CIN NL 33 32 16 13 3 0 2 18 14 .563 0 0 18 6 18 56% 60.3 96 22 11 12 3.7 7.1
1942 27 CIN NL 33 33 18 12 3 1 5 20 13 .606 0 0 21 4 23 70% 61.8 90 27 13 12 3.5 7.4
1943 28 CIN NL 36 36 15 16 5 3 9 19 17 .528 0 0 21 3 23 64% 59.0 91 26 22 8 3.2 8.0
1946 31 CIN NL 29 25 9 12 4 1 5 9 15 .375 0 0 11 4 15 60% 57.0 115 14 5 11 2.7 7.8
1947 32 CIN NL 30 29 9 14 6 1 4 11 18 .379 0 0 9 3 13 45% 48.1 78 8 13 8 4.7 6.3
1948 33 CIN NL 33 33 17 14 2 2 4 18 15 .545 0 2 14 3 20 61% 54.1 85 22 9 5 9 12 3.7 2.9 7.0
1949 34 CIN NL 28 24 5 9 10 0 3 10 13 .435 3 2 7 3 10 42% 45.0 83 13 21 12 6 13 4.5 5.4 5.9
1950 35 CHC NL 32 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 50 26 11 3 4 2 3.0 5.3 3.7
1951 36 CLE AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 2 2 0 1 10.0 0.0 3.0
13 Yrs 346 286 115 117 54 13 41 142 140 .504 4 4 131 29 153 53% 55 115 8 43 22 107 103 3.9 4.4 6.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -20 4.5 4.7 6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1937 22 CIN NL 19 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 7.2
1938 23 CIN NL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3.3
1939 24 CIN NL 30 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 4.4
1940 25 CIN NL 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.7
1941 26 CIN NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1946 31 CIN NL 29 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 6.3
1947 32 CIN NL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1949 34 CIN NL 28 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1.099 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 0 3 0 12.0
1950 35 CHC NL 32 26 17 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 23 7 30% .844 4 5 11 1 3 17 12 9 14 5 11 1 6.0
9 Yrs 243 60 28 4 4 1 2 0 200% 1 0 26 9 35% 1.004 4 6 12 1 3 20 14 10 37 9 14 5 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1937 22 CIN NL 380 0.0% 13.7% 18.2% 2.1% 13% 66%
1938 23 CIN NL 948 1.3% 13.2% 10.9% 3.4% 18% 73%
1939 24 CIN NL 593 1.2% 17.2% 16.0% 3.0% 14% 63%
1940 25 CIN NL 224 1.3% 18.3% 18.3% 3.1% 18% 61%
1941 26 CIN NL 952 0.8% 21.2% 13.2% 3.3% 18% 63%
1942 27 CIN NL 1017 0.6% 18.3% 10.0% 3.7% 20% 70%
1943 28 CIN NL 1204 0.4% 14.5% 13.5% 2.5% 13% 70%
1946 31 CIN NL 846 1.3% 11.1% 9.2% 2.5% 12% 76%
1947 32 CIN NL 824 1.3% 9.6% 10.6% 2.6% 11% 77%
1948 33 CIN NL 1001 19% 3.8% 30.2% 31.2% 9.3% 18% 0.95 183% 93 12 13%
1949 34 CIN NL 717 24% 2.5% 16.0% 17.9% 8.4% 23% 1.27 112% 101 9 9%
1950 35 CHC NL 339 31% 3.6% 14.6% 21.1% 7.5% 35% 0.92 79% 69 5 7%
1951 36 CLE AL 17 24% 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 6.00 82% 8 1 13%
13 Yrs 9062 24% 1.2% 15.9% 13.9% 3.7% 17% 1.07 78% 271 27 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 9.9% 9.9% 3.9% 15% 0.94 84% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1937 22 CIN NL 63 0 1
1938 23 CIN NL 177 12 5
1939 24 CIN NL 128 7 3
1940 25 CIN NL 38 3 1
1941 26 CIN NL 172 8 3
1942 27 CIN NL 188 6 4
1943 28 CIN NL 228 5 6
1946 31 CIN NL 175 11 1
1947 32 CIN NL 186 11 3
1948 33 CIN NL 397 204 15 0 6 3 1 0 4 23 12 2 52% 4 2 2 175 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 604
1949 34 CIN NL 475 172 12 1 9 6 0 1 5 24 15 4 63% 4 5 0 203 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 242
1950 35 CHC NL 280 60 10 1 18 6 4 7 3 28 18 2 64% 8 3 1 123 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 59
1951 36 CLE AL 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 1169 1799 100 2 33 15 5 8 12 75 45 8 60% 16 37 3 511 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 905
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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 10 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 39 3 20 3 0 309.2 240 130 114 12 172 177 5 0 6 1328 111 1.330 7.0 0.3 5.0 5.1 1.03 111
1939 24 23 24 .489 3.71 81 60 7 28 3 0 438.2 368 206 181 19 267 279 7 2 9 1921 101 1.448 7.6 0.4 5.5 5.7 1.04 101
1940 25 26 25 .510 3.72 91 67 9 30 3 1 486.2 406 230 201 22 308 320 8 3 10 2145 101 1.467 7.5 0.4 5.7 5.9 1.04 101
1941 26 42 38 .525 3.43 124 99 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 3.18 157 132 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 3.11 193 168 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 3.11 193 168 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 3.11 193 168 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 3.12 222 193 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 3.26 252 222 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 3.28 285 255 9 124 26 1 1868.1 1559 771 681 78 987 1175 17 3 29 7967 111 1.363 7.5 0.4 4.8 5.7 1.19 111
1949 34 116 116 .500 3.41 313 279 11 131 29 1 2028.0 1731 863 768 90 1072 1251 19 3 34 8679 108 1.382 7.7 0.4 4.8 5.6 1.17 108
1950 35 119 120 .498 3.42 345 285 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 3.44 346 286 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4.13 85.0 68 43 39 0 74 53 2 1.671 7.2 7.8 5.6 0.72 0.0 19
1938 23 15 10 .600 3.28 233.0 190 94 85 13 111 129 3 1.292 7.3 4.3 5.0 1.16 0.5 32
1939 24 6 8 .429 4.88 129.0 135 78 70 7 100 102 2 1.822 9.4 7.0 7.1 1.02 0.5 30
1940 25 3 2 .600 3.71 51.0 40 23 21 3 43 43 1 1.627 7.1 7.6 7.6 1.00 0.5 10
1941 26 15 9 .625 3.18 221.0 183 87 78 9 134 197 1 1.434 7.5 5.5 8.0 1.47 0.4 33
1942 27 18 9 .667 2.88 250.0 212 89 80 7 115 190 1 1.308 7.6 4.1 6.8 1.65 0.3 33
1943 28 17 13 .567 3.58 274.0 254 121 109 6 180 165 3 1.584 8.3 5.9 5.4 0.92 0.2 36
1946 31 11 11 .500 3.85 201.0 195 96 86 12 87 92 0 1.403 8.7 3.9 4.1 1.06 0.5 29
1947 32 10 11 .476 4.24 191.0 189 100 90 11 88 81 3 1.450 8.9 4.1 3.8 0.92 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 4.78 160.0 173 94 85 12 85 76 2 1.613 9.7 4.8 4.3 0.89 0.7 28
1950 35 5 3 .625 3.51 77.0 60 33 30 10 59 43 2 1.545 7.0 6.9 5.0 0.73 1.2 32
1951 36 0 0 18.00 3.0 8 7 6 0 1 2 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 1
13 Yrs 125 102 .551 3.73 2106.0 1921 968 872 106 1207 1292 21 1.485 8.2 5.5 1.07 0.5 346

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1958 BBWAA (13.2%)
1960 BBWAA (11.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1964 BBWAA (25.4%)
1964 Run Off (10.0%)
1966 BBWAA (23.8%)
1967 BBWAA (29.8%)
1967 Run Off (11.4%)
1968 BBWAA (27.9%)
1969 BBWAA (27.9%)
1970 BBWAA (29.3%)
1971 BBWAA (27.2%)

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 (885th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.0 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1938 NL  3.2 (6th)
1941 NL  4.2 (5th)
1942 NL  4.5 (3rd)
1943 NL  3.8 (10th)
1948 NL  5.0 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1938 NL  3.12 (10th)
1941 NL  2.82 (4th)
1942 NL  2.43 (4th)
1948 NL  3.41 (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  1.189 (8th)
1946 NL  1.238 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL  7.070 (1st)
1941 NL  6.840 (1st)
1942 NL  6.934 (2nd)
1943 NL  7.100 (2nd)
1946 NL  7.708 (6th)
1948 NL  7.914 (6th)
Career  7.693 (53rd)

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 (125th)

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  1,132 (67th)

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  0.318 (6th)
1942 NL  0.221 (5th)
1943 NL  0.156 (3rd)
1947 NL  0.532 (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  1,017 (9th)
1943 NL  1,204 (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
1938 NL  118 (10th)
1941 NL  128 (4th)
1942 NL  135 (5th)
1948 NL  115 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  16 (9th)
1941 NL  20 (5th)
1942 NL  23 (3rd)
1948 NL  15 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1938 NL  1.6 (9th)
1941 NL  2.1 (5th)
1942 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1948 NL  1.5 (8th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 116 (168), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (406), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Van Mungo (938)
  2. Steve Barber (933)
  3. Bill Singer (925)
  4. Thornton Lee (919)
  5. Al Downing (915)
  6. Fred Norman (912)
  7. Earl Wilson (910)
  8. Gary Peters (904)
  9. Mike Witt (903)
  10. Kirby Higbe (903)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dennis Bennett (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vinegar Bend Mizell (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chet Nichols (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Richert (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Herb Score (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ewell Blackwell (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ewell Blackwell (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Barber (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Barber (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Barber (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Barber (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Barber (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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