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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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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

Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 22 CIN NL 21 26 23 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 .217 .280 .304 .584 62 7 0 0 1 1
1938 23 CIN NL 33 88 83 6 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 .181 .181 .181 .361 1 15 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-18
1939 24 CIN NL 30 46 36 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 .111 .179 .139 .318 -14 5 0 0 7 1 AS
1940 25 CIN NL 12 21 20 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .300 .333 .400 .733 101 8 0 0 0 1
1941 26 CIN NL 35 87 76 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 2 18 .132 .154 .145 .299 -16 11 1 0 9 1
1942 27 CIN NL 37 89 75 7 11 1 0 0 3 0 6 26 .147 .210 .160 .370 9 12 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-20
1943 28 CIN NL 40 112 95 9 13 1 0 0 5 1 9 28 .137 .212 .147 .359 5 14 2 0 8 1 AS
1946 31 CIN NL 33 75 73 6 18 2 0 0 2 0 1 21 .247 .257 .274 .531 53 20 1 0 1 1 MVP-24
1947 32 CIN NL 31 69 57 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 18 .088 .133 .123 .256 -31 7 1 0 9 1
1948 33 CIN NL 41 89 78 6 11 2 0 1 2 0 7 21 .141 .212 .205 .417 15 16 1 0 4 1 MVP-19
1949 34 CIN NL 33 66 52 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 6 17 .077 .172 .077 .249 -31 4 0 0 8 1
1950 35 CHC NL 35 17 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .125 .176 .250 .426 11 4 0 0 0 1
1951 36 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 382 786 685 58 104 12 2 1 26 1 0 41 201 .152 .200 .180 .379 6 123 8 0 60
162 Game Avg. 162 333 290 25 44 5 1 0 11 0 17 85 .152 .200 .180 .379 6 52 3 0 25
CIN (11 yrs) 346 768 668 57 102 12 1 1 26 1 40 192 .153 .201 .178 .379 6 119 8 0 60
CLE (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 35 17 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .125 .176 .250 .426 11 4 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 381 785 684 58 104 12 2 1 26 1 41 201 .152 .200 .180 .380 7 123 8 0 60
AL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1940 25 CIN NL WS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 CIN NL 22 P 19 30 7 23 0 1 1.000 1.58 .957 1.20
1938 CIN NL 23 P 32 49 8 38 3 0 .939 1.44 .965 1.13 AS,MVP-18
1939 CIN NL 24 P 30 24 5 16 3 5 .875 0.70 .962 1.09 AS
1940 CIN NL 25 P 10 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.90 .956 1.10
1941 CIN NL 26 P 33 59 10 47 2 3 .966 1.73 .964 1.09
1942 CIN NL 27 P 33 59 6 51 2 4 .966 1.73 .968 1.17 AS,MVP-20
1943 CIN NL 28 P 36 82 11 67 4 7 .951 2.17 .961 1.16 AS
1946 CIN NL 31 P 29 42 6 33 3 2 .929 1.34 .962 1.01 MVP-24
1947 CIN NL 32 P 30 41 8 31 2 1 .951 1.30 .966 0.91
1948 CIN NL 33 P 33 55 11 39 5 3 .909 1.52 .965 0.91 MVP-19
1949 CIN NL 34 P 28 41 6 33 2 4 .951 1.39 .954 0.91
1950 CHC NL 35 P 32 21 4 14 3 0 .857 0.56 .967 0.97
1951 CLE AL 36 P 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 1.00
13 Seasons P 346 515 82 404 29 30 .944 1.40 .963 1.05
13 Seasons TOT 346 515 82 404 29 30 .944 1.40 .907 1.05

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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Transactions

Before 1933 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

September, 1934: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

December 12, 1935: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Braves.

February 10, 1950: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cincinnati Reds.

March 30, 1951: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

April 6, 1951: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

June 30, 1951: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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