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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

119

121

ERA

3.44

346

286

2104.2

1294

WHIP

1.393

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-17 / in Starts: 11-10
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 46 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	20 (16-2-2)
Avg. MLBer w/ 46 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	30 (15-9-5)

Most Driven In
L Gamble	1

Most Driven In By
I Goodman	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	55	1	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.017	1.50	-0.03%	-0.23	P
2	56	7 (5)	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.025	3.16	-0.05%	-0.24	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	57	11 (3)	May 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.46	0.012	1.35	0.02%	0.22	P
4	58	15 (3)	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.11	-0.128	4.26	-0.30%	-1.21	P
5	59	20 (4)	May 13	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	-0.004	2.90	-0.01%	-0.14	P
6	60	24 (3)	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.79	-0.061	2.84	-0.13%	-0.70	P
7	61	29 (4)	May 23	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	.96	0.152	4.10	0.39%	1.31	P
8	62	34 (4)	May 28 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	1.17	-0.015	7.29	-0.06%	-0.07	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	63	39 (4)	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.143	.053	.195	9	.41	-0.031	1.92	-0.09%	-0.28	P
10	64	44 (4)	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.143	.053	.195	9						P
11	65	47 (2)	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.095	.269	9	.78	-0.008	4.39	-0.03%	0.03	P
12	66	49 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-9	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.53	-0.013	3.01	-0.05%	-0.17	P
13	67	52 (2)	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	1.23	-0.010	6.43	-0.03%	-0.16	P
14	68	56 (3)	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	1.15	-0.071	6.33	-0.23%	-0.48	P
15	69	61 (4)	Jun 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.074	.138	.074	.212	9	1.66	-0.046	11.08	-0.19%	-0.51	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	70	64 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.04	-0.027	6.77	-0.11%	-0.24	P
17	71	66 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.097	.248	9	.99	-0.026	5.95	-0.09%	-0.39	P
18	72	73 (6)	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.094	.147	.094	.241	9	1.11	0.032	7.63	0.13%	0.38	P
19	73	74	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.147	.094	.241	9						P
20	74	78 (3)	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.147	.094	.241	9						P
21	75	80 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.147	.094	.241	9						P
22	76	90 (9)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.088	.139	.088	.227	9	1.37	0.009	2.85	0.01%	0.26	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	77	96 (5)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.139	.088	.227	9						P
24	78	99 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.162	.143	.305	9	.33	0.018	1.23	0.04%	0.22	P
25	79	105 (5)	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.143	.305	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	80	129 (23)	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.143	.305	9						P
27	81	135 (5)	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.179	.139	.318	9	.40	-0.016	1.72	-0.04%	0.02	P
28	82	139 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.179	.139	.318	9						P
29	83	142 (2)	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	L,1-13	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.179	.139	.318	9						P
30	84	156 (13)	Oct 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.179	.139	.318	9						P
							13-17		46	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	10	0	7		4	0	0	0	.111	.179	.139	.318		.93	-0.275	4.39	-0.82%	-2.37

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