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	19-16 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	56 (30-18-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
H Craft	2
M McCormick	1
E Lombardi	1
B Werber	0

Most Driven In By
E Joost	2
L Frey	1
M McCormick	1
F McCormick	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	97	2 (1)	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.20	-0.094	2.90	-0.14%	-0.63	P
2	98	7 (4)	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.073	2.27	-0.10%	-0.65	P
3	99	9 (1)	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	3.16	0.069	9.19	0.12%	0.49	PR
4	100	11 (1)	Apr 26	CIN		PIT	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.53	-0.025	1.34	-0.04%	0.21	P
5	101	15 (3)	Apr 30	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.64	-0.042	1.92	-0.08%	-0.64	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
6	102	19 (3)	May 6	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	1.04	-0.077	1.80	-0.08%	-0.45	P
7	103	22 (2)	May 11	CIN		CHC	L,1-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	.45	-0.011	.90	-0.01%	-0.10	P
8	104	29 (6)	May 19	CIN		BSN	W,7-3	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	.81	0.039	.64	0.02%	1.02	P
9	105	33 (3)	May 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.143	.360	9	.39	-0.019	.46	-0.01%	-0.31	P
10	106	39 (5)	May 29	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.217	.143	.360	9						P
11	107	42 (2)	May 31	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.125	.317	9	.77	-0.060	.55	-0.03%	-1.13	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
12	108	47 (4)	Jun 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	9	.27	0.029	.15	0.01%	-0.12	P
13	109	51 (3)	Jun 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9	1.34	-0.137	1.46	-0.09%	-0.98	P
14	110	56 (4)	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,0-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9						P
15	111	58 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		BSN	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.84	-0.152	2.20	-0.11%	-1.07	P
16	112	62 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.80	-0.011	.81	-0.01%	-0.19	P
17	113	68 (5)	Jun 29 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-14	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	9	1.66	-0.077	1.66	-0.05%	-0.64	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
18	114	70 (1)	Jul 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	6	1.10	0.008	.64	0.00%	0.16	PR
19	115	73 (2)	Jul 5	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.146	.103	.249	9	.80	-0.057	.54	-0.02%	-0.66	P
20	116	75 (1)	Jul 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.146	.103	.249	9						P
21	117	81 (5)	Jul 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.156	.116	.272	9	.70	-0.068	.38	-0.02%	-0.49	P
22	118	88 (6)	Jul 25	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.116	.156	.116	.272	9	1.78	-0.037	.96	-0.01%	-0.38	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	119	95 (6)	Aug 1	CIN		BSN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.143	.106	.249	9	.50	-0.066	.47	-0.04%	-1.30	P
24	120	101 (5)	Aug 6	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.140	.173	.140	.313	9	.32	0.019	.05	0.00%	0.03	P
25	121	104 (2)	Aug 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.132	.164	.132	.296	9	.98	-0.076	.17	-0.01%	-0.67	P
26	122	106 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.155	.125	.280	9	.74	-0.057	.06	0.00%	-0.72	P
27	123	112 (5)	Aug 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.180	.169	.350	9	.69	0.137	.13	0.02%	1.06	P
28	124	117 (4)	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,13-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.177	.167	.344	9	.25	-0.007	.09	0.00%	-0.10	P
29	125	121 (3)	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.172	.161	.333	9	1.18	-0.060	1.12	-0.03%	-0.59	P
Sept		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
30	126	125 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.164	.154	.318	9	.64	-0.049	.03	0.00%	-0.63	P
31	127	131 (5)	Sep 6	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.155	.145	.300	9	.89	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
32	128	136 (4)	Sep 11	CIN		NYG	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.153	.143	.296	9	.71	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
33	129	142 (5)	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.137	.160	.151	.311	9	.97	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
34	130	149 (6)	Sep 23	CIN		CHC	L,1-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.160	.151	.311	9						P
35	131	152 (2)	Sep 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.132	.154	.145	.299	9	1.02	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							19-16		87	76	6	10	1	0	0	4	2	0	18	0	9		0	1	0	0	.132	.154	.145	.299		.88	-1.129	.88	-0.71%	-11.80

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