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, 6,733rd in MLB 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

25.6

W

119

L

121

ERA

3.44

G

346

GS

286

SV

IP

2104.2

SO

1294

WHIP

1.393

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1933	18	DAY	C	11	10	.524	4.28	32						183.0	206	108	87		74								1.530	10.1		3.6			DAY MATL
1934	19	SCR	A	11	8	.579	3.73	32						164.0	171	90	68		69								1.463	9.4		3.8			SCR NYPL
1935	20	SCR	A	7	10	.412	5.35	24						133.0	153	89	79		90								1.827	10.4		6.1			SCR NYPL
1936	21	CIN-min	B,A1	19	7	.731	3.08	40						236.1	180	96	81		141								1.358	6.9		5.4			DHM,NVL PIED,SOUA
1937	22	CIN-min	AA	5	11	.313	3.34	17	16					105.0	82	54	39		80								1.543	7.0		6.9			SYR IL
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	4.33	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	3.92	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	4.35	1.729	8.9	0.5	6.6	7.1	1.07	AS
1940	25	CIN-min	AA	6	4	.600	2.40	14	14					105.0	76	33	28		65								1.343	6.5		5.6			INA AA
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	4.57	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	3.02	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	*2.48*	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	3.14	1.349	7.1	0.2	5.0	5.4	1.07	AS
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
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	3.31	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	3.87	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	4.08	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	4.17	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	5.72	1.615	7.3	1.2	7.2	5.0	0.69
1951	36	OLD	AAA	2	6	.250	5.14	13	13		3	1		63.0	78	38	36		35	37	1	0	2				1.794	11.1		5.0	5.3	1.06	OLD PCL
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	2.15	3.000	24.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1952	37	CIN-min	AA	11	10	.524	2.31	24	24					195.0	157	66	50		79								1.210	7.2		3.6			TUL TL
1953	38	CIN-min	B	3	4	.429	3.21	19	4					70.0	75	41	25	3	46								1.729	9.6	0.4	5.9			BUR IIIL
1954	39	CIN-min	B	1	3	.250	3.86	10	2					21.0	26	16	9	0	11								1.762	11.1	0.0	4.7			COH PIED
1955	40	DYB	D	0	0			2																									DYB FLOR
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	3.64	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	3.64	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	3.57	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	2.15	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	5.72	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	3.64	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	2.15	3.000	24.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

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