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	21-17 / in Starts: 20-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	59 (28-19-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
H Craft	1
B Haas	1
E Joost	1
F Kelleher	0
M McCormick	0

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

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	132	4 (3)	Apr 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.53	-0.111	3.44	-0.15%	-1.11	P
2	133	8 (3)	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	1.12	-0.034	2.22	-0.04%	-0.28	P
3	134	12 (3)	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	2.43	-0.218	5.05	-0.27%	-1.47	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
4	135	17 (4)	May 2	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	.45	-0.023	.53	-0.02%	-0.47	P
5	136	22 (4)	May 9	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9	.54	-0.041	.79	-0.04%	-0.56	P
6	137	26 (3)	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.65	0.028	1.76	0.05%	0.24	P
7	138	31 (4)	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.105	.000	.105	9	1.09	-0.082	1.49	-0.07%	-0.53	P
8	139	35 (3)	May 24 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.053	.182	.053	.234	9	2.36	0.389	3.38	0.34%	1.09	P
9	140	41 (5)	May 30 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.045	.160	.045	.205	9	.77	-0.019	1.14	-0.02%	-0.75	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
10	141	47 (5)	Jun 5 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.040	.143	.040	.183	9	1.13	-0.087	1.15	-0.05%	-0.55	P
11	142	54 (6)	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.037	.133	.037	.170	9	2.61	-0.127	3.25	-0.10%	-1.12	P
12	143	57 (2)	Jun 16	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.033	.121	.033	.155	9	.40	-0.029	.39	-0.02%	-0.56	P
13	144	62 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.032	.143	.032	.175	9	1.33	0.003	2.19	0.00%	0.03	P
14	145	68 (5)	Jun 27	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.029	.128	.029	.157	9	.81	-0.078	1.16	-0.07%	-0.63	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
15	146	72 (3)	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.028	.125	.028	.153	9	.42	-0.010	.51	-0.01%	-0.09	P
16	147	76 (3)	Jul 9	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.028	.125	.028	.153	9						P
17	148	80 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.026	.116	.026	.142	9	.38	-0.027	.13	-0.01%	-0.44	P
18	149	85 (4)	Jul 16	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.026	.116	.026	.142	9						P
19	150	88 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GS-9	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.050	.174	.075	.249	9	1.11	0.106	.16	0.01%	0.84	P
20	151	95 (6)	Jul 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	.048	.167	.071	.238	9	.67	-0.039	.04	0.00%	-0.61	P
21	152	97 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.167	.071	.238	9						PR
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
22	153	102 (4)	Aug 4	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.089	.265	9	.28	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
23	154	106 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.176	.089	.265	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
24	155	107	Aug 9 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.085	.189	.106	.295	9	1.03	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.05	P
25	156	108	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.189	.106	.295	9						PR
26	157	109	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.137	.348	9	.85	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
27	158	112 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.203	.132	.335	9	1.24	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
28	159	116 (3)	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.127	.213	.145	.359	9	.22	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
29	160	121 (4)	Aug 25	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.155	.374	9	.89	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
30	161	123 (1)	Aug 27	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.219	.155	.374	8						PR
31	162	126 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.150	.362	9	1.22	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.77	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
32	163	129 (2)	Sep 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.212	.150	.362	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
33	164	131 (1)	Sep 3	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.206	.145	.351	9	.86	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
34	165	136 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.214	.156	.371	9	.96	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
35	166	139 (2)	Sep 11	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.222	.167	.389	9	.82	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
36	167	145 (5)	Sep 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.157	.368	9	1.19	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.46	P
37	168	150 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.213	.162	.375	9	.55	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
38	169	154 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.210	.160	.370	9	1.34	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
							21-17		89	75	7	11	1	0	0	3	6	0	25	0	8		1	1	0	0	.147	.210	.160	.370		1.02	-0.808	1.02	-0.45%	-11.36

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