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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-15 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 1

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	20	4	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	3.0	5	5	4	3	1	0	0	12.00	5.38	18	5	8	3	1	1	29			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.389	3.46	-0.57%	-3.52	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
2	21	8	Apr 26	CIN		STL	W,8-7	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	4.80	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.17	0.01%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
3	22	9	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,0-5	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.00	3.22	7	1	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.17	0.018	.33	0.02%	0.97	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	23	14	May 2	CIN		PIT	W,8-6	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.0	9	6	4	1	3	0	0	5.14	2.91	33	13	9	2	2	7	46			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.92	0.022	1.60	0.02%	-1.61	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a4
5	24	20	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(1-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	7	6	0	0	3.91	3.36	37	7	12	3	0	5	68			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.110	2.18	0.11%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	25	24	May 14	CIN	@	STL	T,7-7	GS-9		5	8.2	8	5	5	2	6	0	0	4.26	3.08	35	10	9	2	0	8	52			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	.76	0.204	1.37	0.22%	0.34	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a2
7	26	28	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	3.32	2.93	37	6	13	3	0	5	82			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.445	2.84	0.74%	4.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
8	27	32	May 24	CIN	@	BSN	L,9-10	GS-6		3	6.0	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.86	3.35	28	9	6	2	0	6	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.103	1.95	0.21%	-2.33	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a4
9	28	34	May 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(3-2)	2	10.0	5	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.34	3.05	37	10	10	0	0	5	86			0	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.61	0.604	4.08	0.92%	3.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	29	38	Jun 1	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.02	3.11	33	11	11	1	1	4	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.487	2.37	0.68%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	30	42	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.77	3.06	33	8	13	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.455	2.98	0.85%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	31	45	Jun 11	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	5	9.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.47	3.07	28	11	10	3	0	0	88			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.476	2.17	0.75%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	32	48	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-2)	3	9.0	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	2.23	3.18	35	13	7	0	0	0	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.289	1.23	0.43%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	33	52	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,14-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	7	2	0	0	2.12	3.34	36	10	13	2	0	4	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.111	.64	0.22%	3.01	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a13
15	34	56	Jun 23	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-2)	3	7.2	11	5	5	3	5	2	0	2.39	3.54	37	12	6	0	0	11	39			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.067	4.39	0.21%	-0.51	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 2 out a2
16	35	61	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.36	3.46	35	7	14	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.245	5.99	0.77%	2.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	36	65	Jul 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	L(10-3)	4	8.0	11	4	1	2	2	0	0	2.28	3.45	39	11	14	0	0	10	50			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.33	-0.117	4.61	-0.24%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	37	70	Jul 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(11-3)	6	9.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.13	3.38	33	11	10	2	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.499	2.90	0.73%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	38	75	Jul 15	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(11-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	0	0	2.18	3.29	36	10	11	2	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.031	4.48	0.09%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	39	81	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	L(11-5)	4	9.0	5	4	4	3	9	1	0	2.29	3.31	36	6	13	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.377	2.44	-0.49%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	40	86	Jul 24(2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	GS-3	L(11-6)	3	2.2	4	5	5	5	1	0	0	2.54	3.38	17	1	6	1	0	4	26			0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.315	2.08	-0.48%	-4.31	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d5
22	41	91	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	10	4	4	3	5	2	0	2.65	3.52	32	8	6	0	0	10	43			0	0	0	29	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.164	3.08	-0.25%	-0.51	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	42	94	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	W(12-6)	3	8.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.63	3.52	33	12	5	0	0	8	58			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.69	-0.074	2.58	-0.07%	1.47	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a2
24	43	98	Aug 7(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,10-11	GS-2		4	1.0	0	3	3	5	1	0	0	2.77	3.60	8	2	0	0	0	0	37			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.047	2.39	-0.09%	-1.33	1b start a 5	2b 123 0 out a7
25	44	101	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	GS-8	L(12-7)	2	8.0	8	6	6	5	2	1	0	2.95	3.71	34	8	11	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.263	1.78	-0.25%	-2.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	45	131	Sep 6	CIN		STL	L,0-8	8-8		26	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.71	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.004	.76	0.01%	0.49	8t 1-3 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
27	46	133	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(13-7)	1	9.0	7	3	3	7	3	1	1	2.95	3.84	41	12	15	2	2	3	57			1	0	0	31	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.12	0.287	5.65	0.87%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	47	136	Sep 14(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-6	L(13-8)	5	6.0	4	4	3	4	4	1	0	2.99	3.90	25	5	9	2	0	3	50			3	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.163	4.57	-0.47%	-0.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
29	48	140	Sep 22(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	GS-4	L(13-9)	7	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	2	3.12	3.98	20	4	6	2	0	6	34			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.219	2.77	-0.37%	-2.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
30	49	143	Sep 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(13-10)	1	8.0	10	4	1	3	2	0	0	3.04	3.97	40	15	10	0	1	10	51			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	3	.76	-0.103	.38	-0.03%	-0.05	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
31	50	147	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	7	4	4	6	1	0	0	3.08	4.01	41	11	16	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.172	.00	0.00%	0.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
32	51	151	Oct 2	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	W(15-10)	2	9.0	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.12	4.04	40	6	18	6	0	12	47			0	1	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							16-15		W-L:15-10	3.5	225.1	177	89	78	103	126	12	3	3.12	4.04	948	0.88		8%	1%	164	58	2	0%	5	8	0	832	30	8	2	13	0	13	1.03	2.449	2.61	4.53%	23.90

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