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	11-20 / in Starts: 9-15
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 75 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	49 (24-17-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 75 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In
M West	1
E Lukon	1
C Corbitt	0
E Miller	0

Most Driven In By
C Corbitt	1
R Mueller	1
B Adams	1
G Hatton	1
M West	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 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	210	2 (1)	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	L,7-11	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.46	-0.035	1.00	-0.05%	-0.57	P
2	211	7 (4)	Apr 22	CIN		STL	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.030	1.28	-0.04%	-0.29	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	212	15 (7)	May 5 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.92	-0.044	1.79	-0.05%	-0.34	P
4	213	20 (4)	May 12 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	10-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
5	214	23 (2)	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.44	-0.019	3.42	-0.03%	-0.28	P
6	215	26 (2)	May 22	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	216	33 (6)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						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
8	217	38 (4)	Jun 6	CIN		PHI	L,3-9	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	218	44 (5)	Jun 11	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.27	-0.020	.51	-0.02%	-0.62	P
10	219	48 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.20	0.130	3.29	0.21%	1.28	P
11	220	53 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.18	-0.039	1.81	-0.04%	-0.17	P
12	221	56 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	T,3-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9						PR
13	222	60 (3)	Jun 28	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.97	-0.056	1.61	-0.03%	-0.30	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
14	223	64 (3)	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.45	0.000	.46	0.00%	-0.64	P
15	224	71 (6)	Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.76	-0.068	.52	-0.03%	-0.58	P
16	225	76 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.323	.323	.645	9	1.96	0.094	.69	0.02%	0.49	P
17	226	83 (6)	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	9	1.56	-0.099	.69	-0.03%	-0.81	P
18	227	85 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	228	87 (1)	Jul 25	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.316	.605	9	.86	-0.019	.32	0.00%	-0.10	P
20	229	94 (6)	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.293	.341	.634	9	1.29	-0.062	.34	-0.01%	-0.33	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
21	230	99 (4)	Aug 4	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.302	.349	.651	9	1.00	0.054	.46	0.02%	0.49	P
22	231	103 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-15	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.333	.622	9	1.00	-0.047	.03	0.00%	-0.40	P
23	232	112 (8)	Aug 18 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.319	.596	9	1.91	-0.105	.01	0.00%	-0.87	P
24	233	117 (4)	Aug 22	CIN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.300	.560	9	.46	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
25	234	121 (3)	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.260	.300	.560	6						PR
26	235	123 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.283	.528	9	1.58	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.88	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
27	236	129 (5)	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.278	.519	9	.86	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
28	237	132 (2)	Sep 5	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.281	.526	9	.94	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
29	238	136 (3)	Sep 11	CIN	@	BRO	T,0-0	GS-16	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.270	.508	9	2.08	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
30	239	142 (5)	Sep 16	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-4	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.266	.500	9	1.02	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
31	240	147 (4)	Sep 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.273	.515	9	.91	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
32	241	151 (3)	Sep 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.257	.275	.533	9	.78	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
33	242	155 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.257	.274	.531	9	2.21	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
							11-20		75	73	6	18	2	0	0	2	1	0	21	0	1		1	0	0	0	.247	.257	.274	.531		1.20	-0.810	.63	-0.07%	-7.91

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