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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 25	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	7 (2)	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (3)	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	14 (2)	May 7	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS	37	8.2	0	2	1	3	0
6	20 (5)	May 15	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
7	25 (4)	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	28 (2)	May 23 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	31 (2)	May 28	CIN		PHI	W,11-8	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,6-10	GS	24	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	39 (4)	Jun 3	CIN		BSN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	43 (3)	Jun 12	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	33	7.1	1	1	0	2	0
13	48 (4)	Jun 16	CIN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	44	11.0	2	2	1	5	0
14	52 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	32	7.1	0	2	0	2	1
15	57 (4)	Jun 26	CIN		PIT	L,0-9	GS	18	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	61 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	67 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	72 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	80 (7)	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	85 (4)	Jul 23	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
21	91 (5)	Jul 29	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	96 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	1	1	0	2	1
23	100 (3)	Aug 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	104 (3)	Aug 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
25	109 (4)	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	114 (4)	Aug 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	118 (3)	Aug 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	17	3.2	0	1	0	1	1
28	122 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	126 (3)	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
30	131 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	40	10.0	0	3	1	4	0
31	134 (2)	Sep 11	CIN		PIT	L,1-11	GS	34	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	139 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
33	142 (2)	Sep 23	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	GS	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	147 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	151 (3)	Sep 29	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
36	155 (3)	Oct 3	CIN		BRO	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
							36gm		289.0	11	67	4	82	7