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

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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 4 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-10		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	20 (2)	May 9	CIN		CHC	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	24 (3)	May 13	CIN		BRO	W,7-5	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	30 (5)	May 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	32 (1)	May 24	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	37 (4)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,12-8	GS	17	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	43 (5)	Jun 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	50 (6)	Jun 10 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	27	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	54 (3)	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
10	58 (3)	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	62 (3)	Jun 25	CIN		PHI	W,9-8	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	66 (3)	Jun 29 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-7	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	74 (7)	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		STL	L,0-3	GS	12	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
14	79 (4)	Jul 12	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-4	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	83 (3)	Jul 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	86 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	91 (4)	Jul 24	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	96 (4)	Jul 28	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	100 (3)	Aug 1 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	107 (6)	Aug 6	CIN		STL	L,3-6	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	112 (4)	Aug 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
22	115 (2)	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	GS	35	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	119 (3)	Aug 19	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	124 (4)	Aug 23	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-8	GS	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	129 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	134 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	137 (2)	Sep 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	143 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	148 (4)	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	152 (3)	Sep 23	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	GS	24	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
							30gm		186.0	8	31	2	41	1