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: 13-17 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	52	1	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-3		99	2.2	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	6.75	4.47	14	2	3	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.108	3.69	-0.17%	-0.91	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out tie
2	53	7	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5		10	4.1	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	7.71	4.88	21	3	7	2	1	5	37			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.177	3.45	-0.34%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 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
3	54	11	May 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	3	6	2	0	0	7.15	5.24	26	5	7	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.376	4.29	-0.67%	-2.66	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 1 out d1
4	55	15	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	7.1	6	7	7	8	5	1	0	7.71	5.65	35	6	10	2	0	6	35			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.208	4.75	-0.48%	-1.78	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a2
5	56	20	May 13	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	5.53	4.33	34	6	13	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.584	4.24	1.16%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	57	24	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.66	3.82	34	8	11	2	0	6	70			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.578	4.56	1.25%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	58	29	May 23	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	8	8	1	0	4.14	4.04	42	11	8	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.493	8.27	1.27%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	59	34	May 28(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(3-2)	4	8.0	9	6	6	9	7	0	0	4.53	4.07	42	10	7	1	0	9	38			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.306	7.74	-1.14%	-1.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
9	60	39	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	GS-8		3	7.2	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	4.40	4.09	32	16	6	1	0	4	55			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.176	5.82	0.50%	1.21	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a1
10	61	44	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS-1	L(3-3)	4	0.2	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.79	4.08	7	0	1	0	0	6	28			0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.256	5.04	-0.81%	-2.93	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
11	62	47	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	4	5	5	4	4	0	0	5.03	4.00	24	6	6	2	2	4	44			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.259	3.95	-0.87%	-1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	63	49	Jun 11(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-9	9-GF(11)	L(3-4)	0	2.1	3	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.99	3.93	11	2	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	-0.447	18.69	-1.52%	-0.70	9b -2- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
13	64	52	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.54	3.73	35	8	11	1	0	9	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.25	0.544	6.55	1.71%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	65	56	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	7	2	0	4.28	3.88	34	10	9	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.132	6.39	0.44%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	66	61	Jun 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-2	L(4-6)	8	1.2	2	2	2	5	4	0	0	4.40	3.94	11	0	0	0	0	2	42			0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.085	9.32	-0.34%	-0.76	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out tie
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
16	67	64	Jul 2(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	3-5		1	2.2	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.37	3.91	12	2	2	0	0	1		3	1	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.005	4.70	-0.02%	0.61	3b 123 1 out d1	5b 3 out d3
17	68	66	Jul 4(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(4-7)	1	8.0	10	4	2	4	5	1	0	4.20	3.95	38	12	7	0	0	10	51			0	1	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.68	-0.441	10.06	-1.58%	-1.07	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out d1
18	69	73	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	GS-4		10	3.0	3	4	3	3	2	1	0	4.34	4.09	16	3	5	1	0	3	38			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.255	7.42	-1.06%	-2.32	1b start a 1	4b 123 0 out a1
19	70	74	Jul 16(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.06	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.016	.77	0.05%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	71	78	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.18	4.00	8	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.079	3.40	0.26%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
21	72	80	Jul 21(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	7-7	BL(4-8)	1	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.00	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.373	8.90	-1.01%	-1.47	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d1
22	73	90	Jul 30(2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(5-8)	8	9.0	5	1	1	8	7	0	0	3.98	3.98	36	9	7	1	0	5	72			0	2	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.580	3.33	0.72%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 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	74	96	Aug 6(2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-6	GS-2		6	1.2	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	4.07	3.98	9	2	0	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.138	4.62	-0.31%	-1.31	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d2
24	75	99	Aug 9(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-3		2	2.2	4	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.20	3.99	14	2	1	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.58	-0.259	5.89	-0.58%	-2.25	1b start a 1	3b 123 2 out d1
25	76	105	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	6-6		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	3.98	3	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.005	.39	0.01%	0.51	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
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	77	129	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		25	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.14	3.94	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	1.64	0.08%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	78	135	Sep 15(1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-6	GS-4		5	4.0	7	4	3	3	5	0	1	4.22	3.91	22	1	5	2	0	7	36			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	.81	0.031	3.50	0.08%	-1.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out a4
28	79	139	Sep 17(2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.90	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.008	.79	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
29	80	142	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	L,1-13	GS-1	L(5-9)	1	0.0	1	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.40	3.95	4	1	0	0	0	1	32			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.239	7.60	-0.70%	-2.84	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out d1
30	81	156	Oct 1(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-8	8-8		11	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.73	3.97	7	0	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-4.69	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 1-3 1 out d7
							13-17		W-L:5-9,BSv:1	3.3	129.1	128	76	68	95	102	7	2	4.73	3.97	593	1.07		6%	1%	125	49	4	25%	3	7	0	484	22	5	2	13	6	5	1.30	-0.699	5.83	-4.05%	-9.38

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