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: 6-3 / in Starts: 5-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 1

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	82	20	May 13	CIN		STL	T,8-8	GS-4		99	3.0	5	4	4	5	3	3	0	12.00	19.00	18	2	3	2	0	5	31			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.306	3.95	-0.77%	-2.90	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d2
2	83	26	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-13	4-7		6	3.2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	5.40	10.65	15	5	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.002	.06	-0.01%	0.22	4b 12- 1 out d8	7b 3 out d10
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
3	84	45	Jun 9(1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-9	9-GF		19	1.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.87	9.91	7	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
4	85	53	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS-2		7	1.0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	7.27	9.92	8	2	1	0	0	1	41			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.159	6.70	-0.43%	-1.51	1b start a 1	2b 12- 0 out a3
Sept				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
5	86	130	Sep 5	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	79	9.0	9	3	3	5	6	0	0	5.09	6.56	39	11	8	0	0	9	58			1	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.063	2.60	0.08%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	87	136	Sep 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	GS-3		7	2.1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.95	6.40	11	4	1	0	0	1	50			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.128	1.11	-0.06%	-1.09	1b start a 1	3b 123 1 out a1
7	88	142	Sep 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-12	W(2-0)	4	12.0	8	3	3	5	10	0	0	3.94	4.97	49	8	18	1	0	8	79			0	0	0	43	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.66	0.289	.00	0.00%	2.57	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
8	89	147	Sep 22(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-8	GS-4	L(2-1)	3	4.0	2	4	2	7	6	0	1	4.00	5.08	22	3	3	1	0	2	45			3	1	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
9	90	151	Sep 26(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.80	4.64	37	12	11	2	0	6	65			2	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.449	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	91	155	Sep 29	CIN		PIT	W,11-3	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	3	2	1	5	2	0	0	3.75	4.77	18	5	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.52	7t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
							6-3		W-L:3-1,Sv:1	4.6	48.0	38	24	20	41	40	3	1	3.75	4.77	224	1.00		6%	0%	38	53	2	50%	6	5	0	179	8	0	3	0	0	5	1.16	0.019	1.09	-1.20%	-2.74

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