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Johnny Vander Meer

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Full Name: John Samuel Vander Meer Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190 First Game: April 22, 1937
Birthdate: November 2, 1914 Final Game: May 7, 1951
Birthplace: Prospect Park, New Jersey MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: October 6, 1997
Deathplace: Tampa, Florida
Bat/Throw: Both/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 2, 1914 in Prospect Park, New Jersey, Johnny Vander Meer (John Samuel Vander Meer) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 13 year career. Vander Meer broke into the bigs on April 22, 1937 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.84 ERA in 84.1 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Vander Meer's best season was 1942, when he posted a 2.43 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 186 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1937 CIN N 19 10 3 5 3.84 52 41 36 4 0 0 84.1 63 0 69 0 1 2
1938 CIN N 32 29 15 10 3.12 125 89 78 16 3 0 225.1 177 12 103 0 5 3
1939 CIN N 30 21 5 9 4.67 102 76 67 8 0 0 129 128 7 95 0 3 2
1940 CIN N 10 7 3 1 3.75 41 24 20 2 0 1 48 38 3 41 0 1 1
1941 CIN N 33 32 16 13 2.82 202 83 71 18 6 0 226.1 172 8 126 0 3 1
1942 CIN N 33 33 18 12 2.43 186 78 66 21 4 0 244 188 6 102 0 4 1
1943 CIN N 36 36 15 16 2.87 174 102 92 21 3 0 289 228 5 162 0 6 3
1946 CIN N 29 25 10 12 3.17 94 77 72 11 4 0 204.1 175 11 78 0 1 0
1947 CIN N 30 29 9 14 4.40 79 104 91 9 3 0 186 186 11 87 0 3 3
1948 CIN N 33 33 17 14 3.41 120 97 88 14 3 0 232 204 15 124 0 2 1
1949 CIN N 28 24 5 10 4.90 76 92 87 7 3 0 159.2 172 12 85 0 5 2
1950 CHI N 32 6 3 4 3.79 41 46 31 0 0 1 73.2 60 10 59 0 3 2
1951 CLE A 1 1 0 1 18.00 2 6 6 0 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 345 285 119 120 3.42 1292 909 799 131 29 2 2101.2 1791 100 1131 0 37 21
Total AL 1 1 0 1 18.00 2 6 6 0 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 0 0
Total 346 286 119 121 3.44 1294 915 805 131 29 2 2104.2 1799 100 1132 0 37 21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1937 CIN N P 19 0 0 7 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 CIN N P 32 0 0 8 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1939 CIN N P 30 0 0 5 16 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1940 CIN N P 10 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 CIN N P 33 0 0 10 47 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1942 CIN N P 33 0 0 6 51 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1943 CIN N P 36 0 0 11 67 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1946 CIN N P 29 0 0 6 33 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1947 CIN N P 30 0 0 8 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1948 CIN N P 33 0 0 11 39 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1949 CIN N P 28 0 0 6 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1950 CHI N P 32 0 0 4 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1951 CLE A P 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 346 0 0 82 404 29 30 0 0 0 0 0 .944

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1937 CIN N 21 23 2 5 0 0 .217 .280 .304 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 0
1938 CIN N 33 83 6 15 0 2 .181 .181 .181 0 0 0 23 0 5 0 0 1
1939 CIN N 30 36 1 4 0 1 .111 .179 .139 1 0 3 10 0 7 0 0 0
1940 CIN N 12 20 6 6 0 0 .300 .333 .400 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CIN N 35 76 6 10 0 4 .132 .154 .145 1 0 2 18 0 9 0 0 1
1942 CIN N 37 75 7 11 0 3 .147 .210 .160 1 0 6 26 0 8 0 0 1
1943 CIN N 40 95 9 13 0 5 .137 .212 .147 1 0 9 28 0 8 1 0 2
1946 CIN N 33 73 6 18 0 2 .247 .257 .274 2 0 1 21 0 1 0 0 1
1947 CIN N 31 57 3 5 0 2 .088 .133 .123 2 0 3 18 0 9 0 0 1
1948 CIN N 41 78 6 11 1 2 .141 .212 .205 2 0 7 21 0 4 0 0 1
1949 CIN N 33 52 5 4 0 5 .077 .172 .077 0 0 6 17 0 8 0 0 0
1950 CHI N 35 16 1 2 0 0 .125 .176 .250 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 381 684 58 104 1 26 .152 .200 .180 12 2 41 201 0 60 1 0 8
Total AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 382 685 58 104 1 26 .152 .200 .180 12 2 41 201 0 60 1 0 8

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1933).
  • Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves (September, 1934).
  • Sold by Boston Bees to Cincinnati Reds (December 12, 1935).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs (February 10, 1950).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (April 9, 1951).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (May 10, 1951).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (June 30, 1951).

[edit] Trivia

  • In 1938, Vander Meer accomplished something that had never been done before and has never been done since: he threw no-hitters in consecutive starts.
  • He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall-of-Fame in 1958.

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