Hy Vandenberg
[edit] Biography
Born on March 17, 1907 in Abilene, Kansas, Hy Vandenberg (Harold Harris Vandenberg) played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 7 year career. Vandenberg broke into the bigs on June 8, 1935 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.63 ERA in 126.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Hy Vandenberg's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.63 ERA and struck out 54 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.25
| 2
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.1
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7.88
| 2
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7.50
| 7
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 28
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5.68
| 3
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 10
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 3.90
| 17
| 15
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 32.1
| 27
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 9
| 7
| 4
| 3.63
| 54
| 67
| 51
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 126.1
| 123
| 8
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 3.49
| 35
| 44
| 37
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 95.1
| 91
| 4
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 87
| 22
| 15
| 10
| 4.02
| 118
| 154
| 128
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 286.1
| 289
| 16
| 124
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.25
| 2
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.1
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 22
| 15
| 10
| 4.32
| 120
| 166
| 140
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 291.2
| 304
| 17
| 128
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 61
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 13
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 38
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .237
| .256
| .237
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 32
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .152
| .188
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 87
| 88
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 8
| .159
| .187
| .182
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 89
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 8
| .169
| .196
| .191
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Baltimore (International) to New York Giants with Bill Lohrman (July 20, 1937).
- Sold by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals (January 2, 1941).
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