Johnny Vander Meer

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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