Johnny Vander Meer
- Full Name: John Samuel Vander Meer
- Nickname(s): The Dutch Master, Double No-Hit
- Born: 11/2/1914
- Birthplace: Prospect Park, NJ
- Died: 10/6/1997
- Died In: Tampa, FL
- Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown
- Bats: Both
- Throws: Left
- College: N/A
- Debut: 4/22/1937
- Final Game: 5/7/1951
- All-Star Selection:
1938, 1939, 1942, 1943
Batting Stats
| Year |
Age |
Team |
Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
HBP |
SO |
SH |
SF |
SB |
CS |
TB |
PA |
GIDP |
AVG |
SLG |
OBP |
| 1937 |
22 |
CIN |
NL |
21 |
23 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
7 |
1 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
26 |
0 |
.217 |
.304 |
.280 |
| 1938 |
23 |
CIN |
NL |
33 |
83 |
6 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
23 |
5 |
|
0 |
|
15 |
88 |
1 |
.181 |
.181 |
.181 |
| 1939 |
24 |
CIN |
NL |
30 |
36 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
0 |
10 |
7 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
46 |
0 |
.111 |
.139 |
.179 |
| 1940 |
25 |
CIN |
NL |
12 |
20 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
8 |
21 |
0 |
.300 |
.400 |
.333 |
| 1941 |
26 |
CIN |
NL |
35 |
76 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
0 |
18 |
9 |
|
0 |
|
11 |
87 |
1 |
.132 |
.145 |
.154 |
| 1942 |
27 |
CIN |
NL |
37 |
75 |
7 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
0 |
26 |
8 |
|
0 |
|
12 |
89 |
1 |
.147 |
.160 |
.210 |
| 1943 |
28 |
CIN |
NL |
40 |
95 |
9 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
0 |
28 |
8 |
|
1 |
|
14 |
112 |
2 |
.137 |
.147 |
.212 |
| 1946 |
31 |
CIN |
NL |
33 |
73 |
6 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
0 |
21 |
1 |
|
0 |
|
20 |
75 |
1 |
.247 |
.274 |
.257 |
| 1947 |
32 |
CIN |
NL |
31 |
57 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
0 |
18 |
9 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
69 |
1 |
.088 |
.123 |
.133 |
| 1948 |
33 |
CIN |
NL |
41 |
78 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
0 |
21 |
4 |
|
0 |
|
16 |
89 |
1 |
.141 |
.205 |
.212 |
| 1949 |
34 |
CIN |
NL |
33 |
52 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
0 |
17 |
8 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
66 |
0 |
.077 |
.077 |
.172 |
| 1950 |
35 |
CHC |
NL |
35 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
17 |
0 |
.125 |
.250 |
.176 |
| 1951 |
36 |
CLE |
AL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
| 13 Seasons |
382 |
685 |
58 |
104 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
201 |
60 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
123 |
786 |
8 |
.152 |
.180 |
.200 |
Pitching Stats
| Year |
Age |
Team |
Lg |
W |
L |
SH |
SV |
G |
GS |
CG |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
WP |
HB |
BK |
BF |
GF |
ERA |
| 1937 |
22 |
CIN |
NL |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
9 |
4 |
84.1 |
63 |
41 |
36 |
0 |
69 |
|
52 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
380 |
3 |
3.84 |
| 1938 |
23 |
CIN |
NL |
15 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
29 |
16 |
225.1 |
177 |
89 |
78 |
12 |
103 |
|
125 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
948 |
0 |
3.12 |
| 1939 |
24 |
CIN |
NL |
5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
21 |
8 |
129.0 |
128 |
76 |
67 |
7 |
95 |
|
102 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
593 |
4 |
4.67 |
| 1940 |
25 |
CIN |
NL |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
48.0 |
38 |
24 |
20 |
3 |
41 |
|
41 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
224 |
2 |
3.75 |
| 1941 |
26 |
CIN |
NL |
16 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
33 |
32 |
18 |
226.1 |
172 |
83 |
71 |
8 |
126 |
|
202 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
945 |
0 |
2.82 |
| 1942 |
27 |
CIN |
NL |
18 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
21 |
244.0 |
188 |
78 |
66 |
6 |
102 |
|
186 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1017 |
0 |
2.43 |
| 1943 |
28 |
CIN |
NL |
15 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
36 |
21 |
289.0 |
228 |
102 |
92 |
5 |
162 |
|
174 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1204 |
0 |
2.87 |
| 1946 |
31 |
CIN |
NL |
10 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
29 |
25 |
11 |
204.1 |
175 |
77 |
72 |
11 |
78 |
|
94 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
847 |
0 |
3.17 |
| 1947 |
32 |
CIN |
NL |
9 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
29 |
9 |
186.0 |
186 |
104 |
91 |
11 |
87 |
|
79 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
816 |
0 |
4.40 |
| 1948 |
33 |
CIN |
NL |
17 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
14 |
232.0 |
204 |
97 |
88 |
15 |
124 |
|
120 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
993 |
0 |
3.41 |
| 1949 |
34 |
CIN |
NL |
5 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
28 |
24 |
7 |
159.2 |
172 |
92 |
87 |
12 |
85 |
|
76 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
712 |
2 |
4.90 |
| 1950 |
35 |
CHC |
NL |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
32 |
6 |
0 |
73.2 |
60 |
46 |
31 |
10 |
59 |
|
41 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
338 |
17 |
3.79 |
| 1951 |
36 |
CLE |
AL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.0 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
18.00 |
| 13 Seasons |
119 |
121 |
29 |
2 |
346 |
285 |
131 |
2104.2 |
1799 |
915 |
805 |
100 |
1132 |
0 |
1294 |
37 |
21 |
3 |
9034 |
28 |
3.44 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year |
Team |
Lg |
POS |
G |
GS |
Innings |
PO |
A |
E |
DP |
FP |
| 1937 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
19 |
9 |
84.1 |
7 |
23 |
0 |
1 |
1.000 |
| 1938 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
32 |
29 |
225.1 |
8 |
38 |
3 |
0 |
.939 |
| 1939 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
30 |
21 |
129.0 |
5 |
16 |
3 |
5 |
.875 |
| 1940 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
10 |
7 |
48.0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 1941 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
33 |
32 |
226.1 |
10 |
47 |
2 |
3 |
.966 |
| 1942 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
33 |
33 |
244.0 |
6 |
51 |
2 |
4 |
.966 |
| 1943 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
36 |
36 |
289.0 |
11 |
67 |
4 |
7 |
.951 |
| 1946 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
29 |
25 |
204.1 |
6 |
33 |
3 |
2 |
.929 |
| 1947 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
30 |
29 |
186.0 |
8 |
31 |
2 |
1 |
.951 |
| 1948 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
33 |
33 |
232.0 |
11 |
39 |
5 |
3 |
.909 |
| 1949 |
CIN |
NL |
P |
28 |
24 |
159.2 |
6 |
33 |
2 |
4 |
.951 |
| 1950 |
CHC |
NL |
P |
32 |
6 |
73.2 |
4 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
.857 |
| 1951 |
CLE |
AL |
P |
1 |
1 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 13 Seasons |
|
346 |
285 |
2104.2 |
82 |
404 |
29 |
30 |
.944 |
All-Star Batting Statistics
| Year |
Team |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
HBP |
SO |
SH |
SF |
SB |
CS |
TB |
PA |
GIDP |
AVG |
SLG |
OBP |
| 1938 |
NL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
| 1942 |
NL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
| 1943 |
NL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
| Totals |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
All-Star Pitching Statistics
| Year
| Team
| W
| L
| SH
| SV
| G
| GS
| CG
| IP
| H
| R
| ER
| HR
| BB
| IBB
| SO
| WP
| HB
| BK
| GF
| ERA
|
| 1938 |
NL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 1942 |
NL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 1943 |
NL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Totals |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8.2 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Postseason Batting Statistics
| Year |
Round |
Team |
Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
IBB |
HBP |
SO |
SH |
SF |
SB |
CS |
TB |
PA |
GIDP |
AVG |
SLG |
OBP |
| 1940 |
CIN |
WS |
NL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
Postseason Pitching Statistics
| Year |
Round |
Team |
Lg |
W |
L |
SH |
SV |
G |
GS |
CG |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
IBB |
SO |
WP |
HB |
BK |
BF |
GF |
ERA |
| 1940 |
CIN |
WS |
NL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |