Johnny Vander Meer

John Samuel Vander Meer
Born: November 2, 1914
Prospect Park, NJ USA
Deceased: 1997
Tampa, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: B
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Career: 1937-1951
Minor League Statistics

Johnny Vander Meer compiled a career record of 119 wins and 121 losses in his 384-game career with the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1937 season and last took the field during the 1951 campaign.

Cincinnati Reds

Chicago Cubs

Cleveland Indians

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1937	NL	Cincinnati Reds	3	5	.375	3.84	19	9	3	4	0	0	84.3	63	41	36	0	69	52	2	0	1	380
1938	NL	Cincinnati Reds	15	10	.600	3.12	32	29	0	16	3	0	225.3	177	89	78	12	103	125	3	0	5	948
1939	NL	Cincinnati Reds	5	9	.357	4.67	30	21	4	8	0	0	129.0	128	76	67	7	95	102	2	2	3	593
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	3	1	.750	3.75	10	7	2	2	0	1	48.0	38	24	20	3	41	41	1	1	1	224
1941	NL	Cincinnati Reds	16	13	.552	2.82	33	32	0	18	6	0	226.3	172	83	71	8	126	202	1	0	3	945
1942	NL	Cincinnati Reds	18	12	.600	2.43	33	33	0	21	4	0	244.0	188	78	66	6	102	186	1	0	4	1017
1943	NL	Cincinnati Reds	15	16	.484	2.87	36	36	0	21	3	0	289.0	228	102	92	5	162	174	3	0	6	1204
1946	NL	Cincinnati Reds	10	12	.455	3.17	29	25	0	11	4	0	204.3	175	77	72	11	78	94	0	0	1	847
1947	NL	Cincinnati Reds	9	14	.391	4.40	30	29	0	9	3	0	186.0	186	104	91	11	87	79	3	0	3	816
1948	NL	Cincinnati Reds	17	14	.548	3.41	33	33	0	14	3	0	232.0	204	97	88	15	124	120	1	0	2	993
1949	NL	Cincinnati Reds	5	10	.333	4.90	28	24	2	7	3	0	159.7	172	92	87	12	85	76	2	0	5	712
1950	NL	Chicago Cubs	3	4	.429	3.79	32	6	17	0	0	1	73.7	60	46	31	10	59	41	2	0	3	338
1951	AL	Cleveland Indians	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	17
Totals			119	121	.496	3.44	346	285	28	131	29	2	2104.7	1799	915	805	100	1132	1294	21	3	37	9034

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1937	NL	Cincinnati Reds	21	26	23	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	.217	.280	.304	.584	7	0	1
1938	NL	Cincinnati Reds	33	88	83	6	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	.181	.181	.181	.361	15	1	5
1939	NL	Cincinnati Reds	30	46	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	10	.111	.179	.139	.318	5	0	7
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	12	21	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.333	.400	.733	8	0	0
1941	NL	Cincinnati Reds	35	87	76	6	10	1	0	0	4	0	2	18	.132	.154	.145	.299	11	1	9
1942	NL	Cincinnati Reds	37	89	75	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	6	26	.147	.210	.160	.370	12	1	8
1943	NL	Cincinnati Reds	40	112	95	9	13	1	0	0	5	1	9	28	.137	.212	.147	.359	14	2	8
1946	NL	Cincinnati Reds	33	75	73	6	18	2	0	0	2	0	1	21	.247	.257	.274	.531	20	1	1
1947	NL	Cincinnati Reds	31	69	57	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	3	18	.088	.133	.123	.256	7	1	9
1948	NL	Cincinnati Reds	41	89	78	6	11	2	0	1	2	0	7	21	.141	.212	.205	.417	16	1	4
1949	NL	Cincinnati Reds	33	66	52	5	4	0	0	0	5	0	6	17	.077	.172	.077	.249	4	0	8
1950	NL	Chicago Cubs	35	17	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	.125	.176	.250	.426	4	0	0
1951	AL	Cleveland Indians	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals			382	786	685	58	104	12	2	1	26	1	41	201	.152	.200	.180	.379	123	8	60

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1937	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	19	7	23	0	1	1.000	1.579
1938	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	32	8	38	3	0	.939	1.438
1939	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	30	5	16	3	5	.875	.700
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	10	0	9	0	0	1.000	.900
1941	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	33	10	47	2	3	.966	1.727
1942	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	33	6	51	2	4	.966	1.727
1943	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	36	11	67	4	7	.951	2.167
1946	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	29	6	33	3	2	.929	1.345
1947	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	30	8	31	2	1	.951	1.300
1948	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	33	11	39	5	3	.909	1.515
1949	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	28	6	33	2	4	.951	1.393
1950	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	32	4	14	3	0	.857	.563
1951	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals				346	82	404	29	30	.944	1.405

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14
Totals				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1940	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000

Awards

1938 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1942 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3

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