Johnny Vander Meer John Samuel Vander Meer Bats Both Throws Left Height 5'10 Weight 175 Born November 2, 1914 Prospect Park, NJ Died October 6, 1997 Tampa, FL

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1937 22 MIL  10   9  .526   8  54  23   3   1  179.1  154  100   99  135  105  25  4.97  4.28   86  
 1938 23 MIL   7   5  .583  13  55   1   0   0   64.0   56   34   29   41   56  10  4.08  4.28  105  
 1939 24 MIL   2   7  .222   3  90   0   0   0   93.2  121   85   70   69   69  14  6.73  4.19   62  
 1940 25 MIL   4  10  .286   4  77   0   0   0   69.0   79   59   55   63   64  18  7.17  4.26   59  
 1941 26 MUS  11   9  .550   0  35  34   2   0  194.0  184  107   98  137  218  16  4.55  4.22   93  

 1942 27 MUS  15  10  .600   0  37  37   0   0  220.2  205   92   79  101  210  14  3.22  4.04  125  
 1943 28 MUS  10  18  .357   0  40  40   4   0  238.1  242  143  119  125  173  23  4.49  4.08   91  
 1944 29 MUS  Military Service                                                                      
 1945 30 MUS  Military Service                                                                      
 1946 31 MUS  10  13  .435   0  32  32   3   1  192.2  207  107   94   84  118   8  4.39  3.97   90 
 1948 33 MUS                                                                                        
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
  8 Seasons   69  81  .460  28 420 167  12   2 1251.2 1248  727  643  755 1013 128  4.62  4.17   90 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg   8   9  .460   3  47  18   1   0  138.2  138   81   71   84  112  14  4.62 
 Career High  15  18  .600  13  90  40   4   1  238.1  242  143  119  137  218  25  3.22            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1937 MIL HAR   L     1   0 1.000   0   5   0   0   0   4.0    2    1    1    6    2   0  2.25
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               3-1    2   3  .400   0   6   6   1   0  29.1   43   27   24   12   11   3  7.36
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1942

Wins 1942-15-2

ERA 1942-3.22-8

Strikeouts 1941-218-2 1942-210-1 1943-173-1

Saves 1937-8-7 1938-13-6

Innings 1942-220-2-5 1943-238-1-5

Games 1939-90-5 1940-77-10

Walks 1937-135-1 1941-137-1 1942-101-1 1943-125-1 1946-84-8

Losses 1943-18-3 1946-13-5

Transactions January 1, 1937: Drafted 1st round (2nd overall) by Cincinnati.

Biography