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Johnny Vander Meer John Samuel Vander Meer (The Dutch Master,Double No-Hit) Bats Both, Throws Left Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb. MLB Debut April 22, 1937 Final Game May 7, 1951 Born November 2, 1914 in Prospect Park, NJ Died October 6, 1997 (age 82)

• Pitched a one-hitter for BON vs. PIN on August 24, 1938
• Pitched a one-hitter for CIN vs. PHA on June 27, 1941

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1937 22 BON NL   5   5  .500  34   8   0  19   4   0   89.0   66   403   38   28   1   78   1   0   68   1  0  2.83  
 1938 23 BON NL  17   9  .654  31  31  15   0   0   5  236.1  175   989   87   73  18  117   0   3  136   6  0  2.78  CY-1
 1939 24 BON NL   7   7  .500  30  23   2   2   0   0  141.2  139   686   98   88  11  123   1   1  131   9  4  5.59  
 1940 25 BON NL   2   3  .400  34   5   2  11   4   0   52.2   35   246   23   15   1   57   0   0   40   1  2  2.56  
 1941 26 CIN NL  16   7  .696  29  29  10   0   0   0  222.2  172   994  103   75  14  148  11   3  177   3  0  3.03  CY-2
 1942 27 CIN NL  17  11  .607  38  34  10   3   2   6  266.1  176  1088   67   50   7  127   2   5  243   5  0  1.69  CY-2
 1943 28 CIN NL  18  11  .621  36  36   7   0   0   5  282.0  213  1191   94   75   5  154   0   7  200   5  0  2.39  CY-4
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 CIN NL  14  13  .519  31  31   3   0   0   1  209.2  205   904  106   80  12   75   2   4  127   6  0  3.43  
 1947 32 CIN NL   8  14  .364  31  31   1   0   0   0  184.1  199   830  102   87  13   86   2   4  110   7  0  4.25  
 1948 33 CIN NL  11  11  .500  35  35   6   0   0   2  238.1  202  1018  118  100  19  109   0   4  122   5  0  3.78  CY-8
 1949 34 CIN NL   8   9  .471  25  24   0   1   0   0  147.1  160   664   67   63   5   78   5   4   85   3  0  3.85  
 1950 35 CIN NL   1   0 1.000  66   0   0  20   3   0   59.0   47   273   25   21   7   53   1   0   37   2  0  3.20  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 12 Seasons     124 100  .554 420 287  56  56  13  19 2129.1 1789  9286  928  755 113 1205  25  35 1476  53  6  3.19
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CIN      93  76  .550 291 220  37  24   5  14 1609.2 1374  6962  682  551  82  830  23  31 1101  36  0  3.08
   With BON      31  24  .564 129  67  19  32   8   5  519.2  415  2324  246  204  31  375   2   4  375  17  6  3.53
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     119 121  .496 346 285 131  28   2  29 2106.2 1799  9034  915  805 100 1132      21 1294  37  3  3.44
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1937 22 BON NL  34   37   3.7   4  5.25   25   5   0  .200   0    5    4  .800    3    3  .500  -34   
 1938 23 BON NL  35   83   3.1   0  4.71   83  18   0  .217   5    6    2  .333    8    5  .615  -25   
 1939 24 BON NL  28   92   5.7   2  5.13   46   3   0  .065   3    8    6  .750    9    1  .900    1   
 1940 25 BON NL  37   24   4.1   7  4.40   13   4   0  .308   0    2    2 1.000    1    2  .333  -52   
 1941 26 CIN NL  32   94   3.7   0  4.21   69   5   0  .072   2    8    6  .750    1    3  .250   14   
 1942 27 CIN NL  32   70   2.4   2  3.06   88  18   0  .205   1    7    6  .857    5    5  .500  -79   
 1943 28 CIN NL  29   88   2.8   0  3.72   93  15   0  .161   8   20   11  .550    7    9  .438  -52   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 CIN NL  21   95   4.0   0  4.23   68  17   0  .250   2    9    7  .778    1    0 1.000   43   
 1947 32 CIN NL  23  103   4.9   0  3.39   52   1   0  .019   0    5    5 1.000    1    1  .500   10   
 1948 33 CIN NL  26  103   3.9   0  4.49   77  15   2  .195   7   14    7  .500    0    1  .000  -20   
 1949 34 CIN NL  25   83   5.1   0  3.71   42   0   0  .000   2    6    4  .667    2    1  .667  -75   
 1950 35 CIN NL  38   31   4.7   4          5   0   0  .000   3    5    1  .200    0    0  .000  -45   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 12 Seasons          908   3.8  19        661 101   2  .153  33   95   61  .642   38   31  .551  -24   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Draft History

• Selected by BON in round 2 (#18 overall) of the 1940 Contraction Draft.

Transaction History

• 1950-01: traded by CHN to CIN for Bob Scheffing, Bob Usher

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1937 BON 89-65 Thomas Treece 1938 BON 81-73 Thomas Treece 1939 BON 66-88 Thomas Treece 1940 BON 78-76 Thomas Treece 1941 CIN 74-80 Larry Cupp 1942 CIN 70-84 John Storer, Larry Cupp 1943 CIN 90-64 John Storer 1946 CIN 87-67 John Storer 1947 CIN 61-93 John Storer 1948 CIN 61-93 John Storer 1949 CIN 72-82 John Storer 1950 CIN 84-70 John Storer

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