Hy Vandenberg
1935–1945 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
90G
.169AVG
.196OBP
.191SLG
More career statistics
15H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
15–10W–L
291.2IP
120K
4.32ERA
22GS
5SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,277 | 1,281 |
| Pitching · p h | 304 | 306 |
| Pitching · p k | 120 | 122 |
| Pitching · p w | 128 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 97 | 89 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .169 | .196 | .191 | .387 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291.7 | 90 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 304 | 166 | 140 | 17 | 128 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 1.481 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1944-08-06 to 1944-08-20
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1945-06-15 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1935-06-08 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1945-07-04 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Boston Red Sox | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 5 | 2 |
| 1937 |  New York Giants | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 2 |
| 1938 | New York Giants | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 7 |
| 1939 | New York Giants | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1940 | New York Giants | 13 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 32 | 17 |
| 1944 |  Chicago Cubs | 35 | 38 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .237 | 126 | 55 |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 32 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 95 | 36 |