Johnny Vander Meer
1934–1951 · bats B / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, EMS, NLS, VMA
384G
.152AVG
.200OBP
.180SLG
More career statistics
104H
1HR
26RBI
1SB
119–121W–L
2,104.2IP
1,294K
3.44ERA
286GS
2SV
12Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 685 | 684 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 201 | 203 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 786 | 785 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,034 | 9,061 |
| Pitching · p er | 805 | 803 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,799 | 1,797 |
| Pitching · p hr | 100 | 99 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,314 | 6,311 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,294 | 1,300 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,132 | 1,134 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 384 | 786 | 685 | 58 | 104 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 41 | 201 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | .152 | .200 | .180 | .380 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,104.7 | 346 | 286 | 131 | 119 | 121 | 2 | 1,799 | 915 | 805 | 100 | 1,132 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 3.44 | 1.393 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1946-06-16 to 1946-07-14
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | 1938-06-15 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 15 scoreless innings | 1946-09-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1938-06-11 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 362 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 88 | .125 | .160 | .154 |
| Away | 188 | 423 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 115 | .174 | .206 | .201 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .060 | .158 | .060 |
| May | 71 | 140 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 34 | .161 | .207 | .188 |
| June | 72 | 146 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 39 | .157 | .164 | .194 |
| July | 69 | 130 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | .161 | .162 | .203 |
| August | 66 | 138 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 34 | .155 | .188 | .172 |
| September | 76 | 160 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 37 | .162 | .206 | .190 |
| October | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .214 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 59 | 136 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 31 | .179 | .206 | .179 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 101 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 | .195 | .198 | .280 |
| chicago-cubs | 55 | 125 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 35 | .152 | .192 | .171 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 54 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | .152 | .211 | .177 |
| new-york-giants | 53 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 32 | .108 | .179 | .140 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 130 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | .142 | .138 | .183 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 44 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | .133 | .165 | .133 |
| cincinnati-reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Cincinnati Reds | 21 | 23 | 5 | – | – | – | .217 | 84 | 52 |
| 1938 | Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 83 | 15 | – | 2 | – | .181 | 225 | 126 |
| 1939 | Cincinnati Reds | 30 | 36 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 129 | 102 |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 20 | 6 | – | – | – | .300 | 48 | 40 |
| 1941 | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 76 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .132 | 226 | 202 |
| 1942 | Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 75 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .147 | 244 | 186 |
| 1943 | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 95 | 13 | – | 5 | 1 | .137 | 288 | 172 |
| 1946 | Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 73 | 18 | – | 2 | – | .247 | 204 | 103 |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 57 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .088 | 186 | 78 |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 2 | – | .143 | 232 | 120 |
| 1949 | Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 52 | 4 | – | 5 | – | .077 | 158 | 75 |
| 1950 |  Chicago Cubs | 35 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | .125 | 74 | 42 |
| 1951 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 2 |