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Historical player · 1937–1951

Johnny Vander Meer

B/T B/L · HT 73 · WT 190 · Born 11/2/1914 · From Prospect Park, NJ USA · Debut 1937-04-22 · Final 1951-05-07

Career · batting

382

685

104

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.152 · 0.380

Career · pitching

346

285

2,104.7

W-L

119-121

1,294

ERA

3.44

WHIP

1.39

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1937–1949

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#618 on the Reds

↑ 1 C. Abrams

Hits

102

#394 on the Reds

↑ 1 F. Lewis

↓ 1 A. Hays

RBI

#512 on the Reds

↑ 1 P. Corrales

↓ 1 J. Quinn

#629 on the Reds

↑ 1 A. Alcantara

Runs

#364 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Morrissey

↓ 1 R. Branyan

#353 on the Reds

↑ 1 D. Bichette

↓ 1 S. Akiyama

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1950–1950

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Hits

#1,418 on the Cubs

↑ 1 M. Allison

↓ 1 B. Zick

Runs

#1,356 on the Cubs

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

#1,281 on the Cubs

↑ 1 T. Angley

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1951–1951

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

104

#6,138 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Bell

↓ 1 T. Teagarden

RBI

#7,263 all-time MLB

↑ 1 N. Altrock

↓ 1 L. Xiqués

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1937	Reds	NL	21	23	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	0.217	—	0.304
1938	Reds	NL	33	83	6	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	0.181	—	0.181
1939	Reds	NL	30	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	10	0.111	—	0.139
1940	Reds	NL	12	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.300	—	0.400
1941	Reds	NL	35	76	6	10	1	0	0	4	0	2	18	0.132	—	0.145
1942	Reds	NL	37	75	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	6	26	0.147	—	0.160
1943	Reds	NL	40	95	9	13	1	0	0	5	1	9	28	0.137	—	0.147
1946	Reds	NL	33	73	6	18	2	0	0	2	0	1	21	0.247	—	0.274
1947	Reds	NL	31	57	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	3	18	0.088	—	0.123
1948	Reds	NL	41	78	6	11	2	0	1	2	0	7	21	0.141	—	0.205
1949	Reds	NL	33	52	5	4	0	0	0	5	0	6	17	0.077	—	0.077
1950	Cubs	NL	35	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	0.125	—	0.250
1951	Indians	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
Career			382	685	58	104	12	2	1	26	1	41	201	0.152	0.200	0.180

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1937	Reds	NL	3	5	19	9	0	84.3	63	36	69	52	3.84	1.57
1938	Reds	NL	15	10	32	29	0	225.3	177	78	103	125	3.12	1.24
1939	Reds	NL	5	9	30	21	0	129.0	128	67	95	102	4.67	1.73
1940	Reds	NL	3	1	10	7	1	48.0	38	20	41	41	3.75	1.65
1941	Reds	NL	16	13	33	32	0	226.3	172	71	126	202	2.82	1.32
1942	Reds	NL	18	12	33	33	0	244.0	188	66	102	186	2.43	1.19
1943	Reds	NL	15	16	36	36	0	289.0	228	92	162	174	2.87	1.35
1946	Reds	NL	10	12	29	25	0	204.3	175	72	78	94	3.17	1.24
1947	Reds	NL	9	14	30	29	0	186.0	186	91	87	79	4.40	1.47
1948	Reds	NL	17	14	33	33	0	232.0	204	88	124	120	3.41	1.41
1949	Reds	NL	5	10	28	24	0	159.7	172	87	85	76	4.90	1.61
1950	Cubs	NL	3	4	32	6	1	73.7	60	31	59	41	3.79	1.62
1951	Indians	AL	0	1	1	1	0	3.0	8	6	1	2	18.00	3.00
Career			119	121	346	285	2	2,104.7	1,799	805	1,132	1,294	3.44	1.39

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	346	0	0.0	82	404	29	30

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1984	Veterans			Ballot
1981	Veterans			Ballot
1971	BBWAA	98	270	Ballot
1970	BBWAA	88	225	Ballot
1969	BBWAA	95	255	Ballot
1968	BBWAA	79	213	Ballot
1967	BBWAA	87	219	Ballot
1967	Run Off	35		Ballot
1966	BBWAA	72	227	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	51	151	Ballot
1964	Run Off	20		Ballot
1962	BBWAA	5	120	Ballot
1960	BBWAA	31	202	Ballot
1958	BBWAA	35	200	Ballot
1956	BBWAA	3	145	Ballot
1945	BBWAA	1	186	Ballot