Barnstorming
Johnny Vander Meer
John Samuel Vander Meer Born: 11/2/1914 in Prospect Park, NJ USA      Died: 10/6/1997 in Tampa, FL USA
Weight: 190 lb.      Height: 6'1"
Bats: B                 Throws: L
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1937 | 22 | CIN | NL | 21 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .304 | .584 | |||
| 1938 | 23 | CIN | NL | 33 | 83 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .181 | .181 | .181 | .361 | |||
| 1939 | 24 | CIN | NL | 30 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .111 | .179 | .139 | .318 | |||
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | NL | 12 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .333 | .400 | .733 | |||
| 1941 | 26 | CIN | NL | 35 | 76 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .132 | .154 | .145 | .299 | |||
| 1942 | 27 | CIN | NL | 37 | 75 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .147 | .210 | .160 | .370 | |||
| 1943 | 28 | CIN | NL | 40 | 95 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .137 | .212 | .147 | .359 | |||
| 1946 | 31 | CIN | NL | 33 | 73 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 | .257 | .274 | .531 | |||
| 1947 | 32 | CIN | NL | 31 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .088 | .133 | .123 | .256 | |||
| 1948 | 33 | CIN | NL | 41 | 78 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .141 | .212 | .205 | .417 | |||
| 1949 | 34 | CIN | NL | 33 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .077 | .172 | .077 | .249 | |||
| 1950 | 35 | CHN | NL | 35 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .176 | .250 | .426 | |||
| 1951 | 36 | CLE | AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ||
| 13 Seasons | 382 | 685 | 58 | 104 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 201 | 0 | 60 | 8 | .152 | .200 | .180 | .379 | |||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1937 | 22 | CIN | NL | 3 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 84.1 | 63 | 36 | 0 | 69 | 52 | 3.84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 380 | 3 | 41 | |
| 1938 | 23 | CIN | NL | 15 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 225.1 | 177 | 78 | 12 | 103 | 125 | 3.12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 948 | 0 | 89 | |
| 1939 | 24 | CIN | NL | 5 | 9 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 128 | 67 | 7 | 95 | 102 | 4.67 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 593 | 4 | 76 | |
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | NL | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 38 | 20 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 3.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 224 | 2 | 24 | |
| 1941 | 26 | CIN | NL | 16 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 226.1 | 172 | 71 | 8 | 126 | 202 | 2.82 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 945 | 0 | 83 | |
| 1942 | 27 | CIN | NL | 18 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 244 | 188 | 66 | 6 | 102 | 186 | 2.43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1017 | 0 | 78 | |
| 1943 | 28 | CIN | NL | 15 | 16 | 36 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 289 | 228 | 92 | 5 | 162 | 174 | 2.87 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1204 | 0 | 102 | |
| 1946 | 31 | CIN | NL | 10 | 12 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 204.1 | 175 | 72 | 11 | 78 | 94 | 3.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 847 | 0 | 77 | |
| 1947 | 32 | CIN | NL | 9 | 14 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 186 | 91 | 11 | 87 | 79 | 4.40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 816 | 0 | 104 | |
| 1948 | 33 | CIN | NL | 17 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 204 | 88 | 15 | 124 | 120 | 3.41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 993 | 0 | 97 | |
| 1949 | 34 | CIN | NL | 5 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 159.2 | 172 | 87 | 12 | 85 | 76 | 4.90 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 712 | 2 | 92 | |
| 1950 | 35 | CHN | NL | 3 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.2 | 60 | 31 | 10 | 59 | 41 | 3.79 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 338 | 17 | 46 | |
| 1951 | 36 | CLE | AL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | |
| 13 Seasons | 119 | 121 | 346 | 285 | 131 | 29 | 2 | 2104.2 | 1799 | 805 | 100 | 1132 | 1294 | 3.44 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 9034 | 28 | 915 | ||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | WS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1937 | 22 | CIN | NL | P | 19 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | ||
| 1938 | 23 | CIN | NL | P | 32 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0.939 | ||
| 1939 | 24 | CIN | NL | P | 30 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0.875 | ||
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | NL | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 1941 | 26 | CIN | NL | P | 33 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0.966 | ||
| 1942 | 27 | CIN | NL | P | 33 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 0.966 | ||
| 1943 | 28 | CIN | NL | P | 36 | 0 | 11 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 0.951 | ||
| 1946 | 31 | CIN | NL | P | 29 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0.929 | ||
| 1947 | 32 | CIN | NL | P | 30 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0.951 | ||
| 1948 | 33 | CIN | NL | P | 33 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0.909 | ||
| 1949 | 34 | CIN | NL | P | 28 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0.951 | ||
| 1950 | 35 | CHN | NL | P | 32 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.857 | ||
| 1951 | 36 | CLE | AL | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 13 Seasons | 346 | 0 | 82 | 404 | 29 | 30 | 0.944 | ||||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1940 | 25 | CIN | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 Post Seasons | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Team | League | Salary |
| Year | Age | League | Award |
| 1938 | 23 | NL | Baseball Magazine All-Star - P4 |
| 1938 | 23 | ML | TSN All-Star - P |
| 1938 | 23 | ML | Baseball Magazine All-Star - P3 |
| 1938 | 23 | ML | TSN Major League Player of the Year |
| 1942 | 27 | NL | Baseball Magazine All-Star - P3 |
| 1942 | 27 | ML | Baseball Magazine All-Star - P5 |
| Year | Age | Voters | Ballots | Required | Votes | Pct. | Inducted | Category |
| 1945 | 30 | BBWAA | 247 | 186 | 1.0 | 0.00405 | N | Player |
| 1956 | 41 | BBWAA | 193 | 145 | 3.0 | 0.01554 | N | Player |
| 1958 | 43 | BBWAA | 266 | 200 | 35.0 | 0.13158 | N | Player |
| 1960 | 45 | BBWAA | 269 | 202 | 31.0 | 0.11524 | N | Player |
| 1962 | 47 | BBWAA | 160 | 120 | 5.0 | 0.03125 | N | Player |
| 1964 | 49 | BBWAA | 201 | 151 | 51.0 | 0.25373 | N | Player |
| 1964 | 49 | Run Off | 201 | 20.0 | 0.09950 | N | Player | |
| 1966 | 51 | BBWAA | 302 | 227 | 72.0 | 0.23841 | N | Player |
| 1967 | 52 | Run Off | 306 | 35.0 | 0.11438 | N | Player | |
| 1967 | 52 | BBWAA | 292 | 219 | 87.0 | 0.29795 | N | Player |
| 1968 | 53 | BBWAA | 283 | 213 | 79.0 | 0.27915 | N | Player |
| 1969 | 54 | BBWAA | 340 | 255 | 95.0 | 0.27941 | N | Player |
| 1970 | 55 | BBWAA | 300 | 225 | 88.0 | 0.29333 | N | Player |
| 1971 | 56 | BBWAA | 360 | 270 | 98.0 | 0.27222 | N | Player |
| 1981 | 66 | Veterans | N | Player | ||||
| 1984 | 69 | Veterans | N | Player | ||||
| 2003 | 88 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2005 | 90 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2007 | 92 | Veterans - Players | N | Player |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Div | # | G | W | L | Pct. | Div Rank | Ply/Mgr |
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