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Johnny Vander Meer

Reds Career team 1937 to 1949
Position P
Born Nov 2, 1914

Key Insights

1951
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Roy Campanella has hit .364/.417/.909 against Vander Meer over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 11 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .635 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Vander Meer has struck Sam Jethroe out 6 times in 10 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Vander Meer has faced Enos Slaughter more than any other hitter: 136 plate appearances, and Enos Slaughter has hit .303/.368/.475 in them.

37 hits, 2 home runs and 15 strikeouts across 136 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Joe Stripp is 0 for 14 against Vander Meer, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

16 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Stan Musial has taken Vander Meer deep 6 times, once every 17.3 plate appearances between them.

104 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Vander Meer throws than Pete Reiser: 33.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

38 plate appearances between them. 95th percentile of the 14 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 2, 1914