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Johnny Vander Meer

25.7

346

286

2104.2

119-121

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3.44

107

1294

14.3

1132

12.5

WAR

G

GS

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31.4

462

379

2864.0

169-157

13

3.54

106

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Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Pitching Comparison

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	169	157	.518	3.54	462	379	46	182	29	13	2864.0	2953	1304	1127	137	893	84	998	24	5	54	12186	4061	106	3.76	1.343	9.3	0.4	2.8	3.1
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	119	121	.496	3.44	346	286	28	131	29	2	2104.2	1799	915	805	100	1132	37	1294	21	3	37	9034	3069	107	3.69	1.393	7.7	0.4	4.8	5.5

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	0	2	.000	3.38	4	3	1	0	0	1	21.1	26	11	8	0	6	0	13	1	0	0	93	36			1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	5.5
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	5			1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	6.0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Value

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	32.5	8.7
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	346	286	2104.2	26.7	8.0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Against

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	4061	11092	2279	461	76	99	92	51.83	1	237	178	12	.266	.322	.359	.680	92	.092	.283	1284	3977	674	3870	4061
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	346	286	2104.2	3069	7765	1328	311	60	61	74	45.19	1	196	134	6	.232	.331	.326	.657	88	.094	.266	842	2530	471	2952	3069

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	36	85	21	3	2	2	1	66.67	0	3	1	0	.306	.359	.388	.747		.082	.361	12	33	5	33	36
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	1	0	3.0	5	11	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.182	.539		.000	.222	1	2	0	5	5

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	206	54	51.7	61	23	38	5	72.2	46	83
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	153	53	54.6	42	15	36	2	50.0	28	60

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	1	33	49.3	0	0		0	100.0	1	1
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	0			0	0				0	1

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Ratios

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	8.2	7.3	0.9
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	346	286	2104.2	14.3	12.5	1.8

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	14.0	6.5	7.5
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	1	0	3.0	14.3	21.4	-7.1

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	346	286	2104.2		83

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	308	85	202	65.58
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	1	0	3.0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Pitching

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill Lee	3	3	.500	1.93	6	5	1	3	0	0	42.0	40	11	9	1	3	1	16	0	0	2	163	1.024	8.6	0.2	0.6	3.4
2	Johnny Vander Meer	2	3	.400	2.27	6	6	0	3	1	0	39.2	33	16	10	1	16	0	29	0	0	1	171	1.235	7.5	0.2	3.6	6.6

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Bill Lee	CHC	1942-04-17	CG, W	9.0	10	2	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	36	11	35	8	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	2	64			0.3	1.75			1.21
2	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1942-04-17	CG(8), L	8.0	5	3	2	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	34	11	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	62			-0.2	0.33			1.87
3	Bill Lee	CHC	1941-09-23	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	34	9	33	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	68			0.3	3.26			0.60
4	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1941-09-23	GS-2, L	1.1	3	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	32			-0.3	-3.55			1.07
5	Bill Lee	CHC	1941-04-22	CG, L	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	31	6	31	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	77			0.3	3.09			0.91
6	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1941-04-22	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	35	8	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	88			0.8	4.09			1.56
7	Bill Lee	CHC	1939-04-28	9-GF, BL	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.6	-1.65	2	2	5.59
8	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1939-04-28	GS-5	4.1	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	21	8	19	3	1	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	37			-0.2	-1.98			1.08
9	Bill Lee	CHC	1938-07-10	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	9	27	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	53			0.0	0.56			0.68
10	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1938-07-10	CG, W	9.0	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	33	7	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	81			0.5	3.58			1.20
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Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batter vs. Pitcher

Johnny Vander Meer (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Vander Meer (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1938	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	0	0	0

Johnny Vander Meer (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Vander Meer (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-07-03	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Single to RF
2	1938	1938-07-03	CIN	CHC	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1938	1938-07-10	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-2	t2	1-3	1		Double Play: Flyball: LF-C
4	1938	1938-07-10	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-3	t5	---	0		Single to 2B/Bunt
5	1938	1938-07-10	CIN	CHC	ahead 1-3	t7	---	2		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball)
6	1941	1941-04-22	CIN	CHC	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Flyball: CF
7	1941	1941-04-22	CIN	CHC	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Strikeout
8	1941	1941-04-22	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-1	t8	---	1		Strikeout
9	1942	1942-04-17	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Flyball: SS
10	1942	1942-04-17	CIN	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
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Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Vander Meer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Vander Meer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1938	6	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	0	0	1
2	1941	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	11	3	1	0	0	2	2	1	.273	.385	.364	.748	0	0	0	0	1

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Vander Meer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Vander Meer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-07-03	CHC	CIN	down 1-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1938	1938-07-03	CHC	CIN	down 1-0	t4	-2-	2		Double to CF; B. Jurges Scores/unER
3	1938	1938-07-03	CHC	CIN	tied 1-1	t6	12-	0		Fielder's Choice P; P. Cavarretta Scores/Adv on E1 (throw to 3B)/unER/No RBI; B. Jurges to 3B; B. Lee to 2B
4	1938	1938-07-03	CHC	CIN	ahead 1-3	t8	-2-	0		Single to P/Bunt; B. Jurges to 3B
5	1938	1938-07-10	CHC	CIN	down 3-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF
6	1938	1938-07-10	CHC	CIN	down 3-0	b5	1-3	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
7	1941	1941-04-22	CHC	CIN	tied 0-0	b2	-23	2		Groundout: P-1B
8	1941	1941-04-22	CHC	CIN	tied 0-0	b4	-23	1		Fielder's Choice SS; R. Russell out at Hm/SS-C; C. McCullough to 3B; B. Lee to 1B
9	1941	1941-04-22	CHC	CIN	down 1-0	b7	---	0		Flyball: CF
10	1941	1941-09-23	CHC	CIN	ahead 0-3	t2	--3	1		Single to CF; B. Scheffing Scores
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Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Comparison

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Totals

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	980	59	165	15	2	5	71	1	0	42	177	.168	.204	.203	.407	13	199	20	2	74		0
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	382	786	685	58	104	12	2	1	26	1	0	41	201	.152	.200	.180	.379	6	123	8	0	60		0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3		0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Value

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	-0.1	-119	-1	-3	0
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	382	786	-1.1	-1.2	-1.0	-0.1	-92	3	1	0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Sabermetric

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	22	209	224	909	42	.201	125	-119	-12.3	.035	5.5	100.0	1
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	382	786	15	145	160	649	28	.213	83	-88	-9.3	.028	3.4	100.0	1

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	1			.000	4.0		0
2	Johnny Vander Meer	25	1940	1940	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	-10.7	-10.6	-0.3	-115.32	-11.8	-118.10	0.98
2	Johnny Vander Meer	22-36	1937	1951	382	786	-8.5	-8.6	-0.1	-93.29	-9.9	-92.56	0.97

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Batting

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill Lee	6	16	14	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.214	.313	.286	.598	4	2	0	0		0
2	Johnny Vander Meer	6	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0		0

Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Johnny Vander Meer vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Bill Lee	CHC	1942-04-17	*	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0		0	2.32	0.182	5.18	0.24%	1.06			P
2	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1942-04-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.53	-0.111	3.44	-0.15%	-1.11			P
3	Bill Lee	CHC	1941-09-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0		0	0.36	0.028	0.00	0.00%	-0.43			P
4	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1941-09-23	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bill Lee	CHC	1941-04-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.99	-0.215	5.64	-0.37%	-1.67			P
6	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1941-04-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.98	-0.073	2.27	-0.10%	-0.65			P
7	Bill Lee	CHC	1939-04-28		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1939-04-28	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.99	-0.025	3.16	-0.05%	-0.24			P
9	Bill Lee	CHC	1938-07-10	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	1.56	-0.152	3.37	-0.20%	-1.43			P
10	Johnny Vander Meer	CIN	1938-07-10	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.63	-0.071	1.52	-0.10%	-0.92			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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