Baseball Jacket worn by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938 - 1949
name: label: associated institution
content: Cincinnati Reds
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cincinnati Reds baseball jacket worn by pitcher Johnny Vander Meer (1914-1997.) Vander Meer signature is on the jacket's sleeve.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Left-hander Johnny Vander Meer is best remembered for throwing consecutive no-hitters for the Reds on Jun 11 and 15, 1938. The four-time All-Star pitched for Cincinnati from 1937-1943 and 1946-1949, missing two seasons due to military service (US Navy.) He also played for the Chicago Cubs (1950) and Cleveland Indians (1951.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: A three-time National League strikeout leader, Vander Meer helped lead the Reds to the 1940 World Series championship.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Vander Meer attained a lifetime 119-121 win-loss record, with a 3.44 earned run average and 1,294 strikeouts. After retirement he served a a manager in Cincinnati's minor league system for 10 years.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: History of Sports Fund, through Duke Hott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0128.05
label: accession number
content: 1982.0128
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0128.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacket
label: Object Name
content: jacket, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: elastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 62 in; x 71.12 cm x 157.48 cm