Nickname:
Bats: L
Throws: L
Born: 04-29-1966
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Career Positions Played: LF,1B,RF,CF,DH
Height: 6 ft., 2 in. Weight: 197 lbs.
(John Vander Wal at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 338 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1991 MON:N 7 24 21 63 61 13 7 4 1 1 8 4 .213 .250 .226 .361 1 0 18 0 1 0 1991 MON:N
1992 MON:N 3,7,9 25 105 237 213 51 37 8 2 4 20 21 .239 .252 .316 .352 24 2 36 0 0 0 1992 MON:N
1993 MON:N 3,7,8,9 26 106 245 215 50 34 7 4 5 30 34 .233 .264 .321 .372 27 2 30 0 2 1 1993 MON:N
1994 COL:N 3,7,9 27 91 128 110 27 18 3 1 5 15 12 .245 .267 .341 .427 16 0 31 0 2 0 1994 COL:N
1995 COL:N 3,7,9 28 105 119 101 35 21 8 1 5 21 15 .347 .263 .436 .594 16 5 23 0 2 0 1995 COL:N
1996 COL:N 3,7,9 29 104 175 151 38 25 6 2 5 31 20 .252 .262 .339 .417 19 2 38 0 4 1 1996 COL:N
1997 COL:N 3,7,9 30 76 104 92 16 13 2 0 1 11 7 .174 .263 .255 .228 10 0 33 0 2 0 1997 COL:N
1998 COL:N 3,7,9 31 89 121 104 30 14 10 1 5 20 18 .288 .262 .383 .548 16 0 29 0 1 0 1998 COL:N
1998 SD:N 3,7,9 31 20 31 25 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 .240 .262 .387 .360 6 0 5 0 0 0 1998 SD:N
1999 SD:N 3,7,9 32 132 291 246 67 43 18 0 6 41 26 .272 .268 .372 .419 37 1 59 0 6 2 1999 SD:N
2000 PIT:N 3,7,9 33 134 461 384 115 62 29 0 24 94 74 .299 .266 .413 .563 72 5 92 0 3 2 2000 PIT:N
2001 PIT:N 3,7,9 34 97 360 313 87 51 22 3 11 50 39 .278 .261 .365 .473 42 6 84 0 4 1 2001 PIT:N
2001 SF:N 3,7,9 34 49 167 139 35 25 6 1 3 20 19 .252 .261 .370 .374 26 3 38 2 0 0 2001 SF:N
2002 NY:A D,3,7,9 35 84 245 219 57 33 17 1 6 20 30 .260 .264 .331 .429 23 3 58 0 3 0 2002 NY:A
2003 MIL:N 7,9 36 117 374 327 84 44 25 1 14 45 50 .257 .262 .350 .468 46 3 104 0 0 1 2003 MIL:N
2004 CIN:N 3,9 37 42 55 51 6 2 2 0 2 4 2 .118 .263 .182 .275 4 0 20 0 0 0 2004 CIN:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1991 MON:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 1 0 0 0 22 51 23 15 6 1.53 2 14 1991 MON:N
1992 MON:N 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 .06 .00 .42 .80 4 0 0 0 75 164 80 59 38 1.36 2 49 1992 MON:N
1993 MON:N 26 6 3 0 1 0 1 .11 .03 .53 .57 5 0 0 0 80 174 92 64 29 1.44 4 53 1993 MON:N
1994 COL:N 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 .12 .00 .62 .50 1 0 0 0 47 90 37 22 21 1.68 4 28 1994 COL:N
1995 COL:N 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 .10 .00 .14 .60 1 0 0 0 60 71 37 23 18 1.61 2 27 1995 COL:N
1996 COL:N 29 2 2 0 1 0 0 .08 .04 .38 .83 4 0 0 0 63 120 49 35 28 1.40 1 36 1996 COL:N
1997 COL:N 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 .04 .10 .25 1.00 1 0 0 0 21 81 35 16 7 2.19 2 18 1997 COL:N
1998 COL:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .30 .60 0 0 0 0 57 77 38 26 12 1.46 2 30 1998 COL:N
1998 SD:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .50 0 0 0 0 9 20 12 6 2 2.00 1 7 1998 SD:N
1999 SD:N 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 .03 .02 .21 1.00 4 0 0 0 103 191 93 56 41 1.66 5 68 1999 SD:N
2000 PIT:N 33 11 2 4 1 0 0 .08 .05 .17 .62 5 0 0 2 216 282 79 91 10 .87 8 106 2000 PIT:N
2001 PIT:N 34 7 4 1 2 0 1 .08 .06 .29 .33 6 0 0 0 148 241 67 66 13 1.02 7 78 2001 PIT:N
2001 SF:N 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 .08 .00 .15 .40 2 0 0 0 52 111 30 34 4 .88 3 33 2001 SF:N
2002 NY:A 35 1 1 0 1 0 0 .03 .03 .20 1.00 2 0 0 0 94 173 52 53 3 .98 7 52 2002 NY:A
2003 MIL:N 36 1 2 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .38 .56 6 0 0 3 153 250 92 83 48 1.11 5 70 2003 MIL:N
2004 CIN:N 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 14 45 11 13 7 .85 0 9 2004 CIN:N
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1991 MON:N 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1992 MON:N 25 35 6 1 0 1 12 9 .171 .286 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1993 MON:N 26 30 7 2 0 0 5 4 .233 .300 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1994 COL:N 27 58 14 2 1 1 8 15 .241 .362 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1995 COL:N 28 72 28 7 1 4 12 12 .389 .681 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1996 COL:N 29 56 16 3 1 3 7 17 .286 .536 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1997 COL:N 30 54 10 2 0 1 4 24 .185 .278 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .143
1998 COL:N 31 54 11 6 1 3 10 18 .204 .519 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286
1998 SD:N 31 12 3 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1999 SD:N 32 52 12 4 0 0 10 14 .231 .308 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .667 1.667
2000 PIT:N 33 24 8 2 0 3 8 5 .333 .792 13 3 0 0 0 1 6 .231 .231
2001 PIT:N 34 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 25 8 0 0 1 5 6 .320 .440
2001 SF:N 34 7 1 0 0 1 1 5 .143 .571 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2002 NY:A 35 13 2 1 0 0 3 4 .154 .231 32 6 1 0 1 8 8 .188 .313
2003 MIL:N 36 29 6 2 0 0 0 10 .207 .276 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2004 CIN:N 37 27 1 0 0 0 4 13 .037 .037 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1991 MON:N 24 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.000 57 11 4 0 1 1 18 .193 .316 1991 MON:N
1992 MON:N 25 99 24 5 0 2 12 17 .242 .354 114 27 3 2 2 12 19 .237 .351 1992 MON:N
1993 MON:N 26 79 19 4 0 1 13 7 .241 .329 136 31 3 4 4 14 23 .228 .397 1993 MON:N
1994 COL:N 27 48 12 2 0 1 7 16 .250 .354 62 15 1 1 4 9 15 .242 .484 1994 COL:N
1995 COL:N 28 45 18 6 1 2 10 6 .400 .711 56 17 2 0 3 6 17 .304 .500 1995 COL:N
1996 COL:N 29 72 22 3 1 5 9 12 .306 .583 79 16 3 1 0 10 26 .203 .266 1996 COL:N
1997 COL:N 30 44 11 1 0 0 3 15 .250 .273 48 5 1 0 1 7 18 .104 .188 1997 COL:N
1998 COL:N 31 41 13 5 1 3 10 12 .317 .707 63 17 5 0 2 6 17 .270 .444 1998 COL:N
1998 SD:N 31 18 4 1 0 0 6 3 .222 .278 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .571 1998 SD:N
1999 SD:N 32 139 42 16 0 2 27 32 .302 .460 107 25 2 0 4 10 27 .234 .364 1999 SD:N
2000 PIT:N 33 175 54 17 0 13 36 40 .309 .629 209 61 12 0 11 36 52 .292 .507 2000 PIT:N
2001 PIT:N 34 157 38 10 2 5 15 32 .242 .427 156 49 12 1 6 27 52 .314 .519 2001 PIT:N
2001 SF:N 34 65 12 1 1 1 13 19 .185 .277 74 23 5 0 2 13 19 .311 .459 2001 SF:N
2002 NY:A 35 104 28 9 0 2 12 28 .269 .413 115 29 8 1 4 11 30 .252 .443 2002 NY:A
2003 MIL:N 36 158 44 15 0 7 19 47 .278 .506 169 40 10 1 7 27 57 .237 .432 2003 MIL:N
2004 CIN:N 37 28 2 0 0 1 2 10 .071 .179 23 4 2 0 1 2 10 .174 .391 2004 CIN:N
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1991 MON:N 24 16 1 0 0 0 0 8 .063 .063 45 12 4 1 1 1 10 .267 .467 1991 MON:N
1992 MON:N 25 29 7 0 0 0 2 6 .241 .241 184 44 8 2 4 22 30 .239 .370 1992 MON:N
1993 MON:N 26 17 2 1 0 0 4 1 .118 .176 198 48 6 4 5 23 29 .242 .389 1993 MON:N
1994 COL:N 27 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 106 25 3 1 5 16 30 .236 .425 1994 COL:N
1995 COL:N 28 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .600 96 33 7 1 5 16 21 .344 .594 1995 COL:N
1996 COL:N 29 10 2 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .200 141 36 6 2 5 18 35 .255 .433 1996 COL:N
1997 COL:N 30 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .000 85 16 2 0 1 9 31 .188 .247 1997 COL:N
1998 COL:N 31 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .200 99 29 10 1 5 14 28 .293 .566 1998 COL:N
1998 SD:N 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 24 6 3 0 0 6 5 .250 .375 1998 SD:N
1999 SD:N 32 18 2 1 0 0 2 6 .111 .167 228 65 17 0 6 35 53 .285 .439 1999 SD:N
2000 PIT:N 33 50 10 0 0 2 7 19 .200 .320 334 105 29 0 22 65 73 .314 .599 2000 PIT:N
2001 PIT:N 34 40 11 3 0 0 4 12 .275 .350 273 76 19 3 11 38 72 .278 .491 2001 PIT:N
2001 SF:N 34 14 5 2 0 0 0 4 .357 .500 125 30 4 1 3 26 34 .240 .360 2001 SF:N
2002 NY:A 35 21 5 2 0 0 0 8 .238 .333 198 52 15 1 6 23 50 .263 .439 2002 NY:A
2003 MIL:N 36 38 6 2 0 0 4 18 .158 .211 289 78 23 1 14 42 86 .270 .502 2003 MIL:N
2004 CIN:N 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 51 6 2 0 2 4 20 .118 .275 2004 CIN:N
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1992 MON:N 25 1.000 .993 7 4 28.3 23 4 0 0 3
1993 MON:N 26 .988 .992 42 31 218.3 237 14 3 0 17
1994 COL:N 27 1.000 .992 14 10 92.7 98 3 0 0 11
1995 COL:N 28 .957 .993 10 3 36.3 42 3 2 0 3
1996 COL:N 29 .976 .992 10 4 44.0 38 2 1 0 2
1997 COL:N 30 1.000 .993 5 2 25.0 26 0 0 0 2
1998 COL:N 31 1.000 .993 2 1 5.0 8 1 0 0 0
1998 SD:N 31 1.000 .993 3 2 18.0 15 2 0 0 1
1999 SD:N 32 .994 .993 28 19 164.7 156 8 1 0 14
2000 PIT:N 33 .996 .992 33 25 229.7 252 10 1 0 21
2001 PIT:N 34 .991 .993 13 11 91.3 111 4 1 0 13
2001 SF:N 34 1.000 .993 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
2002 NY:A 35 1.000 .993 6 4 40.0 32 1 0 0 3
2004 CIN:N 37 1.000 .993 4 0 7.7 8 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1991 MON:N 24 1.000 .983 17 17 124.0 29 0 0 0 0
1992 MON:N 25 .980 .983 55 40 370.7 97 2 2 0 0
1993 MON:N 26 .962 .983 27 19 154.7 24 1 1 0 0
1994 COL:N 27 1.000 .980 5 3 25.0 8 0 0 0 0
1995 COL:N 28 1.000 .979 7 2 29.0 9 1 0 0 0
1996 COL:N 29 1.000 .975 24 20 167.0 33 0 0 0 0
1997 COL:N 30 1.000 .980 2 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 0
1998 COL:N 31 1.000 .975 3 3 16.0 2 0 0 0 0
1998 SD:N 31 1.000 .975 2 2 17.0 7 0 0 0 0
1999 SD:N 32 1.000 .977 45 38 282.7 69 2 0 0 1
2000 PIT:N 33 .952 .976 13 11 96.7 19 1 1 0 0
2001 PIT:N 34 1.000 .979 20 19 137.3 23 0 0 0 0
2001 SF:N 34 1.000 .979 3 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 0
2002 NY:A 35 1.000 .983 8 7 49.0 12 0 0 0 0
2003 MIL:N 36 .941 .979 6 6 44.7 16 0 1 0 0
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1993 MON:N 26 .000 .983 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1992 MON:N 25 1.000 .983 4 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 0
1993 MON:N 26 1.000 .983 10 4 48.0 10 0 0 0 0
1994 COL:N 27 1.000 .980 2 2 12.0 2 0 0 0 0
1995 COL:N 28 .000 .979 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 COL:N 29 1.000 .974 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0
1997 COL:N 30 .909 .977 7 3 35.0 10 0 1 0 0
1998 COL:N 31 1.000 .976 22 9 91.0 17 2 0 0 0
1998 SD:N 31 .000 .976 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SD:N 32 1.000 .981 3 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 0
2000 PIT:N 33 .967 .979 65 60 506.3 116 1 4 2 0
2001 PIT:N 34 .966 .981 56 51 439.0 83 2 3 0 0
2001 SF:N 34 1.000 .981 38 36 283.3 78 1 0 0 0
2002 NY:A 35 .974 .982 49 45 344.0 75 0 2 0 0
2003 MIL:N 36 .988 .982 83 81 663.3 161 4 2 0 2
2004 CIN:N 37 1.000 .980 7 7 43.0 12 1 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,447 285 447 475 3,661 621 325 4,978 2,545
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Vander Wal - Historical Batting Stastistics
John Vander Wal - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
John Vander Wal - Batting - Home / Road Splits
John Vander Wal - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
John Vander Wal - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching