John Vander Wal

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 29, 1966 in Grand Rapids, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hudsonville HS (Hudsonville, MI) and the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI).

High School: Hudsonville HS (Hudsonville, MI)

School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)

Debut: September 6, 1991 (Age 25-130d, 16,043rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 2004 (Age 38-151d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Tommy Tanzer

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Henry Vander Wal

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

2751

717

.261

374

RBI

430

OBP

.351

SLG

.441

OPS

.792

OPS+

104

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MON	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	MON	@	CIN	W,14-11	GS	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B LF
3	4	Apr 9	MON	@	COL	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	5	Apr 10	MON	@	COL	L,5-9	GS	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B LF
5	7 (1)	Apr 13	MON		HOU	L,6-9	GS	22	6.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
6	8	Apr 14	MON		HOU	L,5-9	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	9	Apr 15	MON		HOU	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
8	11 (1)	Apr 17	MON		COL	L,1-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
9	12	Apr 18	MON		COL	W,4-2	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	15 (2)	Apr 22	MON		LAD	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
11	17 (1)	Apr 24	MON		SFG	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	18	Apr 25	MON		SFG	L,1-4	GS	28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	19	Apr 26	MON	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS	22	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
14	20	Apr 27	MON	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	21	Apr 28	MON	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
16	22	Apr 29	MON	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
17	23	Apr 30	MON	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	24	May 1	MON	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	25	May 2	MON	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	27 (1)	May 5	MON		SDP	W,6-5	GS	16	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
21	31 (3)	May 11	MON		FLA	W,6-4	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
22	32	May 12	MON		FLA	L,7-10	GS	23	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
23	36 (3)	May 16	MON		NYM	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
24	38 (1)	May 18	MON	@	ATL	W,1-0	GS	18	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
25	42 (3)	May 22	MON	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	44 (1)	May 24	MON		STL	L,1-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	45	May 25	MON		STL	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B LF
28	47 (1)	May 28	MON	@	CHC	T,2-2	CG	20	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
29	50 (2)	May 31	MON	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	51	Jun 1	MON	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	52	Jun 2	MON	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	9	1.1	1	1	1	3	0	PH 1B
32	57 (4)	Jun 7	MON		CIN	L,3-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	58	Jun 8	MON		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	59	Jun 9	MON		CIN	L,2-3	GF	21	5.2	3	1	0	4	1	1B
35	60	Jun 10	MON	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	62 (1)	Jun 12	MON	@	STL	L,3-13	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	70 (7)	Jun 21	MON	@	NYM	L,3-8	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B LF
38	73 (2)	Jun 25	MON	@	FLA	L,1-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
39	75 (1)	Jun 27	MON	@	FLA	L,2-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	76	Jun 28	MON		PIT	L,5-9	GS	29	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
41	77	Jun 29	MON		PIT	W,9-2	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	82 (4)	Jul 4	MON		LAD	L,0-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	83	Jul 5	MON		SFG	L,4-10	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	84	Jul 6	MON		SFG	L,5-13	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
45	91 (6)	Jul 16	MON	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
46	92	Jul 17	MON	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
47	93	Jul 18	MON	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
48	94	Jul 19	MON	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS	29	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
49	95	Jul 20	MON	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
50	99 (3)	Jul 24	MON	@	SDP	L,4-11	GF	20	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
51	101 (1)	Jul 27	MON	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
52	103 (1)	Jul 29	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
53	104	Jul 30	MON		FLA	W,11-1	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	106 (1)	Aug 1	MON		FLA	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
55	107	Aug 2	MON		NYM	L,3-4	GS	26	5.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
56	111 (3)	Aug 6	MON	@	ATL	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
57	112	Aug 7	MON	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	114 (1)	Aug 10	MON	@	PHI	L,2-5	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
59	119 (4)	Aug 15	MON		STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	121 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	MON	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	124 (2)	Aug 20	MON	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	125	Aug 21	MON	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
63	126	Aug 22	MON	@	CIN	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B LF
64	130 (3)	Aug 27	MON		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	133 (2)	Aug 30	MON	@	COL	W,6-1	GF	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
66	134	Aug 31	MON	@	COL	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	138 (3)	Sep 5	MON	@	HOU	L,1-7	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B RF
68	139	Sep 6	MON		COL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
69	151 (11)	Sep 21	MON		ATL	L,5-18	GS	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
70	156 (4)	Sep 26	MON	@	NYM	L,3-9	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	159 (2)	Sep 29	MON	@	FLA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	160	Sep 30	MON	@	FLA	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	162 (1)	Oct 2	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
							81gm		424.0	271	14	4	289	17