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.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	SDP		COL	L,2-8	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	SDP		COL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-12	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	5	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	6	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	W,11-1	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	10 (3)	Apr 16	SDP		LAD	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	11	Apr 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	12	Apr 18	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	13	Apr 19	SDP		PIT	L,0-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	14	Apr 20	SDP		PIT	L,3-7	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	15	Apr 21	SDP		PIT	W,2-0	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	16	Apr 23	SDP		ARI	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	21 (4)	Apr 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
14	22	Apr 30	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	23	May 1	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	24	May 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	27 (2)	May 5	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-11	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	29 (1)	May 8	SDP		ATL	L,1-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
19	30	May 9	SDP		ATL	W,5-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	31	May 10	SDP		FLA	W,7-5	GF	29	7.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	32	May 11	SDP		FLA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	33	May 12	SDP		FLA	W,8-7	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	36 (2)	May 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	39 (2)	May 20	SDP		STL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	40	May 21	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
26	47 (6)	May 29	SDP	@	MIL	W,12-3		8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
27	49 (1)	May 31	SDP	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	50	Jun 1	SDP	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
29	51	Jun 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
30	55 (3)	Jun 6	SDP		SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
31	58 (2)	Jun 10	SDP		OAK	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
32	59	Jun 11	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
33	61 (1)	Jun 13 susp	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
34	64 (2)	Jun 17	SDP		PHI	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
35	66 (1)	Jun 19	SDP		PIT	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
36	67	Jun 20	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	68	Jun 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
38	70 (1)	Jun 24	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
39	71	Jun 25	SDP		COL	W,10-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
40	73 (1)	Jun 27	SDP		COL	W,5-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	74	Jun 28	SDP		COL	W,8-7	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	75	Jun 29	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	76	Jun 30	SDP		LAD	W,11-2	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	77	Jul 1	SDP		LAD	W,6-3	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	78	Jul 2	SDP	@	COL	W,15-3	GS	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	82 (3)	Jul 5	SDP		SFG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
47	84 (1)	Jul 7	SDP		SFG	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	85	Jul 9	SDP		TEX	L,2-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
49	86	Jul 10	SDP		TEX	W,5-4	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	87	Jul 11	SDP		TEX	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
51	90 (2)	Jul 17	SDP	@	SEA	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	92 (1)	Jul 19	SDP	@	ANA	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	94 (1)	Jul 21	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	98 (3)	Jul 25	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
55	103 (4)	Jul 31	SDP		HOU	L,5-8	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	104	Aug 1	SDP		HOU	W,10-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
57	110 (5)	Aug 7	SDP	@	MON	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
58	114 (3)	Aug 11	SDP	@	NYM	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	116 (1)	Aug 13	SDP		FLA	L,3-4	GF	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	1B
60	117	Aug 14	SDP		FLA	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
61	118	Aug 15	SDP		FLA	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	119	Aug 16	SDP		NYM	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	121 (1)	Aug 18	SDP		NYM	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	123 (1)	Aug 21	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
65	126 (2)	Aug 24	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-18	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	127	Aug 25	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-15	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	132 (4)	Aug 30	SDP		CHC	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	139 (6)	Sep 7	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
69	140	Sep 8	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
70	141	Sep 9	SDP		MON	W,10-3	GF	12	3.0	2	2	1	5	0	PH 1B
71	142	Sep 10	SDP		MON	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	143	Sep 11	SDP		MON	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
73	146 (2)	Sep 14	SDP		ATL	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	147	Sep 15	SDP		ATL	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	151 (3)	Sep 20	SDP		CIN	L,1-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	162 (10)	Oct 3	SDP	@	ARI	L,3-10	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
							76gm		460.1	227	10	1	238	15