John Vander Wal

John Henry Vander Wal
Born: April 29, 1966
Grand Rapids, MI USA
Primary Position: OF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
College: Western Michigan University
Career: 1991-2004
Draft: Round 8 (1984 June Amateur Draft, Houston Astros)
Draft: Round 3 (1987 June Amateur Draft, Montreal Expos)
School: Hudsonville HS (MI)
Western Michigan
Minor League Statistics

John Vander Wal compiled a career batting average of .261 with 97 home runs and 430 RBI in his 1372-game career with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1991 season and last took the field during the 2004 campaign.

Montreal Expos	Colorado Rockies	San Diego Padres	Pittsburgh Pirates	San Francisco Giants	New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers	Cincinnati Reds

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1991	NL	Montreal Expos	21	63	61	4	13	4	1	1	8	0	0	1	18	.213	.222	.361	.583	22	2	0	0	1	0
1992	NL	Montreal Expos	105	237	213	21	51	8	2	4	20	3	0	24	36	.239	.316	.352	.669	75	2	0	0	0	2
1993	NL	Montreal Expos	106	244	215	34	50	7	4	5	30	6	3	27	30	.233	.320	.372	.692	80	4	1	0	1	2
1994	NL	Colorado Rockies	91	127	110	12	27	3	1	5	15	2	1	16	31	.245	.339	.427	.766	47	4	0	0	1	0
1995	NL	Colorado Rockies	105	118	101	15	35	8	1	5	21	1	1	16	23	.347	.432	.594	1.026	60	2	0	0	1	5
1996	NL	Colorado Rockies	104	173	151	20	38	6	2	5	31	2	2	19	38	.252	.335	.417	.752	63	1	1	0	2	2
1997	NL	Colorado Rockies	76	102	92	7	16	2	0	1	11	1	1	10	33	.174	.255	.228	.483	21	2	0	0	0	0
1998	NL	Colorado Rockies	89	121	104	18	30	10	1	5	20	0	0	16	29	.288	.380	.548	.928	57	1	0	0	1	0
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	20	31	25	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	.240	.387	.360	.747	9	1	0	0	0	0
1999	NL	San Diego Padres	132	288	246	26	67	18	0	6	41	2	1	37	59	.272	.368	.419	.787	103	5	2	0	3	1
2000	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	134	461	384	74	115	29	0	24	94	11	2	72	92	.299	.410	.563	.972	216	7	2	0	3	5
2001	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	97	360	313	39	87	22	3	11	50	7	4	42	84	.278	.361	.473	.834	148	7	1	0	4	6
2001	NL	San Francisco Giants	49	167	139	19	35	6	1	3	20	1	2	26	38	.252	.370	.374	.744	52	3	0	2	0	3
2002	AL	New York Yankees	84	245	219	30	57	17	1	6	20	1	1	23	58	.260	.327	.429	.756	94	7	0	0	3	3
2003	NL	Milwaukee Brewers	117	374	327	50	84	25	1	14	45	1	2	46	104	.257	.350	.468	.818	153	5	1	0	0	3
2004	NL	Cincinnati Reds	42	55	51	2	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	4	20	.118	.182	.275	.456	14	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			1372	3166	2751	374	717	170	18	97	430	38	20	385	698	.261	.351	.441	.792	1214	53	8	2	20	32

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1991	NL	Montreal Expos	OF	17	17	124.0	29	0	0	0	1.000	2.105	1.706
1992	NL	Montreal Expos	OF	57	41	381.7	99	2	2	0	.981	2.382	1.772
1992	NL	Montreal Expos	1B	7	4	28.3	23	4	0	3	1.000	8.576	3.857
1993	NL	Montreal Expos	1B	42	31	218.3	237	13	3	17	.988	1.305	5.952
1993	NL	Montreal Expos	OF	38	23	205.7	34	1	1	0	.972	1.532	.921
1994	NL	Colorado Rockies	1B	14	10	92.7	96	3	0	11	1.000	9.615	7.071
1994	NL	Colorado Rockies	OF	7	5	37.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.432	1.429
1995	NL	Colorado Rockies	1B	10	3	36.3	42	3	2	3	.957	11.147	4.500
1995	NL	Colorado Rockies	OF	10	2	33.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.727	1.000
1996	NL	Colorado Rockies	OF	26	21	176.0	34	0	0	0	1.000	1.739	1.308
1996	NL	Colorado Rockies	1B	10	4	44.0	38	2	1	2	.976	8.182	4.000
1997	NL	Colorado Rockies	OF	9	5	51.0	12	0	1	0	.923	2.118	1.333
1997	NL	Colorado Rockies	1B	5	2	25.0	26	0	0	2	1.000	9.360	5.200
1998	NL	Colorado Rockies	OF	25	12	107.0	21	2	0	0	1.000	1.935	.920
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	OF	5	2	20.3	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.098	1.400
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	1B	3	2	18.0	14	2	0	1	1.000	8.000	5.333
1998	NL	Colorado Rockies	1B	2	1	5.0	8	1	0	0	1.000	16.200	4.500
1999	NL	San Diego Padres	OF	48	39	295.7	71	2	0	1	1.000	2.222	1.521
1999	NL	San Diego Padres	1B	28	19	164.7	156	8	1	14	.994	8.964	5.857
2000	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	78	71	603.0	134	2	5	0	.965	2.030	1.744
2000	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B	33	25	229.7	251	10	1	21	.996	1.228	7.909
2001	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	73	70	576.3	106	2	3	0	.973	1.687	1.479
2001	NL	San Francisco Giants	OF	41	38	300.3	82	1	0	0	1.000	2.487	2.024
2001	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B	13	11	91.3	111	4	1	13	.991	11.332	8.846
2001	NL	San Francisco Giants	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000
2002	AL	New York Yankees	OF	57	52	393.0	87	0	2	0	.978	1.992	1.526
2002	AL	New York Yankees	1B	6	4	40.0	32	0	0	3	1.000	7.200	5.333
2003	NL	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	89	87	708.0	176	4	3	2	.984	2.288	2.022
2004	NL	Cincinnati Reds	OF	7	7	43.0	12	1	0	0	1.000	2.721	1.857
2004	NL	Cincinnati Reds	1B	4	0	7.7	8	0	0	0	1.000	9.391	2.000
Totals				765	608	5058.0	1967	68	26	93	.987	3.621	2.660

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP
1995	NL	Colorado Rockies	NLDS1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	NLDS2	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	NLCS	3	7	7	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	0
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	WS	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0
2002	AL	New York Yankees	ALDS1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Totals				16	21	21	2	6	1	1	1	4	8	.286	.286	.571	.857	12	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	NLCS	LF	2	2	12.0	5	1	1.000	4.500	3.000
1998	NL	San Diego Padres	WS	LF	1	1	7.0	1	0	1.000	1.286	1.000
2002	AL	New York Yankees	ALDS1	LF	1	0	1.0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					4	3	20.0	6	1	1.000	3.150	1.750

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