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John Vander Wal 2026 Season · CIN

Career: .261/.351/.441, 97 HR, 717 H in 1372 games.

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John Vander Wal

#35

RF · CIN

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+3.6Career NUT

+11.4 to Great

Career

.261AVG97HR430RBI717H374R38SB

L/L · 6' 1", 205 lb · b. Apr 29, 1966 · Grand Rapids, MI · Draft 1984 (8th Rd, #201)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1991	25	MON	—	21	63	61	4	13	4	1	1	8	1	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	2	.213	.222	.361	.148	.583	.279
1992	26	MON	-0.3	105	237	213	21	51	8	2	4	20	24	0	2	36	3	0	0	0	2	.239	.316	.352	.113	.668	.272
1993	27	MON	-0.4	106	244	215	34	50	7	4	5	30	27	1	2	30	6	3	1	0	4	.233	.320	.372	.139	.692	.249
1994	28	COL	+0.1	91	127	110	12	27	3	1	5	15	16	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	4	.245	.339	.427	.182	.766	.293
1995	29	COL	+0.8	105	118	101	15	35	8	1	5	21	16	0	5	23	1	1	1	0	2	.347	.432	.594	.247	1.026	.405
1996	30	COL	-0.2	104	173	151	20	38	6	2	5	31	19	1	2	38	2	2	2	0	1	.252	.335	.417	.165	.752	.300
1997	31	COL	-0.9	76	102	92	7	16	2	0	1	11	10	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	2	.174	.255	.228	.054	.483	.259
1998	32	COL	+0.7	89	121	104	18	30	10	1	5	20	16	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	1	.288	.380	.548	.260	.928	.352
1998	32	SD	—	20	31	25	3	6	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	.240	.387	.360	.120	.747	.300
1998	32	TOT	+0.7	109	152	129	21	36	13	1	5	20	22	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	2	.279	.382	.512	.233	.894	.341
1999	33	SD	+0.2	132	288	246	26	67	18	0	6	41	37	2	1	59	2	1	3	0	5	.272	.368	.419	.147	.787	.332
2000	34	PIT	+2.5	134	461	384	74	115	29	0	24	94	72	2	5	92	11	2	3	0	7	.299	.410	.563	.264	.973	.336
2001	35	PIT	+0.6	97	360	313	39	87	22	3	11	50	42	1	6	84	7	4	4	0	7	.278	.361	.473	.195	.834	.342
2001	35	SF	-0.1	49	167	139	19	35	6	1	3	20	26	0	3	38	1	2	0	2	3	.252	.370	.374	.122	.744	.327
2001	35	TOT	+0.5	146	527	452	58	122	28	4	14	70	68	1	9	122	8	6	4	2	10	.270	.364	.442	.172	.806	.338
2002	36	NYY	-0.1	84	245	219	30	57	17	1	6	20	23	0	3	58	1	1	3	0	7	.260	.327	.429	.169	.756	.323
2003	37	MIL	+0.7	117	374	327	50	84	25	1	14	45	46	1	3	104	1	2	0	0	5	.257	.350	.468	.211	.818	.335
2004	38	CIN	—	42	55	51	2	6	2	0	2	4	4	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.182	.275	.157	.457	.138
Career	—	14 yrs	+3.6	1372	3166	2751	374	717	170	18	97	430	385	8	32	698	38	20	20	2	53	.261	.351	.441	.180	.792	.314

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Vander Wal's career NUT of +3.6

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.5

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Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1988	22	A+	62	273	231	50	64	15	2	10	33	32	3	2	40	11	4	3	3	0	.277	.368	.489	.212	.857	.293
1988	22	AA	58	227	208	22	54	14	0	3	14	17	1	1	49	3	4	1	0	3	.260	.317	.370	.110	.687	.325
1989	23	AA	71	242	217	30	55	9	2	6	24	22	1	1	51	2	3	2	0	5	.253	.322	.396	.143	.718	.302
1990	24	AA	77	321	277	45	84	25	3	8	40	39	3	2	46	6	3	2	0	7	.303	.393	.502	.199	.895	.338
1990	24	AAA	51	148	135	16	40	6	0	2	14	13	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	3	.296	.358	.385	.089	.743	.362
1991	25	AAA	133	564	478	84	140	36	8	15	71	79	2	4	118	8	1	4	1	10	.293	.393	.496	.203	.889	.358
1997	31	AAA	25	114	103	29	42	12	1	3	19	11	0	1	28	1	1	0	0	1	.408	.465	.631	.223	1.096	.542
2004	38	AAA	16	53	48	5	9	3	0	0	2	5	0	1	10	2	0	0	0	1	.188	.264	.250	.062	.514	.237

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