Johnny Vander Meer

John Samuel Vander Meer (1914–1997) was a left-handed pitcher who spent the bulk of his Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Prospect Park, New Jersey, he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1933 before eventually reaching Cincinnati. He remains the only pitcher in MLB history to throw two consecutive no-hitters, earning him the nicknames "Double No-Hit" and "The Dutch Master." He was part of the Reds' 1940 World Series championship club. Control problems limited his consistency, and his later career never matched the heights of that early stretch.