Mel Harder

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE us

Died: October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH

Buried: Cremated

High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)

Debut: April 24, 1928 (Age 18-192d, 6,731st in major league history)
vs. SLB 3.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 7, 1947 (Age 37-327d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Melvin Leroy Harder

Nicknames: Chief

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.3

223

186

ERA

3.80

582

433

3426.1

1161

WHIP

1.408

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-23 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 12

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	71	2	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	6-8		99	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.64	8	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.100	1.15	0.15%	1.82	6t 1-- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d2
2	72	4	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	9	2	1	3	1	0	0	0.77	3.39	39	18	11	2	2	6	61			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	3	.80	0.297	2.03	0.45%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
3	73	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.1	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.50	3.69	29	12	7	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.066	3.89	-0.11%	0.08	1b start a 1	7b -2- 1 out d1
4	74	11	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	W,10-9	9-9	H(1)	5	0.2	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	3.86	3.83	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.99	0.026	9.43	0.05%	0.11	9t 1-3 0 out a3	9t 123 2 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	75	14	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	6.0	7	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.65	3.66	27	10	6	0	0	6	47			2	1	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	1	.77	-0.096	2.79	-0.21%	-0.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	76	18	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	6.1	12	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.65	4.17	34	8	7	0	0	12	24			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.024	3.16	-0.05%	-1.44	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a3
7	77	22	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	GS-3		4	2.0	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	4.91	4.29	12	5	1	1	0	4	34			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.150	3.12	-0.29%	-1.82	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out a2
8	78	25	May 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.25	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.017	.55	-0.03%	-0.40	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
9	79	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	8-8		0	0.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.56	4.25	4	1	1	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.191	1.83	-0.24%	-3.50	8t --3 1 out d1	8t -23 1 out d4
10	80	36	May 26(2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	9	9.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.81	4.07	37	13	10	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.443	.71	0.14%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	81	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-11	GS-4		6	3.2	4	3	1	3	1	1	0	4.63	4.42	19	6	5	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.21	-0.214	1.13	-0.12%	-1.63	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out tie
12	82	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4		W(4-2)	0	3.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.29	4.35	16												15					0
13	83	45	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.34	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	0.104	4.54	0.08%	0.53	9b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
14	84	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-12	1-6		4	5.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	2	4.31	4.29	25	9	6	0	0	7		2	1	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.058	.80	-0.03%	0.18	1b 1-3 1 out tie	6b 3 out d3
15	85	55	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	5-GF	W(5-2)	7	4.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.01	4.27	17	3	8	3	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.129	.36	0.03%	1.09	5t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 3
16	86	61	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	GS-8	L(5-3)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.93	4.14	29	14	5	0	0	5	61			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	.96	0.127	.16	0.01%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	87	67	Jun 29(2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.00	31	13	12	2	1	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.509	.11	0.03%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	88	72	Jul 4(2)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS-4	L(6-4)	4	3.1	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.89	3.98	19	4	7	2	1	6	28			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.277	.10	-0.01%	-2.86	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d2
19	89	76	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.89	3.94	27	15	6	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	-0.005	.05	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
20	90	79	Jul 12(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	6-7	BL(6-6)	2	1.2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.01	4.00	11	3	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	2.49	-0.243	.22	-0.01%	-1.01	6b -23 1 out a1	7b 3 out d2
21	91	81	Jul 14(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(7-6)	1	9.0	8	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.74	4.01	40	17	7	2	0	8	65			1	0	1	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.422	.04	0.01%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	92	83	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-8	8-8	H(2)	1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.01	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.279	.06	-0.01%	-2.17	8b --- 0 out a3	8b -2- 1 out a1
23	93	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-7)	1	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.03	3.96	28	10	7	1	0	6	41			0	1	0	26	2	0	2	0	0	1	.92	-0.126	.05	0.00%	-0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
24	94	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(7-8)	3	6.1	12	7	5	4	2	0	0	4.20	3.98	35	11	6	1	0	12	23			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.313	.01	0.00%	-3.75	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out d4
25	95	94	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,13-2	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	4.04	3.84	35	13	10	1	0	7	66			0	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.215	.00	0.00%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
26	96	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS-4	L(8-9)	3	4.0	6	5	5	6	2	1	0	4.27	4.03	24	7	3	0	0	6	26			2	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	97	99	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	4-6		1	2.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.18	4.03	11	3	6	0	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.042	.00	0.00%	0.19	4b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
28	98	101	Aug 2(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-9	5-GF	W(9-9)	0	4.1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.18	4.05	18	6	6	0	0	4		1	0	2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.64	5b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 2
29	99	103	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11	7-7	BS(2)	2	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.25	4.07	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.333	.00	0.00%	-2.40	7b 1-3 1 out a1	7b 123 1 out d1
30	100	106	Aug 9	CLE		DET	L,8-9	6-8	L(9-10)	3	2.1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.04	9	4	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-0.12	6t -23 2 out d4	8t 3 out d2
31	101	109	Aug 14(1)	CLE		NYY	W,13-7	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	11	7	6	6	5	2	0	4.35	4.22	43	15	6	3	1	11	38			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	2	0	0	.72	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	102	115	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	GS-8	W(11-10)	5	7.0	9	8	6	5	1	0	0	4.51	4.26	37	15	7	1	0	9	27			3	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	2	1.18	-0.451	.00	0.00%	-4.11	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
33	103	121	Aug 28	CLE		SLB	W,13-1	CG	W(12-10)	7	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.31	4.21	31	14	10	2	0	3	75			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.221	.00	0.00%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
34	104	123	Aug 30(1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.20	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.61	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
35	105	124	Aug 30(2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	8-GF		-1	1.2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.18	8	4	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-0.63	8t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	106	126	Sep 2(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-11)	2	8.0	8	3	2	3	6	0	2	4.15	4.15	36	13	5	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.46	-0.085	.00	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
37	107	130	Sep 6(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	13	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.19	4.12	40	16	8	0	1	11	40			0	1	0	37	2	0	1	3	0	1	1.65	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
38	108	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-7	L(13-12)	3	6.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	4.15	4.06	28	13	5	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
39	109	141	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-14	GS-3	L(13-13)	4	2.2	10	7	5	0	1	0	1	4.33	4.05	20	9	0	0	0	9	15			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-5.58	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d6
40	110	148	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-	L(13-14)	4	6.0	10	7	2	2	2	1	0	4.29	4.10	30						34						28					0
							17-23		W-L:13-14,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:2	3.1	193.0	229	119	92	72	63	6	6	4.29	4.10	877	1.67		5%	2%	191	45	20	45%	12	11	1	790	37	12	8	19	0	24	1.08	-1.324	.68	-0.18%	-5.56

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