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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.3

223

186

ERA

3.80

582

433

3426.1

1161

WHIP

1.408

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-22 / in Starts: 17-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	68 (27-23-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (33-20-12)

Most Driven In
B Cissell	3
G Myatt	3
L Sewell	2
W Kamm	2
E Montague	2
J Vosmik	1

Most Driven In By
J Burnett	3
D Porter	3
E Averill	3
B Cissell	1
E Morgan	1

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	111	4 (3)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.030	1.37	-0.04%	-0.43	P
2	112	9 (4)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.94	0.070	2.52	0.11%	0.72	P
3	113	15 (5)	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.16	0.054	3.57	0.10%	-0.14	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	114	19 (3)	May 2	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.364	.614	9	1.09	0.002	3.92	0.00%	0.16	P
5	115	23 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.54	0.014	1.87	0.03%	0.16	P
6	116	27 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	9	.51	0.052	1.55	0.09%	0.34	P
7	117	31 (3)	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	9	1.50	0.042	5.95	0.10%	0.04	P
8	118	34 (2)	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.261	.300	.561	9	.70	-0.070	2.17	-0.13%	-0.96	P
9	119	37 (2)	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-11	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.261	.300	.561	9						P
10	120	41 (3)	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	.62	-0.066	1.57	-0.10%	-0.81	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	121	46 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-7	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.290	.296	.587	9	1.18	0.159	3.70	0.30%	2.39	P
12	122	49 (2)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,9-10	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.290	.296	.587	9						P
13	123	51 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.265	.267	.531	9	1.49	-0.131	4.42	-0.23%	-1.18	P
14	124	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.265	.267	.531	9						P
15	125	55 (1)	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	L,5-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.250	.250	.500	9	.92	-0.051	3.17	-0.10%	-0.58	P
16	126	59 (3)	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.250	.500	9	.61	-0.041	.97	-0.04%	0.49	P
17	127	64 (4)	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.289	.300	.589	9	.16	0.006	.18	0.00%	1.25	P
18	128	67 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.277	.286	.562	9	1.23	-0.083	1.58	-0.06%	-0.80	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	129	70 (2)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.277	.286	.562	9						P
20	130	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.277	.286	.562	9						P
21	131	75 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.260	.267	.527	9	.56	-0.044	.54	-0.03%	-0.49	P
22	132	81 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.255	.260	.515	9	.37	0.008	.63	0.01%	-0.82	P
23	133	86 (4)	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.204	.271	.296	.567	9	1.00	0.144	2.92	0.25%	1.13	P
24	134	91 (4)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.281	.322	.603	9	.58	0.048	1.11	0.06%	1.05	P
25	135	94 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.273	.311	.584	9	.63	-0.035	1.30	-0.04%	-0.50	P
26	136	96 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,12-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.273	.311	.584	9						P
27	137	100 (3)	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.265	.302	.566	9	1.30	-0.070	3.12	-0.10%	-0.65	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	138	104 (3)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.264	.313	.577	9	.74	-0.079	1.25	-0.08%	-0.92	P
29	139	109 (4)	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.257	.304	.561	9	.68	-0.037	1.25	-0.04%	-0.34	P
30	140	114 (4)	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.247	.292	.538	9	.75	-0.085	.67	-0.05%	-1.52	P
31	141	116 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.241	.284	.524	9	.99	-0.056	.38	-0.01%	-0.47	P
32	142	122 (5)	Aug 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.238	.280	.518	9	.70	-0.018	.11	0.00%	-0.19	P
33	143	126 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.232	.273	.504	9	.81	-0.078	.01	0.00%	-0.94	P
34	144	130 (3)	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.232	.273	.504	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	145	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.230	.280	.510	9	.72	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.11	P
36	146	137 (4)	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.233	.282	.516	9	1.24	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
37	147	141 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.223	.270	.493	9	.38	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-1.19	P
38	148	146 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	2-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.229	.286	.515	9	.97	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
39	149	149 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.222	.277	.499	9	1.16	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
							17-22		101	94	11	17	7	1	0	13	5	0	25	0	2		1		0	0	.181	.222	.277	.499		.81	-0.609	1.64	-0.01%	-7.31

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