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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-18 / in Starts: 14-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	57 (35-15-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (30-19-11)

Most Driven In
O Hale	1
B Campbell	1
B Knickerbocker	1
J Vosmik	0
R Hughes	0

Most Driven In By
O Hale	3

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 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	280	1	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.78	-0.021	1.91	-0.03%	-0.22	P
2	281	5 (3)	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.83	-0.052	2.42	-0.09%	-1.14	P
3	282	8 (2)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.07	-0.128	3.50	-0.25%	-1.68	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	283	15 (6)	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.83	-0.045	2.66	-0.09%	-0.60	P
5	284	21 (5)	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	1.36	-0.118	4.78	-0.25%	-0.78	P
6	285	23 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	13-GF(15)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.44	-0.004	1.69	-0.01%	-0.24	P
7	286	27 (3)	May 16	CLE		BOS	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	.59	-0.065	2.34	-0.16%	-1.02	P
8	287	30 (2)	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9						P
9	288	32 (1)	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	9	1.39	0.026	3.76	0.04%	0.26	P
10	289	36 (3)	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.045	.045	.091	9	.85	-0.047	1.82	-0.06%	-0.52	P
11	290	41 (4)	May 31	CLE		CHW	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.82	-0.139	2.19	-0.22%	-1.64	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
12	291	46 (4)	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.97	0.000	2.58	0.00%	-0.13	P
13	292	50 (3)	Jun 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.094	.094	.188	9	.57	-0.031	1.08	-0.04%	-0.34	P
14	293	53 (2)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.094	.094	.188	9						P
15	294	56 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.088	.088	.176	9	.69	-0.041	1.44	-0.05%	-0.53	P
16	295	59 (2)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.36	-0.098	1.43	-0.06%	-1.09	P
17	296	63 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9	1.03	-0.042	1.08	-0.03%	-0.30	P
18	297	66 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9						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	298	70 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.114	.093	.207	9	2.17	-0.264	1.84	-0.14%	-1.36	P
20	299	76 (5)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9	.68	0.021	.33	0.01%	0.41	P
21	300	80 (3)	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.118	.135	.118	.252	9	.18	-0.024	.15	-0.01%	-1.11	P
22	301	84 (3)	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.111	.127	.111	.238	9	1.00	-0.044	1.48	-0.04%	-0.60	P
23	302	90 (5)	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.119	.103	.222	9	.61	-0.084	1.42	-0.12%	-1.77	P
24	303	95 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-13	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.117	.102	.218	9	1.23	-0.038	2.76	-0.05%	-0.42	P
25	304	101 (5)	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.115	.100	.215	9	1.51	-0.038	6.83	-0.10%	-0.42	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
26	305	104 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.143	.161	.304	9	.68	0.076	.86	0.06%	0.88	P
27	306	109 (4)	Aug 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.167	.200	.367	9	.80	0.033	.56	0.01%	0.16	P
28	307	120 (10)	Aug 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.174	.221	.395	9	.65	-0.014	.13	0.00%	-0.09	P
29	308	125 (4)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.167	.211	.378	9	1.09	-0.148	.12	-0.01%	-1.57	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
30	309	130 (4)	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.151	.162	.205	.368	9	.80	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
31	310	134 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-15	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.160	.203	.363	9	.25	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
32	311	138 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.156	.197	.353	9	.93	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
33	312	142 (3)	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-12	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.154	.195	.349	9	.26	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
34	313	146 (3)	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	5-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.152	.192	.344	9	.08	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
35	314	149 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.150	.190	.340	9	1.58	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
36	315	153 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.148	.188	.336	9	.84	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
							17-18		87	80	3	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	19	1	6		1		0	0	.138	.148	.188	.336		.91	-1.513	1.62	-1.68%	-18.79

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