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	24-15 / in Starts: 18-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	56 (25-18-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
H Trosky	2
K Keltner	2
F Pytlak	1
E Averill	1

Most Driven In By
L Lary	1
R Hemsley	1
B Campbell	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	354	4 (3)	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.99	-0.022	2.55	-0.03%	-0.53	P
2	355	8 (3)	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	1.50	-0.071	5.42	-0.15%	-0.94	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
3	356	12 (3)	May 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	.95	-0.083	3.59	-0.19%	-1.24	P
4	357	16 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	1.73	-0.038	8.04	-0.11%	-0.40	P
5	358	21 (4)	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	9	.86	-0.068	3.56	-0.17%	-0.83	P
6	359	30 (8)	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	9	.08	-0.002	.42	-0.01%	-0.28	P
7	360	32 (1)	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.158	.308	9	1.90	-0.136	10.40	-0.45%	-1.45	P
8	361	34 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-8	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.158	.308	9						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
9	362	37 (2)	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.143	.150	.293	9	1.20	-0.035	5.84	-0.10%	-0.39	P
10	363	41 (3)	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.208	.182	.390	9	.83	0.067	5.02	0.24%	0.68	P
11	364	45 (3)	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.185	.160	.345	9	.59	-0.056	3.59	-0.21%	-1.20	P
12	365	48 (2)	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.185	.160	.345	9						P
13	366	52 (3)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.185	.160	.345	9						P
14	367	55 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.172	.148	.321	9	.37	-0.019	2.37	-0.08%	-0.39	P
15	368	61 (5)	Jun 29	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	9	.56	-0.020	3.33	-0.07%	-0.30	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
16	369	66 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	9	.81	-0.046	4.63	-0.16%	-0.50	P
17	370	67	Jul 8	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9	2.41	-0.129	11.68	-0.38%	-1.12	P
18	371	69 (1)	Jul 10	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9						P
19	372	72 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.184	.359	9	.48	-0.083	2.76	-0.29%	-1.67	P
20	373	76 (3)	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.159	.167	.326	9	.63	-0.032	5.19	-0.16%	-0.87	P
21	374	79 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.170	.159	.329	9	.80	-0.002	5.65	-0.01%	-0.02	P
22	375	81 (1)	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,12-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.170	.159	.329	9						P
23	376	83 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.109	.163	.152	.315	9	.72	-0.054	4.00	-0.18%	-0.90	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
24	377	86 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.154	.143	.297	9	1.01	-0.076	6.90	-0.31%	-0.84	P
25	378	90 (3)	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.167	.140	.307	9	.78	0.022	5.10	0.09%	0.28	P
26	379	93 (2)	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.167	.140	.307	1						P
27	380	96 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.155	.130	.285	9	1.29	-0.097	4.03	-0.18%	-1.31	P
28	381	100 (3)	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.155	.130	.285	9						P
29	382	101	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,9-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.148	.123	.270	9	.54	-0.040	1.30	-0.06%	-0.89	P
30	383	105 (3)	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.154	.131	.285	9	.57	-0.075	.55	-0.05%	-1.04	P
31	384	111 (5)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.159	.138	.298	9	.70	-0.055	.18	-0.01%	-1.49	P
32	385	113 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-15	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.159	.138	.298	9						PR
33	386	118 (4)	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.116	.164	.145	.309	9	.51	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.17	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
34	387	123 (4)	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.169	.151	.320	9	.64	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
35	388	129 (5)	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.163	.145	.307	9	1.34	-0.110	.02	0.00%	-0.81	P
36	389	134 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.114	.157	.139	.296	9						P
37	390	136 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.163	.146	.309	9	.51	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
38	391	142 (5)	Sep 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.157	.141	.298	9	.33	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
39	392	146 (3)	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.114	.152	.136	.289	9						P
							24-15		94	88	3	10	2	0	0	6	4	0	32	0	2		0		0	0	.114	.152	.136	.289		.87	-1.347	3.45	-3.00%	-18.80

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