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	14-15 / in Starts: 14-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 72 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	35 (16-12-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 72 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (24-14-7)

Most Driven In
R Mack	1
L Fleming	1

Most Driven In By
O Hockett	2
L Boudreau	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	468	4 (3)	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.36	-0.065	3.01	-0.09%	-0.48	P
2	469	10 (5)	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.011	2.06	-0.02%	-0.31	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	470	16 (5)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	9	.37	-0.049	1.66	-0.13%	-1.30	P
4	471	22 (5)	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	9	1.13	-0.060	5.03	-0.16%	-0.53	P
5	472	33 (10)	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	9						P
6	473	38 (4)	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	1.26	-0.093	4.13	-0.18%	-0.57	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
7	474	46 (7)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9	.40	-0.005	.85	-0.01%	-0.81	P
8	475	51 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.045	.087	.045	.132	9	.83	-0.042	2.51	-0.08%	-0.32	P
9	476	57 (5)	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.040	.077	.040	.117	9	1.52	-0.175	2.46	-0.17%	-1.65	P
10	477	62 (4)	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.036	.069	.036	.105	9	1.01	-0.095	2.03	-0.12%	-1.09	P
11	478	69 (6)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.033	.065	.033	.098	9	.56	-0.028	1.24	-0.04%	-0.24	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
12	479	77 (7)	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.033	.065	.033	.098	9						P
13	480	81 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.086	.059	.145	9	.33	-0.031	.74	-0.04%	-0.25	P
14	481	83 (1)	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9	.65	-0.027	1.20	-0.03%	-0.47	P
15	482	89 (5)	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9						P
16	483	92 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.119	.098	.217	9	.57	-0.023	.99	-0.02%	-0.11	P
17	484	97 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.093	.114	.093	.207	9	1.04	-0.078	.97	-0.04%	-0.72	P
18	485	104 (6)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.128	.109	.236	9	2.37	0.075	.90	0.02%	0.58	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
19	486	109 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9	.31	-0.008	.15	0.00%	-0.10	P
20	487	113 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.102	.120	.102	.222	9	1.21	-0.062	.27	-0.01%	-0.48	P
21	488	119 (5)	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.135	.100	.235	9	1.35	-0.003	.04	0.00%	0.01	P
22	489	121 (1)	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.096	.130	.096	.226	9	1.21	-0.030	.02	0.00%	-0.49	P
23	490	127 (5)	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.094	.127	.094	.222	9	1.28	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
24	491	132 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.140	.109	.249	9	.65	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.15	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
25	492	136 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.140	.109	.249	9						P
26	493	140 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.136	.164	.136	.300	9						P
27	494	144 (3)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.156	.129	.285	9	1.48	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.69	P
28	495	150 (5)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.125	.277	9	.86	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
29	496	155 (4)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.145	.119	.264	9	1.16	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
							14-15		72	67	3	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	19	0	3		1	0	0	0	.119	.145	.119	.264		.94	-1.079	1.27	-1.12%	-11.55

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