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: 17-22 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 4

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	111	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	5	4	2	1	0	1	5.14	3.79	33	14	6	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.170	1.51	-0.25%	-1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
2	112	9	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	8.0	6	4	3	1	2	0	0	4.20	3.19	31	13	9	4	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.015	2.34	-0.03%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
3	113	15	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(1-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.09	35	15	11	2	2	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.146	2.13	0.27%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
4	114	19	May 2	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	10	5	4	4	4	0	0	3.55	3.13	42	17	7	0	1	10	49			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	2	1.27	0.203	4.57	0.44%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	115	23	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	7	5	4	4	5	0	0	3.83	3.12	34	9	9	0	2	7	46			0	0	0	30	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.218	4.85	-0.46%	-0.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
6	116	27	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.1	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.97	3.24	25	11	4	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.159	3.29	-0.29%	-0.94	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a1
7	117	31	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.88	3.41	27	10	9	1	0	3	63			0	2	2	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.054	2.97	0.13%	1.45	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
8	118	34	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	GS-9		3	8.1	9	7	7	4	1	0	0	4.38	3.49	39	13	12	0	2	9	34			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.035	3.54	0.07%	-0.03	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
9	119	37	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-11	7-7		2	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	3.49	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.099	.81	-0.13%	-2.47	7b 1-3 2 out d2	7b 3 out d5
10	120	41	May 29(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.93	3.51	34	11	11	0	4	7	72			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.729	4.08	1.12%	4.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	121	46	Jun 3(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.0	12	6	4	0	3	0	0	4.09	3.38	31	7	10	3	2	11	31			3	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.089	3.48	-0.17%	-1.76	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a4
12	122	49	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,9-10	8-GF		1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.37	7	4	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.143	4.89	-0.30%	-0.06	8t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 2
13	123	51	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(4-5)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.90	3.51	38	14	11	2	0	8	58			1	0	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.003	4.08	0.01%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	124	53	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.50	3	2	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.050	1.86	-0.09%	-0.52	10t 123 0 out d1	10t end d 4
15	125	55	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	L,5-13	GS-5	L(4-6)	1	5.0	9	7	7	1	1	1	0	4.32	3.62	24	9	4	1	0	9	21			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.367	3.17	-0.76%	-3.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
16	126	59	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	W(5-6)	5	9.0	4	2	0	2	4	0	0	3.94	3.52	35	14	11	0	2	4	77			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.77	0.139	1.22	0.13%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	127	64	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.79	3.53	38	10	16	3	1	8	61			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.212	.61	0.15%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	128	67	Jun 26(2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	6.0	6	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.82	3.53	29	12	6	0	2	6	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.069	1.31	-0.05%	-0.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
19	129	70	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-1		5	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.05	3.58	4	0	0	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.250	.92	-0.12%	-3.35	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d2
20	130	73	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	5-7	L(6-8)	1	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.10	3.55	13	6	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.138	1.00	-0.06%	-0.37	5b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d1
21	131	75	Jul 7(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(7-8)	2	9.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.03	3.50	37	12	8	0	1	10	56			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.86	0.495	1.80	0.29%	2.15	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
22	132	81	Jul 11(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	17	7	7	2	3	1	0	4.22	3.55	44	12	10	1	3	17	26			0	0	0	42	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.078	1.44	0.08%	-1.58	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
23	133	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.02	3.52	34	16	8	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	0	.94	0.271	2.74	0.48%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
24	134	91	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.85	3.48	36	17	5	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.71	0.330	1.36	0.38%	3.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
25	135	94	Jul 24(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-6	W(11-8)	3	5.1	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.89	3.46	28	5	8	3	0	10	37			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.022	2.79	-0.03%	-0.36	1b start a 2	6b 123 1 out a3
26	136	96	Jul 27(2)	CLE		NYY	W,12-10	GS-1		2	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.09	3.49	8	1	1	1	0	4	26			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.294	6.10	-0.80%	-3.87	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
27	137	100	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	GS-8	L(11-9)	3	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.96	3.42	31	5	12	1	3	5	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.341	3.11	0.49%	4.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
28	138	104	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	3.76	3.35	40	20	7	1	0	10	64			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	1	0	2	.70	0.342	1.19	0.35%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	139	109	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	L(12-10)	3	8.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.79	3.34	31	15	7	3	0	8	49			0	2	0	29	1	2	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.002	1.40	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
30	140	114	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(13-10)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.71	3.41	36	17	9	4	2	8	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.595	1.29	0.32%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	141	116	Aug 19(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	3-GF(8)	L(13-11)	2	6.0	7	3	3	4	4	1	1	3.73	3.49	30	9	6	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	25	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.093	.39	-0.02%	0.61	3b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 2
32	142	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-4		3	4.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.83	3.49	18	4	3	0	0	7	32			0	2	0	16	1	1	0	2	0	1	.77	-0.175	.12	-0.02%	-1.71	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
33	143	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	1	3.90	3.50	26	10	3	1	0	8	37			0	0	1	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.29	-0.276	.01	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d1
34	144	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.48	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.08	0.007	.00	0.00%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
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
35	145	132	Sep 5(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	W(14-11)	5	9.0	11	9	9	3	2	1	0	4.07	3.53	40	15	9	0	0	11	28			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.013	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
36	146	137	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(14-12)	4	9.0	9	4	1	3	8	0	0	3.95	3.47	41	12	10	2	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.21	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
37	147	141	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,9-0	SHO	W(15-12)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.80	3.42	36	9	14	1	2	7	77			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.380	.00	0.00%	5.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
38	148	146	Sep 18(2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	2-6		3	4.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.88	3.43	21	7	7	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.24	0.020	.00	0.00%	-1.10	2t -2- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d9
39	149	149	Sep 21	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	L(15-13)	2	9.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.89	3.41	36	16	10	0	1	7	56			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.134	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							17-22		W-L:15-13	3.2	254.2	277	125	110	70	90	9	3	3.89	3.41	1108	1.44		5%	4%	269	51	8	88%	5	8	4	1020	41	11	8	17	0	21	1.00	1.998	1.94	1.13%	25.64

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