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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-22 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 5

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	150	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.90	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.049	1.83	0.09%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
2	151	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-1)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.00	2.79	31	14	8	2	2	6	67			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	.97	0.297	3.01	0.55%	3.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
3	152	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	7	4	3	0	1	2	0	2.92	4.77	16	6	2	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.207	2.30	-0.44%	-2.45	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d4
4	153	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.10	4.38	31	11	9	0	4	7	54			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	0.023	3.69	0.04%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
5	154	18	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	W(1-3)	6	9.0	9	5	2	0	4	0	0	2.76	3.65	37	16	9	2	2	8	59			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.030	3.39	0.06%	0.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	155	20	May 7(1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	7-GF	BW(2-3)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	3.52	9	5	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.450	7.86	1.07%	2.10	7t 1-3 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	156	23	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.18	3.43	35	21	4	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.405	3.89	0.89%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	157	28	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-11	8-GF(12)	BL(3-4)	4	4.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.38	3.52	21	6	5	0	1	8		2	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.59	-0.220	16.25	-0.60%	-1.21	8b 1-3 1 out a2	12b end d 1
9	158	32	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7	2-7		3	6.0	8	4	0	0	2	1	0	2.10	3.62	26	11	5	0	0	8		1	1	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.036	2.72	-0.08%	-1.25	2b 1-- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d5
10	159	35	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.01	3.67	31	11	8	1	0	6	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.303	3.76	0.48%	2.59	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
11	160	40	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	4.0	8	6	4	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.56	23	10	4	0	1	7	28			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.220	2.69	-0.45%	-3.40	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d4
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
12	161	44	Jun 2(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-5)	2	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.14	3.36	32	15	7	3	2	6	79			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.914	5.34	1.88%	5.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
13	162	49	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,2-5	GS-8	L(5-6)	3	7.0	9	4	2	1	2	0	0	2.18	3.31	31	10	9	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.162	3.19	-0.26%	-0.54	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d2
14	163	53	Jun 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	GS-10		4	9.1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.95	3.25	34	15	8	0	0	8	73			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.537	2.67	0.59%	4.19	1t start tie	10t 123 1 out tie
15	164	58	Jun 18(2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-6)	6	9.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.77	3.12	35	13	9	1	0	8	76			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.469	2.97	0.80%	5.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	165	63	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	CG	L(6-7)	4	9.0	8	8	8	3	8	2	0	2.30	3.28	37	14	6	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.83	-0.254	1.92	-0.35%	-2.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
17	166	68	Jun 27	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	2.40	3.26	32	9	10	1	0	8	46			0	1	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	-0.208	.92	-0.11%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	167	70	Jun 29	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.53	3.31	7	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-1.41	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
19	168	71	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	W,13-12	8-GF	W(7-7)	0	2.0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.35	11	5	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.118	.47	-0.04%	-0.83	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
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
20	169	73	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	L(7-8)	1	3.0	7	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.32	17	7	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.211	.31	-0.05%	-2.24	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
21	170	77	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	GS-6	L(7-9)	2	5.1	6	6	6	3	2	0	0	2.98	3.34	24	11	3	1	0	5	31			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.306	.26	-0.04%	-2.08	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
22	171	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG(12)	W(8-9)	4	12.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	1	2.85	3.36	50	19	18	2	3	9	73			0	0	0	44	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	0.948	.14	0.05%	4.56	1b start tie	12b 3 out a1
23	172	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.83	3.36	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.55	0.225	.24	0.01%	0.57	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
24	173	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-10)	1	6.0	9	6	3	0	3	0	0	2.90	3.30	27	13	3	0	1	8	39			0	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.316	.03	-0.01%	-2.59	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
25	174	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	3.30	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.83	0.183	.16	0.00%	0.47	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
26	175	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(9-10)	1	9.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.78	3.33	32	10	13	1	0	3	75			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.512	.07	0.02%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	176	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(10-10)	4	10.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.67	3.29	37	15	10	2	2	6	78			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.88	0.793	.03	0.01%	4.25	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
28	177	100	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-11)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	2.79	3.35	25	8	7	1	0	7	43			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.116	.04	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
29	178	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.75	3.36	36	14	11	1	2	9	59			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.395	.02	0.00%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
30	179	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-4	L(11-12)	3	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	1	2.93	3.37	22	9	3	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.204	.01	0.00%	-2.75	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
31	180	111	Aug 13(1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(12-12)	5	9.0	12	3	2	2	7	0	0	2.89	3.31	39	12	6	1	1	12	58			1	1	0	37	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.36	0.263	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	181	115	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	7-GF	W(13-12)	2	3.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	3.32	13	8	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.281	.00	0.00%	1.76	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end tie
33	182	117	Aug 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(14-12)	1	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.76	3.29	33	13	9	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.649	.00	0.00%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	183	122	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(14-13)	3	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.82	3.28	37	12	10	0	1	9	53			0	0	1	32	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.32	-0.219	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	184	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	3.28	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.59	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
36	185	127	Aug 27(1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-14	GS-5	L(14-14)	1	5.0	5	8	1	3	1	0	0	2.78	3.31	27	9	9	2	1	5	37			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	5	.73	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-5.07	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
37	186	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(15-14)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.71	3.29	34	13	10	2	1	8	66			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.379	.00	0.00%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
38	187	136	Sep 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(15-15)	5	5.1	7	5	5	3	2	2	0	2.84	3.41	26	9	5	1	1	7	33			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
39	188	139	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	4-5		2	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.85	3.43	11	4	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.023	.00	0.00%	0.12	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d3
40	189	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-6	L(15-16)	1	6.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.86	3.43	25	6	9	0	1	6	50			0	2	0	23	1	1	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
41	190	144	Sep 17(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	L(15-17)	5	7.0	5	3	3	4	2	1	0	2.89	3.50	29	8	10	1	1	5	53			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
42	191	146	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.50	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
43	192	147	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.2	6	5	5	5	0	0	1	2.99	3.55	31	9	11	1	1	5	32			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.51	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.04	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out tie
							21-22		W-L:15-17,Sv:4,BSv:2	2.9	253.0	254	113	84	67	81	9	3	2.99	3.55	1070	1.54		4%	5%	242	53	8	38%	1	17	1	977	47	6	7	16	0	26	1.23	4.481	1.65	4.10%	28.68

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