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: 22-16 / in Starts: 18-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 5

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	315	1	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	4	2	6	2	1	0	2.57	7.06	35	15	4	1	1	8	45			0	2	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.039	2.63	-0.06%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	316	5	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.25	4.45	33	17	6	0	3	4	73			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	.34	0.223	.83	0.32%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
3	317	9	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	GS-7		5	6.2	10	5	3	3	3	0	0	2.78	4.22	32	12	5	1	1	9	38			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.38	-0.120	2.92	-0.15%	-1.29	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
4	318	18	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7		13	6.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.38	4.36	32	10	7	1	1	9	42			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.193	3.05	-0.31%	0.09	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out d1
5	319	24	May 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	6	6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.31	4.31	29	13	5	2	0	6	51			0	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	1.01	0.041	2.77	0.07%	1.09	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
6	320	26	May 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	4.30	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	0.110	11.63	0.21%	0.26	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
7	321	28	May 29(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	1	7.2	10	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.32	4.29	39	14	9	2	3	10	43			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.36	-0.039	4.27	-0.07%	0.10	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d3
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
8	322	33	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	4.22	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.185	11.12	0.36%	0.59	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
9	323	35	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(3-2)	1	9.0	11	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.06	3.92	37	16	4	0	1	11	61			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.17	0.386	4.23	0.84%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	324	38	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	L(3-3)	2	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.91	12	5	0	0	0	5		0	0	2	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	-0.520	5.78	-1.04%	-2.84	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 3
11	325	41	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,12-6	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	11	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.94	3.98	40	7	16	1	7	11	43			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.047	1.69	0.10%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	326	43	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.94	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.071	2.58	-0.12%	-0.42	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
13	327	46	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	2	6.1	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.04	4.03	30	10	7	1	2	6	44			2	1	0	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.087	4.71	0.21%	1.22	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
14	328	51	Jun 20(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-2		4	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.54	4.05	14	5	1	0	0	7	21			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.282	1.88	-0.35%	-3.75	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
15	329	55	Jun 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	7.0	10	6	2	4	3	0	0	4.37	4.05	35	14	6	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.182	.77	-0.12%	-1.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
16	330	59	Jun 30	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	10	3	2	5	5	0	0	4.13	4.02	41	9	12	1	1	10	57			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.256	.61	0.14%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
17	331	61	Jul 4	CLE		DET	L,2-3	5-6		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.04	3.97	8	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.091	.73	0.05%	1.16	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
18	332	66	Jul 10(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-8		5	7.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	0	4.21	3.86	29	7	10	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.113	.55	-0.03%	-0.40	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out a1
19	333	71	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	13	5	4	3	3	0	0	4.19	3.84	40	12	9	2	0	13	43			0	1	0	37	4	1	0	2	0	0	.56	0.070	.25	0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	334	76	Jul 21(1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	GS-8		4	7.1	8	7	7	5	4	1	0	4.47	3.97	34	8	10	3	2	7	33			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.124	.08	0.01%	-1.01	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
21	335	82	Jul 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(6-6)	5	8.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.48	3.90	32	8	11	2	1	7	54			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.225	.15	-0.01%	0.65	1b start a 1	8b 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
22	336	88	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	GS-6	L(6-7)	6	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.62	3.85	27	6	8	3	1	9	34			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.188	.03	0.00%	-1.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
23	337	93	Aug 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	L(6-8)	3	6.1	7	6	6	4	2	1	1	4.80	3.99	31	10	7	0	0	7	33			0	1	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.23	-0.292	.01	0.00%	-1.78	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out d2
24	338	98	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	5	3	1	4	2	0	0	4.56	4.00	36	18	7	2	0	5	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.234	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	339	102	Aug 18(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.41	4.00	36	11	12	0	3	9	59			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	4	0	1	1.06	0.371	.00	0.00%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	340	107	Aug 22(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	1	4.28	3.96	34	15	9	0	1	5	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.609	.00	0.00%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	341	111	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	11	5	5	5	2	0	0	4.32	3.98	43	10	15	3	0	11	42			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	342	117	Aug 31	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	7.0	8	4	4	6	0	1	1	4.35	4.14	35	8	12	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.34	-0.051	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	343	121	Sep 4(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.19	4.08	39	18	8	1	2	9	61			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.449	.00	0.00%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
30	344	128	Sep 8(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GS-4		3	3.1	10	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.35	4.15	21	4	4	0	0	10	19			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.371	.00	0.00%	-3.59	1b start a 2	4b 12- 1 out tie
31	345	129	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	6-GF	L(11-10)	0	3.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.15	14	9	2	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	0.044	.00	0.00%	1.26	6b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
32	346	133	Sep 12(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(12-10)	2	9.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.26	4.10	37						57						35	2	0			0
33	347	136	Sep 15(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(13-10)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.20	4.05	9	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.638	.00	0.00%	2.46	8b -2- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
34	348	140	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-5		2	5.0	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.36	4.09	24	7	6	0	3	9	25			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
35	349	144	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-5	L(13-11)	3	5.0	9	6	5	2	1	0	1	4.47	4.11	27	9	6	1	1	8	26			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	.87	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
36	350	149	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-12)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.37	4.08	25	13	3	1	0	4	66			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	0.301	.00	0.00%	3.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
37	351	151	Sep 29(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(14-12)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.33	4.05	7	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	0.459	.00	0.00%	1.59	9b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
38	352	155	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	W(15-12)	2	9.0	8	5	4	1	5	1	0	4.31	4.05	36	13	9	2	1	8	57			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
							22-16		W-L:15-12,Sv:2	3.2	233.2	269	127	112	86	95	9	4	4.31	4.05	1040	1.48		6%	6%	247	46	6	0%	8	8	0	937	47	10	6	17	0	16	1.06	1.801	1.17	0.04%	11.63

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