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: 9-6 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	568	29	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	2.79	33	18	8	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	2	.11	0.064	.36	0.12%	2.98	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
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
2	569	35	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	7.0	7	4	4	4	2	2	0	2.81	4.86	32	8	11	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.105	1.53	0.16%	-0.85	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a3
3	570	42	Jun 15(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-6	W(3-0)	8	5.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.91	4.34	24	9	8	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.068	2.54	0.09%	0.40	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
4	571	49	Jun 22(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.64	3.85	35	14	9	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	1	.45	0.227	1.26	0.38%	2.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
5	572	56	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS-5		6	5.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.78	3.85	20	6	8	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.027	1.80	-0.04%	0.25	1t start tie	5t 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
6	573	62	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-5	L(4-1)	5	4.2	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.57	3.84	26	5	7	0	0	9	25			1	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.290	1.42	-0.26%	-3.35	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out d4
7	574	70	Jul 13(1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-1)	7	9.0	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.92	3.63	34	12	8	0	0	9	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	.65	0.185	.54	0.09%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	575	80	Jul 20(2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(6-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.62	3.52	33	11	12	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	.92	0.215	.02	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	576	85	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-5		5	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.03	3.48	18	8	2	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.150	.03	0.00%	-1.57	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out a1
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
10	577	90	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.2	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.18	3.35	24	9	5	0	0	8	43			0	1	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.133	.05	-0.01%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
11	578	96	Aug 6(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-2	L(6-2)	4	1.2	9	7	7	2	0	1	0	4.00	3.61	15	2	2	1	0	9	7			0	0	0	13	4	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.461	.01	0.00%	-6.46	1b start a 1	2b 12- 2 out d6
12	579	102	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS-4	L(6-3)	4	3.0	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	4.21	3.73	16	6	2	0	0	4	35			0	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.201	.02	0.00%	-2.02	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
13	580	110	Aug 19(1)	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	GS-3		7	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.32	3.70	11	0	7	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.162	.01	0.00%	-1.51	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
14	581	118	Aug 24(1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-11	GS-1	L(6-4)	4	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.66	3.78	5	0	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.267	.01	0.00%	-2.90	1t start tie	1t -23 1 out d2
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
15	582	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-5		13	4.2	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	4.50	3.79	20	4	9	1	0	5	47			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
							9-6		W-L:6-4	5.6	80.0	91	41	40	27	17	3	1	4.50	3.79	346	1.13		2%	0%	90	46		---%	2	2	0	315	18	7	2	11	0	4	.81	-0.926	.74	0.54%	-6.27

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