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Mel Harder
Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 24, 1928
Final Game September 7, 1947
Born October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE
Died October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1928 18 CLE AL   0   2  23   1   0   0  12  1   49.0   64   42   36   4   32   15   0   0   241       0  6.61  4.16   63 1.959
 1929 19 CLE AL   1   0  11   0   0   0   7  0   17.7   24   15   11   2    5    4   3   0    84       0  5.60  4.45   79 1.642
 1930 20 CLE AL  11  10  36  19   7   0   9  2  175.3  205  108   82   9   68   44   4   5   793       0  4.21  4.83  115 1.557
 1931 21 CLE AL  13  14  40  24   9   0   8  1  194.0  229  119   94   8   72   63   6   3   880       1  4.36  4.60  105 1.552
 1932 22 CLE AL  15  13  39  32  17   1   4  0  254.7  277  125  106   9   68   90   3   1  1106       0  3.75  4.79  128 1.355
 1933 23 CLE AL  15  17  43  31  14   2  10  4  253.0  254  113   83  10   67   81   3   2  1073       0  2.95  4.50  152 1.269
 1934 24 CLE AL  20  12  44  29  17   6  12  4  255.3  246   97   74   6   81   91   7   2  1072       0  2.61  4.45  171 1.281 MVP-16,AS
 1935 25 CLE AL  22  11  42  35  17   4   7  2  287.3  313  120  105   6   53   95   0   1  1206       0  3.29  4.50  137 1.274 MVP-22,AS
 1936 26 CLE AL  15  15  36  30  13   0   6  1  224.7  294  155  129  13   71   84   6   4  1031       0  5.17  5.14   99 1.625 AS
 1937 27 CLE AL  15  12  38  30  13   0   7  2  233.7  269  127  111   9   86   95   4   2  1038       0  4.28  4.48  105 1.519 AS
 1938 28 CLE AL  17  10  38  29  15   2   6  4  240.0  257  115  102  16   62  102   5   1  1026       0  3.83  4.65  121 1.329 MVP-16
 1939 29 CLE AL  15   9  29  26  12   1   3  1  208.0  213   89   81  15   64   67   3   1   877       0  3.50  4.39  125 1.332
 1940 30 CLE AL  12  11  31  25   5   0   2  0  186.3  200   96   84  16   59   76   5   2   797       0  4.06  4.20  104 1.390
 1941 31 CLE AL   5   4  15  10   1   0   1  1   68.7   76   43   40   8   37   21   2   1   317       0  5.24  3.94   75 1.646
 1942 32 CLE AL  13  14  29  29  13   4   0  0  198.7  179   83   76   8   82   74   3   1   842       0  3.44  3.44  100 1.314
 1943 33 CLE AL   8   7  19  18   6   1   0  0  135.3  126   57   46   7   61   40   1   0   571       0  3.06  3.10  101 1.382
 1944 34 CLE AL  12  10  30  27  12   2   0  0  196.3  211   95   81   5   69   64   3   3   843       0  3.71  3.29   89 1.426
 1945 35 CLE AL   3   7  11  11   2   0   0  0   76.0   93   37   31   3   23   16   0   4   335       0  3.67  3.26   89 1.526
 1946 36 CLE AL   5   4  13  12   4   1   1  0   92.3   85   37   35   4   31   21   0   0   382       0  3.41  3.33   98 1.256
 1947 37 CLE AL   6   4  15  15   4   1   0  0   80.0   91   41   40   3   27   17   1   0   348       1  4.50  3.48   77 1.475
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 20 Yr WL% .545 223 186 582 433 181  25  95 23 3426.3 3706 1714 1447 161 1118 1160  59  33 14862       2  3.80  4.28  113 1.408
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  12  38  29  12   1   6  1  229.3  248  114   96  10   74   77   3   2   995   0   0  3.80  4.28  113 1.408
 Career High     22  17  44  35  17   6  12  4  287.3  313  155  129  16   86  102   7   5  1206   0   1  2.61  5.14  171 1.256
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 18 CLE AL  23    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1929 19 CLE AL  11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1930 20 CLE AL  36   63    8    9   2  1   0    4   1  0   2  28  .143  .169  .206   -7   13   2           0    
 1931 21 CLE AL  40   75    7   19   2  1   0   10   0  0   2  24  .253  .273  .307   48   23   4           0    
 1932 22 CLE AL  39   94   11   17   7  1   0   13   0  0   5  25  .181  .222  .277   24   26   2           0    
 1933 23 CLE AL  44   84    2   16   3  0   1    5   0  0   2  26  .190  .209  .262   22   22   2           0    
 1934 24 CLE AL  44   87    9   14   6  0   0    5   0  0   3  24  .161  .189  .230    8   20   9           0     MVP-16,AS
 1935 25 CLE AL  42  102   11   21   1  0   2   10   0  0   2  29  .206  .221  .275   26   28   7           0     MVP-22,AS
 1936 26 CLE AL  36   80    3   11   4  0   0    3   0  0   0  19  .138  .148  .188  -19   15   6           1     AS
 1937 27 CLE AL  38   86    5   15   4  0   0   10   0  0   5  33  .174  .220  .221   12   19   7           0     AS
 1938 28 CLE AL  39   88    3   10   2  0   0    6   0  0   4  31  .114  .152  .136  -27   12   2           0     MVP-16
 1939 29 CLE AL  29   72    8   10   0  1   1    9   0  0   3  17  .139  .195  .208    4   15   6           2   2
 1940 30 CLE AL  31   62    4   11   1  0   0    4   1  0   4  17  .177  .227  .194   12   12   5           0   0
 1941 31 CLE AL  15   25    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .080  .080  .080  -57    2   0           0   1
 1942 32 CLE AL  29   67    3    8   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  19  .119  .145  .119  -23    8   3           0   0
 1943 33 CLE AL  19   47    2   10   1  1   0    4   0  0   2  11  .213  .245  .277   56   13   4           0   0
 1944 34 CLE AL  30   74    9   16   3  0   0    6   0  0   0  19  .216  .216  .257   37   19   2           0   2
 1945 35 CLE AL  11   25    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .080  .080  .120  -41    3   3           0   3
 1946 36 CLE AL  13   35    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .086  .111  .086  -43    3   0           0   2
 1947 37 CLE AL  15   28    2    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  10  .179  .233  .214   27    6   5           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons     584 1203   89  199  38  5   4   93   2  0  39 369  .165  .194  .215    7  259  69   0   0   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        334   25   55  11  1   1   26   1  0  11 102  .165  .194  .215    7   72  19   0   0   1   3
 Career High     44  102   11   21   7  1   2   13   1  0   5  33                          28   9   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 18 CLE AL    8    8    0   0.0   109| .000  .290| .000  .355| .000  .412| .000  .767|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1929 19 CLE AL    1    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .297| .000  .364| .000  .429| .000  .793|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1930 20 CLE AL   67   56    2   1.0   119| .143  .300| .169  .365| .206  .441| .375  .806|  -7  .042 -10.8  -1.0 100%
 1931 21 CLE AL   81   60    6   2.7   113| .253  .294| .273  .362| .307  .420| .580  .782|  48  .248  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1932 22 CLE AL  101   79    6   2.0   118| .181  .295| .222  .367| .277  .433| .499  .800|  24  .161 -11.2  -1.1   0%
 1933 23 CLE AL   88   70    5   1.9   110| .190  .287| .209  .359| .262  .413| .471  .772|  22  .160 -10.1  -1.0   0%
 1934 24 CLE AL   99   82    4   1.3   112| .161  .288| .189  .362| .230  .415| .419  .777|   8  .078 -12.3  -1.2   0%
 1935 25 CLE AL  111   88    6   1.8   113| .206  .290| .221  .363| .275  .419| .496  .782|  26  .136 -12.0  -1.1   0%
 1936 26 CLE AL   87   75    2   0.7   124| .138  .302| .148  .379| .188  .444| .336  .823| -19  .023 -15.6  -1.4   0%
 1937 27 CLE AL   98   78    4   1.4   115| .174  .287| .220  .362| .221  .428| .441  .790|  12  .077 -11.7  -1.1   0%
 1938 28 CLE AL   94   80    2   0.7   116| .114  .288| .152  .366| .136  .429| .288  .795| -27  .022 -17.6  -1.6   0%
 1939 29 CLE AL   83   70    3   1.1   111| .139  .283| .195  .357| .208  .418| .403  .775|   4  .061 -10.8  -1.0   0%
 1940 30 CLE AL   71   56    3   1.4   108| .177  .275| .227  .348| .194  .418| .421  .766|  12  .092  -8.1  -0.8 100%
 1941 31 CLE AL   25   24    0   0.0   102| .080  .269| .080  .345| .080  .397| .160  .742| -57  .000  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1942 32 CLE AL   72   62    1   0.4    89| .119  .259| .145  .332| .119  .362| .264  .694| -23  .016 -10.9  -1.2   0%
 1943 33 CLE AL   53   41    3   2.0    82| .213  .249| .245  .322| .277  .344| .522  .666|  56  .236  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1944 34 CLE AL   76   62    4   1.8    88| .216  .263| .216  .329| .257  .360| .473  .689|  37  .178  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1945 35 CLE AL   28   29    0   0.0    85| .080  .257| .080  .328| .120  .349| .200  .678| -41  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1946 36 CLE AL   36   34    0   0.0    91| .086  .257| .111  .330| .086  .369| .197  .699| -43  .000  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1947 37 CLE AL   35   29    1   0.9    94| .179  .259| .233  .338| .214  .372| .447  .711|  27  .059  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons     1314 1084   52   1.3   108| .165  .282| .194  .355| .215  .409| .409  .764|   7  .081 -168.6 -16.4 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1928 18 CLE AL   P   23      0    8    2    0  .800  .952  0.35  1.37  1.47  2.44    1   49.0
 1929 19 CLE AL   P   11      0    3    1    0  .750  .968  0.27  1.29  1.53  2.34    0   17.7
 1930 20 CLE AL   P   36      9   32    7    3  .854  .947  1.14  1.18  2.10  2.20   19  175.3
 1931 21 CLE AL   P   40     14   38    4    4  .929  .954  1.30  1.19  2.41  2.21   24  194.0
 1932 22 CLE AL   P   39     18   65    2    0  .976  .958  2.13  1.21  2.93  2.24   32  254.7
 1933 23 CLE AL   P   43     22   87    3    4  .973  .960  2.53  1.18  3.88  2.28   31  253.0
 1934 24 CLE AL   P   44     10   61    7    2  .910  .956  1.61  1.11  2.50  2.14   29  255.3 AS
 1935 25 CLE AL   P   42     18   81    4    0  .961  .949  2.36  1.12  3.10  2.15   35  287.3 AS
 1936 26 CLE AL   P   36     13   38    3    3  .944  .957  1.42  1.04  2.04  1.99   30  224.7 AS
 1937 27 CLE AL   P   38     12   48    1    3  .984  .954  1.58  1.09  2.31  2.05   30  233.7 AS
 1938 28 CLE AL   P   38     21   49    1    2  .986  .952  1.84  1.12  2.62  2.11   29  240.0
 1939 29 CLE AL   P   29     14   26    1    1  .976  .950  1.38  0.98  1.73  1.92   26  208.0
 1940 30 CLE AL   P   31      9   38    2    4  .959  .955  1.52  1.05  2.27  2.04   25  186.3
 1941 31 CLE AL   P   15      7   16    1    0  .958  .958  1.53  1.16  3.01  2.14   10   68.7
 1942 32 CLE AL   P   29     14   44    3    5  .951  .957  2.00  1.30  2.63  2.31   29  198.7
 1943 33 CLE AL   P   19      6   27    0    2 1.000  .962  1.74  1.27  2.20  2.27   18  135.3
 1944 34 CLE AL   P   30     11   34    2    3  .957  .959  1.50  1.14  2.06  2.09   27  196.3
 1945 35 CLE AL   P   11      6   19    0    1 1.000  .954  2.27  1.28  2.96  2.24   11   76.0
 1946 36 CLE AL   P   13      5    9    0    1 1.000  .952  1.08  1.01  1.37  2.01   12   92.3
 1947 37 CLE AL   P   15      0   11    1    0  .917  .957  0.73  0.95  1.24  1.92   15   80.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1928 18 CLE AL   P   23      0    8    2    0  .800  .952  0.35  1.37  1.47  2.44    1   49.0
 1929 19 CLE AL   P   11      0    3    1    0  .750  .968  0.27  1.29  1.53  2.34    0   17.7
 1930 20 CLE AL   P   36      9   32    7    3  .854  .947  1.14  1.18  2.10  2.20   19  175.3
 1931 21 CLE AL   P   40     14   38    4    4  .929  .954  1.30  1.19  2.41  2.21   24  194.0
 1932 22 CLE AL   P   39     18   65    2    0  .976  .958  2.13  1.21  2.93  2.24   32  254.7
 1933 23 CLE AL   P   43     22   87    3    4  .973  .960  2.53  1.18  3.88  2.28   31  253.0
 1934 24 CLE AL   P   44     10   61    7    2  .910  .956  1.61  1.11  2.50  2.14   29  255.3
 1935 25 CLE AL   P   42     18   81    4    0  .961  .949  2.36  1.12  3.10  2.15   35  287.3
 1936 26 CLE AL   P   36     13   38    3    3  .944  .957  1.42  1.04  2.04  1.99   30  224.7
 1937 27 CLE AL   P   38     12   48    1    3  .984  .954  1.58  1.09  2.31  2.05   30  233.7
 1938 28 CLE AL   P   38     21   49    1    2  .986  .952  1.84  1.12  2.62  2.11   29  240.0
 1939 29 CLE AL   P   29     14   26    1    1  .976  .950  1.38  0.98  1.73  1.92   26  208.0
 1940 30 CLE AL   P   31      9   38    2    4  .959  .955  1.52  1.05  2.27  2.04   25  186.3
 1941 31 CLE AL   P   15      7   16    1    0  .958  .958  1.53  1.16  3.01  2.14   10   68.7
 1942 32 CLE AL   P   29     14   44    3    5  .951  .957  2.00  1.30  2.63  2.31   29  198.7
 1943 33 CLE AL   P   19      6   27    0    2 1.000  .962  1.74  1.27  2.20  2.27   18  135.3
 1944 34 CLE AL   P   30     11   34    2    3  .957  .959  1.50  1.14  2.06  2.09   27  196.3
 1945 35 CLE AL   P   11      6   19    0    1 1.000  .954  2.27  1.28  2.96  2.24   11   76.0
 1946 36 CLE AL   P   13      5    9    0    1 1.000  .952  1.08  1.01  1.37  2.01   12   92.3
 1947 37 CLE AL   P   15      0   11    1    0  .917  .957  0.73  0.95  1.24  1.92   15   80.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 582    209  734   45   38  .954  .955  1.62  1.15  2.48  2.14  433 3426.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       582    209  734   45   38  .954  .955  1.62  1.15  2.48  2.14  433   3426

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1934   CLE AL      1  0  0   5     1   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   2  0  1  0  0 
 1935   CLE AL      0  0  1   3     1   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1936   CLE AL      0  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1937   CLE AL      0  0  1   3     5   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 4/4      0  1  0  2  13     9   0   0   1   5  0   0  0   2  0  3  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   CLE AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1936   CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1937   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      0   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1934 *
1935 *
1936 *
1937 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-16-0.05
1935-AL-22-0.02
1938-AL-16-0.04
Car-854-0.11 shares

ERA
1932 AL-3.75-10
1933 AL-2.95-1
1934 AL-2.61-2
1935 AL-3.29-5
1938 AL-3.83-9
1939 AL-3.50-7

Wins
1933 AL-15-7
1934 AL-20-4
1935 AL-22-2
1937 AL-15-8
1938 AL-17-4
1939 AL-15-6
Car-223-69

Won-Loss %
1934 AL-.625-9
1935 AL-.667-5
1938 AL-.630-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1932 AL-1.355-8
1933 AL-1.269-3
1934 AL-1.281-3
1935 AL-1.274-6
1938 AL-1.329-4
1939 AL-1.332-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1934 AL-8.67-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1932 AL-2.40-4
1933 AL-2.38-4
1934 AL-2.86-7
1935 AL-1.66-1
1936 AL-2.84-6
1938 AL-2.33-2
1939 AL-2.77-6
1940 AL-2.85-7

Games
1933 AL-43-8
1934 AL-44-5
1935 AL-42-9
1937 AL-38-8

Saves
1933 AL-4-8
1934 AL-4-4
1938 AL-4-6

Innings
1932 AL-254.7-10
1933 AL-253.0-6
1934 AL-255.3-6
1935 AL-287.3-2
1937 AL-233.7-9
1938 AL-240.0-6
Car-3426.3-79

Strikeouts
1934 AL-91-10
1935 AL-95-9
1938 AL-102-9

Games Started
1932 AL-32-7
1933 AL-31-7
1935 AL-35-2
1937 AL-30-10
1938 AL-29-8
1942 AL-29-7
Car-433-84

Comp. Games
1934 AL-17-7
1938 AL-15-10

Shutouts
1933 AL-2-4
1934 AL-6-1
1935 AL-4-2
1938 AL-2-5
1942 AL-4-2

Home Runs Allow.
1938 AL-16-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
Car-1118-70

Hits Allowed
1932 AL-277-6
1933 AL-254-7
1935 AL-313-3
1936 AL-294-2
1937 AL-269-3
1938 AL-257-4
Car-3706-52

SO to Walk
1932 AL-1.32-7
1933 AL-1.21-9
1935 AL-1.79-4
1936 AL-1.18-6
1937 AL-1.10-10
1938 AL-1.65-2
1940 AL-1.29-10

Losses
1931 AL-14-10
1933 AL-17-4
1936 AL-15-8
1942 AL-14-9
Car-186-57

Earned Runs Allow.
1936 AL-129-8
1944 AL-81-9
Car-1447-43

Wild Pitches
1930 AL-5-6

Hit Batsmen
1931 AL-6-4
1934 AL-7-2
1936 AL-6-3
1937 AL-4-10
1938 AL-5-7
1939 AL-3-10
1940 AL-5-3

Batters Faced
1932 AL-1106-10
1933 AL-1073-6
1934 AL-1072-7
1935 AL-1206-3
1936 AL-1031-9
1937 AL-1038-9
1938 AL-1026-7
Car-14862-58

Adjusted ERA+
1932 AL-128-8
1933 AL-152-1
1934 AL-171-2
1935 AL-137-3

Youngest Player
1928 AL-18-1
1929 AL-19-2
1930 AL-20-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 133 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 21.0 (264) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 51.0 (246) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
September 10, 1941: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
October 24, 1947: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1934-AL-16-0.05 1935-AL-22-0.02 1938-AL-16-0.04 Car-854-0.11 shares	ERA 1932 AL-3.75-10 1933 AL-2.95-1 1934 AL-2.61-2 1935 AL-3.29-5 1938 AL-3.83-9 1939 AL-3.50-7	Wins 1933 AL-15-7 1934 AL-20-4 1935 AL-22-2 1937 AL-15-8 1938 AL-17-4 1939 AL-15-6 Car-223-69	Won-Loss % 1934 AL-.625-9 1935 AL-.667-5 1938 AL-.630-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1932 AL-1.355-8 1933 AL-1.269-3 1934 AL-1.281-3 1935 AL-1.274-6 1938 AL-1.329-4 1939 AL-1.332-8
Hits Allowed/9IP 1934 AL-8.67-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1932 AL-2.40-4 1933 AL-2.38-4 1934 AL-2.86-7 1935 AL-1.66-1 1936 AL-2.84-6 1938 AL-2.33-2 1939 AL-2.77-6 1940 AL-2.85-7	Games 1933 AL-43-8 1934 AL-44-5 1935 AL-42-9 1937 AL-38-8	Saves 1933 AL-4-8 1934 AL-4-4 1938 AL-4-6	Innings 1932 AL-254.7-10 1933 AL-253.0-6 1934 AL-255.3-6 1935 AL-287.3-2 1937 AL-233.7-9 1938 AL-240.0-6 Car-3426.3-79	Strikeouts 1934 AL-91-10 1935 AL-95-9 1938 AL-102-9
Games Started 1932 AL-32-7 1933 AL-31-7 1935 AL-35-2 1937 AL-30-10 1938 AL-29-8 1942 AL-29-7 Car-433-84	Comp. Games 1934 AL-17-7 1938 AL-15-10	Shutouts 1933 AL-2-4 1934 AL-6-1 1935 AL-4-2 1938 AL-2-5 1942 AL-4-2	Home Runs Allow. 1938 AL-16-10	Bases On Balls Allow. Car-1118-70	Hits Allowed 1932 AL-277-6 1933 AL-254-7 1935 AL-313-3 1936 AL-294-2 1937 AL-269-3 1938 AL-257-4 Car-3706-52
SO to Walk 1932 AL-1.32-7 1933 AL-1.21-9 1935 AL-1.79-4 1936 AL-1.18-6 1937 AL-1.10-10 1938 AL-1.65-2 1940 AL-1.29-10	Losses 1931 AL-14-10 1933 AL-17-4 1936 AL-15-8 1942 AL-14-9 Car-186-57	Earned Runs Allow. 1936 AL-129-8 1944 AL-81-9 Car-1447-43	Wild Pitches 1930 AL-5-6	Hit Batsmen 1931 AL-6-4 1934 AL-7-2 1936 AL-6-3 1937 AL-4-10 1938 AL-5-7 1939 AL-3-10 1940 AL-5-3	Batters Faced 1932 AL-1106-10 1933 AL-1073-6 1934 AL-1072-7 1935 AL-1206-3 1936 AL-1031-9 1937 AL-1038-9 1938 AL-1026-7 Car-14862-58
Adjusted ERA+ 1932 AL-128-8 1933 AL-152-1 1934 AL-171-2 1935 AL-137-3	Youngest Player 1928 AL-18-1 1929 AL-19-2 1930 AL-20-10