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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,6-7		8	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS	29	6.1	0	5	0	5	0
4	11 (2)	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	W,10-9		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (2)	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
6	18 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	GS	34	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	22 (3)	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	GS	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	25 (2)	May 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-12		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	36 (9)	May 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	41 (4)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-11	GS	19	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	45 (2)	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	49 (3)	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-12		25	5.2	2	3	0	5	1
15	55 (5)	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	61 (5)	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	67 (5)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS	19	3.1	0	0	1	1	0
19	76 (3)	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	79 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7		11	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
21	81 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	83 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	85 (1)	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	89 (3)	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS	35	6.1	0	1	0	1	1
25	94 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	98 (3)	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	99	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7		11	2.2	0	0	1	1	0
28	101 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-9	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	103 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	106 (2)	Aug 9	CLE		DET	L,8-9		9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
31	109 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	115 (5)	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	121 (5)	Aug 28	CLE		SLB	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	123 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	124	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	126 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
37	130 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	136 (5)	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	28	6.0	1	3	1	5	0
39	141 (4)	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-14	GS	20	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	148 (6)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
							40gm		194.0	14	38	4	56	4