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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	16	3.1	1	2	0	3	1
4	13 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (4)	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	20 (1)	May 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	23 (2)	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
8	28 (4)	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-11	GF	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	32 (3)	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-7		26	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	35 (2)	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	40 (4)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	44 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	49 (4)	Jun 6	CLE		DET	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
14	53 (3)	Jun 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	GS	34	9.1	1	3	0	4	1
15	58 (4)	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	63 (4)	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
17	68 (4)	Jun 27	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	70 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	71	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	W,13-12	GF	11	2.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	77 (3)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	GS	24	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
22	81 (3)	Jul 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	4	7	0	11	0
23	84 (2)	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	86 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	88 (1)	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	90 (1)	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	95 (4)	Jul 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	100 (4)	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	104 (3)	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	109 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	22	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	111 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	115 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	117 (1)	Aug 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	122 (4)	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
35	125 (2)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	127 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-14	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	131 (3)	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	136 (4)	Sep 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	26	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
39	139 (2)	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	141 (1)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	144 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	146 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	147	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GS	31	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
							43gm		253.0	22	87	3	112	4