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: 18-11 / in Starts: 17-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	391	3	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	4	4	5	2	0	0	7.20	4.79	26	7	6	1	2	6	36			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.121	3.65	-0.22%	-1.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
2	392	30	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	32	7.0	9	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.75	4.51	32	13	8	2	2	8	54			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.155	2.32	0.17%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
3	393	37	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(0-3)	7	9.0	10	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.43	4.40	37	12	11	1	1	10	55			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.040	1.82	0.04%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
4	394	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	6.1	7	4	4	7	0	0	0	3.95	4.75	32	15	4	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.103	.92	-0.04%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a3
5	395	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-4)	6	7.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.41	4.54	29	12	7	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.260	2.03	0.30%	3.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	396	52	Jun 18(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.51	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	-0.197	1.61	-0.09%	-0.38	8b 1-- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
7	397	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS-7		2	6.0	11	6	5	0	2	0	0	3.95	4.13	30	16	6	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.24	-0.295	.55	-0.08%	-2.24	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a2
8	398	61	Jun 26	CLE		DET	L,2-11	GS-7	L(1-5)	4	6.1	8	6	5	5	2	0	0	4.37	4.16	30	5	12	0	4	6	32			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.087	.40	-0.02%	-1.74	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d5
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
9	399	65	Jul 2(2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(2-5)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.99	3.78	34	12	11	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	2	.89	0.223	.19	0.03%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	400	71	Jul 8(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-5)	5	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.04	3.84	23	12	8	0	3	2	49			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.075	.23	0.01%	0.61	1b start a 3	6b 3 out tie
11	401	75	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(3-6)	4	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.12	3.94	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.70	-0.276	1.85	-0.08%	-0.43	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
12	402	78	Jul 16(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GS-4	L(3-7)	2	3.1	8	6	5	1	1	0	1	4.59	3.93	19	6	2	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.393	.23	-0.05%	-4.70	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
13	403	81	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	1	4.28	3.87	36	11	10	0	0	10	63			0	1	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.598	.04	0.01%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	404	86	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-8	GS-9	W(5-7)	4	8.2	12	8	8	2	1	1	1	4.70	3.98	40	7	17	3	0	12	27			1	2	1	35	1	2	0	0	2	2	.96	0.189	.06	0.01%	-2.33	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a5
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
15	405	92	Aug 2(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(6-7)	7	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.44	4.02	37	14	9	2	3	8	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.195	.02	0.01%	3.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
16	406	98	Aug 6(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.13	3.97	34	12	12	2	0	4	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.399	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
17	407	101	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.00	3.91	32	10	11	1	2	8	55			1	0	0	29	2	2	1	1	0	0	.87	0.186	.02	0.00%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	408	107	Aug 16(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.70	3.77	34	15	8	0	3	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.645	.00	0.00%	5.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	409	112	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	10	4	2	2	2	1	0	3.60	3.81	34	9	11	1	0	10	50			0	1	0	30	2	1	1	1	1	1	1.25	-0.114	.00	0.00%	0.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	410	114	Aug 24(1)	CLE		PHA	W,10-2	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.50	3.66	37	12	11	0	0	9	66			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	2	.39	-0.009	.00	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
21	411	120	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	L(9-8)	3	8.0	9	6	6	1	4	1	0	3.68	3.65	33	13	7	2	1	8	43			0	0	0	31	1	2	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.336	.00	0.00%	-1.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
22	412	124	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,9-3	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.64	3.59	35	12	12	1	3	6	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.125	.00	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	413	129	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,9-8	GS-	W(11-8)	4	8.1	13	8	6	3	1	3	0	3.79	3.82	42						27						39					0
24	414	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(12-8)	4	10.0	9	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.72	3.82	40	17	7	2	0	9	59			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.89	0.421	.00	0.00%	2.84	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
25	415	138	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.59	3.83	33	14	12	3	2	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.725	.00	0.00%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	416	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.51	3.78	37	22	0	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.165	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
27	417	147	Sep 24(1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(14-9)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	2	0	3.44	3.80	34	4	14	0	1	8	69			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.237	.00	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	418	150	Sep 27(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.79	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.79	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 2
29	419	151	Sep 29(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-	W(15-9)	1	7.1	6	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.50	3.86	30						51						26					0
							18-11		W-L:15-9,Sv:1	3.7	208.0	213	89	81	64	66	15	3	3.50	3.86	877	1.31		5%	5%	176	53	1	100%	5	6	1	792	34	10	4	18	5	14	1.11	2.789	.48	-0.02%	33.71

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