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: 15-15 / in Starts: 15-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 0

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	514	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3			99	2.0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.50	5.68	11												9					0
2	515	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	8	9.0	10	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.64	3.32	39						64						36	1	1			0
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
3	516	13	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,9-4	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	4	3	2	2	0	0	2.25	3.13	35						59						33	0	0			0
4	517	18	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-0)	6	7.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.00	3.20	31	12	8	0	2	6	44			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.109	1.64	0.14%	0.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
5	518	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-		4	8.1	11	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.06	3.30	36						52						35					0
6	519	29	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.44	3.04	29	9	14	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.329	1.06	0.36%	3.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	520	33	May 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	L(4-1)	4	9.0	7	4	0	2	1	0	1	2.03	3.11	38	19	8	0	3	7	64			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.84	-0.446	3.49	-0.51%	-0.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	521	39	May 30(1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	5	1	1	2.17	3.29	40						59						36	1	0			0
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
9	522	45	Jun 4(1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	GS-		4	7.1	7	4	4	4	4	0	0	2.45	3.28	34						48						30					0
10	523	49	Jun 11(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	W(6-1)	6	9.0	5	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.29	3.25	37						74						32	1	0			0
11	524	55	Jun 16	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-	L(6-2)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.42	3.28	28						53						26					0
12	525	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-		4	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.81	3.42	6						28						6					0
13	526	63	Jun 25(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-11	GS-2	L(6-3)	3	1.2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	2.86	3.54	13	3	3	1	1	3	37			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.255	2.61	-0.28%	-2.84	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
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
14	527	68	Jul 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-5	L(6-4)	5	5.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.10	3.54	26	12	1	0	0	10	30			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.233	1.53	-0.19%	-1.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
15	528	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.27	3.54	28	6	10	0	3	7	39			1	0	0	25	2	1	1	1	0	0	.61	-0.148	1.23	-0.18%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
16	529	83	Jul 16(1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	3-6		9	3.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.52	3.53	18	4	4	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.68	-0.283	4.81	-0.49%	-1.75	3t --- 0 out tie	6t 123 1 out tie
17	530	91	Jul 23(2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	CG	W(7-5)	6	9.0	11	5	5	6	2	0	0	3.64	3.59	40						41						34	1	0			0
18	531	98	Jul 30(2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.52	3.47	32						73						30	1	0			0
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
19	532	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-	L(8-6)	4	5.1	10	5	4	2	0	0	0	3.65	3.48	27						28						25					0
20	533	109	Aug 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-2	L(8-7)	6	1.2	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.96	3.47	10	4	0	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.286	.29	-0.04%	-2.52	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d2
21	534	112	Aug 13(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4			1	6.0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.78	3.46	24												22					0
22	535	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.54	3.36	33	10	10	0	1	7	77			0	0	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.594	.02	0.01%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	536	123	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	W(10-7)	6	9.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.45	3.32	38						60						36	1	1			0
24	537	128	Aug 30	CLE		SLB	W,12-7	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.57	3.28	21	4	7	2	1	6	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.199	.01	0.00%	-1.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
25	538	132	Sep 4(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	7.2	5	4	3	6	0	0	0	3.57	3.36	31	18	2	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.24	-0.004	.03	0.00%	-0.88	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a2
26	539	136	Sep 10(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-7	L(11-8)	5	7.0	8	4	2	3	1	0	1	3.53	3.39	32	15	5	0	1	7	47			1	1	0	26	2	0	1	2	0	2	.72	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
27	540	139	Sep 15(2)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	GS-	L(11-9)	4	4.1	11	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.64	3.38	24						23						23					0
28	541	143	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	GS-		4	2.0	5	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.38	12						24						11					0
29	542	147	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	5	4	1	0	3.72	3.45	34	16	5	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.358	.00	0.00%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	543	155	Oct 1(2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	L(12-10)	6	10.0	9	5	4	0	2	1	0	3.71	3.46	37						58						37	0	0			0
							15-15		W-L:12-10	4.7	196.1	211	95	81	69	64	5	3	3.71	3.46	844	1.71		2%	6%	77	50	0	---%	4	1	1	760	18	3	4	10	0	5	1.08	-0.610	1.20	-1.19%	-2.37

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