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Mel Harder

Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)

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

Born: October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE
High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1928
Team: Indians 1928-1947

Final Game: September 7, 1947
Died: October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1928 18 CLE AL 23 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1929 19 CLE AL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1930 20 CLE AL 36 67 63 8 9 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 28 .143 .169 .206 .376 -6 13 0 2 1
1931 21 CLE AL 40 81 75 7 19 2 1 0 10 0 0 2 24 .253 .273 .307 .579 49 23 0 4 1
1932 22 CLE AL 39 101 94 11 17 7 1 0 13 0 0 5 25 .181 .222 .277 .499 24 26 0 2 1
1933 23 CLE AL 44 88 84 2 16 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 26 .190 .209 .262 .471 22 22 0 2 1
1934 24 CLE AL 44 99 87 9 14 6 0 0 5 0 0 3 24 .161 .189 .230 .419 7 20 0 9 1 AS,MVP-16
1935 25 CLE AL 42 111 102 11 21 1 0 2 10 0 0 2 29 .206 .221 .275 .496 26 28 0 7 1 AS,MVP-22
1936 26 CLE AL 36 87 80 3 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .138 .148 .188 .336 -19 15 1 6 1 AS
1937 27 CLE AL 38 98 86 5 15 4 0 0 10 0 0 5 33 .174 .220 .221 .441 12 19 0 7 1 AS
1938 28 CLE AL 39 94 88 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 31 .114 .152 .136 .289 -27 12 0 2 1 MVP-16
1939 29 CLE AL 29 83 72 8 10 0 1 1 9 0 0 3 17 .139 .195 .208 .403 4 15 2 2 6 1
1940 30 CLE AL 31 71 62 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 17 .177 .227 .194 .421 11 12 0 0 5 1
1941 31 CLE AL 15 25 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .080 .080 .080 .160 -57 2 1 0 0 1
1942 32 CLE AL 29 72 67 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .119 .145 .119 .264 -23 8 0 0 3 1
1943 33 CLE AL 19 53 47 2 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 11 .213 .245 .277 .521 57 13 0 0 4 1
1944 34 CLE AL 30 76 74 9 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 19 .216 .216 .257 .473 37 19 2 0 2 1
1945 35 CLE AL 11 28 25 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .080 .080 .120 .200 -41 3 3 0 3 1
1946 36 CLE AL 13 36 35 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .086 .111 .086 .197 -43 3 2 0 0 1
1947 37 CLE AL 15 35 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .179 .233 .214 .448 26 6 1 0 5 1
20 Yrs 584 1314 1203 89 199 38 5 4 93 2 0 39 369 .165 .194 .215 .409 7 259 11 3 69
162 Game Avg. 162 365 334 25 55 11 1 1 26 1 0 11 102 .165 .194 .215 .409 7 72 1 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 18 CLE AL 23 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $2,100 1
1929 19 CLE AL 11 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1930 20 CLE AL 36 67 -12 0 0 0 7 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.4 .488 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
1931 21 CLE AL 40 81 -7 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1
1932 22 CLE AL 39 101 -12 0 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1933 23 CLE AL 44 88 -11 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1934 24 CLE AL 44 99 -14 0 0 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -0 $ 1 AS,MVP-16
1935 25 CLE AL 42 111 -13 0 0 0 11 -2 -0.2 4 2 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 2 $11,000 1 AS,MVP-22
1936 26 CLE AL 36 87 -18 0 0 0 10 -8 -0.7 3 -5 -0.7 .481 .496 -0.7 0.0 -5 $13,500 1 AS
1937 27 CLE AL 38 98 -14 0 0 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $13,500 1 AS
1938 28 CLE AL 39 94 -19 0 0 0 11 -8 -0.7 3 -5 -0.7 .481 .495 -0.7 0.0 -5 $12,000 1 MVP-16
1939 29 CLE AL 29 83 -12 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1940 30 CLE AL 31 71 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1941 31 CLE AL 15 25 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .481 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1942 32 CLE AL 29 72 -11 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .486 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1943 33 CLE AL 19 53 -3 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1944 34 CLE AL 30 76 -6 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1945 35 CLE AL 11 28 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .477 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1946 36 CLE AL 13 36 -6 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .476 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1947 37 CLE AL 15 35 -3 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
20 Seasons 584 1314 -183 2 0 0 138 -44 -4.2 38 -6 -4.1 .493 .499 -4.2 0.0 -6 $52,100
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1928 18 CLE AL 8 8 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .290 .000 .355 .000 .412 .000 .767 -100 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1929 19 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 115 .000 .296 .000 .363 .000 .427 .000 .790 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1930 20 CLE AL 67 56 2 1.0 118 .257 .143 .299 .169 .363 .206 .439 .376 .803 -6 .042 -10.8 -1.0 .296 .111 .063 .0
1931 21 CLE AL 81 60 6 2.7 112 .373 .253 .293 .273 .360 .307 .418 .579 .779 49 .248 -6.1 -0.6 .446 .080 .053
1932 22 CLE AL 101 79 6 2.0 118 .246 .181 .295 .222 .367 .277 .433 .499 .800 24 .161 -11.2 -1.1 .403 .149 .096
1933 23 CLE AL 88 70 5 1.9 110 .263 .190 .287 .209 .359 .262 .413 .471 .772 22 .160 -10.0 -1.0 .353 .095 .071 .0
1934 24 CLE AL 99 82 4 1.3 113 .222 .161 .289 .189 .363 .230 .417 .419 .780 7 .078 -12.4 -1.2 .315 .103 .069
1935 25 CLE AL 111 88 6 1.8 113 .268 .206 .290 .221 .363 .275 .419 .496 .782 26 .136 -12.0 -1.1 .370 .088 .069 .0
1936 26 CLE AL 87 75 2 0.7 124 .180 .138 .302 .148 .378 .188 .444 .336 .823 -19 .023 -15.6 -1.4 .232 .050 .050
1937 27 CLE AL 98 78 4 1.4 115 .283 .174 .287 .220 .362 .221 .428 .441 .790 12 .077 -11.7 -1.1 .338 .105 .047
1938 28 CLE AL 94 80 2 0.7 116 .175 .114 .288 .152 .366 .136 .429 .289 .795 -27 .022 -17.6 -1.6 .205 .068 .023
1939 29 CLE AL 83 70 3 1.1 111 .167 .139 .283 .195 .357 .208 .418 .403 .775 4 .061 -10.8 -1.0 .313 .111 .069 .0
1940 30 CLE AL 71 56 3 1.4 109 .244 .177 .277 .227 .350 .194 .420 .421 .769 11 .092 -8.2 -0.8 .333 .097 .016 .0
1941 31 CLE AL 25 24 0 0.0 102 .111 .080 .270 .080 .345 .080 .397 .160 .742 -57 .000 -5.6 -0.6 .083 .000 .000
1942 32 CLE AL 72 62 1 0.4 89 .167 .119 .259 .145 .332 .119 .362 .264 .694 -23 .016 -10.9 -1.2 .169 .030 .000
1943 33 CLE AL 53 41 3 2.0 81 .278 .213 .248 .245 .321 .277 .342 .521 .663 57 .236 -2.7 -0.3 .405 .106 .064
1944 34 CLE AL 76 62 4 1.8 88 .291 .216 .263 .216 .329 .257 .360 .473 .689 37 .178 -6.2 -0.7 .317 .041 .041
1945 35 CLE AL 28 29 0 0.0 84 .125 .080 .256 .080 .327 .120 .348 .200 .675 -41 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .115 .040 .040
1946 36 CLE AL 36 34 0 0.0 90 .143 .086 .255 .111 .328 .086 .367 .197 .696 -43 .000 -6.6 -0.7 .118 .029 .000
1947 37 CLE AL 35 29 1 0.9 94 .278 .179 .259 .233 .338 .214 .373 .448 .711 26 .059 -2.8 -0.3 .333 .107 .036
20 Yrs 1314 1084 52 1.3 108 .235 .165 .282 .194 .355 .215 .409 .409 .764 7 .081 -168.6 -16.4 .299 .084 .050 2.7
162 Game Avg. 365 301 14 1.3 108 .235 .165 .282 .194 .355 .215 .409 .409 .764 7 .081 -168.6 -16.4 .299 .084 .050 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 CLE AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 CLE AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1928 18 CLE AL 8 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25%
1929 19 CLE AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1930 20 CLE AL 67 0.0% 41.8% 3.0% 4.5% 33% 14.00 2.3 15.8 52%
1931 21 CLE AL 81 0.0% 29.6% 2.5% 3.7% 16% 12.00 3.1 7.5 63%
1932 22 CLE AL 101 0.0% 24.8% 5.0% 7.9% 47% 5.00 3.8 7.2 68%
1933 23 CLE AL 88 1.1% 29.6% 2.3% 4.6% 25% 13.00 3.2 84.0 16.8 65%
1934 24 CLE AL 99 0.0% 24.2% 3.0% 6.1% 43% 8.00 3.6 17.4 64%
1935 25 CLE AL 111 1.8% 26.1% 1.8% 2.7% 14% 14.50 3.5 51.0 10.2 64%
1936 26 CLE AL 87 0.0% 21.8% 0.0% 4.6% 36% 4.2 26.7 70%
1937 27 CLE AL 98 0.0% 33.7% 5.1% 4.1% 27% 6.60 2.6 8.6 54%
1938 28 CLE AL 94 0.0% 33.0% 4.3% 2.1% 20% 7.75 2.8 14.7 61%
1939 29 CLE AL 83 1.2% 20.5% 3.6% 2.4% 20% 5.67 4.2 72.0 8.0 65%
1940 30 CLE AL 71 0.0% 23.9% 5.6% 1.4% 9% 4.25 3.6 15.5 63%
1941 31 CLE AL 25 0.0% 28.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.6 72%
1942 32 CLE AL 72 0.0% 26.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 9.50 3.5 33.5 67%
1943 33 CLE AL 53 0.0% 20.8% 3.8% 3.8% 20% 5.50 4.3 11.8 68%
1944 34 CLE AL 76 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 4.0% 19% 3.9 12.3 72%
1945 35 CLE AL 28 0.0% 32.1% 0.0% 3.6% 50% 2.8 57%
1946 36 CLE AL 36 0.0% 38.9% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 14.00 2.5 35.0 58%
1947 37 CLE AL 35 0.0% 28.6% 5.7% 2.9% 20% 5.00 2.8 28.0 51%
20 Yrs 1314 0.3% 28.1% 3.0% 3.6% 24% 9.46 3.3 300.8 12.9 63%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.6% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 1.01 10.3 66.9 8.0 79%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 18 23 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1929 19 34 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1930 20 70 76 72 8 9 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 35 .125 .149 .181 .329 -18 13 0 2
1931 21 110 157 147 15 28 4 2 0 14 1 0 4 59 .190 .212 .245 .457 16 36 0 6
1932 22 149 258 241 26 45 11 3 0 27 1 0 9 84 .187 .216 .257 .473 19 62 0 8
1933 23 193 346 325 28 61 14 3 1 32 1 0 11 110 .188 .214 .258 .473 20 84 0 10
1934 24 237 445 412 37 75 20 3 1 37 1 0 14 134 .182 .209 .252 .461 17 104 0 19
1935 25 279 556 514 48 96 21 3 3 47 1 0 16 163 .187 .211 .257 .468 19 132 0 26
1936 26 315 643 594 51 107 25 3 3 50 1 0 16 182 .180 .203 .247 .450 14 147 1 32
1937 27 353 741 680 56 122 29 3 3 60 1 0 21 215 .179 .205 .244 .449 14 166 1 39
1938 28 392 835 768 59 132 31 3 3 66 1 0 25 246 .172 .199 .232 .431 9 178 1 41
1939 29 421 918 840 67 142 31 4 4 75 1 0 28 263 .169 .199 .230 .428 9 193 2 3 47
1940 30 452 989 902 71 153 32 4 4 79 2 0 32 280 .170 .201 .227 .428 9 205 2 3 52
1941 31 467 1014 927 72 155 32 4 4 79 2 0 32 287 .167 .198 .223 .421 7 207 3 3 52
1942 32 496 1086 994 75 163 32 4 4 81 2 0 34 306 .164 .194 .216 .410 5 215 3 3 55
1943 33 515 1139 1041 77 173 33 5 4 85 2 0 36 317 .166 .196 .219 .415 7 228 3 3 59
1944 34 545 1215 1115 86 189 36 5 4 91 2 0 36 336 .170 .198 .222 .419 9 247 5 3 61
1945 35 556 1243 1140 86 191 37 5 4 91 2 0 36 345 .168 .195 .219 .414 8 250 8 3 64
1946 36 569 1279 1175 87 194 37 5 4 92 2 0 37 359 .165 .193 .215 .408 7 253 10 3 64
1947 37 584 1314 1203 89 199 38 5 4 93 2 0 39 369 .165 .194 .215 .409 7 259 11 3 69

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1928 18 24 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1929 19 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1930 20 38 70 66 8 9 2 1 0 4 1 2 29 .136 .162 .197 .359 2 36
1931 21 42 82 76 6 17 2 1 0 8 0 2 25 .224 .244 .276 .520 5 40
1932 22 41 104 97 10 16 7 1 0 12 0 5 26 .165 .206 .258 .464 5 39
1933 23 47 92 88 2 16 3 0 1 5 0 2 28 .182 .200 .250 .450 4 44
1934 24 46 102 90 8 13 6 0 0 4 0 3 25 .144 .172 .211 .383 3 44
1935 25 44 115 106 9 20 1 0 2 9 0 2 31 .189 .204 .255 .458 5 42
1936 26 38 90 83 3 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 20 .133 .143 .181 .324 2 36
1937 27 39 101 89 5 15 4 0 0 10 0 5 34 .169 .213 .213 .426 4 38
1938 28 41 100 94 3 11 2 0 0 7 0 4 33 .117 .153 .138 .291 2 39
1939 29 31 85 74 6 9 0 1 1 7 0 3 18 .122 .177 .189 .366 2 29
1940 30 32 72 63 3 10 1 0 0 3 1 4 18 .159 .209 .175 .384 2 31
1941 31 16 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1942 32 31 75 70 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 20 .114 .139 .114 .253 1 29
1943 33 20 57 51 3 12 1 1 0 5 0 2 12 .235 .264 .294 .558 4 19
1944 34 31 82 80 11 19 4 0 0 8 0 0 20 .238 .238 .288 .525 5 30
1945 35 12 29 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1946 36 14 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 13
1947 37 16 37 30 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 .200 .250 .233 .483 2 15
20 Yrs 615 1366 1255 83 192 38 5 4 88 2 39 388 .153 .180 .201 .381 48 584
162 Game Avg. 162 360 331 22 51 10 1 1 23 1 10 102 .153 .180 .201 .381 13 584
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 4.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 4.4%)
1964 BBWAA (25.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 7.0%)
1966 BBWAA (11.3%)
1967 BBWAA (17.8%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.6%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 AL (16, 5%)
1935 AL (22, 2%)
1938 AL (16, 4%)
0.11 Career Shares (885th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1932 AL  5.3 (10th)
1933 AL  5.2 (9th)
1934 AL  6.7 (5th)
1935 AL  6.5 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1909-10-15 (1st)
1929 AL  born 1909-10-15 (2nd)
1930 AL  born 1909-10-15 (10th)

                                         

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