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Mel Harder
Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)

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

Born: October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE
High School: Technical (Omaha, NE) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1928
Final Game: September 7, 1947
Died: October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH
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Standard Batting

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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	-7	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	48	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	8	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	12	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	56	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	27	6	1	0	5			1
20 Seasons				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

Advanced Batting

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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	116		.000	.297	.000	.364	.000	.429	.000	.793	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1930	20	CLE	AL	67	56	2	1.0	119	.257	.143	.300	.169	.365	.206	.441	.376	.806	-7	.042	-10.8	-1.0	.296	.111	.063	.0
1931	21	CLE	AL	81	60	6	2.7	113	.373	.253	.294	.273	.362	.307	.420	.579	.782	48	.248	-6.2	-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	-10.1	-1.0	.353	.095	.071	.0
1934	24	CLE	AL	99	82	4	1.3	112	.222	.161	.288	.189	.362	.230	.415	.419	.777	8	.078	-12.3	-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	.379	.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	108	.244	.177	.276	.227	.348	.194	.418	.421	.766	12	.092	-8.1	-0.8	.333	.097	.016	.0
1941	31	CLE	AL	25	24	0	0.0	102	.111	.080	.269	.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	82	.278	.213	.249	.245	.322	.277	.344	.521	.666	56	.236	-2.8	-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	85	.125	.080	.257	.080	.328	.120	.349	.200	.678	-41	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.115	.040	.040
1946	36	CLE	AL	36	34	0	0.0	91	.143	.086	.257	.111	.330	.086	.369	.197	.699	-43	.000	-6.7	-0.7	.118	.029	.000
1947	37	CLE	AL	35	29	1	0.9	94	.278	.179	.259	.233	.338	.214	.372	.448	.711	27	.059	-2.8	-0.3	.333	.107	.036
20 Seasons				1314	1084	52	1.3	108	.235	.165	.282	.194	.355	.215	.409	.409	.764	7	.081	-168.7	-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	-168.7	-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

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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 Seasons (4 Appearances)					4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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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

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

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	68	66	7	9	2	1	0	4	1	2	29	.136	.162	.197	.359	2	36
1931	21	42	78	76	6	17	2	1	0	8	0	2	25	.224	.244	.276	.520	5	40
1932	22	41	102	97	10	16	7	1	0	12	0	5	26	.165	.206	.258	.464	5	39
1933	23	47	90	88	2	16	3	0	1	5	0	2	28	.182	.200	.250	.450	4	44
1934	24	46	93	90	8	13	6	0	0	4	0	3	25	.144	.172	.211	.383	3	44
1935	25	44	108	106	9	20	1	0	2	9	0	2	31	.189	.204	.255	.458	5	42
1936	26	38	85	84	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	.000	.012	.000	.012	2	36
1937	27	39	94	89	5	15	4	0	0	10	0	5	34	.169	.213	.213	.426	4	38
1938	28	41	98	94	3	11	2	0	0	7	0	4	33	.117	.153	.138	.291	2	39
1939	29	31	79	74	6	9	0	1	1	7	0	3	18	.122	.177	.189	.366	2	29
1940	30	32	69	65	4	12	1	0	0	4	1	4	18	.185	.232	.200	.432	3	31
1941	31	16	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1942	32	31	72	70	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	2	20	.114	.139	.114	.253	1	29
1943	33	20	53	51	3	12	1	1	0	5	0	2	12	.235	.264	.294	.558	4	19
1944	34	31	77	77	11	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	20	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	30
1945	35	12	26	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	32	30	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	.200	.250	.233	.483	2	15
20 Seasons		615	1297	1255	83	164	30	5	4	89	2	39	388	.131	.159	.172	.331	49	584
162 Game Avg.		162	342	331	22	43	8	1	1	23	1	10	102	.131	.159	.172	.331	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

All-Star Games 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1934-AL-16-5% 1935-AL-22-2% 1938-AL-16-4% 0.11 Career Shares (864th)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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