Mel Harder
Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)
All-Star Player
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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1928 18 CLE AL 0 2 .000 6.61 23 1 12 0 0 1 49.0 64 42 36 4 32 15 0 0 0 241 63 1.959 11.8 0.7 5.9 2.8 0.47
1929 19 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5.60 11 0 7 0 0 0 17.2 24 15 11 2 5 4 3 0 0 84 79 1.642 12.2 1.0 2.5 2.0 0.80
1930 20 CLE AL 11 10 .524 4.21 36 19 9 7 0 2 175.1 205 108 82 9 68 44 4 0 5 793 115 1.557 10.5 0.5 3.5 2.3 0.65
1931 21 CLE AL 13 14 .481 4.36 40 24 8 9 0 1 194.0 229 119 94 8 72 63 6 1 3 880 105 1.552 10.6 0.4 3.3 2.9 0.88
1932 22 CLE AL 15 13 .536 3.75 39 32 4 17 1 0 254.2 277 125 106 9 68 90 3 0 1 1106 128 1.355 9.8 0.3 2.4 3.2 1.32
1933 23 CLE AL 15 17 .469 2.95 43 31 10 14 2 4 253.0 254 113 83 10 67 81 3 0 2 1073 152 1.269 9.0 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.21
1934 24 CLE AL 20 12 .625 2.61 44 29 12 17 6 4 255.1 246 97 74 6 81 91 7 0 2 1072 171 1.281 8.7 0.2 2.9 3.2 1.12 AS,MVP-16
1935 25 CLE AL 22 11 .667 3.29 42 35 7 17 4 2 287.1 313 120 105 6 53 95 0 0 1 1206 137 1.274 9.8 0.2 1.7 3.0 1.79 AS,MVP-22
1936 26 CLE AL 15 15 .500 5.17 36 30 6 13 0 1 224.2 294 155 129 13 71 84 6 0 4 1031 99 1.625 11.8 0.5 2.8 3.4 1.18 AS
1937 27 CLE AL 15 12 .556 4.28 38 30 7 13 0 2 233.2 269 127 111 9 86 95 4 0 2 1038 105 1.519 10.4 0.3 3.3 3.7 1.10 AS
1938 28 CLE AL 17 10 .630 3.82 38 29 6 15 2 4 240.0 257 115 102 16 62 102 5 0 1 1026 121 1.329 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.65 MVP-16
1939 29 CLE AL 15 9 .625 3.50 29 26 3 12 1 1 208.0 213 89 81 15 64 67 3 0 1 877 125 1.332 9.2 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.05
1940 30 CLE AL 12 11 .522 4.06 31 25 2 5 0 0 186.1 200 96 84 16 59 76 5 0 2 797 104 1.390 9.7 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.29
1941 31 CLE AL 5 4 .556 5.24 15 10 1 1 0 1 68.2 76 43 40 8 37 21 2 0 1 317 75 1.646 10.0 1.0 4.8 2.8 0.57
1942 32 CLE AL 13 14 .481 3.44 29 29 0 13 4 0 198.2 179 83 76 8 82 74 3 0 1 842 100 1.314 8.1 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.90
1943 33 CLE AL 8 7 .533 3.06 19 18 0 6 1 0 135.1 126 57 46 7 61 40 1 0 0 571 101 1.382 8.4 0.5 4.1 2.7 0.66
1944 34 CLE AL 12 10 .545 3.71 30 27 0 12 2 0 196.1 211 95 81 5 69 64 3 0 3 843 89 1.426 9.7 0.2 3.2 2.9 0.93
1945 35 CLE AL 3 7 .300 3.67 11 11 0 2 0 0 76.0 93 37 31 3 23 16 0 0 4 335 89 1.526 11.0 0.4 2.7 1.9 0.70
1946 36 CLE AL 5 4 .556 3.41 13 12 1 4 1 0 92.1 85 37 35 4 31 21 0 0 0 382 98 1.256 8.3 0.4 3.0 2.0 0.68
1947 37 CLE AL 6 4 .600 4.50 15 15 0 4 1 0 80.0 91 41 40 3 27 17 1 1 0 348 77 1.475 10.2 0.3 3.0 1.9 0.63
20 Seasons 223 186 .545 3.80 582 433 95 181 25 23 3426.1 3706 1714 1447 161 1118 1160 59 2 33 14862 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .545 3.80 39 29 6 12 2 2 230 248 115 97 11 75 78 4 0 2 996 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 CLE AL 24 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 0.400 1.8 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
1935 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1936 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1937 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 4 0 0 2 13.0 9 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 50 0.769 6.2 0.0 0.7 3.5 5.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1928 18 0 2 .000 6.61 23 1 12 0 0 1 49.0 64 42 36 4 32 15 0 0 0 241 63 1.959 11.8 0.7 5.9 2.8 0.47 63
1929 19 1 2 .333 6.34 34 1 19 0 0 1 66.2 88 57 47 6 37 19 3 0 0 325 67 1.875 11.9 0.8 5.0 2.6 0.51 67
1930 20 12 12 .500 4.80 70 20 28 7 0 3 242.0 293 165 129 15 105 63 7 0 5 1118 97 1.645 10.9 0.6 3.9 2.3 0.60 97
1931 21 25 26 .490 4.60 110 44 36 16 0 4 436.0 522 284 223 23 177 126 13 1 8 1998 101 1.603 10.8 0.5 3.7 2.6 0.71 101
1932 22 40 39 .506 4.29 149 76 40 33 1 4 690.2 799 409 329 32 245 216 16 1 9 3104 110 1.512 10.4 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.88 110
1933 23 55 56 .495 3.93 192 107 50 47 3 8 943.2 1053 522 412 42 312 297 19 1 11 4177 118 1.446 10.0 0.4 3.0 2.8 0.95 118
1934 24 75 68 .524 3.65 236 136 62 64 9 12 1199.0 1299 619 486 48 393 388 26 1 13 5249 126 1.411 9.8 0.4 2.9 2.9 0.99 126
1935 25 97 79 .551 3.58 278 171 69 81 13 14 1486.1 1612 739 591 54 446 483 26 1 14 6455 128 1.385 9.8 0.3 2.7 2.9 1.08 128
1936 26 112 94 .544 3.79 314 201 75 94 13 15 1711.0 1906 894 720 67 517 567 32 1 18 7486 123 1.416 10.0 0.4 2.7 3.0 1.10 123
1937 27 127 106 .545 3.85 352 231 82 107 13 17 1944.2 2175 1021 831 76 603 662 36 1 20 8524 121 1.429 10.1 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.10 121
1938 28 144 116 .554 3.84 390 260 88 122 15 21 2184.2 2432 1136 933 92 665 764 41 1 21 9550 121 1.418 10.0 0.4 2.7 3.1 1.15 121
1939 29 159 125 .560 3.81 419 286 91 134 16 22 2392.2 2645 1225 1014 107 729 831 44 1 22 10427 121 1.410 9.9 0.4 2.7 3.1 1.14 121
1940 30 171 136 .557 3.83 450 311 93 139 16 22 2579.0 2845 1321 1098 123 788 907 49 1 24 11224 120 1.409 9.9 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.15 120
1941 31 176 140 .557 3.87 465 321 94 140 16 23 2647.2 2921 1364 1138 131 825 928 51 1 25 11541 118 1.415 9.9 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.12 118
1942 32 189 154 .551 3.84 494 350 94 153 20 23 2846.1 3100 1447 1214 139 907 1002 54 1 26 12383 117 1.408 9.8 0.4 2.9 3.2 1.10 117
1943 33 197 161 .550 3.80 513 368 94 159 21 23 2981.2 3226 1504 1260 146 968 1042 55 1 26 12954 116 1.407 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.08 116
1944 34 209 171 .550 3.80 543 395 94 171 23 23 3178.0 3437 1599 1341 151 1037 1106 58 1 29 13797 115 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.07 115
1945 35 212 178 .544 3.79 554 406 94 173 23 23 3254.0 3530 1636 1372 154 1060 1122 58 1 33 14132 114 1.411 9.8 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.06 114
1946 36 217 182 .544 3.78 567 418 95 177 24 23 3346.1 3615 1673 1407 158 1091 1143 58 1 33 14514 114 1.406 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.05 114
1947 37 223 186 .545 3.80 582 433 95 181 25 23 3426.1 3706 1714 1447 161 1118 1160 59 2 33 14862 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04 113

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1928 18 2 3 .400 6.06 52.0 65 39 35 4 32 16 0 1.865 11.3 5.5 2.8 0.50 0.7 23
1929 19 1 1 .500 4.74 19.0 23 11 10 2 5 4 3 1.474 10.9 2.4 1.9 0.80 0.9 11
1930 20 13 8 .619 3.19 192.0 191 76 68 8 63 48 4 1.323 9.0 3.0 2.3 0.76 0.4 36
1931 21 13 10 .565 3.47 210.0 217 90 81 8 68 68 6 1.357 9.3 2.9 2.9 1.00 0.3 40
1932 22 20 10 .667 2.84 279.0 260 98 88 8 64 99 3 1.161 8.4 2.1 3.2 1.55 0.3 39
1933 23 22 8 .733 2.45 275.0 249 83 75 10 66 88 3 1.145 8.1 2.2 2.9 1.33 0.3 43
1934 24 22 7 .759 2.28 268.0 239 76 68 6 79 96 7 1.187 8.0 2.7 3.2 1.22 0.2 44
1935 25 23 11 .676 2.82 306.0 306 107 96 6 52 101 0 1.170 9.0 1.5 3.0 1.94 0.2 42
1936 26 14 13 .519 3.77 246.0 269 114 103 12 65 92 5 1.358 9.8 2.4 3.4 1.42 0.4 36
1937 27 15 12 .556 3.69 244.0 259 111 100 9 83 99 4 1.402 9.6 3.1 3.7 1.19 0.3 38
1938 28 17 11 .607 3.23 256.0 252 102 92 16 61 109 5 1.223 8.9 2.1 3.8 1.79 0.6 38
1939 29 14 9 .609 3.18 215.0 211 84 76 15 63 69 3 1.274 8.8 2.6 2.9 1.10 0.6 29
1940 30 11 10 .524 3.86 189.0 201 90 81 16 59 77 5 1.376 9.6 2.8 3.7 1.31 0.8 31
1941 31 3 4 .429 5.27 70.0 79 46 41 8 38 21 2 1.671 10.2 4.9 2.7 0.55 1.0 15
1942 32 11 11 .500 3.96 200.0 198 98 88 9 91 74 3 1.445 8.9 4.1 3.3 0.81 0.4 29
1943 33 7 7 .500 4.15 128.0 145 66 59 8 70 38 1 1.680 10.2 4.9 2.7 0.54 0.6 19
1944 34 9 12 .429 4.50 190.0 231 106 95 5 76 62 3 1.616 10.9 3.6 2.9 0.82 0.2 30
1945 35 3 5 .375 4.56 75.0 105 42 38 3 26 16 0 1.747 12.6 3.1 1.9 0.62 0.4 11
1946 36 4 5 .444 4.20 90.0 95 47 42 4 35 20 0 1.444 9.5 3.5 2.0 0.57 0.4 13
1947 37 3 5 .375 5.61 77.0 100 53 48 3 30 16 1 1.688 11.7 3.5 1.9 0.53 0.4 15
20 Seasons 227 162 .584 3.48 3581.0 3695 1539 1384 160 1126 1213 58 1.346 9.3 3.0 1.08 0.4 582
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 AL--3.746--10th
1933 AL--2.953--1st
1934 AL--2.608--2nd
1935 AL--3.289--5th
1938 AL--3.825--9th
1939 AL--3.505--8th

Wins s c a p y
1933 AL--15--7th
1934 AL--20--4th
1935 AL--22--2nd
1937 AL--15--8th
1938 AL--17--4th
1939 AL--15--6th
Career--223--70th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 AL--.625--8th
1935 AL--.667--5th
1938 AL--.630--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1932 AL--1.355--8th
1933 AL--1.269--3rd
1934 AL--1.281--3rd
1935 AL--1.274--6th
1938 AL--1.329--4th
1939 AL--1.332--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL--8.671--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL--2.403--4th
1933 AL--2.383--4th
1934 AL--2.855--7th
1935 AL--1.660--1st
1936 AL--2.844--6th
1938 AL--2.325--2nd
1939 AL--2.769--6th
1940 AL--2.850--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL--43--8th
1934 AL--44--5th
1935 AL--42--9th
1937 AL--38--8th
Career--582--200th

Saves s c a p y
1933 AL--4--8th
1934 AL--4--4th
1938 AL--4--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 AL--254.7--10th
1933 AL--253.0--6th
1934 AL--255.3--6th
1935 AL--287.3--2nd
1937 AL--233.7--9th
1938 AL--240.0--6th
Career--3426.3--80th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 AL--91--10th
1935 AL--95--9th
1938 AL--102--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1932 AL--32--7th
1933 AL--31--7th
1935 AL--35--2nd
1937 AL--30--10th
1938 AL--29--8th
1942 AL--29--7th
Career--433--85th

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 AL--17--7th
1938 AL--15--10th
Career--181--170th

Shutouts s c a p y
1933 AL--2--4th
1934 AL--6--1st
1935 AL--4--2nd
1938 AL--2--5th
1942 AL--4--2nd
Career--25--173rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL--16--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--1118--71st

Hits s c a p y
1932 AL--277--6th
1933 AL--254--7th
1935 AL--313--3rd
1936 AL--294--2nd
1937 AL--269--3rd
1938 AL--257--4th
Career--3706--52nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 AL--1.324--7th
1933 AL--1.209--9th
1935 AL--1.793--4th
1936 AL--1.183--6th
1937 AL--1.105--10th
1938 AL--1.645--2nd
1940 AL--1.288--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL--.371--10th
1932 AL--.318--2nd
1933 AL--.356--9th
1934 AL--.212--3rd
1935 AL--.188--1st
1937 AL--.347--5th

Losses s c a p y
1931 AL--14--10th
1933 AL--17--4th
1936 AL--15--8th
1942 AL--14--9th
Career--186--58th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 AL--129--8th
1944 AL--81--9th
Career--1447--45th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1930 AL--5--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL--6--4th
1934 AL--7--2nd
1936 AL--6--3rd
1937 AL--4--10th
1938 AL--5--7th
1939 AL--3--10th
1940 AL--5--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 AL--1106--10th
1933 AL--1073--6th
1934 AL--1072--7th
1935 AL--1206--3rd
1936 AL--1031--9th
1937 AL--1038--9th
1938 AL--1026--7th
Career--14862--58th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 AL--128--8th
1933 AL--152--1st
1934 AL--171--2nd
1935 AL--137--3rd

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 82 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 49 (259), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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