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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 (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1928
Final Game: September 7, 1947
Died: October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH
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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

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 CLE AL 18 P 23 10 0 8 2 0 .800 0.35 .960 1.37
1929 CLE AL 19 P 11 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.27 .975 1.29
1930 CLE AL 20 P 36 48 9 32 7 3 .854 1.14 .952 1.18
1931 CLE AL 21 P 40 56 14 38 4 4 .929 1.30 .955 1.19
1932 CLE AL 22 P 39 85 18 65 2 0 .976 2.13 .958 1.21
1933 CLE AL 23 P 43 112 22 87 3 4 .973 2.53 .960 1.18
1934 CLE AL 24 P 44 78 10 61 7 2 .910 1.61 .958 1.11 AS,MVP-16
1935 CLE AL 25 P 42 103 18 81 4 0 .961 2.36 .949 1.12 AS,MVP-22
1936 CLE AL 26 P 36 54 13 38 3 3 .944 1.42 .957 1.04 AS
1937 CLE AL 27 P 38 61 12 48 1 3 .984 1.58 .952 1.09 AS
1938 CLE AL 28 P 38 71 21 49 1 2 .986 1.84 .951 1.12 MVP-16
1939 CLE AL 29 P 29 41 14 26 1 1 .976 1.38 .949 0.98
1940 CLE AL 30 P 31 49 9 38 2 4 .959 1.52 .955 1.05
1941 CLE AL 31 P 15 24 7 16 1 0 .958 1.53 .958 1.16
1942 CLE AL 32 P 29 61 14 44 3 5 .951 2.00 .957 1.30
1943 CLE AL 33 P 19 33 6 27 0 2 1.000 1.74 .961 1.27
1944 CLE AL 34 P 30 47 11 34 2 3 .957 1.50 .960 1.14
1945 CLE AL 35 P 11 25 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.27 .952 1.28
1946 CLE AL 36 P 13 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.08 .950 1.01
1947 CLE AL 37 P 15 12 0 11 1 0 .917 0.73 .958 0.95
20 Seasons P 582 988 209 734 45 38 .954 1.62 .955 1.15
20 Seasons TOT 582 988 209 734 45 38 .954 1.62 .910 1.15
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--70th

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 133 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 51 (251), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (268), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 10, 1941: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

October 24, 1947: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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