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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-12 / in Starts: 23-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	69 (34-19-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (37-23-13)

Most Driven In
B Knickerbocker	2
B Campbell	2
B Berger	2
Self	2
F Pytlak	1
B Garbark	1

Most Driven In By
J Vosmik	2
Self	2
H Trosky	2
R Hughes	2
E Averill	2
B Campbell	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	238	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.19	-0.258	5.43	-0.38%	-1.56	P
2	239	5 (3)	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.41	0.061	4.08	0.11%	0.17	P
3	240	9 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.24	-0.023	.83	-0.05%	-0.29	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	241	12 (2)	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
5	242	15 (2)	May 9	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.42	-0.023	1.35	-0.05%	-0.60	P
6	243	18 (2)	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.43	-0.034	1.40	-0.07%	-0.44	P
7	244	22 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	1.11	-0.058	3.66	-0.12%	-0.51	P
8	245	27 (4)	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.36	-0.027	.97	-0.04%	-0.57	P
9	246	32 (4)	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.18	-0.128	3.34	-0.22%	-1.22	P
10	247	35 (2)	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	248	38 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9	1.05	-0.107	3.24	-0.20%	-0.91	P
12	249	41 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,4-4	6-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9						P
13	250	43 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.96	0.055	3.24	0.11%	0.86	P
14	251	47 (3)	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.189	.189	.378	9	.82	-0.060	2.19	-0.10%	-0.96	P
15	252	51 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.175	.175	.175	.350	9	.93	-0.087	2.47	-0.14%	-1.27	P
16	253	56 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	1.11	0.002	3.08	0.00%	0.00	P
17	254	58 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9						P
18	255	60 (1)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.178	.178	.356	9	.98	-0.078	4.27	-0.20%	-0.58	P
19	256	61	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.178	.178	.356	9						P
20	257	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	1.30	-0.033	5.20	-0.08%	-0.33	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	258	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.163	.163	.163	.327	9	1.21	-0.149	3.91	-0.29%	-1.85	P
22	259	73 (4)	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.04	-0.110	2.06	-0.13%	-1.09	P
23	260	77 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	T,2-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
24	261	78	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.151	.167	.151	.318	9	.67	0.004	.59	0.00%	0.21	P
25	262	83 (4)	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.190	.175	.365	9	.61	0.030	.32	0.01%	0.12	P
26	263	85 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.190	.175	.365	9						P
27	264	88 (2)	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.200	.186	.386	9	1.06	0.022	1.46	0.02%	0.13	P
28	265	92 (3)	Jul 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.222	.306	.529	9	.60	0.237	.45	0.11%	1.81	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	266	96 (3)	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.231	.313	.543	9	.84	0.000	.22	0.00%	0.02	P
30	267	102 (5)	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.217	.294	.512	9	.64	0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.15	P
31	268	105 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,7-7	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.214	.290	.504	9	2.41	-0.065	.20	0.00%	-0.27	P
32	269	107 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.197	.208	.282	.490	9	1.17	-0.051	.06	0.00%	-0.89	P
33	270	112 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.200	.211	.280	.491	9						P
34	271	119 (6)	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.192	.203	.269	.472	9	.46	-0.013	.02	0.00%	-0.77	P
35	272	125 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.217	.272	.488	9	.73	-0.026	.01	0.00%	-0.16	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	273	128 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.212	.265	.477	9	.89	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
37	274	132 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.213	.264	.478	9	.77	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
38	275	138 (5)	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.209	.258	.467	9	.96	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
39	276	143 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.208	.255	.464	9	.65	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.41	P
40	277	147 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.196	.212	.258	.470	9	.34	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
41	278	149 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.216	.260	.476	9	1.90	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.02	P
42	279	153 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.206	.221	.275	.496	9	.53	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
							27-12		111	102	11	21	1	0	2	10	2	0	30	0	7		0		0	0	.206	.221	.275	.496		.90	-1.107	1.58	-1.71%	-13.78

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