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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (6)	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
4	16 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
5	18 (1)	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	23 (4)	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	27 (3)	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
8	30 (2)	May 27	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	32 (1)	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	36 (3)	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3		13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	39 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	40	Jun 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	42 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,6-8	GF	15	2.1	0	1	1	2	0
14	46 (3)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
15	52 (5)	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	58 (5)	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	62 (3)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	67 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	77 (7)	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	82 (4)	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,15-14	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	84 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	86 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	91 (4)	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	95 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-7	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (2)	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
27	101 (2)	Aug 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	102	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	16	2.2	0	1	1	2	0
29	104 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	23	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	107 (2)	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
31	111 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	115 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	120 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	123 (2)	Aug 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	125 (1)	Sep 2	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	130 (4)	Sep 6	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	GS	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	134 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	136 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	139 (2)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	W,12-5	GF	8	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
40	141 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	143 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	146 (2)	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	150 (3)	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	152 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							44gm		255.0	10	61	7	78	2