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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Team Record in Appearances: 27-12 / in Starts: 23-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 4

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	237	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(1-0)	99	14.0	8	1	1	3	6	0	0	0.64	2.97	53	26	11	2	2	7	95			0	0	0	48	2	1	2	1	0	1	2.01	1.454	4.99	2.17%	7.22	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
2	238	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.1	8	5	5	3	4	0	0	2.95	3.07	22	5	2	0	2	8	28			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.263	3.04	-0.46%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a1
3	239	9	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.63	3.04	38	11	11	1	1	10	59			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.185	2.01	0.39%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	240	12	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-12	GS-3	L(2-1)	6	3.0	8	5	2	0	1	0	0	2.97	2.98	18	7	3	0	1	7	30			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	.96	-0.272	3.21	-0.54%	-3.26	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
5	241	15	May 9	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	SHO(5)	W(3-1)	4	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.55	2.76	19	6	3	1	0	3	66			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.225	3.15	0.44%	2.91	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
6	242	18	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	2.23	2.96	36	20	8	3	1	3	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.03	0.474	3.39	0.93%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	243	22	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	0	2	0	2.45	3.55	28	13	8	0	1	6	52			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.006	1.73	-0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
8	244	27	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	10	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.39	3.38	36	8	12	3	2	10	63			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.142	1.41	0.23%	3.08	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
9	245	32	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	12	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.40	39	16	10	0	0	12	46			0	0	0	37	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.32	0.234	3.75	0.40%	0.98	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
10	246	35	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	3.39	7	3	3	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.277	7.64	0.58%	1.51	8b 1-3 0 out a2	9b end a 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	247	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(7-2)	1	9.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.46	3.42	36	12	14	4	4	7	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.222	3.02	0.41%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	248	41	Jun 5(2)	CLE	@	DET	T,4-4	6-GF(6)	BS(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	3.42	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.091	8.75	-0.22%	-0.44	6b 1-- 1 out a1	6b end tie
13	249	43	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(8-2)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.40	3.36	35	13	12	2	2	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.575	4.93	1.16%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	250	47	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	GS-7	L(8-3)	3	6.2	10	6	4	5	3	0	0	2.61	3.44	35	9	8	1	1	10	32			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.37	-0.367	3.65	-0.59%	-2.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
15	251	51	Jun 16(1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.38	3.51	29	14	9	3	1	1	82			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.459	2.22	0.73%	5.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	252	56	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-6	GS-8	W(10-3)	3	8.0	14	6	5	0	3	1	0	2.61	3.55	37	14	7	1	1	13	35			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.326	3.41	-0.54%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	253	58	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	9-GF	W(11-3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.59	3.56	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.153	12.92	0.43%	0.58	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
18	254	60	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(12-3)	1	9.0	12	4	3	0	4	0	0	2.62	3.47	37	13	8	1	3	12	53			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.046	3.87	0.12%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	255	61	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.67	3.45	6	1	1	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.086	10.37	0.19%	-0.42	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
20	256	64	Jun 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	GS-6	L(12-4)	1	5.1	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	2.98	3.42	23	7	7	1	0	8	29			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.132	4.50	-0.32%	-2.11	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	257	68	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS-10		3	10.0	12	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.09	3.52	44	10	16	1	5	10	48			0	1	0	40	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.076	5.10	0.15%	0.81	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
22	258	73	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-7	L(12-5)	6	7.0	13	7	7	2	2	0	0	3.37	3.52	34	10	7	0	0	13	23			0	2	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.213	2.03	-0.25%	-3.21	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d6
23	259	77	Jul 14(2)	CLE	@	BOS	T,2-2	10-GF(10)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.52	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.158	1.46	0.07%	0.60	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end tie
24	260	78	Jul 17(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS-5	L(12-6)	2	4.2	10	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.54	25	3	9	1	5	10	19			0	1	0	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.374	1.08	-0.20%	-3.34	1b start a 3	5b -2- 2 out d1
25	261	83	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	W(13-6)	3	8.1	11	4	4	0	5	1	0	3.63	3.54	35	13	6	0	2	11	50			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	.88	0.380	.47	0.12%	0.78	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a2
26	262	85	Jul 24(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	8-GF	BW(14-6)	2	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.54	8	5	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.86	-0.179	2.09	-0.08%	-0.21	8b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 4
27	263	88	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(14-7)	2	6.1	12	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.73	3.53	31	12	6	1	1	11	27			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.136	1.09	-0.11%	-2.68	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d6
28	264	92	Jul 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-8	L(14-8)	3	7.0	12	6	6	0	2	0	0	3.89	3.49	31	12	5	1	3	12	31			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.36	-0.402	1.01	-0.18%	-1.44	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	265	96	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-6	L(14-9)	3	5.1	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.02	3.51	26	8	6	1	1	7	33			0	0	0	23	1	2	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.144	.22	-0.02%	-2.28	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d5
30	266	102	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-9	W(15-9)	4	8.1	9	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.94	3.50	34	15	6	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.33	0.196	.14	0.01%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
31	267	105	Aug 11(2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,7-7	8-GF(11)	BS(3)	1	3.1	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.96	3.47	15	5	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.023	.28	0.00%	0.12	8b -2- 2 out a2	11b end tie
32	268	107	Aug 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GS-8		2	7.1	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.04	3.46	30	12	8	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	.99	0.073	.05	0.00%	0.16	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a2
33	269	112	Aug 18(1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	L(15-10)	3	10.0	8	4	3	2	1	1	0	3.98	3.53	41						61						36	1	0			0
34	270	119	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.86	3.48	34	10	13	3	2	7	73			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.41	0.128	.02	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
35	271	125	Aug 28(2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(17-10)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.74	3.44	39	16	8	1	2	10	64			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.524	.01	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	272	128	Sep 2(1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	GS-8	L(17-11)	4	8.0	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.73	3.44	31	15	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.066	.00	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
37	273	132	Sep 7(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(18-11)	4	8.0	12	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.68	3.45	38	16	7	0	1	12	47			0	2	2	36	0	0	1	0	0	4	1.54	0.169	.00	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a3
38	274	138	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.58	3.44	27	15	6	0	1	4	65			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	.93	0.238	.00	0.00%	2.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
39	275	143	Sep 15(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(19-11)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.56	3.42	35	12	14	2	3	7	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.298	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
40	276	147	Sep 18(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(20-11)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.44	3.37	30	13	7	1	1	4	85			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.182	.00	0.00%	5.08	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
41	277	149	Sep 22(1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(21-11)	3	9.0	12	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.37	40	12	15	3	6	11	53			1	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
42	278	153	Sep 28(1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(22-11)	5	9.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.29	3.35	33	16	11	2	3	4	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.526	.00	0.00%	5.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							27-12		W-L:22-11,Sv:2,BSv:3	3.0	287.1	313	120	105	53	95	6	0	3.29	3.35	1205	1.46		6%	8%	287	53	6	67%	2	11	3	1137	44	14	6	24	0	22	1.14	4.684	2.03	5.00%	42.20

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