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: 13-18 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	420	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-8		99	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	27.00	12.00	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.013	3.20	-0.03%	-0.16	8b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 1 out d1
2	421	21	May 12	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	3-GF	L(0-1)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.91	2.59	27	5	12	4	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.022	4.01	-0.06%	0.85	3t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
3	422	28	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	GS-5	W(1-1)	9	4.2	12	5	4	0	5	1	0	6.00	3.00	26	4	5	0	0	12	27			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.240	7.10	-0.76%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a1
4	423	30	May 26(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	3.1	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	7.04	3.78	15	1	6	1	0	5	35			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.075	4.76	-0.20%	-0.69	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
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
5	424	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.61	3.92	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.13	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
6	425	41	Jun 4(1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-4	L(1-3)	2	3.1	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	7.78	3.91	20	8	2	0	0	9	21			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.253	5.31	-0.66%	-2.51	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d2
7	426	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	8-10	W(2-3)	1	3.0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	6.75	4.23	11	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.78	0.456	11.81	1.16%	1.96	8b 1-- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
8	427	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	8-8		5	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.33	4.33	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.36	-0.217	12.94	-0.71%	-2.66	8b 12- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 2 out d4
9	428	52	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	2	7.0	9	7	3	0	4	1	0	6.53	4.18	30	11	7	4	0	8	43			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.465	5.80	-1.22%	-3.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
10	429	59	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	GS-8	W(3-4)	6	7.0	10	4	2	2	6	0	0	5.79	3.80	34	7	9	1	0	10	49			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.109	7.12	0.46%	-0.50	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a4
11	430	64	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	L(3-5)	3	8.2	6	3	3	2	3	0	1	5.28	3.71	32	7	13	0	0	6	61			1	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.094	4.90	0.31%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d2
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
12	431	69	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	5.19	4.21	25	11	5	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.063	5.40	-0.20%	0.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	432	73	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	GS-9	W(4-5)	3	8.1	10	3	3	0	2	0	1	4.92	4.02	32	9	10	2	0	10	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.300	3.63	0.99%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a5
14	433	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-5)	6	7.0	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.95	4.23	31	13	7	0	0	5	47			2	0	0	27	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.28	-0.133	7.09	-0.44%	-0.58	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
15	434	84	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-8	W(6-5)	6	7.1	11	6	6	1	1	3	1	5.18	4.68	32	12	6	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.24	-0.193	7.94	-0.74%	-1.65	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
16	435	89	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.1	7	6	6	3	3	1	0	5.58	4.79	21	2	6	2	0	7	25			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.231	4.43	-0.79%	-2.21	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
17	436	93	Jul 28(2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	1-3		2	1.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.94	4.78	9	3	1	1	0	3		1	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.097	3.36	-0.33%	-2.57	1t --3 2 out d3	3t -23 0 out d5
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
18	437	96	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	GS-8	L(6-7)	3	8.0	8	5	2	1	7	1	0	5.60	4.64	34	12	6	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.177	6.56	-0.71%	-0.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
19	438	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	1	0	5.18	4.68	36	13	11	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.216	4.21	0.87%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
20	439	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	L(7-8)	3	8.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.13	4.69	33	16	8	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.094	9.16	-0.35%	0.95	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
21	440	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	1	5.01	4.77	28	11	4	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.107	13.03	0.78%	1.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
22	441	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-9)	3	8.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	1	4.83	4.75	36	16	5	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.158	9.02	0.57%	2.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	442	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(8-9)	3	9.0	14	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.63	4.77	41	12	10	0	0	14	50			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.59	0.490	10.37	1.92%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	443	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-9)	4	6.1	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.61	4.81	27	13	3	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.48	-0.070	10.94	-0.31%	-0.30	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out a1
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
25	444	127	Sep 2(1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-10)	6	8.0	6	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.48	4.78	32	18	1	0	0	6	59			0	1	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	0.191	6.71	0.75%	2.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	445	132	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	GS-4	L(9-11)	4	3.1	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	4.56	4.76	20	9	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.322	12.42	-1.86%	-3.76	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
27	446	137	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.35	4.66	32	7	14	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	.53	0.244	5.46	1.51%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
28	447	142	Sep 16(1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.28	4.52	32	14	8	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.191	3.07	1.25%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	448	148	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.1	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.25	4.47	30	8	10	2	0	4	58			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.14	0.248	29.05	3.79%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a3
30	449	151	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	GS-6		3	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.21	4.43	25	6	7	1	0	8	48			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.110	20.58	1.02%	1.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
31	450	154	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	4.01	4.33	34						75						33	1	0			0
							13-18		W-L:12-11	3.8	186.1	200	96	83	59	76	16	5	4.01	4.33	796	1.39		5%	0%	189	50	4	50%	7	7	1	718	30	4	8	21	0	10	1.10	0.251	8.32	6.02%	6.91

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