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	22-16 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	72 (38-22-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (33-21-11)

Most Driven In
B Campbell	3
F Pytlak	2
O Hale	2
M Solters	2
B Sullivan	1

Most Driven In By
E Averill	2
B Campbell	1
L Lary	1
J Kroner	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	316	1	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.40	0.032	3.44	0.05%	0.51	P
2	317	5 (3)	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.31	0.019	.75	0.03%	-0.85	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
3	318	9 (3)	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.73	-0.055	1.54	-0.07%	-0.97	P
4	319	18 (8)	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.81	-0.067	2.16	-0.11%	-0.85	P
5	320	24 (5)	May 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.23	-0.076	3.39	-0.13%	-1.01	P
6	321	26 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9						P
7	322	28 (1)	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.24	-0.103	3.90	-0.19%	-0.72	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
8	323	33 (4)	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
9	324	35 (1)	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.60	0.014	2.15	0.03%	0.52	P
10	325	38 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,7-8	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
11	326	41 (2)	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,12-6	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.167	.200	.167	.367	9	.57	0.054	1.92	0.11%	-0.31	P
12	327	43 (1)	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.167	.367	9						P
13	328	46 (2)	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	9	.72	-0.041	2.81	-0.10%	-0.40	P
14	329	51 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.179	.148	.327	9	1.71	-0.054	3.55	-0.07%	-0.68	P
15	330	55 (3)	Jun 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	.76	-0.041	.82	-0.03%	-0.54	P
16	331	59 (3)	Jun 30	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.147	.121	.268	9	.30	-0.031	.28	-0.02%	-1.27	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
17	332	61 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		DET	L,2-3	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	1.26	0.051	1.09	0.03%	0.40	P
18	333	66 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.184	.162	.346	9	.85	-0.063	.40	-0.02%	-0.85	P
19	334	71 (4)	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.200	.414	9	.45	0.046	.20	0.01%	0.56	P
20	335	76 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.186	.222	.209	.432	9	1.09	0.133	.09	0.01%	0.92	P
21	336	82 (5)	Jul 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.208	.196	.404	9	.55	-0.046	.05	0.00%	-0.57	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
22	337	88 (5)	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.188	.388	9	1.07	-0.056	.04	0.00%	-0.64	P
23	338	93 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.208	.216	.423	9	1.13	-0.209	.01	0.00%	-1.35	P
24	339	98 (4)	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.196	.204	.400	9	1.09	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-1.78	P
25	340	102 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.217	.224	.441	9	.95	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.63	P
26	341	107 (4)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.219	.242	.461	9	.95	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
27	342	111 (3)	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.200	.224	.246	.470	9	.69	0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
28	343	117 (5)	Aug 31	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.217	.239	.456	9	.51	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
Sep/Oct		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	344	121 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.233	.243	.476	9	.59	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
30	345	128 (6)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.227	.236	.463	9	.84	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
31	346	129	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.224	.233	.457	9	2.43	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
32	347	133 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.182	.213	.221	.433	9						P
33	348	136 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.213	.221	.433	9						P
34	349	140 (3)	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.220	.218	.437	9	1.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
35	350	144 (3)	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.213	.427	9	1.13	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
36	351	149 (4)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.209	.207	.417	9	1.38	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
37	352	151 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.207	.205	.412	9	1.20	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
38	353	155 (3)	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.174	.220	.221	.441	9	.22	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.58	P
							22-16		98	86	5	15	4	0	0	10	5	0	33	0	7		1		0	0	.174	.220	.221	.441		.82	-0.811	.84	-0.47%	-12.37

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