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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1927	17		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-D		17	13	.567			33						87.0	106	65	46		33
1927	17	-8.8	Omaha	WL	A		4	7	.364	4.76	6.72	11						87.0	106	65	46		33							1.598	11.0		3.4
1927	17	-6.6	Dubuque	MSVL	D		13	6	.684			22
1928	18	-10.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	2	.000	6.61	7.71	23	1	12	0	0	1	49.0	64	42	36	4	32	0	15	0	0	0	240	1.959	11.8	0.7	5.9	2.8	0.47
1929	19	-9.9	New Orleans	SOUA	A		7	2	.778	2.50	3.88	16	8					72.0	65	31	20		24							1.236	8.1		3.0
1929	19	-9.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	0	1.000	5.60	7.64	11	0	7	0	0	0	17.2	24	15	11	2	5	2	4	3	0	0	84	1.642	12.2	1.0	2.5	2.0	0.80
1930	20	-8.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	11	10	.524	4.21	5.54	36	19	9	7	0	2	175.1	205	108	82	9	68	7	45	4	0	5	793	1.557	10.5	0.5	3.5	2.3	0.66
1931	21	-7.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	14	.481	4.36	5.52	40	24	7	9	0	1	194.0	229	119	94	8	72	9	63	6	1	3	880	1.552	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.88
1932	22	-6.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	13	.536	3.75	4.42	39	32	4	17	1	0	254.2	277	125	106	9	68	8	90	3	0	1	1106	1.355	9.8	0.3	2.4	3.2	1.32
1933	23	-5.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	17	.469	2.95	4.02	43	31	10	14	2	4	253.0	254	113	83	10	67	7	81	3	0	2	1073	1.269	9.0	0.4	2.4	2.9	1.21
1934	24	-4.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	20	12	.625	2.61	3.42	44	29	12	17	6	5	255.1	246	97	74	6	81	11	91	7	0	2	1072	1.281	8.7	0.2	2.9	3.2	1.12
1935	25	-3.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	22	11	.667	3.29	3.76	42	35	7	17	4	2	287.1	313	120	105	6	53	6	95	0	0	1	1206	1.274	9.8	0.2	1.7	3.0	1.79
1936	26	-2.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	15	.500	5.17	6.21	36	30	6	13	0	1	224.2	294	155	129	13	71	10	84	6	0	4	1031	1.625	11.8	0.5	2.8	3.4	1.18
1937	27	-1.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	12	.556	4.28	4.89	38	30	7	13	0	2	233.2	269	127	111	9	86	6	95	4	0	2	1038	1.519	10.4	0.3	3.3	3.7	1.10
1938	28	-0.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	17	10	.630	3.83	4.31	38	29	6	15	2	4	240.0	257	115	102	16	62	3	102	5	0	1	1026	1.329	9.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	1.65
1939	29	0.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	9	.625	3.50	3.85	29	26	3	12	1	1	208.0	213	89	81	15	64	4	67	3	0	1	877	1.332	9.2	0.6	2.8	2.9	1.05
1940	30	1.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	12	11	.522	4.06	4.64	31	25	2	5	0	0	186.1	200	96	84	16	59	8	76	5	0	2	797	1.390	9.7	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.29
1941	31	2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	4	.556	5.24	5.64	15	10	1	1	0	1	68.2	76	43	40	8	37	4	21	2	0	1	317	1.646	10.0	1.0	4.8	2.8	0.57
1942	32	3.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	14	.481	3.44	3.76	29	29	0	13	4	0	198.2	179	83	76	8	82	6	74	3	0	1	842	1.314	8.1	0.4	3.7	3.4	0.90
1943	33	3.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	7	.533	3.06	3.79	19	18	0	6	1	0	135.1	126	57	46	7	61	0	40	1	0	0	571	1.382	8.4	0.5	4.1	2.7	0.66
1944	34	4.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	12	10	.545	3.71	4.35	30	27	0	12	2	0	196.1	211	95	81	5	69	4	64	3	0	3	843	1.426	9.7	0.2	3.2	2.9	0.93
1945	35	5.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	7	.300	3.67	4.38	11	11	0	2	0	0	76.0	93	37	31	3	23	3	16	0	0	4	335	1.526	11.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	0.70
1946	36	6.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	4	.556	3.41	3.61	13	12	1	4	1	0	92.1	85	37	35	4	31	7	21	0	0	0	382	1.256	8.3	0.4	3.0	2.0	0.68
1947	37	7.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	6	4	.600	4.50	4.61	15	15	0	4	1	0	80.0	91	41	40	3	27	2	17	1	1	0	348	1.475	10.2	0.3	3.0	1.9	0.63
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		223	186	.545	3.80	4.50	582	433	94	181	25	24	3426.1	3706	1714	1447	161	1118	107	1161	59	2	33	14861	1.408	9.7	0.4	2.9	3.0	1.04
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		24	15	.615			49	8					159.0	171	96	66		57
All Levels (21 Seasons)							247	201	.551			631	441	94	181	25	24	3585.1	3877	1810	1513	161	1175	107	1161	59	2	33	14861

A (2 seasons)					Minors		11	9	.550	3.74	5.43	27	8					159.0	171	96	66		57							1.434	9.7		3.2
D (1 season)					Minors		13	6	.684			22