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	18-18 / in Starts: 10-9
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	25 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 67 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	49 (24-18-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 67 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (22-13-8)

Most Driven In
R Winegarner	2
J Goldman	1
G Myatt	1
L Sewell	0

Most Driven In By
E Morgan	3
E Averill	2
J Sewell	1
D Porter	1
B Falk	1
B Seeds	0

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	35	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						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
2	36	14 (12)	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	7-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.43	0.011	1.46	0.02%	0.14	P
3	37	15	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.00	-0.025	3.69	-0.06%	-0.33	P
4	38	17 (1)	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
5	39	19 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
6	40	23 (3)	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-6	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.20	-0.021	.80	-0.05%	-1.40	P
7	41	27 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.08	-0.081	3.63	-0.17%	-0.25	P
8	42	30 (2)	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9						P
9	43	32 (1)	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.99	0.037	3.15	0.07%	0.41	P
10	44	37 (4)	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	9	.79	-0.042	2.48	-0.08%	-0.26	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
11	45	42 (4)	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	9	.64	-0.053	1.98	-0.10%	-0.71	P
12	46	46 (3)	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.72	-0.042	2.28	-0.08%	-0.42	P
13	47	52 (5)	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	3-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449	9	1.89	-0.063	9.76	-0.20%	-0.57	P
14	48	58 (5)	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.208	.182	.390	9	1.57	-0.139	6.62	-0.35%	-1.28	P
15	49	63 (4)	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-13	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	1.39	0.081	3.55	0.12%	0.59	P
16	50	67 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9						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	51	70 (2)	Jul 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.207	.185	.392	9	1.06	-0.085	.92	-0.04%	-0.58	P
18	52	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(12)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9	2.00	-0.051	.83	-0.01%	-0.36	P
19	53	77 (3)	Jul 8	CLE		SLB	W,12-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.206	.188	.393	9	.43	-0.023	.07	0.00%	-0.76	P
20	54	82 (4)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	W,11-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.189	.171	.361	9	.21	-0.021	.04	0.00%	-0.98	P
21	55	88 (5)	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333	9	1.45	-0.140	.17	-0.01%	-1.43	P
22	56	94 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,10-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.163	.146	.309	9	.70	-0.056	.05	0.00%	-1.01	P
23	57	98 (3)	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	L,9-10	1-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.149	.133	.282	9	.77	-0.084	.03	0.00%	-1.70	P
24	58	102 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.143	.128	.271	9	.73	-0.044	.02	0.00%	-0.42	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
25	59	106 (3)	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-14	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.143	.128	.271	9						P
26	60	108 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.143	.128	.271	9						P
27	61	114 (5)	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.167	.327	9	.99	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.64	P
28	62	123 (8)	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.167	.327	9						P
29	63	128 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	4-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.176	.184	.360	9	.41	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
30	64	131 (2)	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.176	.184	.360	9						P
31	65	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,17-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.173	.180	.353	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
Sept		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
32	66	135 (2)	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	1-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.167	.173	.340	9	.85	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
33	67	139 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		1		0	0	.125	.155	.161	.316	9	.93	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
34	68	144 (4)	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.155	.161	.316	9						P
35	69	149 (4)	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.138	.167	.172	.339	9	.56	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
36	70	154 (4)	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,15-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.169	.206	.376	9	.62	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
							18-18		67	63	8	9	2	1	0	4	2	0	28	0	2		1		1	0	.143	.169	.206	.376		.88	-0.861	1.63	-0.94%	-12.75

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