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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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	28-16 / in Starts: 19-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	79 (40-23-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (34-20-11)

Most Driven In
B Seeds	2
F Pytlak	1
H Trosky	1
G Myatt	0
D Holland	0
W Kamm	0

Most Driven In By
E Averill	3
S Rice	1
H Trosky	1
J Burnett	1
B Knickerbocker	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 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	194	3 (2)	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.49	-0.028	3.78	-0.04%	-0.19	P
2	195	7 (3)	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.84	-0.025	2.70	-0.05%	-0.26	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	196	14 (6)	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	1.23	-0.062	4.19	-0.13%	-0.64	P
4	197	16 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9						P
5	198	18 (1)	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.59	-0.063	4.58	-0.11%	-0.59	P
6	199	23 (4)	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	1.31	0.058	4.19	0.11%	0.13	P
7	200	27 (3)	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	9	1.31	-0.106	4.89	-0.24%	-1.00	P
8	201	30 (2)	May 27	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	9						P
9	202	32 (1)	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	9	.70	0.034	2.85	0.08%	1.16	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
10	203	36 (3)	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.267	.454	9	1.05	-0.029	4.59	-0.08%	-0.28	P
11	204	39 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.267	.454	9						P
12	205	40	Jun 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.267	.454	9						P
13	206	42 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,6-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.176	.250	.426	9	4.48	-0.118	15.34	-0.24%	-0.83	P
14	207	46 (3)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.350	.588	9	1.57	-0.045	4.57	-0.08%	0.23	P
15	208	52 (5)	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.333	.573	9	.40	-0.018	1.31	-0.04%	-0.15	P
16	209	58 (5)	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9	.96	-0.072	2.86	-0.13%	-0.93	P
17	210	62 (3)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-11	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.161	.188	.258	.446	9	1.68	-0.215	3.54	-0.27%	-0.33	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
18	211	67 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.188	.258	.446	9						P
19	212	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.194	.286	.480	9	1.51	0.134	4.09	0.22%	0.88	P
20	213	77 (7)	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.179	.263	.443	9	.62	-0.051	.65	-0.03%	-0.87	P
21	214	82 (4)	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,15-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.175	.256	.431	9	1.69	-0.062	3.19	-0.07%	-0.59	P
22	215	84 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.171	.250	.421	9	.29	-0.008	.52	-0.01%	-0.27	P
23	216	86 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.143	.163	.238	.401	9	.75	-0.041	1.34	-0.04%	-0.77	P
24	217	91 (4)	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-8	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.149	.217	.366	9	.51	-0.054	.98	-0.06%	-3.08	P
25	218	95 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.149	.217	.366	9						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
26	219	98 (2)	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.128	.146	.213	.359	9	1.57	-0.051	4.01	-0.08%	-0.43	P
27	220	101 (2)	Aug 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.143	.208	.351	9	.46	-0.025	.35	-0.01%	-0.84	P
28	221	102	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.140	.204	.344	9	.98	-0.026	.75	-0.01%	-0.27	P
29	222	104 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.120	.137	.200	.337	9	3.13	-0.191	2.85	-0.11%	-0.83	P
30	223	107 (2)	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.127	.185	.312	9	.52	-0.068	.06	-0.01%	-1.36	P
31	224	111 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.121	.136	.207	.342	9	.72	-0.063	.03	0.00%	-0.26	P
32	225	115 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.125	.190	.315	9	.81	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-1.93	P
33	226	120 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.134	.197	.331	9	1.07	-0.030	.02	0.00%	-0.25	P
34	227	123 (2)	Aug 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.134	.197	.331	9						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
35	228	125 (1)	Sep 2	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.143	.203	.346	9	.82	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
36	229	130 (4)	Sep 6	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.137	.194	.331	9	1.38	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.31	P
37	230	134 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.137	.194	.331	9						P
38	231	136 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.158	.203	.361	9	1.38	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.53	P
39	232	139 (2)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	W,12-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.169	.213	.382	9	.38	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.91	P
40	233	141 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.185	.228	.413	9	.80	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
41	234	143 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.183	.225	.408	9	1.53	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
42	235	146 (2)	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.160	.190	.222	.413	9	.62	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
43	236	150 (3)	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.184	.214	.398	9	.89	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
44	237	152 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.189	.230	.419	9	.33	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
							28-16		99	87	9	14	6	0	0	4	3	0	25	0	9		1		0	0	.161	.189	.230	.419		1.06	-1.445	1.84	-1.42%	-15.19

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