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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	53	14.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS	22	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (2)	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-12	GS	18	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	15 (2)	May 9	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	19	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
6	18 (2)	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
7	22 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	27 (4)	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	32 (4)	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	35 (2)	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	38 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	41 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,4-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	43 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	47 (3)	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	GS	34	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	51 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	56 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-6	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	58 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	60 (1)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	61	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS	44	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	73 (4)	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	77 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	T,2-2	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	78	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS	25	4.2	0	0	1	1	0
25	83 (4)	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
26	85 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	88 (2)	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,2-6	GS	31	6.1	1	1	0	2	0
28	92 (3)	Jul 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	96 (3)	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	GS	26	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
30	102 (5)	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
31	105 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,7-7	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	107 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GS	30	7.1	2	1	0	3	0
33	112 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
34	119 (6)	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	125 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	128 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	132 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
38	138 (5)	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
39	143 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	147 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	149 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	153 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
							42gm		287.0	18	81	4	103	0