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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-18 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 10

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	35	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	6-6	BS(1)	99	0.1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	11.86	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.397	4.76	-0.62%	-2.52	6b 12- 2 out a1	6b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	36	14	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	7-9	W(1-0)	15	2.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	7.71	5.00	9	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.054	4.63	0.11%	0.14	7b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 0 out a3
3	37	15	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(2-0)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.01	8	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	0.381	11.44	0.84%	1.16	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
4	38	17	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.26	4.12	9	5	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.30	0.294	13.11	0.70%	0.58	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
5	39	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	6-6		2	0.2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.86	4.86	6	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.25	-0.038	1.17	-0.11%	-1.36	6b 1-- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d6
6	40	23	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-6	3-GF	W(3-0)	3	6.2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	3.95	24	14	7	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	3	.54	0.144	2.17	0.35%	2.41	3b 123 1 out a8	9b end a 5
7	41	27	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	1	2.78	3.38	37	15	7	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.167	4.73	0.34%	1.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	42	30	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	8-GF		2	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.92	3.30	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.052	2.74	-0.13%	0.26	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
9	43	32	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	GS-4		1	3.1	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.21	3.46	16	5	5	1	0	4	38			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.217	3.07	-0.42%	-2.02	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out tie
10	44	37	May 27(1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	2	2	0	2.92	4.15	39	16	9	0	0	9	60			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.586	4.57	1.11%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	45	42	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-0)	4	7.0	7	2	1	1	1	0	2	2.66	4.11	31	7	13	4	0	7	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.156	4.07	0.29%	2.08	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
12	46	46	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	GS-6		4	5.0	8	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.76	4.12	22	6	5	1	0	7	39			0	1	0	19	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.19	-0.071	3.78	-0.14%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a2
13	47	52	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	3-GF	L(6-1)	7	7.0	7	4	1	4	3	0	0	2.57	4.07	32	14	5	1	2	6		0	0	2	0	0	27	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.04	-0.086	5.35	-0.27%	0.42	3t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
14	48	58	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS-8	L(6-2)	6	7.0	10	7	6	2	1	3	0	3.14	4.62	31	10	10	3	0	8	30			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.06	-0.036	4.48	-0.09%	-2.50	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d6
15	49	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-13	GS-6		3	5.2	8	2	0	3	0	0	0	2.88	4.60	26	11	4	0	0	8	46			0	1	1	22	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.30	0.024	3.30	0.04%	1.03	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out tie
16	50	67	Jun 28(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS-1	L(6-3)	2	0.1	5	6	5	1	0	0	0	3.52	4.64	7	1	1	0	1	4	18			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.342	1.88	-0.35%	-5.01	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	51	70	Jul 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-4)	2	8.0	11	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.39	4.44	33	9	10	3	0	11	51			0	1	0	32	1	2	0	2	0	1	.98	0.098	.85	0.05%	1.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
18	52	73	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(12)	L(6-5)	2	4.2	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.31	4.52	19	8	5	1	0	4		2	1	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.69	0.250	1.11	0.06%	1.80	7b 1-3 1 out tie	12b end d 1
19	53	77	Jul 8	CLE		SLB	W,12-6	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	10	6	4	0	3	0	0	3.38	4.29	38	15	13	3	0	7	50			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	1	1	.69	0.060	.11	0.01%	-0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	54	82	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	W,11-3	CG(7)	W(8-5)	4	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.41	4.13	31	4	13	2	0	9	50			0	0	0	28	0	2	0	0	2	0	.43	0.051	.08	0.01%	1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
21	55	88	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-8	GS-8	L(8-6)	4	7.2	10	8	6	6	0	0	0	3.67	4.21	38	15	10	0	1	7	25			0	1	0	29	4	1	1	1	2	2	1.02	-0.422	.12	-0.03%	-3.81	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d3
22	56	94	Jul 22(2)	CLE		NYY	W,10-8	GS-7		3	6.1	10	6	6	5	2	0	0	3.95	4.23	35	13	8	2	1	7	26			0	0	0	30	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.13	0.004	.08	0.00%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a3
23	57	98	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	L,9-10	1-GF		3	9.0	12	6	6	5	2	1	0	4.10	4.33	42	10	15	4	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	2	0	.24	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-0.32	1t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
24	58	102	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	3	6.0	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.33	4.29	26	6	9	0	1	8	31			0	2	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.232	.02	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	59	106	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-14	GS-1	L(8-8)	3	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.52	4.28	5	1	1	0	0	3	34			1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.152	.01	0.00%	-1.79	1b start tie	1b --3 2 out d2
26	60	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BL(8-9)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.56	4.37	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.317	.03	0.00%	-0.87	8b -23 0 out a2	8b end d 1
27	61	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS-4	L(8-10)	5	4.0	5	6	2	7	1	0	0	4.56	4.47	25	7	5	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-3.53	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
28	62	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	8-8		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	4.46	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b 3 out d1
29	63	128	Aug 27(2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	4-8		5	4.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.38	4.42	18	13	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.087	.00	0.00%	3.16	4t 1-- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d3
30	64	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	8-8		2	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.41	5	0	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.392	.00	0.00%	-2.91	8t --- 0 out tie	8t -23 1 out d2
31	65	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,17-6	7-GF	S(2)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.38	10	3	6	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.89	7b --- 0 out a10	9b end a11
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	66	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	1-7		1	6.2	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.33	4.30	27	11	6	0	0	7		2	0	1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.83	1b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
33	67	139	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	4.19	4.24	34	14	11	3	0	8	63			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.87	0.484	.00	0.00%	3.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	68	144	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	5-7		6	3.0	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.23	4.24	15	5	4	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	1	1	.73	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.76	5t 1-3 0 out d1	7t 3 out d5
35	69	149	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	GS-7	W(10-10)	5	6.2	9	5	3	4	3	0	0	4.22	4.22	33	11	7	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	.89	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
36	70	154	Sep 28(2)	CLE		SLB	W,15-5	CG	W(11-10)	8	9.0	12	5	4	3	3	1	0	4.21	4.24	41	9	14	1	0	12	45			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	1	1	2	.50	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
							18-18		W-L:11-10,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.4	175.1	205	108	82	68	45	9	4	4.21	4.24	791	1.32		7%	2%	185	42	18	50%	5	8	1	694	42	10	7	19	16	24	1.02	0.000	1.81	1.76%	-1.95

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