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: 17-18 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 3

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	279	1	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	1	4.50	2.82	27	6	8	1	2	9	45			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.034	2.16	0.05%	0.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
2	280	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	12	6	6	5	5	0	1	5.40	3.65	43	12	8	3	2	12	39			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.309	2.78	0.54%	-0.11	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
3	281	8	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	11	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.13	3.52	39	18	8	0	1	8	58			0	0	0	36	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.12	0.315	3.66	0.62%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
4	282	15	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	6	5.0	8	6	6	2	2	0	1	5.28	3.66	26	6	7	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	23	2	1	1	1	0	0	.76	-0.197	2.42	-0.38%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
5	283	21	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.74	3.47	36	13	8	0	1	8	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.24	0.422	4.35	0.89%	2.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	284	23	May 10	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	13-GF(15)	W(4-2)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.39	3.49	11	4	5	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	0.452	8.73	1.04%	1.92	13b --- 0 out tie	15b end a 2
7	285	27	May 16	CLE		BOS	W,10-3	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	9	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.96	3.30	36	13	11	0	2	8	63			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.070	2.80	0.17%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
8	286	30	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.30	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.057	2.00	0.10%	0.66	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
9	287	32	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13	GS-6	L(5-3)	1	5.1	12	8	7	4	4	0	0	4.63	3.37	32	8	5	0	1	11	14			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.391	3.97	-0.64%	-3.84	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
10	288	36	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	GS-8	L(5-4)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	6	1	0	4.62	3.47	34	8	11	1	1	7	56			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.006	2.56	-0.01%	1.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	289	41	May 31	CLE		CHW	W,7-5	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	9	5	3	4	1	0	0	4.42	3.59	40	10	16	4	6	9	50			1	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.57	0.226	4.20	0.36%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
12	290	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	2	0	4.15	3.78	33	15	9	2	3	5	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.544	3.26	0.87%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	291	50	Jun 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(7-5)	4	8.0	11	5	5	0	1	2	0	4.28	4.00	35	15	9	0	1	10	41			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.045	.98	-0.05%	-0.02	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
14	292	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.34	4.03	5	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.056	1.22	-0.06%	-0.38	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
15	293	56	Jun 17(2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	GS-5	L(7-6)	2	5.0	12	8	7	1	4	1	0	4.76	4.07	28	7	4	0	1	12	16			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.319	1.69	-0.40%	-4.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
16	294	59	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.44	4.10	38	17	11	1	1	5	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	0.726	1.66	0.46%	4.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	295	63	Jun 24(1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.33	4.06	38	13	8	1	2	8	60			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.362	1.30	0.23%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	296	66	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	BW(10-6)	1	1.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.34	4.02	9	2	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.03	-0.058	3.12	-0.04%	-0.68	9t 1-- 1 out a2	10t end tie
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
19	297	70	Jul 1(2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG		4	9.0	14	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.39	4.01	43	11	13	2	3	14	38			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.123	1.05	0.06%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
20	298	76	Jul 5(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	9	4	2	2	3	0	0	4.23	3.96	38	14	10	1	3	9	58			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.21	0.110	.59	0.03%	1.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
21	299	80	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	W(12-6)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.09	4.00	32	7	14	3	4	5	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.169	.31	0.09%	3.60	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a8
22	300	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	10	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.03	4.05	38	11	12	1	4	10	54			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.301	1.79	0.27%	1.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	301	90	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9	W(14-6)	5	8.2	14	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.98	4.01	42	12	11	0	0	14	41			0	1	0	40	3	0	1	0	0	1	.98	0.111	2.28	0.16%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
24	302	95	Jul 26(1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-13	GS-5	L(14-7)	4	5.0	12	8	7	0	2	0	0	4.24	3.96	26	8	5	1	0	11	15			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.275	1.40	-0.37%	-4.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
25	303	101	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	GS-5	L(14-8)	4	4.1	9	7	4	1	1	2	0	4.34	4.10	24	10	4	2	0	8	23			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.07	-0.368	4.82	-1.00%	-4.50	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d5
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
26	304	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-6	L(14-9)	2	6.0	11	8	8	3	1	0	0	4.60	4.12	31	11	5	1	1	11	16			0	0	0	28	3	1	1	1	0	0	.92	-0.340	1.17	-0.26%	-4.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
27	305	109	Aug 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8	L(14-10)	4	7.2	13	9	9	4	1	0	1	4.85	4.15	41	18	7	1	1	10	14			1	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	-0.497	1.01	-0.21%	-4.01	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d4
28	306	120	Aug 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	GS-7	W(15-10)	12	6.2	12	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.78	4.17	32	7	8	0	3	12	45			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.217	.22	0.03%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
29	307	125	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS-6		5	6.0	9	6	6	4	1	1	0	4.90	4.26	28	11	5	1	1	7	27			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.329	.14	-0.02%	-2.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
30	308	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(15-11)	4	6.0	6	4	0	2	1	0	1	4.76	4.26	27	11	6	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	2	.72	-0.080	.00	0.00%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
31	309	134	Sep 6(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-15	GS-4	L(15-12)	4	3.1	7	7	4	1	1	0	0	4.86	4.25	19	8	2	1	0	7	24			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-5.02	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d7
32	310	138	Sep 9(1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	GS-7	L(15-13)	2	7.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.95	4.25	30	13	7	3	1	5	38			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
33	311	142	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-12	6-GF		2	3.2	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.08	4.24	19	5	5	1	1	8		2	2	0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-3.45	6t -23 1 out d5	9t end d10
34	312	146	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	5-GF(6)	S(1)	3	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.04	4.25	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.18	5t 12- 2 out a7	6t end a10
35	313	149	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-4	L(15-14)	2	4.0	6	6	3	6	0	0	0	5.08	4.32	25	11	2	0	1	6	26			1	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	1	.94	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
36	314	153	Sep 23(2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS-4	L(15-15)	3	3.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	1	5.25	4.35	19	4	2	0	2	9	20			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d4
							17-18		W-L:15-15,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.4	224.2	294	155	131	71	84	13	6	5.25	4.35	1031	1.37		6%	9%	275	41	5	60%	3	2	1	939	53	8	10	22	0	15	1.07	0.465	1.88	2.54%	-11.22

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