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: 6-9 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 4

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	451	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	2	1	7	4	0	0	1.13	4.41	40	13	10	3	1	6	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	4	1.17	0.200	3.28	0.34%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a3
2	452	11	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.40	3.25	30	8	7	1	1	7	53			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.243	2.68	0.43%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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
3	453	17	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.2	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.05	3.22	23	9	7	0	2	3	47			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.187	4.01	0.49%	-0.33	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out a3
4	454	23	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	7-8		5	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.78	3.49	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.108	5.18	0.32%	1.01	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
5	455	29	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.27	3.41	36	10	17	3	5	6	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.441	6.24	1.31%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	456	35	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-3	L(4-1)	5	2.1	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.91	3.64	13	1	4	2	1	5	32			0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.230	5.96	-0.71%	-3.04	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
7	457	43	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-5		7	5.0	7	5	4	2	2	1	1	3.46	3.99	26	8	6	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	-0.225	5.59	-0.75%	-2.07	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d3
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
8	458	48	Jun 1(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GS-8	L(4-2)	3	8.0	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.83	4.31	32	12	10	2	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.147	6.37	-0.50%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
9	459	53	Jun 8(1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	GS-7	W(5-2)	6	6.0	11	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.08	4.22	29	7	10	4	2	9	33			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.42	-0.002	7.70	-0.01%	-0.46	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
10	460	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	GS-3	L(5-3)	15	2.1	8	7	6	4	0	2	0	4.88	4.84	17	6	1	0	0	6	11			0	0	0	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.390	6.89	-1.57%	-6.33	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d6
11	461	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	6-6		4	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.20	4.95	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.064	6.03	-0.22%	-1.34	6t 12- 2 out d3	6t 123 2 out d4
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
12	462	77	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	4-7		6	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	4.79	12	2	7	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.013	.28	0.04%	2.37	4b 123 2 out d7	7b 3 out d6
13	463	83	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-4)	8	4.1	4	4	4	5	0	1	1	5.14	5.15	22	9	3	2	0	4	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.179	4.47	-0.47%	-2.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d4
14	464	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.98	5.08	7	3	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.431	9.40	0.73%	1.64	8t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
15	465	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	4-7		5	3.2	6	4	4	2	1	2	0	5.24	5.39	20	3	9	1	1	5		3	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.98	-0.268	2.14	-0.17%	-1.22	4b 123 0 out a3	7b 1-- 2 out tie
							6-9		W-L:5-4,Sv:1	5.2	68.2	76	43	40	37	21	8	2	5.24	5.39	317	0.99		10%	7%	68	43	9	22%	0	0	0	272	9	2	4	7	0	7	1.18	0.118	4.93	-0.75%	-6.10

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