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: 14-15 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	466	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.29	2.50	25	10	10	1	3	4	64			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.215	2.14	0.29%	2.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	467	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.56	2.57	32	12	11	2	0	4	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.612	3.74	1.17%	4.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	468	16	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	12	6	5	2	4	1	0	2.16	2.83	41	17	7	0	3	11	43			0	0	0	39	1	2	0	1	0	1	.46	-0.188	2.03	-0.50%	-1.75	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
4	469	22	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(6)	L(2-2)	7	5.1	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.63	23	5	10	0	5	7	51			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.105	4.80	0.28%	1.40	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d1
5	470	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS-3	L(2-3)	11	2.0	7	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.62	2.63	14	1	4	0	1	7	18			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.309	5.51	-0.94%	-4.07	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d4
6	471	38	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.05	2.53	35	11	11	2	1	6	70			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.205	4.57	0.40%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
7	472	46	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.86	2.31	32	11	9	1	2	6	71			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.356	1.25	0.45%	2.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
8	473	51	Jun 7(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	6.0	4	5	4	6	6	2	0	3.20	2.85	28	8	4	2	1	4	46			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	.80	-0.230	2.42	-0.42%	-2.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	474	57	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-8	L(4-5)	5	7.1	6	4	4	4	2	0	1	3.39	2.93	33	11	9	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	28	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.39	-0.200	2.25	-0.19%	-0.76	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out d2
10	475	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	4	4	4	7	7	1	1	3.47	3.14	39	13	7	4	0	4	63			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.184	3.14	0.22%	0.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	476	69	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	L(5-6)	6	8.0	6	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.35	3.10	31	14	7	0	1	5	59			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.88	-0.020	1.94	-0.03%	0.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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	477	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	GS-1	L(5-7)	6	0.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.09	8	1	2	0	1	5	24			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.345	2.49	-0.47%	-3.96	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
13	478	81	Jul 5(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(6-7)	1	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	1	3.49	3.18	33	16	6	0	1	3	78			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.384	2.17	0.52%	3.63	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
14	479	83	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.35	3.11	33	11	12	2	2	4	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.398	1.84	0.44%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	480	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-2	L(7-8)	5	1.2	5	6	4	4	0	1	0	3.65	3.34	15	4	2	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.343	3.27	-0.82%	-4.65	1b start tie	2b -23 2 out d5
16	481	92	Jul 19(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO(7)	W(8-8)	2	7.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.42	3.27	26	8	9	1	1	2	72			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.352	1.66	0.36%	3.47	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
17	482	97	Jul 24(2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	12	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.49	3.23	40	11	13	0	4	11	41			0	0	0	36	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.75	-0.146	1.64	-0.08%	-0.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	483	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.46	3.30	36	10	12	4	1	7	60			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.230	.50	0.05%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
19	484	109	Aug 9(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS-3	L(9-9)	9	2.0	4	5	4	2	0	0	0	3.69	3.32	13	4	3	1	0	4	28			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.359	.47	-0.11%	-4.90	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d3
20	485	113	Aug 11(2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-10)	1	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.63	3.23	30	16	3	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.36	0.082	.30	0.01%	1.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	486	119	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.60	3.25	28	9	8	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.091	.04	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
22	487	121	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	5	2	1	5	3	0	0	3.44	3.24	38	23	2	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.435	.02	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	488	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-11)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.19	27	13	5	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.10	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.47	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
24	489	132	Aug 30(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-12)	3	7.0	5	2	1	3	0	0	0	3.31	3.20	28	19	1	0	0	5	58			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	.86	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
25	490	136	Sep 4(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-	L(10-13)	4	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.46	3.28	6						37						5					0
26	491	140	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-	W(11-13)	1	8.2	11	5	5	5	4	0	0	3.54	3.26	39						41						34					0
27	492	144	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GS-9	L(11-14)	5	8.0	13	7	7	2	1	0	0	3.74	3.23	39	15	10	1	0	11	27			0	0	0	37	3	1	2	0	0	1	1.39	-0.848	.00	0.00%	-2.76	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
28	493	150	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-14)	7	9.0	2	0	0	6	8	0	0	3.56	3.18	35	17	2	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.666	.00	0.00%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
29	494	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-14)	5	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.40	3.13	36	13	11	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	0.446	.00	0.00%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							14-15		W-L:13-14	4.6	198.2	179	83	75	82	74	8	3	3.40	3.13	843	1.59		5%	5%	157	54		---%	5	4	0	748	26	5	6	20	0	17	1.17	1.923	1.65	0.64%	14.18

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