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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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: 11-8 / in Starts: 11-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	495	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,0-4	GS-	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.25	2.65	35						55						32					0
2	496	6	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.0	4	2	1	6	0	0	0	1.69	3.78	31	15	6	1	3	4	62			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.242	2.88	0.41%	1.01	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 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	497	9	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.1	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.01	3.64	32	11	5	2	0	8	49			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.72	0.038	5.61	0.08%	0.33	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a1
4	498	14	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-2)	5	8.0	9	3	2	3	2	1	0	2.08	3.97	33	12	8	1	0	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.126	4.49	-0.28%	0.52	1b start tie	8b 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
5	499	73	Jul 11(2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6			63	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.99	3.95	5												4					0
6	500	81	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	11	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.55	3.64	29	11	11	1	0	4	80			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.743	1.42	0.46%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	501	87	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	5	1	0	1.63	3.82	35	11	10	0	2	4	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.160	.87	0.20%	1.88	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
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
8	502	92	Aug 1(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-3)	3	5.1	9	4	4	4	2	0	1	2.13	3.91	29	10	3	0	1	9	32			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.51	-0.265	1.57	-0.17%	-2.88	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
9	503	96	Aug 8(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	GS-		6	9.0	11	5	4	7	1	0	0	2.39	4.03	44						41						33					0
10	504	101	Aug 13	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	GS-	W(5-3)	4	8.2	8	4	2	2	1	0	0	2.35	3.92	37						55						33					0
11	505	107	Aug 18(2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	2	0	4	0	0	2.40	3.72	22	8	4	0	2	6	54			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	.57	-0.164	.82	-0.14%	-0.62	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
12	506	115	Aug 24(2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	GS-7	L(5-4)	5	6.2	8	6	6	5	2	1	0	2.85	3.92	33	6	12	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.181	.28	-0.03%	-2.41	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d5
13	507	121	Aug 29(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.67	3.83	32	14	7	1	4	5	73			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.533	.23	0.06%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
14	508	124	Sep 5(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-5)	6	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.66	3.73	25	15	0	0	0	4	63			0	0	1	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.025	.04	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	509	130	Sep 10(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-	W(7-5)	4	7.2	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.64	3.68	30						59						26					0
16	510	136	Sep 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-6)	4	8.0	6	4	4	5	0	1	0	2.77	3.85	35	20	5	1	2	5	49			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
17	511	141	Sep 23(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-13	GS-7	L(7-7)	7	6.0	9	9	5	2	2	2	0	3.00	4.02	31	11	7	1	0	9	26			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	2	.45	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-6.76	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d9
18	512	148	Sep 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	10	3	3	5	0	1	0	3.00	4.14	39	11	13	0	0	10	50			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	0	0	.48	0.170	.00	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
19	513	153	Oct 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-4		4	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.06	4.11	14	7	1	0	0	4	44			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.14	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out tie
							11-8		W-L:8-7	4.5	135.1	126	57	46	61	40	7	1	3.06	4.11	571	1.76		3%	6%	88	53		---%	2	7	1	495	16	4	0	15	0	9	1.01	0.541	1.35	0.58%	-2.30

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