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: 7-6 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	555	17	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	8-GF(10)	L(0-1)	99	2.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.38	4.83	11	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.39	-0.231	2.39	-0.14%	-0.11	8b --- 0 out d1	10b end d 1
2	556	24	May 15(1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	7	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.77	3.10	35	16	8	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.435	.80	0.17%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	557	32	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS-11		6	10.1	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	2.05	3.76	43	14	16	2	3	9	57			0	0	0	38	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.79	-0.179	1.68	-0.10%	-0.17	1t start tie	11t 12- 1 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
4	558	70	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GS-6		39	5.1	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	2.63	3.94	23	3	13	0	0	6	43			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.369	.05	-0.01%	-2.35	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out tie
5	559	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	3	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.62	3.84	28	9	9	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	-0.085	.06	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	560	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	12	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.28	3.51	35	13	10	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.57	0.264	.00	0.00%	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	561	92	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	GS-4		5	3.2	7	6	6	2	0	0	0	3.26	3.56	18	8	1	0	0	7	21			0	1	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-2.70	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
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	562	101	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	W(3-2)	6	8.1	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.93	3.27	32	8	12	0	0	8	67			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.306	.00	0.00%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
9	563	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-	W(4-2)	8	6.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.08	3.30	24						46						22					0
10	564	117	Aug 18(1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS-8		7	7.1	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.28	3.33	32	9	12	0	3	7	46			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
11	565	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(4-3)	4	8.2	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.03	3.31	35						63						31	0	0			0
12	566	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	7	9.0	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.92	3.35	37	23	2	1	0	7	60			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.25	0.393	.00	0.00%	1.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
13	567	137	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	GS-	L(5-4)	5	6.0	7	7	7	5	2	2	0	3.41	3.70	29						27						23					0
							7-6		W-L:5-4	5.9	92.1	85	37	35	31	21	4	0	3.41	3.70	382	1.30		2%	3%	63	53	0	---%	0	4	0	342	12	4	6	5	0	3	1.26	0.265	.43	-0.08%	6.28

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