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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	9 (4)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	15 (5)	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19 (3)	May 2	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	23 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	27 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	25	5.1	1	3	0	4	0
7	31 (3)	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	27	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
8	34 (2)	May 21	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	GS	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
9	37 (2)	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-11		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
10	41 (3)	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	46 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-7	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	49 (2)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,9-10	GF	7	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
13	51 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	55 (1)	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	L,5-13	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	59 (3)	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	64 (4)	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	67 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	70 (2)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2		13	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
21	75 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	81 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	86 (4)	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	91 (4)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	94 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS	28	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	96 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,12-10	GS	8	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	100 (3)	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	104 (3)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
29	109 (4)	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	114 (4)	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	116 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	GF	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	122 (5)	Aug 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	126 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	26	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
34	130 (3)	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	137 (4)	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	141 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	146 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9		21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
39	149 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
							39gm		255.0	18	65	2	85	0