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Mel Harder

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Full Name: Melvin Leroy Harder Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195 First Game: April 24, 1928
Birthdate: October 15, 1909 Final Game: September 7, 1947
Birthplace: Beemer, Nebraska MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: October 20, 2002
Deathplace: Chardon, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 15, 1909 in Beemer, Nebraska, Mel Harder (Melvin Leroy Harder) played for the Cleveland Indians for his entire 20 year career. Harder broke into the bigs on April 24, 1928 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.21 ERA in 175.1 innings pitched in 1930, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Mel Harder's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1935, when he posted a 3.29 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 95 batters. However, others believe that it was 1934, when he posted a 2.61 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 91 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1928 CLE A 23 1 0 2 6.61 15 42 36 0 0 1 49 64 4 32 0 0 0
1929 CLE A 11 0 1 0 5.60 4 15 11 0 0 0 17.2 24 2 5 0 0 3
1930 CLE A 36 19 11 10 4.21 44 108 82 7 0 2 175.1 205 9 68 0 5 4
1931 CLE A 40 24 13 14 4.36 63 119 94 9 0 1 194 229 8 72 0 3 6
1932 CLE A 39 32 15 13 3.75 90 125 106 17 1 0 254.2 277 9 68 0 1 3
1933 CLE A 43 31 15 17 2.95 81 113 83 14 2 4 253 254 10 67 0 2 3
1934 CLE A 44 29 20 12 2.61 91 97 74 17 6 4 255.1 246 6 81 0 2 7
1935 CLE A 42 35 22 11 3.29 95 120 105 17 4 2 287.1 313 6 53 0 1 0
1936 CLE A 36 30 15 15 5.17 84 155 129 13 0 1 224.2 294 13 71 0 4 6
1937 CLE A 38 30 15 12 4.28 95 127 111 13 0 2 233.2 269 9 86 0 2 4
1938 CLE A 38 29 17 10 3.83 102 115 102 15 2 4 240 257 16 62 0 1 5
1939 CLE A 29 26 15 9 3.50 67 89 81 12 1 1 208 213 15 64 0 1 3
1940 CLE A 31 25 12 11 4.06 76 96 84 5 0 0 186.1 200 16 59 0 2 5
1941 CLE A 15 10 5 4 5.24 21 43 40 1 0 1 68.2 76 8 37 0 1 2
1942 CLE A 29 29 13 14 3.44 74 83 76 13 4 0 198.2 179 8 82 0 1 3
1943 CLE A 19 18 8 7 3.06 40 57 46 6 1 0 135.1 126 7 61 0 0 1
1944 CLE A 30 27 12 10 3.71 64 95 81 12 2 0 196.1 211 5 69 0 3 3
1945 CLE A 11 11 3 7 3.67 16 37 31 2 0 0 76 93 3 23 0 4 0
1946 CLE A 13 12 5 4 3.41 21 37 35 4 1 0 92.1 85 4 31 0 0 0
1947 CLE A 15 15 6 4 4.50 17 41 40 4 1 0 80 91 3 27 0 0 1
Total 582 433 223 186 3.80 1160 1714 1447 181 25 23 3426.1 3706 161 1118 0 33 59

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1928 CLE A P 23 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1929 CLE A P 11 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1930 CLE A P 36 0 0 9 32 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .854
1931 CLE A P 40 0 0 14 38 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1932 CLE A P 39 0 0 18 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1933 CLE A P 43 0 0 22 87 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1934 CLE A P 44 0 0 10 61 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .910
1935 CLE A P 42 0 0 18 81 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1936 CLE A P 36 0 0 13 38 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1937 CLE A P 38 0 0 12 48 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1938 CLE A P 38 0 0 21 49 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1939 CLE A P 29 0 0 14 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1940 CLE A P 31 0 0 9 38 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1941 CLE A P 15 0 0 7 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1942 CLE A P 29 0 0 14 44 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1943 CLE A P 19 0 0 6 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 CLE A P 30 0 0 11 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1945 CLE A P 11 0 0 6 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 CLE A P 13 0 0 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 CLE A P 15 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
Total P 582 0 0 209 734 45 38 0 0 0 0 0 .954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1928 CLE A 23 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1929 CLE A 11 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1930 CLE A 36 63 8 9 0 4 .143 .169 .206 2 1 2 28 0 2 1 0 0
1931 CLE A 40 75 7 19 0 10 .253 .273 .307 2 1 2 24 0 4 0 0 0
1932 CLE A 39 94 11 17 0 13 .181 .222 .277 7 1 5 25 0 2 0 0 0
1933 CLE A 44 84 2 16 1 5 .190 .209 .262 3 0 2 26 0 2 0 0 0
1934 CLE A 44 87 9 14 0 5 .161 .189 .230 6 0 3 24 0 9 0 0 0
1935 CLE A 42 102 11 21 2 10 .206 .221 .275 1 0 2 29 0 7 0 0 0
1936 CLE A 36 80 3 11 0 3 .138 .148 .188 4 0 0 19 1 6 0 0 0
1937 CLE A 38 86 5 15 0 10 .174 .220 .221 4 0 5 33 0 7 0 0 0
1938 CLE A 39 88 3 10 0 6 .114 .152 .136 2 0 4 31 0 2 0 0 0
1939 CLE A 29 72 8 10 1 9 .139 .195 .208 0 1 3 17 2 6 0 0 2
1940 CLE A 31 62 4 11 0 4 .177 .227 .194 1 0 4 17 0 5 1 0 0
1941 CLE A 15 25 1 2 0 0 .080 .080 .080 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1
1942 CLE A 29 67 3 8 0 2 .119 .145 .119 0 0 2 19 0 3 0 0 0
1943 CLE A 19 47 2 10 0 4 .213 .245 .277 1 1 2 11 0 4 0 0 0
1944 CLE A 30 74 9 16 0 6 .216 .216 .257 3 0 0 19 0 2 0 0 2
1945 CLE A 11 25 0 2 0 0 .080 .080 .120 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 3
1946 CLE A 13 35 1 3 0 1 .086 .111 .086 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 2
1947 CLE A 15 28 2 5 0 1 .179 .233 .214 1 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 1
Total 584 1203 89 199 4 93 .165 .194 .215 38 5 39 369 3 69 2 0 11

[edit] Transactions

  • Released by Cleveland Indians (September 10, 1941).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (October 24, 1947).

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