Mel Harder
Melvin Leroy Harder
Born: October 15, 1909
Beemer, NE USA
Deceased: 2002
Chardon, OH USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
Career: 1928-1947
Minor League Statistics
Mel Harder compiled a career record of 223 wins and 186 losses in his 584-game career with the Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1928 season and last took the field during the 1947 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1928 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.61 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 64 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
1929 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.60 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
1930 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.21 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 175.3 | 205 | 108 | 82 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 793 |
1931 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4.36 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 194.0 | 229 | 119 | 94 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 880 |
1932 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.75 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 254.7 | 277 | 125 | 106 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1106 |
1933 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 17 | .469 | 2.95 | 43 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 253.0 | 254 | 113 | 83 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1073 |
1934 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 20 | 12 | .625 | 2.61 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 255.3 | 246 | 97 | 74 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1072 |
1935 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 22 | 11 | .667 | 3.29 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 287.3 | 313 | 120 | 105 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1206 |
1936 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5.17 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 224.7 | 294 | 155 | 129 | 13 | 71 | 0 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1031 |
1937 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.28 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 233.7 | 269 | 127 | 111 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1038 |
1938 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3.83 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 240.0 | 257 | 115 | 102 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1026 |
1939 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.50 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 208.0 | 213 | 89 | 81 | 15 | 64 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 877 |
1940 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.06 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 186.3 | 200 | 96 | 84 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 797 |
1941 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.24 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 76 | 43 | 40 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 317 |
1942 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.44 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 198.7 | 179 | 83 | 76 | 8 | 82 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 842 |
1943 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.06 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 135.3 | 126 | 57 | 46 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 571 |
1944 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.71 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 196.3 | 211 | 95 | 81 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 843 |
1945 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.67 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 93 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 335 |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.41 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 92.3 | 85 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 382 |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.50 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 91 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 348 |
Totals | 223 | 186 | .545 | 3.80 | 582 | 433 | 95 | 181 | 25 | 23 | 3426.3 | 3706 | 1714 | 1447 | 161 | 1118 | 0 | 1160 | 59 | 2 | 33 | 14862 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1928 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 36 | 67 | 63 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .143 | .169 | .206 | .376 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 40 | 81 | 75 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .253 | .273 | .307 | .579 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 39 | 101 | 94 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .181 | .222 | .277 | .499 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 44 | 88 | 84 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .190 | .209 | .262 | .471 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 44 | 99 | 87 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .161 | .189 | .230 | .419 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 42 | 111 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .206 | .221 | .275 | .496 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 36 | 87 | 80 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .138 | .148 | .188 | .336 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 38 | 98 | 86 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .174 | .220 | .221 | .441 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 39 | 94 | 88 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .114 | .152 | .136 | .289 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 29 | 83 | 72 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .139 | .195 | .208 | .403 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 31 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .177 | .227 | .194 | .421 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 29 | 72 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .119 | .145 | .119 | .264 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 19 | 53 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .213 | .245 | .277 | .521 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 30 | 76 | 74 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .216 | .216 | .257 | .473 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .080 | .080 | .120 | .200 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 13 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .086 | .111 | .086 | .197 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 584 | 1314 | 1203 | 89 | 199 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 369 | .165 | .194 | .215 | .409 | 259 | 11 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1928 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .348 | |
1929 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | |
1930 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .854 | 1.139 | |
1931 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 4 | .929 | 1.300 | |
1932 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 65 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.128 | |
1933 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 87 | 3 | 4 | .973 | 2.535 | |
1934 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 2 | .910 | 1.614 | |
1935 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 81 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 2.357 | |
1936 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 1.417 | |
1937 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 1.579 | |
1938 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 1.842 | |
1939 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.379 | |
1940 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 1.516 | |
1941 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.533 | |
1942 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 5 | .951 | 2.000 | |
1943 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.737 | |
1944 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.500 | |
1945 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.273 | |
1946 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.077 | |
1947 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | |
Totals | 582 | 0 | 0.0 | 209 | 734 | 45 | 38 | .954 | 1.620 |
Awards
1934 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1935 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
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