Mel Harder 1931 Game by Game Batting Logs

Mel Harder appeared in 40 Major League games during the 1931 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Harder appeared in, specifically relating to his 1931 hitting statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Harder started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"I didn't have much of a curveball until I got to professional ball. I also had to learn a change-up when I made it to the pros. I got a lot of batters out with that fastball sinker. But over the years, I had to mix it up more." - Mel Harder on ESPN SportsZone (ESPN Live Broadcast: July 22, 1998)
Mel Harder 1931 Game by Game Batting Logs

In Chronological Order / Mel Harder Stats

04-15-1931vs White Sox11100000000001.0001.0001.000p
04-18-1931 *vs White Sox5010001002000.333.333.333p
04-22-1931 *at White Sox3010000001000.333.333.333p
04-28-1931vs Browns0000000000000.333.333.333p
 April 1931 Totals
9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 -
05-01-1931 *at Tigers2000000001000.273.273.273p
05-05-1931 *at Browns4010001001000.267.267.267p
05-10-1931 *vs Red Sox1000000000000.250.250.250p
05-15-1931vs Athletics0000000000000.250.250.250p
05-16-1931vs Athletics0000000000000.250.250.250p
05-26-1931 *vs Browns4020002001000.300.300.300p
 May 1931 Totals
11 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 -
06-02-1931 *at Red Sox1110000000000.333.333.333p
06-03-1931at Red Sox2000000001000.304.304.304p
06-06-1931at Yankees0000000000000.304.304.304p
06-11-1931at Senators2010000001000.320.320.320p
06-19-1931vs Senators2100000000000.296.296.296p
06-24-1931 *vs Red Sox1111000000010.321.321.357p
06-29-1931 *vs Yankees3010001000000.323.323.355p
 June 1931 Totals
11 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .364 .364 .455 -
07-04-1931 *vs Tigers1000000000000.313.313.344p
07-09-1931 *at White Sox3000000001000.286.286.314p
07-12-1931at White Sox0000000000000.286.286.314p
07-14-1931 *at Yankees4000000000000.256.256.282p
07-16-1931at Yankees0000000000000.256.256.282p
07-18-1931 *at Red Sox2000000001000.244.244.268p
07-22-1931 *at Athletics2000000001000.233.233.256p
07-26-1931 *vs Athletics3100000101010.217.234.239p
07-30-1931 *at Senators1000000001000.213.229.234p
 July 1931 Totals
16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 .000 .059 .000 -
08-01-1931at Browns1000001000000.208.224.229p
08-02-1931at Browns2010000000000.220.235.240p
08-05-1931at Tigers0000000000000.220.235.240p
08-09-1931vs Tigers1000000000000.216.231.235p
08-14-1931 *vs Yankees4000000002000.200.214.218p
08-20-1931 *vs Senators4231002001000.237.250.271p
08-28-1931 *vs Browns5030102002000.266.277.328p
08-30-1931vs Browns0000000000000.266.277.328p
08-30-1931vs Browns0000000000000.266.277.328p
 August 1931 Totals
17 2 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 .412 .412 .588 -
09-02-1931 *at White Sox2000000002010.258.269.318p
09-06-1931 *at Browns3010000101010.261.282.319p
09-10-1931 *at Senators3000000002000.250.270.306p
09-15-1931 *at Athletics1000000000000.247.267.301p
09-20-1931 *at Yankees2010000001000.253.273.307p
 September 1931 Totals
11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 .182 .250 .182 -
 1931 Yearly Totals 75 7 19 2 1 0 10 2 0 24 0 4 0 .253 .273 .307 -

Mel Harder 1931 Game by Game Batting Logs



Did you know that Mel Harder appeared in 18 games at home, had 35 at-bats, drove in 8 runs, scored 6 times, had 12 hits (2 doubles / 1 triples / 0 home runs), walked 1 times (0 intentional), struck out 9 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 2 times (2 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .342 batting average, .361 on base percentage and .457 slugging average?

On the road, Mel Harder appeared in 22 games, had 40 at-bats, drove in 2 runs, scored 1 times, had 7 hits (0 doubles / 0 triples / 0 home runs), walked 1 times (0 intentional), struck out 15 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 2 times (2 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .175 batting average, .195 on base percentage and .175 slugging average?

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