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Mel Harder Stats

Mel Harder was born on Friday, October 15, 1909, in Beemer, Nebraska. Harder was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1928, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mel Harder baseball stats page.

"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 (July 22, 1998)

Mel Harder

Mel Harder Autograph on a 1989 Pacific Trading (#205)

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Birth Name:	Melvin Leroy Harder
Nickname:	Chief or Mel
Born On:	10-15-1909
Born In:	Beemer, Nebraska
Zodiac:	Libra
Died On:	10-20-2002
Died In:	Chardon, Ohio
Cemetery:	Cremated

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01
Weight:	195
First Game:	04-24-1928 (Age 18)
Last Game:	09-07-1947
Draft:	Not Applicable

Mel Harder Mel Harder Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1928	Indians	23	1	12	0	2	.000	6.61	0	0	1	49.0	241	64	36	42	4	32	-	15	0	0	0	-
1929	Indians	11	0	7	1	0	1.000	5.60	0	0	0	17.2	84	24	11	15	2	5	-	4	0	3	0	-
1930	Indians	36	19	9	11	10	.524	4.21	7	0	2	175.1	793	205	82	108	9	68	-	44	5	4	0	-
1931	Indians	40	24	8	13	14	.481	4.36	9	0	1	194.0	880	229	94	119	8	72	-	63	3	6	1	-
1932	Indians	39	32	4	15	13	.536	3.75	17	1	0	254.2	1,106	277	106	125	9	68	-	90	1	3	0	-
1933	Indians	43	31	10	15	17	.469	2.95	14	2	4	253.0	1,073	254	83	113	10	67	-	81	2	3	0	-
1934	Indians	44	29	12	20	12	.625	2.61	17	6	4	255.1	1,072	246	74	97	6	81	-	91	2	7	0	-
1935	Indians	42	35	7	22	11	.667	3.29	17	4	2	287.1	1,206	313	105	120	6	53	-	95	1	0	0	-
1936	Indians	36	30	6	15	15	.500	5.17	13	0	1	224.2	1,031	294	129	155	13	71	-	84	4	6	0	-
1937	Indians	38	30	7	15	12	.556	4.28	13	0	2	233.2	1,038	269	111	127	9	86	-	95	2	4	0	-
1938	Indians	38	29	6	17	10	.630	3.83	15	2	4	240.0	1,026	257	102	115	16	62	-	102	1	5	0	-
1939	Indians	29	26	3	15	9	.625	3.50	12	1	1	208.0	877	213	81	89	15	64	-	67	1	3	0	-
1940	Indians	31	25	2	12	11	.522	4.06	5	0	0	186.1	797	200	84	96	16	59	-	76	2	5	0	-
1941	Indians	15	10	1	5	4	.556	5.24	1	0	1	68.2	317	76	40	43	8	37	-	21	1	2	0	-
1942	Indians	29	29	0	13	14	.481	3.44	13	4	0	198.2	842	179	76	83	8	82	-	74	1	3	0	-
1943	Indians	19	18	0	8	7	.533	3.06	6	1	0	135.1	571	126	46	57	7	61	-	40	0	1	0	-
1944	Indians	30	27	0	12	10	.545	3.71	12	2	0	196.1	843	211	81	95	5	69	-	64	3	3	0	-
1945	Indians	11	11	0	3	7	.300	3.67	2	0	0	76.0	335	93	31	37	3	23	-	16	4	0	0	-
1946	Indians	13	12	1	5	4	.556	3.41	4	1	0	92.1	382	85	35	37	4	31	-	21	0	0	0	-
1947	Indians	15	15	0	6	4	.600	4.50	4	1	0	80.0	348	91	40	41	3	27	-	17	0	1	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
20 Years		582	433	95	223	186	.545	3.80	181	25	23	3,426.1	14,862	3,706	1,447	1,714	161	1,118	-	1,160	33	59	2	-

Mel Harder Mel Harder Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1928	Indians	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	6	0	-	0	-	.000	.000	.000
1929	Indians	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	-	0	-	.000	.000	.000
1930	Indians	36	63	8	9	2	1	0	0	4	2	-	28	2	-	0	-	.143	.169	.206
1931	Indians	40	75	7	19	2	1	0	0	10	2	-	24	4	-	0	-	.253	.273	.307
1932	Indians	39	94	11	17	7	1	0	0	13	5	-	25	2	-	0	-	.181	.222	.277
1933	Indians	44	84	2	16	3	0	1	0	5	2	-	26	2	-	0	-	.190	.209	.262
1934	Indians	44	87	9	14	6	0	0	0	5	3	-	24	9	-	0	-	.161	.189	.230
1935	Indians	42	102	11	21	1	0	2	0	10	2	-	29	7	-	0	-	.206	.221	.275
1936	Indians	36	80	3	11	4	0	0	0	3	0	-	19	6	-	1	-	.138	.148	.188
1937	Indians	38	86	5	15	4	0	0	0	10	5	-	33	7	-	0	-	.174	.220	.221
1938	Indians	39	88	3	10	2	0	0	0	6	4	-	31	2	-	0	-	.114	.152	.136
1939	Indians	29	72	8	10	0	1	1	0	9	3	-	17	6	-	2	2	.139	.195	.208
1940	Indians	31	62	4	11	1	0	0	0	4	4	-	17	5	-	0	0	.177	.227	.194
1941	Indians	15	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	7	0	-	0	1	.080	.080	.080
1942	Indians	29	67	3	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	-	19	3	-	0	0	.119	.145	.119
1943	Indians	19	47	2	10	1	1	0	0	4	2	-	11	4	-	0	0	.213	.245	.277
1944	Indians	30	74	9	16	3	0	0	0	6	0	-	19	2	-	0	2	.216	.216	.257
1945	Indians	11	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	9	3	-	0	3	.080	.080	.120
1946	Indians	13	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	14	0	-	0	2	.086	.111	.086
1947	Indians	15	28	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	-	10	5	-	0	1	.179	.233	.214
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
20 Years		584	1,203	89	199	38	5	4	0	93	39	-	369	69	-	3	11	.165	.194	.215

Mel Harder Mel Harder Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1928 Indians	P	23	1	147	10	0.4	8	0	8	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	1.47	-
1929 Indians	P	11	0	53	4	0.4	3	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	1.53	-
1930 Indians	P	36	19	526	48	1.3	41	9	32	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.854	2.10	-
1931 Indians	P	40	24	582	56	1.4	52	14	38	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	2.41	-
1932 Indians	P	39	32	764	85	2.2	83	18	65	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.93	-
1933 Indians	P	43	31	759	112	2.6	109	22	87	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	3.88	-
1934 Indians	P	44	29	766	78	1.8	71	10	61	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.910	2.50	-
1935 Indians	P	42	35	862	103	2.5	99	18	81	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	3.10	-
1936 Indians	P	36	30	674	54	1.5	51	13	38	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.04	-
1937 Indians	P	38	30	701	61	1.6	60	12	48	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.31	-
1938 Indians	P	38	29	720	71	1.9	70	21	49	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.63	-
1939 Indians	P	29	26	624	41	1.4	40	14	26	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	1.73	-
1940 Indians	P	31	25	559	49	1.6	47	9	38	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.959	2.27	-
1941 Indians	P	15	10	206	24	1.6	23	7	16	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	3.01	-
1942 Indians	P	29	29	596	61	2.1	58	14	44	3	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.951	2.63	-
1943 Indians	P	19	18	406	33	1.7	33	6	27	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.19	-
1944 Indians	P	30	27	589	47	1.6	45	11	34	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.06	-
1945 Indians	P	11	11	228	25	2.3	25	6	19	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.96	-
1946 Indians	P	13	12	277	14	1.1	14	5	9	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.36	-
1947 Indians	P	15	15	240	12	0.8	11	0	11	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	1.24	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		582	433	10,279	988	1.7	943	209	734	45	38	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	2.48	--
20 Years		582	433	10,279	988	1.7	943	209	734	45	38	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	2.48	--

Mel Harder Mel Harder Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1928 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.47	2.76	5.88
1929 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.80	2.04	2.55
1930 Indians	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.3	15.8	0.65	2.26	3.49
1931 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.1	7.5	0.88	2.92	3.34
1932 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.8	7.2	1.32	3.18	2.40
1933 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	84.0	3.2	16.8	1.21	2.88	2.38
1934 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.6	17.4	1.12	3.21	2.86
1935 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	51.0	3.5	10.2	1.79	2.98	1.66
1936 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.2	26.7	1.18	3.36	2.84
1937 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.6	8.6	1.10	3.66	3.31
1938 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	14.7	1.65	3.83	2.32
1939 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	72.0	4.2	8.0	1.05	2.90	2.77
1940 Indians	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.6	15.5	1.29	3.67	2.85
1941 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.57	2.75	4.85
1942 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.5	33.5	0.90	3.35	3.71
1943 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	11.8	0.66	2.66	4.06
1944 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.9	12.3	0.93	2.93	3.16
1945 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.70	1.89	2.72
1946 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	35.0	0.68	2.05	3.02
1947 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	28.0	0.63	1.91	3.04
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
20 Years	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	300.8	3.3	12.9	1.04	3.05	2.94

Mel Harder Mel Harder Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1928 Cleveland Indians	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1929 Cleveland Indians	49	Undetermined	n/a	-
1930 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	n/a	-
1931 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	n/a	-
1932 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	n/a	-
1933 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1934 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	Stats	-
1935 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	Stats	-
1936 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	Stats	-
1937 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	Stats	-
1938 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1939 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1940 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1941 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1942 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1943 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1944 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1945 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	n/a	-
1946 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
1947 Cleveland Indians	18	Undetermined	-	-
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