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Mel Harder \| Major Leaguer 1928-1947
Full Name: Melvin Leroy Harder Born: October 15,1909 in Beemer, Nebraska Death: October 20,2002 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right High School: - College: Managerial Record (MLB) Baseball Lists: Retired Numbers Update Player Profile Transactions: [Sep 10,1941] - Released by Indians. [Oct 24,1947] - Released by Indians.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1928	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	0	2	6.61	23	1	0	0	12	1	49.0	64	42	36	4	32	15	0	0	11.76	0.73	5.88	2.76	1.96	--
1929	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	1	0	5.61	11	0	0	0	7	0	17.2	24	15	11	2	5	4	0	0	12.23	1.02	2.55	2.04	1.64	--
1930	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	11	10	4.21	36	19	7	0	9	2	175.1	205	108	82	9	68	44	5	0	10.52	0.46	3.49	2.26	1.56	--
1931	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	13	14	4.36	40	24	9	0	8	1	194.0	229	119	94	8	72	63	3	1	10.62	0.37	3.34	2.92	1.55	--
1932	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	15	13	3.75	39	32	17	1	4	0	254.2	277	125	106	9	68	90	1	0	9.79	0.32	2.40	3.18	1.35	--
1933	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	15	17	2.95	43	31	14	2	10	4	253.0	254	113	83	10	67	81	2	0	9.04	0.36	2.38	2.88	1.27	--
1934	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	20	12	2.61	44	29	17	6	12	4	255.1	246	97	74	6	81	91	2	0	8.67	0.21	2.86	3.21	1.28	--
1935	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	22	11	3.29	42	35	17	4	7	2	287.1	313	120	105	6	53	95	1	0	9.80	0.19	1.66	2.98	1.27	--
1936	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	15	15	5.17	36	30	13	0	6	1	224.2	294	155	129	13	71	84	4	0	11.78	0.52	2.84	3.37	1.62	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	15	12	4.28	38	30	13	0	7	2	233.2	269	127	111	9	86	95	2	0	10.36	0.35	3.31	3.66	1.52	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	17	10	3.83	38	29	15	2	6	4	240.0	257	115	102	16	62	102	1	0	9.64	0.60	2.33	3.83	1.33	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	15	9	3.50	29	26	12	1	3	1	208.0	213	89	81	15	64	67	1	0	9.22	0.65	2.77	2.90	1.33	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	12	11	4.06	31	25	5	0	2	0	186.1	200	96	84	16	59	76	2	0	9.66	0.77	2.85	3.67	1.39	--
1941	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	5	4	5.24	15	10	1	0	1	1	68.2	76	43	40	8	37	21	1	0	9.96	1.05	4.85	2.75	1.65	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	13	14	3.44	29	29	13	4	0	0	198.2	179	83	76	8	82	74	1	0	8.11	0.36	3.71	3.35	1.31	--
1943	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	8	7	3.06	19	18	6	1	0	0	135.1	126	57	46	7	61	40	0	0	8.38	0.47	4.06	2.66	1.38	--
1944	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	12	10	3.71	30	27	12	2	0	0	196.1	211	95	81	5	69	64	3	0	9.67	0.23	3.16	2.93	1.43	--
1945	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	3	7	3.67	11	11	2	0	0	0	76.0	93	37	31	3	23	16	4	0	11.01	0.36	2.72	1.89	1.53	--
1946	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	5	4	3.41	13	12	4	1	1	0	92.1	85	37	35	4	31	21	0	0	8.29	0.39	3.02	2.05	1.26	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	6	4	4.50	15	15	4	1	0	0	80.0	91	41	40	3	27	17	0	1	10.24	0.34	3.04	1.91	1.48	--

Major League Totals - 20 Season(s)						223	186	3.80	582	433	181	25	95	23	3,426.1	3706	1714	1447	161	1118	1160	33	2	9.73	0.42	2.94	3.05	1.41	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1928	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	p		23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		0			.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1929	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	p		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0			.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1930	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	p		36	63	8	9	2	1	0	4	1	0	2	28	0		2			.143	*.177	.206	*383	--
1931	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	p		40	75	7	19	2	1	0	10	0	0	2	24	0		4			.253	*.279	.307	*586	--
1932	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	p		39	94	11	17	7	1	0	13	0	0	5	25	0		2			.181	*.229	.277	*506	--
1933	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p		44	84	2	16	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	26	0		2			.190	*.217	.262	*479	--
1934	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p		44	87	9	14	6	0	0	5	0	0	3	24	0		9			.161	*.197	.230	*427	--
1935	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p		42	102	11	21	1	0	2	10	0	0	2	29	0		7			.206	*.228	.275	*503	--
1936	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p		36	80	3	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	1		6			.138	*.147	.188	*335	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p		38	86	5	15	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	33	0		7			.174	*.227	.221	*448	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p		39	88	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	31	0		2			.114	*.161	.136	*297	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p		29	72	8	10	0	1	1	9	0	0	3	17	2		6		2	.139	*.181	.208	*389	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p		31	62	4	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	17	0		5		0	.177	*.234	.194	*428	--
1941	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p		15	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0		0		1	.080	*.090	.080	*170	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p		29	67	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0		3		0	.119	*.154	.119	*273	--
1943	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p		19	47	2	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	11	0		4		0	.213	*.251	.277	*528	--
1944	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p		30	74	9	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	19	0		2		2	.216	*.224	.257	*481	--
1945	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p		11	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0		3		3	.080	*.090	.120	*210	--
1946	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p		13	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0		0		2	.086	*.120	.086	*206	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	p		15	28	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	0		5		1	.179	*.240	.214	*454	--

Major League Totals - 20 Season(s)								584	1203	89	199	38	5	4	93	2	0	39	369	3		69			.165		.215	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1928	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	P	23		49	0	8	2	10	0	-	-	-	.800	1.47

1929	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	P	11		17.2	0	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	1.53

1930	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	P	36		175.1	9	32	7	48	3	-	-	-	.854	2.10

1931	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	P	40		194	14	38	4	56	4	-	-	-	.929	2.41

1932	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	P	39		254.2	18	65	2	85	0	-	-	-	.976	2.93

1933	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	43		253	22	87	3	112	4	-	-	-	.973	3.88

1934	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	44		255.1	10	61	7	78	2	-	-	-	.910	2.50

1935	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	42		287.1	18	81	4	103	0	-	-	-	.961	3.10

1936	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	36		224.2	13	38	3	54	3	-	-	-	.944	2.04

1937	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	38		233.2	12	48	1	61	3	-	-	-	.984	2.31

1938	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	38		240	21	49	1	71	2	-	-	-	.986	2.63

1939	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	29		208	14	26	1	41	1	-	-	-	.976	1.73

1940	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	31		186.1	9	38	2	49	4	-	-	-	.959	2.27

1941	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	15		68.2	7	16	1	24	0	-	-	-	.958	3.01

1942	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	29		198.2	14	44	3	61	5	-	-	-	.951	2.63

1943	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	19		135.1	6	27	0	33	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1944	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	30		196.1	11	34	2	47	3	-	-	-	.957	2.06

1945	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	11		76	6	19	0	25	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.96

1946	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	13		92.1	5	9	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.36

1947	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	P	15		80	0	11	1	12	0	-	-	-	.917	1.24

Awards

[1934] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #16), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1935] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1936] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1937] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1938] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #16) [1950] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 1.19%) [1951] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.44%) [1952] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (10 votes - 4.27%) [1953] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (8 votes - 3.03%) [1958] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (6 votes - 2.26%) [1960] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (12 votes - 4.46%) [1962] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 4.38%) [1964] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (14 votes - 6.22%) [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (34 votes - 11.26%) [1967] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (14 votes - 4.58%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Harder had his #18 retired by the Cleveland Indians in 1990.

Notes: Played in 4 All-Star games during his career (1934-1937)

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Mel Harder | Major Leaguer 1928-1947