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Mel Harder Mel Harder

Full name: Melvin Leroy Harder Born: October 15, 1909, Beemer, Nebraska Died October 20, 2002, Chardon, Ohio Cremated First Game: April 24, 1928; Final Game: September 7, 1947 Managed First Game: October 1, 1961; Managed Final Game: September 30, 1962 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 195 Mel Harder Collectibles! Mel Harder Memorabilia! Mel Harder Cards! Mel Harder Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1928 CLE A                23     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    6   0   0        0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A                11     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0   0        0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A                36    63    8    9   2   1   0    4    2   28   0   2        1   0  .143  .169  .206   0.0 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A                40    75    7   19   2   1   0   10    2   24   0   4        0   0  .253  .273  .307   0.0 1931 CLE A
1932 CLE A                39    94   11   17   7   1   0   13    5   25   0   2        0   0  .181  .222  .277   0.0 1932 CLE A
1933 CLE A                44    84    2   16   3   0   1    5    2   26   0   2        0   0  .190  .209  .262   0.0 1933 CLE A
1934 CLE A                44    87    9   14   6   0   0    5    3   24   0   9        0   0  .161  .189  .230   0.0 1934 CLE A
1935 CLE A                42   102   11   21   1   0   2   10    2   29   0   7        0   0  .206  .221  .275   0.0 1935 CLE A
1936 CLE A                36    80    3   11   4   0   0    3    0   19   1   6        0   0  .138  .148  .188   0.0 1936 CLE A
1937 CLE A                38    86    5   15   4   0   0   10    5   33   0   7        0   0  .174  .220  .221   0.0 1937 CLE A
1938 CLE A                39    88    3   10   2   0   0    6    4   31   0   2        0   0  .114  .152  .136   0.0 1938 CLE A
1939 CLE A                29    72    8   10   0   1   1    9    3   17   2   6   2    0   0  .139  .195  .208   0.0 1939 CLE A
1940 CLE A                31    62    4   11   1   0   0    4    4   17   0   5   0    1   0  .177  .227  .194   0.0 1940 CLE A
1941 CLE A                15    25    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    7   0   0   1    0   0  .080  .080  .080   0.0 1941 CLE A
1942 CLE A                29    67    3    8   0   0   0    2    2   19   0   3   0    0   0  .119  .145  .119   0.0 1942 CLE A
1943 CLE A                19    47    2   10   1   1   0    4    2   11   0   4   0    0   0  .213  .245  .277   0.0 1943 CLE A
1944 CLE A                30    74    9   16   3   0   0    6    0   19   0   2   2    0   0  .216  .216  .257   0.0 1944 CLE A
1945 CLE A                11    25    0    2   1   0   0    0    0    9   0   3   3    0   0  .080  .080  .120   0.0 1945 CLE A
1946 CLE A                13    35    1    3   0   0   0    1    1   14   0   0   2    0   0  .086  .111  .086   0.0 1946 CLE A
1947 CLE A                15    28    2    5   1   0   0    1    2   10   0   5   1    0   0  .179  .233  .214   0.0 1947 CLE A
Total                    584  1203   89  199  38   5   4   93   39  369   3  69  11i   2   0  .165  .194  .215   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1934 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1934 AL   
1935 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1935 AL   
1936 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1936 AL   
1937 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1937 AL   
Total            Splits    4     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HPB  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1928 CLE A                23   1   0   0  12   1   49     64   241   4   42   36   32   15  17   0   0   0   0   2   6.61  -0.8 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A                11   0   0   0   7   0   17.2   24    84   2   15   11    5    4   4   0   3   0   1   0   5.60  -0.2 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A                36  19   7   0   9   2  175.1  205   793   9  108   82   68   44  25   5   4   0  11  10   4.21   0.5 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A                40  24   9   0   8   1  194    229   880   8  119   94   72   63   9   3   6   1  13  14   4.36   0.4 1931 CLE A
1932 CLE A                39  32  17   1   4   0  254.2  277  1106   9  125  106   68   90  16   1   3   0  15  13   3.75   2.7 1932 CLE A
1933 CLE A                43  31  14   2  10   4  253    254  1073  10  113   83   67   81  23   2   3   0  15  17   2.95   4.4 1933 CLE A
1934 CLE A                44  29  17   6  12   4  255.1  246  1072   6   97   74   81   91  16   2   7   0  20  12   2.61   5.7 1934 CLE A
1935 CLE A                42  35  17   4   7   2  287.1  313  1206   6  120  105   53   95  15   1   0   0  22  11   3.29   4.1 1935 CLE A
1936 CLE A                36  30  13   0   6   1  224.2  294  1031  13  155  129   71   84  15   4   6   0  15  15   5.17  -1.0 1936 CLE A
1937 CLE A                38  30  13   0   7   2  233.2  269  1038   9  127  111   86   95  13   2   4   0  15  12   4.28   0.8 1937 CLE A
1938 CLE A                38  29  15   2   6   4  240    257  1026  16  115  102   62  102  10   1   5   0  17  10   3.83   1.8 1938 CLE A
1939 CLE A                29  26  12   1   3   1  208    213   877  15   89   81   64   67  18   1   3   0  15   9   3.50   2.1 1939 CLE A
1940 CLE A                31  25   5   0   2   0  186.1  200   797  16   96   84   59   76  13   2   5   0  12  11   4.06   0.4 1940 CLE A
1941 CLE A                15  10   1   0   1   1   68.2   76   317   8   43   40   37   21   6   1   2   0   5   4   5.24  -1.2 1941 CLE A
1942 CLE A                29  29  13   4   0   0  198.2  179   842   8   83   76   82   74  10   1   3   0  13  14   3.44   0.1 1942 CLE A
1943 CLE A                19  18   6   1   0   0  135.1  126   571   7   57   46   61   40  13   0   1   0   8   7   3.06   0.1 1943 CLE A
1944 CLE A                30  27  12   2   0   0  196.1  211   843   5   95   81   69   64  13   3   3   0  12  10   3.71  -0.9 1944 CLE A
1945 CLE A                11  11   2   0   0   0   76     93   335   3   37   31   23   16   5   4   0   0   3   7   3.67  -0.7 1945 CLE A
1946 CLE A                13  12   4   1   1   0   92.1   85   382   4   37   35   31   21   9   0   0   0   5   4   3.41  -0.3 1946 CLE A
1947 CLE A                15  15   4   1   0   0   80     91   348   3   41   40   27   17   5   0   1   1   6   4   4.50  -1.0 1947 CLE A
Total                    582 433 181  25  95  23 3426.1 3706 14862 161 1714 1447 1118 1160 255  33  59   2 223 186   3.80  17.0 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HPB  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

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All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1934 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    5      1    18   0    0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0.00 1934 AL   
1935 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    3      1    10   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1935 AL   
1936 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    2      2     8   0    0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1936 AL   
1937 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    3      5    14   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1937 AL   
Total            Splits    4   0   0   0   4   2   13      9    50   0    0    0    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   1   1   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

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

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1934 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     5       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
1935 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1936 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1937 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     3       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    4    0    0    13       2    3    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1961 CLE A    1    1    0 1.000     8     5  10- 1           5  5
1962 CLE A    2    2    0 1.000    10     4   9-30           6  6
Total         3    3    0 1.000    18     9
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

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Released by Cleveland Indians (September 10, 1941).

Released by Cleveland Indians (October 24, 1947).

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