Mel Harder Melvin LeRoy Harder Bats Right Throws Right Height 6'1 Weight 195 Born October 15, 1909 Beemer, NE Died October 20, 2002 Chardon, OH

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1930 20 STL   0   5  .000   8  23   0   0   0   30.1             27   14    6      8.01  4.27   53  
 1931 21 STL   9   7  .563   0  24       0   0  155.2  139   78   66   56   35      3.82  3.62   95  
 1932 22 STL  12   8  .600   0  29       6   0  198.2  186   81   73   68   59      3.31  3.20   97  
 1933 23 STL   4  10  .286   0  21  21   3   0  149.1  184   92   75   43   47  16  4.52  4.15   92  
 1934 24 STL  13  13  .500   0  31  31  11   1  225.0  245  130  107   71   86  24  4.28  4.54  106  

 1935 25 STL  14  11  .560   0  31  30  16   2  229.2  260  105   87   45   93   8  3.41  4.16  122  
 1936 26 STL   5   5  .500   0  19  15   4   0  113.1  110   45   32   23   42   5  2.54  4.32  170  
 1937 27 STL   7  12  .368   0  36  31   3   0  187.2  226  116  100   59   94  22  4.80  4.28   89  
 1938 28 STL  14  11  .560   0  39  37   9   0  254.1  270  128  113   68  146  24  4.00  4.28  107  
 1939 29 STL  10   8  .556   0  33  29   5   2  197.0  234  111  102   54   65  18  4.66  4.19   90  

 1940 30 STL   4  14  .286   0  34  30   1   0  180.0  194  116   89   69   77  26  4.45  4.26   96  
 1942 32 STL   6  11  .353   0  37  27   1   0  167.2  186  103   95   77  112  19  5.10  4.04   79  
 1943 33 STL   2   2  .500   2  33   3   0   0   66.1   64   27   23   29   35   5  3.12  4.08  131  
 1944 34 STL  11  15  .423   0  36  34   2   1  186.1  216  122   97   88  115   6  4.69  4.32   92  
 1945 35 STL   4  18  .182   0  38  36   2   0  197.0  259  125  112   63   19  16  5.12  3.94   77  

 1947 37 STL   1   4  .200   6  37   4   0   0   53.2   92   54   48   25   18   8  8.05  4.63   58  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons  116 154  .430  16 501 328  63   6 2592.0 2865 1460 1246  852 1049 197  4.33  4.18   97
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg   9  12  .430   1  39  26   5   0  203.1  231  114   98   67   82  17  4.33 
 Career High  14  18  .560   8  39  37  16   2  254.1  270  130  113   88  146  26  3.31            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1938 STL HAR   L     0   0  .000   0   1   1   0   0   7.0   10    2    2    2    4   0  2.57 
 1939 STL HAR   L     0   0  .000   0   1   0   0   0   2.0    2    0    0    0    1   0  0.00 
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               0-2    0   0  .000   0   2   1   0   0   9.0   12    2    2    2    5   0  2.00
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Wins 1935-14-8 1938-14-9

ERA 1935-3.41-7

Strikeouts 1938-146-7

Innings Pitched 1934-225.0-10 1935-229.2-7 1938-254.1-1

Complete Games 1934-11-9 1935-16-2 1938-9-4

Walks 1944-88-7

Losses 1940-14-6 1944-15-5 1945-18-4

Pitcher of the Month, April 1935.
Player of the Week, Week 18, 1935.

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 17th round (129th overall) by Harlem. August 8, 1929: Traded by Harlem with Sam West to St Louis for Babe Ruth and George Kelly.

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