Mel Harder

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1928–1947 BORN: BEEMER, USA

All-Star ×4

Career

223 W · 3.80 ERA · 1160 K

3426.1 IP · 1.41 WHIP · 582 G

1947 Season

6-4 · 4.50 ERA

80.0 IP · 17 K · 1.48 WHIP

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Mel Harder was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 582 career appearances, with a 3.80 ERA and 1160 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1928	CLE	0	2	6.61	23	1	1	49.0	64	36	32	15	1.96
1929	CLE	1	0	5.60	11	0	0	17.2	24	11	5	4	1.64
1930	CLE	11	10	4.21	36	19	2	175.1	205	82	68	44	1.56
1931	CLE	13	14	4.36	40	24	1	194.0	229	94	72	63	1.55
1932	CLE	15	13	3.75	39	32	0	254.2	277	106	68	90	1.35
1933	CLE	15	17	2.95	43	31	4	253.0	254	83	67	81	1.27
1934	CLE	20	12	2.61	44	29	4	255.1	246	74	81	91	1.28
1935	CLE	22	11	3.29	42	35	2	287.1	313	105	53	95	1.27
1936	CLE	15	15	5.17	36	30	1	224.2	294	129	71	84	1.62
1937	CLE	15	12	4.28	38	30	2	233.2	269	111	86	95	1.52
1938	CLE	17	10	3.83	38	29	4	240.0	257	102	62	102	1.33
1939	CLE	15	9	3.50	29	26	1	208.0	213	81	64	67	1.33
1940	CLE	12	11	4.06	31	25	0	186.1	200	84	59	76	1.39
1941	CLE	5	4	5.24	15	10	1	68.2	76	40	37	21	1.65
1942	CLE	13	14	3.44	29	29	0	198.2	179	76	82	74	1.31
1943	CLE	8	7	3.06	19	18	0	135.1	126	46	61	40	1.38
1944	CLE	12	10	3.71	30	27	0	196.1	211	81	69	64	1.43
1945	CLE	3	7	3.67	11	11	0	76.0	93	31	23	16	1.53
1946	CLE	5	4	3.41	13	12	0	92.1	85	35	31	21	1.26
1947	CLE	6	4	4.50	15	15	0	80.0	91	40	27	17	1.48
Career Totals	—	223	186	3.80	582	433	23	3426.1	3706	1447	1118	1160	1.41

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1928	CLE	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000
1929	CLE	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1930	CLE	36	63	8	9	2	1	0	4	1	2	28	.143	.169	.206	.376
1931	CLE	40	75	7	19	2	1	0	10	0	2	24	.253	.273	.307	.579
1932	CLE	39	94	11	17	7	1	0	13	0	5	25	.181	.222	.277	.499
1933	CLE	44	84	2	16	3	0	1	5	0	2	26	.190	.209	.262	.471
1934	CLE	44	87	9	14	6	0	0	5	0	3	24	.161	.189	.230	.419
1935	CLE	42	102	11	21	1	0	2	10	0	2	29	.206	.221	.275	.496
1936	CLE	36	80	3	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	19	.138	.148	.188	.336
1937	CLE	38	86	5	15	4	0	0	10	0	5	33	.174	.220	.221	.441
1938	CLE	39	88	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	4	31	.114	.152	.136	.289
1939	CLE	29	72	8	10	0	1	1	9	0	3	17	.139	.195	.208	.403
1940	CLE	31	62	4	11	1	0	0	4	1	4	17	.177	.227	.194	.421
1941	CLE	15	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160
1942	CLE	29	67	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	2	19	.119	.145	.119	.264
1943	CLE	19	47	2	10	1	1	0	4	0	2	11	.213	.245	.277	.521
1944	CLE	30	74	9	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	19	.216	.216	.257	.473
1945	CLE	11	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	.080	.080	.120	.200
1946	CLE	13	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	.086	.111	.086	.197
1947	CLE	15	28	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	.179	.233	.214	.448
Career Totals	—	584	1203	89	199	38	5	4	93	2	39	369	.165	.194	.215	.409

Awards & Achievements

Baseball Magazine All-Star (2): 1934, 1935

All-Star Selections

1934, 1935, 1936, 1937

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.