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Full name Melvin Leroy Harder
Born October 15, 1909, Beemer, Nebraska
Died October 20, 2002, Chardon, Ohio
Cremated (ashes scattered in baseball field in Mel Harder Park in Chardon Ohio)
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
Ejections as player: 1939 (1)
Ejections as coach: 1950 (2), 1954 (1), 1955 (1), 1956 (2), 1957 (1), 1958 (1), 1960 (4). Total: 12
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

Discrepancies

                       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 1928 CLE A 1929 CLE A 1930 CLE A 1931 CLE A 1932 CLE A 1933 CLE A 1934 CLE A 1935 CLE A 1936 CLE A 1937 CLE A 1938 CLE A 1939 CLE A 1940 CLE A 1941 CLE A 1942 CLE A 1943 CLE A 1944 CLE A 1945 CLE A 1946 CLE A 1947 CLE A Total (20 Years) Splits 584 1203 89 199 38 5 4 93 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1928 CLE A Daily Splits 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1929 CLE A Daily Splits 36 63 8 9 2 1 0 4 2 0 28 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 .143 .169 .206 0.0 1930 CLE A Daily Splits 40 75 7 19 2 1 0 10 2 0 24 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .253 .273 .307 0.0 1931 CLE A Daily Splits 39 94 11 17 7 1 0 13 5 0 25 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 .181 .222 .277 0.0 1932 CLE A Daily Splits 44 84 2 16 3 0 1 5 2 0 26 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .190 .209 .262 0.0 1933 CLE A Daily Splits 44 87 9 14 6 0 0 5 3 0 24 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 .161 .189 .230 0.0 1934 CLE A Daily Splits 42 102 11 21 1 0 2 10 2 0 29 0 7 0 1 3 0 0 .206 .221 .275 0.0 1935 CLE A Daily Splits 36 80 3 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 19 1 6 0 2 3 0 0 .138 .148 .188 0.0 1936 CLE A Daily Splits 38 86 5 15 4 0 0 10 5 0 33 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .174 .220 .221 0.0 1937 CLE A Daily Splits 39 88 3 10 2 0 0 6 4 0 31 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .114 .152 .136 0.0 1938 CLE A Daily Splits 29 72 8 10 0 1 1 9 3 0 17 2 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 .139 .188 .208 0.0 1939 CLE A Daily Splits 31 62 4 11 1 0 0 4 4 0 17 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 .177 .227 .194 0.0 1940 CLE A Daily Splits 15 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .080 .080 .080 0.0 1941 CLE A Daily Splits 29 67 3 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .119 .145 .119 0.0 1942 CLE A Daily Splits 19 47 2 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 11 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .213 .245 .277 0.0 1943 CLE A Daily Splits 30 74 9 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 19 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .216 .216 .257 0.0 1944 CLE A Daily Splits 11 25 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .080 .080 .120 0.0 1945 CLE A Daily Splits 13 35 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .086 .111 .086 0.0 1946 CLE A Daily Splits 15 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .179 .233 .214 0.0 1947 CLE A 39 0 369 3 66 3 0 16 26 2 0 .165 .193 .215 0.0 Total SLG BFW Year Team

         All-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 ( 4 Years) 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 Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1928 CLE A Daily Splits 23 1 0 0 12 1 49 64 240 4 42 36 32 0 15 17 0 0 0 10 1 2 9 0 2 6.61 4.00 -0.8 1928 CLE A 1929 CLE A Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 7 0 17.2 24 84 2 15 11 5 2 4 4 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 5.60 - -0.2 1929 CLE A 1930 CLE A Daily Splits 36 19 7 0 9 2 175.1 205 793 9 108 82 68 7 45 25 5 4 0 42 10 19 25 11 10 4.21 5.95 0.5 1930 CLE A 1931 CLE A Daily Splits 40 24 9 0 7 1 194 229 880 8 119 94 72 9 63 9 3 6 1 38 12 20 30 13 14 4.36 5.54 0.4 1931 CLE A 1932 CLE A Daily Splits 39 32 17 1 4 0 254.2 277 1106 9 125 106 68 8 90 16 1 3 0 41 11 17 26 15 13 3.75 5.75 2.7 1932 CLE A 1933 CLE A Daily Splits 43 31 14 2 10 4 253 254 1073 10 113 83 67 7 81 23 2 3 0 47 6 16 29 15 17 2.95 3.00 4.4 1933 CLE A 1934 CLE A Daily Splits 44 29 17 6 12 5 255.1 246 1072 6 97 74 81 11 91 16 2 7 0 48 4 29 27 20 12 2.61 4.79 5.7 1934 CLE A 1935 CLE A Daily Splits 42 35 17 4 7 2 287.1 313 1206 6 120 105 53 6 95 15 1 0 0 44 14 26 26 22 11 3.29 4.63 4.1 1935 CLE A 1936 CLE A Daily Splits 36 30 13 0 6 1 224.2 294 1031 13 155 129 71 10 84 15 4 6 0 53 8 22 18 15 15 5.17 5.03 -1.0 1936 CLE A 1937 CLE A Daily Splits 38 30 13 0 7 2 233.2 269 1038 9 127 111 86 6 95 13 2 4 0 47 10 18 18 15 12 4.28 5.57 0.8 1937 CLE A 1938 CLE A Daily Splits 38 29 15 2 6 4 240 257 1026 16 115 102 62 3 102 10 1 5 0 44 9 19 14 17 10 3.83 4.59 1.8 1938 CLE A 1939 CLE A Daily Splits 29 26 12 1 3 1 208 213 877 15 89 81 64 4 67 18 1 3 0 39 11 18 15 15 9 3.50 4.96 2.1 1939 CLE A 1940 CLE A Daily Splits 31 25 5 0 2 0 186.1 200 797 16 96 84 59 8 76 13 2 5 0 30 4 22 13 12 11 4.06 4.68 0.4 1940 CLE A 1941 CLE A Daily Splits 15 10 1 0 1 1 68.2 76 317 8 43 40 37 4 21 6 1 2 0 9 2 7 8 5 4 5.24 4.50 -1.2 1941 CLE A 1942 CLE A Daily Splits 29 29 13 4 0 0 198.2 179 842 8 83 76 82 6 74 10 1 3 0 28 7 21 21 13 14 3.44 3.10 0.1 1942 CLE A 1943 CLE A Daily Splits 19 18 6 1 0 0 135.1 126 571 7 57 46 61 0 40 13 0 1 0 19 7 20 15 8 7 3.06 4.06 0.1 1943 CLE A 1944 CLE A Daily Splits 30 27 12 2 0 0 196.1 211 843 5 95 81 69 4 64 13 3 3 0 25 6 20 11 12 10 3.71 4.74 -0.9 1944 CLE A 1945 CLE A Daily Splits 11 11 2 0 0 0 76 93 335 3 37 31 23 3 16 5 4 0 0 12 3 2 6 3 7 3.67 2.91 -0.7 1945 CLE A 1946 CLE A Daily Splits 13 12 4 1 1 0 92.1 85 382 4 37 35 31 7 21 9 0 0 0 14 4 8 5 5 4 3.41 3.67 -0.3 1946 CLE A 1947 CLE A Daily Splits 15 15 4 1 0 0 80 91 348 3 41 40 27 2 17 5 0 1 1 18 7 11 4 6 4 4.50 5.53 -1.0 1947 CLE A Total (20 Years) Splits 582 433 181 25 94 24 3426.1 3706 14861 161 1714 1447 1118 107 1161 255 33 59 2 612 136 319 322 223 186 3.80 4.67 17.0 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 ( 4 Years) 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 HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1928 CLE A Daily Splits P 23 1 0 49 0 8 2 0 0 2 5 5 1 .800 1929 CLE A Daily Splits P 11 0 0 17.2 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .750 1930 CLE A Daily Splits P 36 19 7 175.1 9 32 7 3 0 0 5 8 1 .854 1931 CLE A Daily Splits P 40 24 9 193 14 38 4 4 0 1 12 11 1 .929 1932 CLE A Daily Splits P 39 32 17 254.2 18 65 2 0 0 4 5 8 4 .976 1933 CLE A Daily Splits P 43 31 14 253 22 87 3 4 0 1 1 17 1 .973 1934 CLE A Daily Splits P 44 29 17 255.1 10 61 7 2 0 2 5 8 2 .910 1935 CLE A Daily Splits P 42 35 17 287.1 18 81 4 0 0 1 2 11 3 .961 1936 CLE A Daily Splits P 36 30 13 224.2 13 38 3 3 0 3 3 2 1 .944 1937 CLE A Daily Splits P 38 30 13 233.2 12 48 1 3 0 1 8 8 0 .984 1938 CLE A Daily Splits P 38 29 15 240 21 49 1 2 0 0 8 3 1 .986 1939 CLE A Daily Splits P 29 26 12 208 14 26 1 1 0 0 5 6 1 .976 1940 CLE A Daily Splits P 31 25 5 186.1 9 38 2 4 0 1 7 7 1 .959 1941 CLE A Daily Splits P 15 10 1 68.2 7 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958 1942 CLE A Daily Splits P 29 29 13 198.2 14 44 3 5 0 1 7 5 0 .951 1943 CLE A Daily Splits P 19 18 6 135.1 6 27 0 2 0 0 2 7 3 1.000 1944 CLE A Daily Splits P 30 27 12 196.1 11 34 2 3 0 1 12 4 3 .957 1945 CLE A Daily Splits P 11 11 2 76 6 19 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 1.000 1946 CLE A Daily Splits P 13 12 4 92.1 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1.000 1947 CLE A Daily Splits P 15 15 4 80 0 11 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 .917 Total (20 Years) Splits P 582 433 181 3425.1 209 734 45 38 0 21 93 120 24 .954 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

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

                       Managerial 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 ( 2 Years) 3 3 0 1.000 18 9 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1948 CLE A Pitching 4-20 10-11 1949 CLE A Coach 4-19 10- 2 1950 CLE A Coach 4-18 10- 1 1951 CLE A Coach 4-17 9-30 1952 CLE A Coach 4-15 9-28 1953 CLE A Coach 4-14 9-27 1954 CLE A Coach 4-13 10- 2 1955 CLE A Coach 4-12 9-25 1956 CLE A Coach 4-17 9-30 1957 CLE A Coach 4-16 9-29 1958 CLE A Coach 4-15 9-28 1959 CLE A Coach 4-10 9-27 1960 CLE A Coach 4-19 10- 2 1961 CLE A Coach 4-11 9-30 1962 CLE A Coach 4-10 9-29 1963 CLE A Coach 4- 9 9-29 1964 NY N Pitching 4-14 10- 4 1965 CHI N Pitching 4-12 10- 3 1966 CIN N Coach 4-15 10- 2 1967 CIN N Coach 4-10 10- 1 1968 CIN N Coach 4-10 9-29 1969 KC A Coach 4- 8 10- 2 Total (22 Years)

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 7-28-1939 BOX CLE A Steve Basil Bench jockeying

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 6-22-1950 BOX CLE A Eddie Hurley Check swing 9-20-1950(1) BOX CLE A Jim Honochick Fair/foul call 7-11-1954(2) BOX CLE A Eddie Hurley Balls and strikes 8- 2-1955 BOX CLE A Bill Grieve Balls and strikes 7- 1-1956(1) BOX CLE A Red Flaherty Position of runners 9- 4-1956 BOX CLE A Ed Runge Called third strike 8-15-1957 BOX CLE A Eddie Hurley Failure to eject opponent 5-18-1958(2) BOX CLE A Ed Runge Call in previous game; Pregame meeting 5- 6-1960 BOX CLE A Ed Runge Check swing 7-18-1960 BOX CLE A Cal Drummond Call at 1B 7-23-1960 BOX CLE A Eddie Hurley Ejection of player 8-27-1960(1) BOX CLE A Larry Napp Balk call

Transaction Information

Released by Cleveland Indians (September 10, 1941).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 23, 1942).

Released by Cleveland Indians (October 24, 1947).

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