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Mel Harder
Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut April 24, 1928
Final Game September 7, 1947
Born October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE
Died October 20, 2002 (age 93)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1933 23 SLN NL  14  10  .583  32  31   4   1   0   1  213.2  229   915   98   76   9   52   9   4   84   2  0  3.20  
 1934 24 SLN NL  18   8  .692  33  32  14   1   0   4  254.0  235  1066   91   71   4   66   6   4   94   1  0  2.52  CY-3
 1935 25 SLN NL  19   7  .731  31  31  13   0   0   2  255.1  301  1100  103   82   7   57   6   4  103   1  0  2.89  CY-6
 1936 26 SLN NL   4  16  .200  28  27   2   1   0   0  160.2  237   768  134  115  11   62   4   2   66   5  0  6.44  
 1937 27 SLN NL   9  18  .333  31  30   5   1   0   0  195.2  237   899  130  112  16   83   6   3   83   4  0  5.15  
 1938 28 SLN NL  18  14  .562  36  35  12   0   0   2  264.0  262  1129  120  108  21   88   9   5  106   1  0  3.68  CY-7
 1939 29 SLN NL  12   9  .571  29  29   9   0   0   3  205.0  207   871   87   81  15   67   6   3   73   1  0  3.56  
 1940 30 SLN NL   4  14  .222  32  32   4   0   0   0  197.2  249   887  128  115  16   59   7   3  104   5  0  5.24  
 1941 31 CIN NL   7   8  .467  27  12   2  11   1   1   95.1   99   439   60   56   9   63   4   2   22   3  0  5.29  
 1942 32 CIN NL   2   7  .222  16  14   2   1   0   1   96.1   89   415   51   44   3   36   2   0   37   1  0  4.11  
 1943 33 CIN NL   5   3  .625  69   0   0  31   0   0   87.0   89   392   42   38   7   44   3   2   35   0  0  3.93  
 1944 34 CIN NL   8  11  .421  28  28   1   0   0   1  169.0  196   752   97   91   6   61   2   4   59   5  0  4.85  
 1945 35 CIN NL   7   2  .778  12  12   1   0   0   1   70.1   79   295   26   20   1   15   0   0   18  12  0  2.56  
 1946 36 CIN NL   5   4  .556  14  14   0   0   0   0   86.0   87   369   42   38   5   24   1   3   27   0  0  3.98  
 1947 37 CIN NL   8   3  .727  16  16   0   0   0   0   83.2   97   364   32   29   4   20   0   1   19   1  1  3.12  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 15 Seasons     140 134  .511 434 343  69  47   1  16 2433.2 2693 10661 1241 1076 134  797  65  40  930  42  1  3.98
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With SLN      98  96  .505 252 247  63   4   0  12 1746.0 1957  7635  891  760  99  534  53  28  713  20  0  3.92
   With CIN      42  38  .525 182  96   6  43   1   4  687.2  736  3026  350  316  35  263  12  12  217  22  1  4.14
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1933 23 SLN NL  46   92   3.8   1  4.55   70  13   0  .186   5    5    2  .400    7    2  .778  -27   
 1934 24 SLN NL  50   89   3.1   0  5.69   89  14   0  .157  10   11    2  .182    0    0  .000  -59   
 1935 25 SLN NL  53  123   4.3   0  5.87  102  27   4  .265   2    6    4  .667   17    5  .773    4   
 1936 26 SLN NL  47  131   7.2   0  4.81   57   7   0  .123   0    3    3 1.000   18    8  .692   39   
 1937 27 SLN NL  55  126   5.7   0  4.93   68  12   0  .176   0    9    7  .778   12    5  .706   16   
 1938 28 SLN NL  53  118   4.0   0  5.46   91  10   0  .110   1    7    6  .857    2    0 1.000  -65   
 1939 29 SLN NL  47   89   3.8   0  4.34   58   5   0  .086   0   11    9  .818   14   11  .560  -71   
 1940 30 SLN NL  44  125   5.7   0  4.28   57  10   0  .175   3   10    6  .600   18    7  .720   33   
 1941 31 CIN NL  41   56   5.3   1  3.92   24   1   0  .042   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  -64   
 1942 32 CIN NL  50   40   3.7   0  3.00   29   4   0  .138   1    3    2  .667    5    2  .714  -23   
 1943 33 CIN NL  39   46   4.8   2          3   1   0  .333   0    2    2 1.000    9    3  .750   22   
 1944 34 CIN NL  45   91   4.8   0  4.54   52   9   0  .173   0    9    9 1.000    8    8  .500    1   
 1945 35 CIN NL  49   30   3.9   0  5.58   23   2   0  .087   0    2    2 1.000    5    1  .833  -65   
 1946 36 CIN NL  48   40   4.2   0  4.36   24   3   0  .125   0    4    3  .750    2    1  .667   35   
 1947 37 CIN NL  49   45   4.8   0  4.69   24   4   0  .167   0    0    0  .000    0    1  .000  -36   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1249   4.6   4        771 122   4  .158  22   84   59  .702  117   54  .684  -19   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 16.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1933  SLN   75-79   Mike Rescigno
 1934  SLN   94-60   Mike Rescigno
 1935  SLN   93-61   Mike Rescigno
 1936  SLN   57-97   Mike Rescigno
 1937  SLN   62-92   Mike Rescigno
 1938  SLN   65-89   Mike Rescigno
 1939  SLN   79-75   Mike Rescigno
 1940  SLN   51-103  Mike Rescigno
 1941  CIN   74-80   Larry Cupp
 1942  CIN   70-84   John Storer, Larry Cupp
 1943  CIN   90-64   John Storer
 1944  CIN   84-70   John Storer
 1945  CIN   77-77   John Storer
 1946  CIN   87-67   John Storer
 1947  CIN   61-93   John Storer

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