#10 Mel "Chief" Harder, Starting Pitcher, 40 yrs, No Team
Friday, 10/20/1949 |
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| Mel Harder
Chief
10/15/1909
40
USA,NE,BEEMER
6"1
220
Starting Pitcher
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R
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Loyal
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2 / 6 (Fair)
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
Good
Suffers
Normal
1.0 Stars
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| Free Agent
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13 Year(s), 144 Days (2380 total Days)
0 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 52 Days (2460 total Days)
21 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 2 | 5 | 7 | 91-94 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Versus RHB | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Talent | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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9
46
3
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Fastball
Changeup
Slider
Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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3
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1934 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.24 | 46.1 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1.60 | .307 | NYN BSN |
| 1935 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 18.0 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2.11 | .403 | BSN |
| 1936 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5.90 | 216.2 | 268 | 152 | 142 | 25 | 88 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 1.64 | .312 | BSN |
| 1937 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6.63 | 55.2 | 75 | 42 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .327 | BSN |
| 1938 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3.08 | 184.1 | 189 | 77 | 63 | 7 | 53 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 1.31 | .295 | BSN,NL |
| 1939 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3.96 | 273.0 | 255 | 125 | 120 | 17 | 114 | 135 | 22 | 2 | 1.35 | .269 | BSN |
| 1940 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4.67 | 264.0 | 273 | 145 | 137 | 33 | 107 | 127 | 23 | 1 | 1.44 | .277 | BSN |
| 1941 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3.77 | 327.1 | 322 | 148 | 137 | 25 | 112 | 152 | 26 | 6 | 1.33 | .277 | BSN,NL |
| 1942 | 41 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3.75 | 348.0 | 338 | 169 | 145 | 31 | 110 | 180 | 30 | 3 | 1.29 | .274 | BSN |
| 1943 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 5.39 | 317.1 | 333 | 205 | 190 | 39 | 130 | 128 | 25 | 2 | 1.46 | .275 | BSN |
| 1944 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.36 | 281.0 | 277 | 147 | 136 | 34 | 116 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 1.40 | .263 | BSN |
| 1945 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5.17 | 266.1 | 292 | 176 | 153 | 28 | 114 | 94 | 24 | 1 | 1.52 | .289 | BSN |
| 1946 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4.58 | 267.1 | 260 | 140 | 136 | 27 | 121 | 97 | 23 | 1 | 1.43 | .262 | BSN,NL |
| 1947 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6.29 | 194.2 | 233 | 150 | 136 | 28 | 93 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 1.67 | .305 | BSN |
| 1948 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 5.93 | 255.0 | 284 | 187 | 168 | 35 | 118 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 1.58 | .287 | BSN |
| Total | 451 | 399 | 200 | 162 | 2 | 4.75 | 3315.0 | 3483 | 1913 | 1749 | 341 | 1332 | 1413 | 258 | 20 | 1.45 | .283 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1928, AAA | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4.10 | 74.2 | 84 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1.43 | .315 |
| 1929, AAA | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.62 | 54.2 | 54 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1.28 | .270 |
| 1930, AAA | 24 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4.19 | 176.1 | 184 | 93 | 82 | 5 | 62 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 1.40 | .305 |
| 1931, AAA | 19 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3.05 | 159.1 | 154 | 66 | 54 | 9 | 64 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 1.37 | .274 |
| 1932, AAA | 27 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4.35 | 200.2 | 229 | 108 | 97 | 15 | 80 | 104 | 10 | 2 | 1.54 | .318 |
| 1933, AAA | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4.47 | 167.0 | 167 | 98 | 83 | 14 | 93 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 1.56 | .284 |
| 1934, AAA | 22 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4.35 | 136.2 | 149 | 73 | 66 | 12 | 55 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 1.49 | .295 |
| 1935, AAA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 28.0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1.46 | .290 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1937 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 14.2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.79 | 18.2 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1934 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | NYN BSN |
| 1935 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | BSN |
| 1936 | 31 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .029 | .042 | .029 | .071 | BSN |
| 1937 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | BSN |
| 1938 | 35 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .113 | .129 | .242 | BSN,NL |
| 1939 | 32 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .099 | .108 | .110 | .217 | BSN |
| 1940 | 33 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | .192 | .206 | .222 | .428 | BSN |
| 1941 | 39 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .192 | .210 | .402 | BSN,NL |
| 1942 | 41 | 124 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .131 | .137 | .268 | BSN |
| 1943 | 39 | 112 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .132 | .134 | .266 | BSN |
| 1944 | 33 | 101 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .136 | .139 | .275 | BSN |
| 1945 | 33 | 99 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .101 | .100 | .111 | .211 | BSN |
| 1946 | 33 | 98 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .152 | .214 | .366 | BSN,NL |
| 1947 | 26 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .143 | .122 | .264 | BSN |
| 1948 | 33 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .180 | .315 | BSN |
| Total | 451 | 1168 | 147 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 78 | 18 | 394 | 2 | 0 | .126 | .138 | .149 | .287 | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1928...
Injured on 5/25/1930 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 5/1/1933 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 2/18/1934 (Going to BSN: P Mel Harder. Going to NYN: P Bud Tinning)...
Had first career hit on 8/26/1934, off Ted Trent (PHI)...
Earned first career win on 8/26/1934...
Injured on 9/18/1934 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 5/27/1937 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks...
Won World Series with Boston (N) in 1937...
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1938, going 5-1, 2.14...
1/31/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,851,429 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration...
9/26/1940: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,370,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1941, going 5-1, 2.51...
Injured on 5/24/1941 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1941, going 5-1, 1.36...
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/15/1943 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks...
10/26/1943: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
9/9/1945: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,030,000 per year, for 2 years.
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1946, off Emmett O'neill (BRO)...
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game...
Injured on 6/22/1947 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
10/4/1947: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,300,000 per year, for 1 years.
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1938 - 3.08 - 3rd
1939 - 3.96 - 4th
1940 - 4.67 - 10th
1941 - 3.77 - 4th
1942 - 3.75 - 4th
1944 - 4.36 - 8th
| WHIP
1938 - 1.31 - 7th
1939 - 1.35 - 10th
1941 - 1.33 - 9th
1942 - 1.29 - 7th
| Wins
1941 - 27 - 1st
1942 - 20 - 7th
| Losses
1943 - 20 - 3rd
1945 - 20 - 3rd
| IP
1941 - 327.1 - 7th
1942 - 348.0 - 1st
1943 - 317.1 - 8th
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CG
1941 - 26 - 5th
1942 - 30 - 2nd
1943 - 25 - 6th
1946 - 23 - 10th
| SHO
1939 - 2 - 7th
1941 - 6 - 2nd
1942 - 3 - 5th
1943 - 2 - 6th
1946 - 1 - 10th
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