#10 Mel "Chief" Harder, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Boston (N) Braves Sunday, 10/22/1940 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Mel Harder Chief 10/15/1909 31 USA,NE,BEEMER 6"1 210
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Suffers Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,214,286 1940 $ 4,370,000 (3 year(s)) 5 Year(s), 144 Days (1004 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 52 Days (1084 total Days) 12 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 6 | 9 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 46 3
| | Pitches: 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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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 33 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4.67 | 264.0 | 273 | 145 | 137 | 107 | 127 | 23 | 69.7 | 1 | 16 | 48.5 |
Projected | 33 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4.67 | 264.0 | 273 | 145 | 137 | 107 | 127 | | | | | |
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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 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.36 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 440 | 134 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 66 | 51 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .373 | .445 | .818 |
vs. RHB | 585 | 139 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 78 | 79 | 56 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .298 | .390 | .688 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 23 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4.97 | 183.0 | 190 | 105 | 101 | 72 | 84 |
Road | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | 81.0 | 83 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 43 |
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 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | 41.0 | 46 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 |
May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 44.0 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 21 |
June | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 | 44.0 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 24 |
July | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 38.0 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 20 |
August | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.48 | 47.2 | 48 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 25 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.84 | 49.1 | 59 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 21 |
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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 |
Total | 174 | 122 | 69 | 52 | 2 | 4.66 | 1058.0 | 1144 | 591 | 548 | 94 | 418 | 465 | 76 | 4 | 1.48 | .292 | |
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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 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
Total | 174 | 352 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 128 | 2 | 0 | .116 | .131 | .131 | .261 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 33 | 33 | 16 | 36 | 3 | 54 | 2 | .963 | 264.0 | 1.84 | | | | |
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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.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1938 - 3.08 - 3rd 1939 - 3.96 - 4th
| WHIP 1938 - 1.31 - 7th 1939 - 1.35 - 10th
| SHO 1939 - 2 - 7th
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