Mel Harder career ERA

• Best season on file: 2.61 in 1934.
• Most recent: 4.50 in 1947.

Average of 20 regular seasons, 1928 through 1947. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.

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Mel Harder career ERA, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1928	CLE	23	0	2	6.61	49.0	15	32	1.96	1
1929	CLE	11	1	0	5.60	17.2	4	5	1.64	0
1930	CLE	36	11	10	4.21	175.1	44	68	1.56	2
1931	CLE	40	13	14	4.36	194.0	63	72	1.55	1
1932	CLE	39	15	13	3.75	254.2	90	68	1.35	0
1933	CLE	43	15	17	2.95	253.0	81	67	1.27	4
1934	CLE	44	20	12	2.61	255.1	91	81	1.28	4
1935	CLE	42	22	11	3.29	287.1	95	53	1.27	2
1936	CLE	36	15	15	5.17	224.2	84	71	1.62	1
1937	CLE	38	15	12	4.28	233.2	95	86	1.52	2
1938	CLE	38	17	10	3.83	240.0	102	62	1.33	4
1939	CLE	29	15	9	3.50	208.0	67	64	1.33	1
1940	CLE	31	12	11	4.06	186.1	76	59	1.39	0
1941	CLE	15	5	4	5.24	68.2	21	37	1.65	1
1942	CLE	29	13	14	3.44	198.2	74	82	1.31	0
1943	CLE	19	8	7	3.06	135.1	40	61	1.38	0
1944	CLE	30	12	10	3.71	196.1	64	69	1.43	0
1945	CLE	11	3	7	3.67	76.0	16	23	1.53	0
1946	CLE	13	5	4	3.41	92.1	21	31	1.26	0
1947	CLE	15	6	4	4.50	80.0	17	27	1.48	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV