Mel Harder vs Sam Jones

Mel Harder Sam Jones

Mel Harder and Sam Jones compared on their MLB careers: Mel Harder played 20 seasons, 1928 to 1947, Sam Jones 22 seasons, 1914 to 1935. Mel Harder has 223 wins to Sam Jones's 229. Sam Jones won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mel Harder and Sam Jones career totals

582	GP	647
223	W	229
186	L	217
3.8	ERA	3.8
3426.1	IP	3,883
1,160	K	1,223
1,118	BB	1,396
1.4	WHIP	1.4
23	SV	31

Where each stands all time

Mel Harder and Sam Jones all-time places
Mel Harder	All-time rank	Sam Jones
71st (223)	Wins (pitching)	63rd (229)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Mel Harder: 0 championships; none on file
Sam Jones: 3 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Mel Harder and Sam Jones season by season

1st	1928	0	2	6.61	1914	0	0	2.70
2nd	1929	1	0	5.60	1915	4	9	3.65
3rd	1930	11	10	4.21	1916	0	1	3.67
4th	1931	13	14	4.36	1917	0	1	4.41
5th	1932	15	13	3.75	1918	16	5	2.25
6th	1933	15	17	2.95	1919	12	20	3.75
7th	1934	20	12	2.61	1920	13	16	3.94
8th	1935	22	11	3.29	1921	23	16	3.22
9th	1936	15	15	5.17	1922	13	13	3.67
10th	1937	15	12	4.28	1923	21	8	3.63
11th	1938	17	10	3.83	1924	9	6	3.63
12th	1939	15	9	3.50	1925	15	21	4.63
13th	1940	12	11	4.06	1926	9	8	4.98
14th	1941	5	4	5.24	1927	8	14	4.32
15th	1942	13	14	3.44	1928	17	7	2.84
16th	1943	8	7	3.06	1929	9	9	3.92
17th	1944	12	10	3.71	1930	15	7	4.07
18th	1945	3	7	3.67	1931	9	10	4.32
19th	1946	5	4	3.41	1932	10	15	4.22
20th	1947	6	4	4.50	1933	10	12	3.36
21st	—	—	—	—	1934	8	12	5.11
22nd	—	—	—	—	1935	8	7	4.05

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA