Mel Harder stats

Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 1947

Pitcher

Age 117

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Mel Harder played 20 MLB seasons, 1928 to 1947.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
582
W
223
L
186
ERA
3.80
IP
3,426.1
K
1,160
BB
1,118
WHIP
1.41
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1928CLE23026.6149.015321.96
1929CLE11105.6017.2451.64
1930CLE3611104.21175.144681.56
1931CLE4013144.36194.063721.55
1932CLE3915133.75254.290681.35
1933CLE4315172.95253.081671.27
1934CLE4420122.61255.191811.28
1935CLE4222113.29287.195531.27
1936CLE3615155.17224.284711.62
1937CLE3815124.28233.295861.52
1938CLE3817103.83240.0102621.33
1939CLE291593.50208.067641.33
1940CLE3112114.06186.176591.39
1941CLE15545.2468.221371.65
1942CLE2913143.44198.274821.31
1943CLE19873.06135.140611.38
1944CLE3012103.71196.164691.43
1945CLE11373.6776.016231.53
1946CLE13543.4192.121311.26
1947CLE15644.5080.017271.48

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

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
181
SHO
25
K/9
3.0
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1928CLE0002.80000
1929CLE0002.00000
1930CLE0702.30000
1931CLE0902.90000
1932CLE01713.20000
1933CLE01422.90000
1934CLE01763.20000
1935CLE01743.00000
1936CLE01303.40000
1937CLE01303.70000
1938CLE01523.80000
1939CLE01212.90000
1940CLE0503.70000
1941CLE0102.80000
1942CLE01343.40000
1943CLE0612.70000
1944CLE01222.90000
1945CLE0201.90000
1946CLE0412.00000
1947CLE0411.90000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
117 yearsOct 15, 1909
Debut
1928

What were Mel Harder's career stats?

Mel Harder played 20 seasons for the Guardians. He had 223 wins and 1,160 strikeouts with a 3.80 ERA over 3,426.1 innings. His best season was 1935: 22 wins, a 3.29 ERA and 95 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 1928 to 1947

All-time career rank

  • 71st in wins (pitching) (223)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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