Mel Harder
1928–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASF, Cleveland Guardians
584G
.165AVG
.194OBP
.215SLG
More career statistics
199H
4HR
93RBI
2SB
223–186W–L
3,426.1IP
1,161K
3.80ERA
433GS
23SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,203 | 1,204 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 369 | 373 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,314 | 1,315 |
| Batting · RBI | 93 | 91 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 14,861 | 14,862 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,447 | 1,454 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,706 | 3,707 |
| Pitching · p hr | 161 | 159 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 10,279 | 10,276 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,161 | 1,162 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,118 | 1,121 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | 1,314 | 1,203 | 89 | 199 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 39 | 369 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 259 | .165 | .194 | .215 | .409 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,426.3 | 582 | 433 | 181 | 223 | 186 | 23 | 3,706 | 1,714 | 1,447 | 161 | 1,118 | 1,161 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 1.408 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1944-05-03 to 1944-05-30
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1935-06-16 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1933-07-10 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1930-08-11 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 289 | 630 | 105 | 1 | 50 | 21 | 163 | .184 | .200 | .235 |
| Away | 295 | 685 | 94 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 210 | .148 | .164 | .197 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 19 | .185 | .200 | .222 |
| May | 93 | 202 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 69 | .140 | .163 | .194 |
| June | 108 | 213 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 58 | .171 | .192 | .207 |
| July | 124 | 279 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 79 | .133 | .143 | .184 |
| August | 120 | 282 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 76 | .183 | .195 | .230 |
| September | 98 | 244 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 71 | .191 | .205 | .253 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .200 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 96 | 231 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 68 | .167 | .190 | .212 |
| st-louis-browns | 90 | 230 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 65 | .213 | .230 | .269 |
| chicago-white-sox | 85 | 182 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 52 | .147 | .159 | .224 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 83 | 188 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 47 | .136 | .144 | .154 |
| detroit-tigers | 81 | 155 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 47 | .174 | .174 | .236 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 75 | 173 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 50 | .173 | .197 | .231 |
| new-york-yankees | 74 | 156 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 44 | .130 | .154 | .164 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Cleveland Guardians | 23 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 49 | 16 |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 4 |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 63 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | .143 | 175 | 45 |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 75 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .253 | 193 | 63 |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 94 | 17 | – | 13 | – | .181 | 254 | 90 |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 44 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 5 | – | .190 | 253 | 81 |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 44 | 87 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .161 | 255 | 91 |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 102 | 21 | 2 | 10 | – | .206 | 287 | 95 |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 80 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .138 | 224 | 84 |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 86 | 15 | – | 10 | – | .174 | 233 | 95 |
| 1938 | Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 88 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .114 | 240 | 103 |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 29 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 9 | – | .139 | 208 | 66 |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 62 | 11 | – | 4 | 1 | .177 | 186 | 76 |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 15 | 25 | 2 | – | – | – | .080 | 68 | 21 |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 29 | 67 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .119 | 198 | 74 |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 19 | 47 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .213 | 135 | 40 |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 74 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .216 | 196 | 64 |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 11 | 25 | 2 | – | – | – | .080 | 76 | 16 |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 13 | 35 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .086 | 92 | 21 |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 15 | 29 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .172 | 80 | 17 |