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Mel Harder	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 195   Born: October 15, 1909 in Usa, NE, BEEMER

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1930	20	CIN	NL		82			14		22		18		52		60		56		36		41		39
1931	21	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	9			3		3		3		5		6		6		4		4		4
1932	22	CIN	NL		8			3		4		4		5		6		6		4		5		4
1933	23	CIN	NL		7			4		5		4		6		6		6		5		5		5
1934	24	CIN	NL		7			6		6		6		5		6		6		5		6		5
1935	25	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	7			6		6		6		5		6		6		5		5		5
1936	26	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714	7			5		6		6		5		6		6		6		7		6
1937	27	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714	6			5		6		6		5		6		6		6		6		6
1938	28	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714	6			5		5		5		5		6		5		6		6		6
1939	29	NYG	NL	$ 425,000	6			5		5		5		5		6		5		5		6		6
1940	30	NYG	NL	$ 425,000	6			4		5		5		5		6		5		5		5		5
1941	31	NYG	NL		5			4		5		5		5		6		5		5		5		5
1942	32	CIN	NL		5			4		5		5		5		6		5		5		5		5
OOTP6 Min Ratings					5			3		3		3		5		6		5		4		4		4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,135,714	82			14		22		18		52		60		56		36		41		39

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1930	20	CIN	NL					16	16	17	3	3	3	21	21	21	1	1	1	20	20	20
1931	21	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1932	22	CIN	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1933	23	CIN	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1934	24	CIN	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1935	25	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1936	26	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1937	27	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1938	28	CIN	NL	$ 2,135,714				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1939	29	NYG	NL	$ 425,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1940	30	NYG	NL	$ 425,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1941	31	NYG	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1942	32	CIN	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,135,714				16	16	17	3	3	3	21	21	21	1	1	1	20	20	20

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1930	20	A		9	2	.818	71	0	0	0	6	58.7	62	17	1	15	30	2.61	.265	.309	.316	.625
1931	21	CIN	NL	3	4	.429	35	0	0	0	16	38.3	31	8	2	11	7	1.88	.217	.273	.266	.538	9.5
1932	22	AAA		3	4	.429	89	0	0	0	7	117.0	136	59	5	50	47	4.54	.301	.371	.409	.780
1933	23	AAA		7	3	.700	86	0	0	0	8	122.0	127	56	11	66	59	4.13	.276	.367	.413	.780
1934	24	AAA		10	4	.714	74	0	0	0	4	108.0	114	43	4	45	63	3.58	.275	.346	.359	.705
1935	25	CIN	NL	18	16	.529	42	42	7	2	0	307.0	343	131	21	103	114	3.84	.285	.341	.402	.743	20.8
1936	26	CIN	NL	4	13	.235	63	9	2	1	15	110.3	146	85	14	53	41	6.93	.322	.391	.488	.879	0.0
1937	27	CIN	NL	3	6	.333	46	2	0	0	2	60.7	80	37	5	22	16	5.49	.329	.384	.453	.837	0.8
1938	28	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	66	0	0	0	5	56.3	71	24	3	27	18	3.83	.320	.394	.455	.849	4.0
1939	29	NYG	NL	3	4	.429	39	5	0	0	2	67.7	91	48	4	37	24	6.38	.329	.407	.466	.873	0.0
1940	30	NYG	NL	3	3	.500	22	2	1	0	1	41.7	49	19	3	13	12	4.10	.306	.354	.438	.792	2.4
1941	31	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	4	1	0	0	0	7.0	16	10	2	0	2	12.86	.421	.421	.684	1.105	0.0
		AAA		2	2	.500	31	1	0	0	7	32.3	40	10	3	11	18	2.78	.313	.367	.414	.781
1942	32	AAA		4	7	.364	16	16	0	0	0	98.7	113	49	9	43	69	4.47	.290	.360	.418	.778
		AA		5	1	.833	7	7	0	0	0	51.3	47	16	4	10	47	2.81	.240	.277	.347	.624
8 Years Sim				35	50	.412	317	61	10	3	41	689.0	827	362	54	266	234	4.73	.302	.363	.430	.793	37.5
5 Years AAA				26	20	.565	296	17	0	0	26	478.0	530	217	32	215	256	4.09	.287	.362	.401	.763
1 Years AA				5	1	.833	7	7	0	0	0	51.3	47	16	4	10	47	2.81	.240	.277	.347	.624
1 Years A				9	2	.818	71	0	0	0	6	58.7	62	17	1	15	30	2.61	.265	.309	.316	.625
7 Years Minors				40	23	.635	374	24	0	0	32	588.0	639	250	37	240	333	3.83	.281	.350	.388	.737
Season Average				4	6	.400	39	7	1	0	5	86.1	103	45	6	33	29	4.73	.302	.363	.430	.793
Career Highs				18	16	.529	66	42	7	2	16	307.0	343	131	21	103	114	12.86	.421	.421	.684	1.105

Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										375	156	28	117	150		.272	.329	.398	.727
vs LH										452	206	26	149	84		.332	.398	.464	.862
Home	21	25	.457	165	31	7	3	17	363.3	415	187	33	132	112	4.63	.291	.351	.417	.768
Away	14	25	.359	152	30	3	0	24	325.7	412	175	21	134	122	4.84	.314	.377	.445	.822
Mar/Apr	8	10	.444	56	8	2	0	6	118.3	140	70	12	39	42	5.33	.300	.354	.441	.795
May	4	9	.308	60	9	0	0	15	118.3	137	47	9	41	34	3.58	.291	.348	.412	.760
June	3	8	.273	52	11	1	0	4	110.0	156	75	10	50	41	6.14	.343	.408	.501	.909
July	7	8	.467	41	15	4	2	4	140.7	140	58	8	54	49	3.71	.263	.331	.382	.713
August	7	8	.467	46	11	1	0	5	102.3	133	66	8	50	39	5.81	.319	.392	.441	.833
Sep/Oct	6	7	.462	62	7	2	1	7	99.3	121	46	7	32	29	4.17	.305	.357	.413	.770

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1930	20	A		9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1931	21	CIN	NL	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
1932	22	AAA		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1933	23	AAA		2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.5
1934	24	AAA		3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1935	25	CIN	NL	42	103	9	19	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	31	.184	.222	.214	.436	4.2	0.0
1936	26	CIN	NL	63	20	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.6	0.0
1937	27	CIN	NL	46	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1.2	0.2
1938	28	CIN	NL	66	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1939	29	NYG	NL	39	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	0.6	0.1
1940	30	NYG	NL	22	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	0.2	0.0
1941	31	NYG	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1942	32	AAA		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4
		AA		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
8 Years Sim				317	149	12	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	42	.195	.226	.215	.441	6.5	0.4
4 Years AAA				8	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.7
1 Years AA				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1 Years A				9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
6 Years Minors				18	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	0.5
162 Game Average					76	6	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.195	.226	.215	.441	3.3
Career Highs				66	103	9	19	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	31	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4.2

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		118	9	24	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	33	.203	.230	.220	.450	4.4
vs LH		31	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.161	.212	.194	.406	0.9
Home	149	66	7	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	20	.212	.246	.242	.489	3.5
Away	121	83	5	15	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	22	.181	.209	.193	.402	1.9
RISP		35	0	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	8	.229	.270	.229	.499	1.7
Close/Late		12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0.0
Mar/Apr	40	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.136	.240	.182	.422	0.6
May	40	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.6
June	22	16	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.063	.118	.063	.180	-0.6
July	26	40	3	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.300	.300	.300	.600	3.3
August	26	30	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.167	.194	.200	.394	0.7
Sep/Oct	12	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.250	.485	0.8

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1931	21	CIN	NL	P	35	0	38.3	7	3	0	0	1.000	2.35
1935	25	CIN	NL	P	42	42	307.0	19	74	3	7	.969	2.73
1936	26	CIN	NL	P	63	9	110.3	11	26	1	1	.974	3.02
1937	27	CIN	NL	P	46	2	60.7	6	21	0	1	1.000	4.01
1938	28	CIN	NL	P	66	0	56.3	1	13	0	3	1.000	2.24
1939	29	NYG	NL	P	39	5	67.7	4	21	0	1	1.000	3.33
1940	30	NYG	NL	P	22	2	41.7	1	10	0	2	1.000	2.38
1941	31	NYG	NL	P	4	1	7.0	1	0	1	0	.500	1.29
Career Totals					317	61	689.0	50	168	5	15	.978	2.85
Career Highs					66	42	307.0	19	74	3	7	1.000	4.01

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1931	21	CIN	NL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	0	2.3	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500
1938	28	CIN	NL	0	0	.000	10	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	1	0	9.00	.400	.455	.700	1.155
Career Post-Season Pitching				0	0	.000	12	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	2	1	1	0	4.16	.333	.368	.500	.868

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1935-10-3.84 Wins 1935-6-18 Losses 1935-6-16 Saves 1931-3-16 1936-2-15 Games Pitched 1936-4-63 1938-5-66 Games Started 1935-4-42 Shutouts 1935-4-2 1936-9-1 Innings Pitched 1935-9-307.0 Hits Allowed 1935-10-343 Homeruns Allowed 1935-4-21 Walks Allowed 1935-10-103

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)

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History

Earned first career win on 4/20/1931

Had first career hit (double) on 4/24/1935, off Si Johnson (ATL)

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1935, going 4-2, 1.64

2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration

2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration

2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration

7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $425,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Cincinnati to New York (G) on 2/1/1939 (Going to NYG: P Ray Prim, P Mel Harder. Going to CIN: 1B Harley Boss)

Released by New York (N) on 10/1/1941

Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 5/1/1942 to a minor league deal

Injured on 7/14/1942 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week

Injured on 8/21/1942 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days

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