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Mel Harder played 20 major-league seasons (1928-1947) as a P (582). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 19 | CLE | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1929 | 20 | CLE | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1930 | 21 | CLE | 36 | 63 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28 | .143 | .376 | -3 |
| 1931 | 22 | CLE | 40 | 75 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .253 | .579 | 57 |
| 1932 | 23 | CLE | 39 | 94 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .181 | .499 | 33 |
| 1933 | 24 | CLE | 44 | 84 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .190 | .471 | 28 |
| 1934 | 25 | CLE | 44 | 87 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .161 | .419 | 11 |
| 1935 | 26 | CLE | 42 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .206 | .496 | 31 |
| 1936 | 27 | CLE | 36 | 80 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .138 | .336 | -15 |
| 1937 | 28 | CLE | 38 | 86 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .174 | .441 | 15 |
| 1938 | 29 | CLE | 39 | 88 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .114 | .289 | -25 |
| 1939 | 30 | CLE | 29 | 72 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .139 | .403 | 7 |
| 1940 | 31 | CLE | 31 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .177 | .421 | 14 |
| 1941 | 32 | CLE | 15 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .080 | .160 | -56 |
| 1942 | 33 | CLE | 29 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .119 | .264 | -22 |
| 1943 | 34 | CLE | 19 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .213 | .521 | 57 |
| 1944 | 35 | CLE | 30 | 74 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .216 | .473 | 39 |
| 1945 | 36 | CLE | 11 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .080 | .200 | -41 |
| 1946 | 37 | CLE | 13 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .086 | .197 | -43 |
| 1947 | 38 | CLE | 15 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .179 | .448 | 29 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 19 | CLE | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 32 | 6.61 | 61 |
| 1929 | 20 | CLE | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 4 | 5 | 5.60 | 76 |
| 1930 | 21 | CLE | 36 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 175.1 | 44 | 68 | 4.21 | 110 |
| 1931 | 22 | CLE | 40 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 194 | 63 | 72 | 4.36 | 100 |
| 1932 | 23 | CLE | 39 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 254.2 | 90 | 68 | 3.75 | 120 |
| 1933 | 24 | CLE | 43 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 253 | 81 | 67 | 2.95 | 145 |
| 1934 | 25 | CLE | 44 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 255.1 | 91 | 81 | 2.61 | 172 |
| 1935 | 26 | CLE | 42 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 287.1 | 95 | 53 | 3.29 | 135 |
| 1936 | 27 | CLE | 36 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 224.2 | 84 | 71 | 5.17 | 97 |
| 1937 | 28 | CLE | 38 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 233.2 | 95 | 86 | 4.28 | 108 |
| 1938 | 29 | CLE | 38 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 240 | 102 | 62 | 3.83 | 125 |
| 1939 | 30 | CLE | 29 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 208 | 67 | 64 | 3.50 | 132 |
| 1940 | 31 | CLE | 31 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 186.1 | 76 | 59 | 4.06 | 108 |
| 1941 | 32 | CLE | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 68.2 | 21 | 37 | 5.24 | 79 |
| 1942 | 33 | CLE | 29 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 198.2 | 74 | 82 | 3.44 | 106 |
| 1943 | 34 | CLE | 19 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 135.1 | 40 | 61 | 3.06 | 108 |
| 1944 | 35 | CLE | 30 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 196.1 | 64 | 69 | 3.71 | 92 |
| 1945 | 36 | CLE | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 16 | 23 | 3.67 | 92 |
| 1946 | 37 | CLE | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 92.1 | 21 | 31 | 3.41 | 103 |
| 1947 | 38 | CLE | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 17 | 27 | 4.50 | 82 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 1929 | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1930 | P | 36 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 3 |
| 1931 | P | 40 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 4 |
| 1932 | P | 39 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 2 | 0 |
| 1933 | P | 43 | 0 | 22 | 87 | 3 | 4 |
| 1934 | P | 44 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 2 |
| 1935 | P | 42 | 0 | 18 | 81 | 4 | 0 |
| 1936 | P | 36 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| 1937 | P | 38 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 3 |
| 1938 | P | 38 | 0 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 2 |
| 1939 | P | 29 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 1940 | P | 31 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
| 1941 | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1942 | P | 29 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 5 |
| 1943 | P | 19 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 1944 | P | 30 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 3 |
| 1945 | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946 | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Mel Harder won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1938, 1935, 1934.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 4 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 2 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
Mel Harder ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #137 | starting pitchers | 1934 | 172 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.