#75 Mel "Chief" Harder, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Utah Gas House Gang

#75 Mel "Chief" Harder, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Utah Gas House Gang
Monday, 10/26/2009

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Mel Harder
Chief
10/15/1980
29
USA,NE,Beemer
6"1
195

Starting Pitcher
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R

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1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
2009
8 Year(s), 39 Days (1415 total Days)
168 Day(s)
8 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	33	66	95	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	32	65	95
Versus RHB	34	66	95
Talent	50	70	95

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

91
64
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	30	21	6	1	105
Versus LHP	30	21	6	1	105
Versus RHP	30	21	6	1	105
Talent	30	10	10	10	105

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11
16
4
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 50 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 5

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/8	ORO	L 4-11	*	6.2	10	6	5	3	1	L
8/14	@NAU	L 3-5	*	8	11	5	5	1	0	L
8/19	SEA	W 9-4	*	7.2	10	4	1	2	2	W
8/24	@HOU	W 8-3	*	6	9	3	3	1	1
8/29	@STL	W 14-1	*	8.1	11	1	1	0	5	W
9/4	@LAS	L 6-7	*	7	7	4	2	3	8
9/9	HOU	L 5-7	*	7	10	5	5	1	2	L
9/15	JIM	L 3-7	*	4	8	7	7	3	1	L
9/20	@CAB	L 3-5	*	7	9	5	4	2	3	L
9/26	POR	L 4-8	*	6.2	11	7	5	2	2	L

Pitching Stats 2009

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	39	20	4	11	0	5.06	149.1	208	103	84	50	56	1	5.0	0	9	45.0
Projected	39	20	4	11	0	5.06	149.0	208	103	84	50	56

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	4	0	1.$	19	6	15.7	12.5	3.4	3.0	13	1	7.7	10	3	30.0	5.54

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	336	117	20	4	3	51	54	34	22	0	0	2	.348	.405	.458	.863
vs. RHB	295	91	15	4	3	45	49	16	34	0	0	0	.308	.333	.417	.750

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	22	12	2	7	0	6.36	86.1	135	76	61	32	33
Road	17	8	2	4	0	3.29	63.0	73	27	23	18	23
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	1	0	2	0	7.54	14.1	25	15	12	7	1
May	4	4	1	1	0	3.86	25.2	35	16	11	9	13
June	8	3	1	1	0	4.81	24.1	29	13	13	8	11
July	7	1	0	0	0	2.20	16.1	17	5	4	6	6
August	6	6	2	3	0	5.11	37.0	57	26	21	9	9
Sept./Oct.	5	5	0	4	0	6.54	31.2	45	28	23	11	16

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1928	23	1	0	2	1	6.61	49.0	64	0	36	0	32	15	0	0	1.96	.000	CLE
1929	11	0	1	0	0	5.60	17.2	24	0	11	0	5	4	0	0	1.64	.000	CLE
1930	36	19	11	10	2	4.21	175.1	205	0	82	0	68	44	7	0	1.56	.000	CLE
1931	40	24	13	14	1	4.36	194.0	229	0	94	0	72	63	9	0	1.55	.000	CLE
1932	39	32	15	13	0	3.75	254.2	277	0	106	0	68	90	17	1	1.35	.000	CLE
1933	43	31	15	17	4	2.95	253.0	254	0	83	0	67	81	14	2	1.27	.000	CLE
2009	39	20	4	11	0	5.06	149.1	208	103	84	6	50	56	1	0	1.73	.355	UTA
Total	231	127	59	67	8	4.08	1093.0	1261	103	496	6	362	353	48	3	1.48	4.614

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2009, AAA	3	3	0	2	0	8.04	15.2	26	14	14	3	5	10	0	0	1.98	.404

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1928	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1929	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1930	36	63	9	2	1	0	4	8	2	28	1	0	.143	.169	.206	.376	CLE
1931	40	75	19	2	1	0	10	7	2	24	0	0	.253	.273	.307	.579	CLE
1932	39	94	17	7	1	0	13	11	5	25	0	0	.181	.222	.277	.499	CLE
1933	44	84	16	3	0	1	5	2	2	26	0	0	.190	.209	.262	.471	CLE
2009	39	45	8	0	0	1	5	3	0	3	1	0	.178	.178	.244	.422	UTA
Total	232	370	69	14	3	2	37	31	11	113	2	0	.186	.210	.257	.467

Fielding Stats 2009

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.952

149.1

2.53

Player History

Injured on 8/22/2006 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
Released by New Canaan on 9/12/2006...
Drafted in 22nd round, 649th overall pick, by Jimtown in 2007...
Traded from Jimtown to Ghosts of '69 on 6/1/2007 (Going to GHO: P Mel Harder, C Johnny Gooch, 1B Fred Tenney. Going to JIM: P Dave Baldwin)...
Drafted in 18th round, 535th overall pick, by Utah in 2009...

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