Red Anderson vs. Mel Harder — Career Comparison

Red Anderson
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Harder
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mel Harder posted a stronger line than Red Anderson. Mel Harder posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.8 vs 4.35) and WHIP (1.408 vs 1.602). By the career numbers, Mel Harder had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Red Anderson and Mel Harder

Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.37
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.53
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.14
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.59
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.49
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.52
54.52
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.4
74.4
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.48
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
4.35
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
3.8
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
27
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10279
27
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.2
9
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3426.1
9
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
9.88
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3706
9.73
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.42
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.54
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
2.94
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.63
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
3.05
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.665
0.665
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.15
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
39.91
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14862
39.04
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.25
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
5.53
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
4.5
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
35.1
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13685
35.95
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Red Anderson and Mel Harder

Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
734
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.62
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Red Anderson and Mel Harder

Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
502.33
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
584
266.67
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1314
600
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
39
544.19
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1203
549.32
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.674
0.674
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
90.87
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
69.41
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
17.35
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.28
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.83
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
21.46
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
57.46
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.84
23.22
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
259
118.26
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
110.05
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
40.64
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
42.47
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
81.28
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.02
70.03
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.85
16.37
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.37
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
17.81
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
369
168.49
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
3.56
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
31.51
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
11
5.02
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.91
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.91
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Harder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100