Box Score Game Card (1934) – RBFL0049

Box Score Game Card: RBFL0049
Card Date: June 10, 1934
Autograph(s) Mel Harder (D).
Grade Value: V3

Pink paint strokes on a white background.Pink paint strokes on a white background.

Significance of autograph (very valuable):
The All-Star Game in this era of baseball was a major event … 10 times more so than it is today. No inter-league play; most of the major cities had both an American League and National League team with comparisons of players inevitable. So, on this day, despite Carl Hubbell’s historic pitching performance, it was Mel Harder who pitched one-hit ball for five innings, five innings … the greatest pitching performance in all-star history.
Harder was no one-day all-star wonder. He would pitch three shutout innings in the 1936 All-Star game as well and follow it up with three more shutout innings in the 1937 game for eleven consecutive shutout All-Star innings. And he had a marvelous career with many outstanding seasons posting 223 career wins.

Mel Harder – Wikipedia