Mel Harder
American baseball player and coach
Died when: 93 years 5 days (1116 months)Star Sign: Libra
Melvin Leroy Harder (October 15, 1909 – October 20, 2002), nicknamed "Chief", was an American right-handed starting pitcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball, who played his entire career with the Cleveland Indians.
He spent 36 seasons overall with the Indians, as a player from 1928 to 1947 and as one of the game's most highly regarded pitching coaches from 1948 to 1963.
He set franchise records for wins (223), games started (433) and innings pitched (34261/3) which were later broken by Bob Feller, and still holds the club record of 582 career games pitched; he was among the American League's career leaders in wins (9th), games (8th) and starts (10th) when he retired.
He was also an excellent fielder, leading AL pitchers in putouts four times, then a record.
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