Mel Harder Awards

What awards did Mel Harder win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Mel Harder in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"I didn't have much of a curveball until I got to professional ball. I also had to learn a change-up when I made it to the pros. I got a lot of batters out with that fastball sinker. But over the years, I had to mix it up more." - Mel Harder on ESPN SportsZone (ESPN Live Broadcast: July 22, 1998)

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Mel Harder

Mel Harder Autograph on a 1989 Pacific Trading (#205)

Mel Harder Autograph on a 1989 Pacific Trading (#205)
 

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Birth Name:   Melvin Leroy Harder
Nickname:   Chief or Mel
Born On:   10-15-1909  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Beemer, Nebraska
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-20-2002
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chardon, Ohio
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Technical High School (Omaha, NE)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-24-1928 (Age 18)
Last Game:   09-07-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Mel Harder

Awards

1961 Cleveland Indians Man of the Year Award


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