Melvin L. Harder

(1909-2002) born at Beemer, Cuming County, lived in Omaha. Baseball pitcher, coach, earned 223 wins as major league pitcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1928 to 1947, then contributed as a coach to the success of several notable pitchers from 1948 to 1963; completed his coaching career with four other teams from 1964 to 1969, achieving a total of 42 seasons in the major leagues. Consult The Ballplayers (Morrow, 1990) 441 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, Vol 2 (Greenwood Press, 2000) 625-626 and New York Times obituary, October 21, 2002, p. A-17.

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