Mel Harder
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1934
name: label: referenced
content: Cleveland Indians
notes: label: Description
content: Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Mel Harder.
label: Description
content: Right-handed pitcher Mel Harder threw for the Cleveland Indians for almost twenty years, taking the mound for the team from 1928-1947. A four-time All-Star, Harder compiled a lifetime 223-186 win-loss record with a 3.80 earned run average, 1,1661 strike outs and 24 saves, After hanging up his glove, the Nebraskan native served as a coach for several teams, including pitching coach for Cleveland's 1948 World Series championship club. He even had two short stints as the Indian's interim Manager (at the end of the 1961 and 1962 seasons) attaining a 3-0 record.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.115
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm