# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-harder
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:09:42.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-harder"
name: "Mel Harder"
slug: "mel-harder"
description: "Melvin Leroy Harder, 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 42 seasons in baseball, the first 36 with the Indians as a pitcher 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 which were later broken by Bob Feller, and he 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."
tagline: "American baseball player and coach (1909–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Harder_Goudey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1909-10-15"
deathDate: "2002-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             2.647058823529412
  historical:           7.428512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "梅爾·哈德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "ميل هاردر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "ميل هاردر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Harder"
    title: "Mel Harder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Harder"
    title: "Mel Harder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メル・ハーダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C_%ED%95%98%EB%8D%94"
    title: "멜 하더"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Хардер, Мел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump