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Mel Held Pitcher Born: April 12, 1929
Edon, OhioBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut April 27, 1956 for the Baltimore Orioles Last MLB appearance May 13, 1956 for the Baltimore Orioles Career statistics Win-Loss record 0–0 Earned run average 5.14 Innings pitched 7 Teams - Baltimore Orioles (1956)
Melvin Nicholas Held (born April 12, 1929, at Edon, Ohio) is a retired American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball games as a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles at the outset of the 1956 season, and had a 13-year career in minor league baseball. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).
Held, nicknamed "Country," was a nine-year minor league veteran when he pitched for the Orioles in 1956, having signed with the team when it was the St. Louis Browns in 1947. A sparkling 1955 season for the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League — he posted a 24–7 won-lost record and a 2.87 earned run average — earned him a call-up to Baltimore the following year.
In his first two MLB games, on April 27–28, Held pitched a total of three innings of scoreless relief against the Washington Senators. But in his next two appearances, in May against the first-division Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees, Held surrendered four earned runs and five hits in four innings.[1] Altogether, Held gave up seven hits in seven innings pitched in MLB, with three walks and four strikeouts.
Held was sent back to the minor leagues for good at the May cutdown. His career continued through 1959, and he won 131 minor-league games.[2]
References
- ^ Retrosheet
- ^ Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference
External links
- Major League record and career statistics from Baseball Reference
Categories:- 1929 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Baseball players from Ohio
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Minor league baseball players
- People from Williams County, Ohio
- San Antonio Missions players
- Vancouver Mounties players
- American baseball pitcher, 1920s births stubs
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