Stephen Blasius Melter (January 2, 1886 – January 28, 1962) was an American

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

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who appeared in 23 games, all but one in relief, for the

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1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Janu ...

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Major League Baseball pitchers St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Iowa 1886 births 1962 deaths Sioux City Packers players Omaha Rourkes players Boise Irrigators players Spokane Indians players Denver Bears players Butte Miners players Grand Rapids Black Sox players People from Cherokee, Iowa 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub