Luther Raymond Harvel (September 30, 1905 – April 10, 1986), nicknamed "Red", was an American professional baseball player,

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, he spent almost 50 years in baseball, his career stretching from 1926 into the 1970s. A centerfielder during his active career, he threw and batted right-handed, was tall and weighed . He appeared in 40

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in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, getting into 40 games from July 31st on, including 39 in center. Luther spent most of 1928 at Omaha, hitting .352. He played 13 years in the minors and also managed five seasons. During his 1928 MLB stint — all but one game of which occurred in August and September of that season — Harvel collected 30

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in 136 at bats, with six doubles and one

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. Harvel was later a scout for the Kansas City/Oakland A's (1967-1968), Cleveland Indians (1969-1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971-1972), and A's again (1973-1974). He died on 10 April 1986, in

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, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80.https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9KLP-KRW/luther-raymond-harvel-1905-1986

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