Mel Ingram

{{Short description|American baseball player (1904–1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mel Ingram

|position=Pinch runner

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1904|7|4}}

|birth_place=Asheville, North Carolina

|death_date={{death date and age|1979|10|28|1904|7|4}}

|death_place=Medford, Oregon

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 24

|debutyear=1929

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 28

|finalyear=1929

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games

|stat1value=3

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{By|1929}})

}}

Melvin David Ingram (July 4, 1904 – October 28, 1979) was a Major League Baseball player. Ingram played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in {{By|1929}} as a pinch runner in 3 games.

Ingram was born in Asheville, North Carolina and died in Medford, Oregon. He attended Gonzaga University from 1925 to 1929 where he played football, basketball, baseball and also ran track. He lettered in all four sports - resulting in 15 of 16 total letters in his days at Gonzaga. After college he signed with Pittsburgh, only after being guaranteed an early release to go into coaching college baseball in Wallace, Idaho for the Bulldogs from 1925-1928.{{cite web|title=Gonzaga University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/gonzaga_university_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |accessdate=10 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712225144/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/gonzaga_university_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=12 July 2004 |url-status=dead }}