Melvin Nicholas Held (April 12, 1929 – July 20, 2024) was an American professional baseball player.
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.
In his first two MLB games, on April 27–28, Held pitched a total of three innings of scoreless relief against the Washington Senators.
In his next two appearances, however, in May against the first-division Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees, Held surrendered four earned runs and five hits in four innings.