Hugh Carpenter Bedient (October 23, 1889 – July 21, 1965) was a starting pitcher who played in the

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for the

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(1912–1914) and with the

Buffalo Blues The Buffalo Blues were a professional baseball club that played in the short-lived Federal League, which was a minor league in 1913 and a full-fledged outlaw major league the next two years. It was the last major league baseball team to be bas ...

of the

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(1915). Bedient batted and threw right-handed.

Baseball career

Semi-pro

Pitching for a semi-professional team based in Falconer, New York, on July 25, 1908, Bedient struck out 42 batters in a 23-inning, 3–1 victory against a team from Corry, Pennsylvania. Two days later, the ''Jamestown Evening Journal'' ran the headline: "Broke all records. Bedient of Falconer struck out 42 men", and the ''Corry Journal'' stated, "Corry and Falconer make World's record.".

Professional

Bedient was selected by Boston Red Sox from Fall River (New England League) in the major league draft on September 1, 1910. He made his major league debut in 1912. He won 20 games as a Red Sox rookie and outdueled legend

Christy Mathewson Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "the Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "the Gentleman's Hurler", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Gia ...

, defeating the New York Giants, 2–1, in Game Five of the

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. He also pitched the first seven innings of the final game, won by the Red Sox in the tenth, 3–2. His hometown honored his return in October 1912 with a parade and celebration. In three seasons with the Red Sox, Bedient had a mark of 44 wins and 35 losses with 314 strikeouts and a 3.05

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in innings pitched. He later became a member of the outlaw Federal League. Pitching for the Buffalo Blues, he went 16–18 with 106 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in innings, leading the league with 10 saves. During the 1915 season, Bedient pitched for the

of the outlaw major league called the Federal League.

Minor league

Bedient played a significant time in the minor leagues, as follows: * 1910 - Fall River (New England League) * 1911 - Providence (Eastern League) * 1916 - 1917 and 1921 - 1923 - Toledo (American Association) * 1924 - Portland (Pacific Coast League) * 1925 - Atlanta (Southern Association)

Later life

After leaving baseball, Bedient owned a farm in Levant, a hamlet of Jamestown, New York. He was buried at Levant Cemetery in Poland, Chautauqua County, New York.

Memorial

A memorial marker is located a Falconer New York, in the Falconer Park baseball field on Mosher Street, where Bedient once played.

References

External links

Baseball Almanac
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