Louis Edward Vedder (April 20, 1897 – March 9, 1990) was a
professional baseball and
American football player. He appeared in one game in
Major League Baseball for the
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
during the
1920
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* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
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season as a
relief pitcher. Listed at 5' 10", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
He also played for the
Buffalo Bisons of the
National Football League as a
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
in 1927.
Born in
Oakville, Michigan, Lou Vedder played just one game of professional baseball, but it was at the major league level. On September 18, 1920 Vedder pitched two perfect innings of relief for the Tigers in a 7–4 defeat to the visiting
Boston Red Sox at
Navin Field. He faced the minimum of six batters,
striking out one of them, and never appeared in a major league game again.
Retrosheet – Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4, Game Played on Saturday, September 18, 1920 (D) at Navin Field
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Vedder was a longtime resident of Lake Placid, Florida, where he died at the age of 92.[
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Major League Baseball pitchers
Detroit Tigers players
American football fullbacks
Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players
Baseball players from Michigan
1897 births
1990 deaths