About Lou Vedder
Lou Vedder, 92, American baseball and football player (Detroit Tigers).
Explore other notable deaths in 1990 or deaths in March 1990.
The Deaths Archive presents
How well do you know Lou Vedder?
Explore their life. Test your knowledge. Beat the challenge.
10 questions · One legacy · How much do you really know?
Challenge your friends
Play together in real-time.
Advertisement
Full Biography
|Louis Edward Vedder (April 20, 1897 – March 9, 1990) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers during the 1920 season as a relief pitcher. Listed at 5' 10", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
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.
Vedder was a longtime resident of Lake Placid, Florida, where he died at the age of 92.
Content from Wikipedia — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Interactive
Test Your Knowledge – Trivia Challenge
How well do you know this person's life and legacy?
No account needed to play. Sign in to keep your score on the leaderboard.
Books & Media
Find books, audiobooks and films about Lou Vedder on Amazon.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Sources
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Vedder
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sep 26, 2026
- View article
- Sep 26, 2026
People who died on March 9
Spotted an error?
Help us keep the archive accurate. Report a correction with a source.
Report an error for Lou Vedder →Advertisement