Lou Vedder
{{Short description|American baseball and football player (1897–1990)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Lou Vedder
|position=Pitcher
|image=Lou Vedder.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1897|4|20|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Oakville, Michigan, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1990|3|9|1897|4|20}}
|death_place=Lake Placid, Florida, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 18
|debutyear=1920
|debutteam=Detroit Tigers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 18
|finalyear=1920
|finalteam=Detroit Tigers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=0.00
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=1
|teams=
- Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1920}})
}}
Louis Edward Vedder (April 20, 1897 – March 9, 1990) was an American professional baseball and football 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veddelo01.shtml |title= Baseball Reference – Major league profile}} He also played for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League (NFL) as a fullback in 1927.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/bff/1927.htm Pro-Football Reference – Player page]
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.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1920/B09180DET1920.htm Retrosheet – Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4, Game Played on Saturday, September 18, 1920 (D) at Navin Field]
Vedder was a longtime resident of Lake Placid, Florida, where he died at the age of 92.