Herman Wedemeyer was a All-American football player at St. Mary’s College and would later go on to be elected to College Football’s Hall of Fame. He also played two years of professional football and was a politician in his native Hawaii- where he also dabbled in acting, appearing as “Duke” Lukela in 143 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O.
However, he also had a brief baseball career, playing in 15 games in 1950 for Sal Lake City in the Pioneer League, where he played alongside future MLB player Mike Baxes and also Wally Yonamine, who would be the first American to play in Japan after WWII.
Here are his stats:
Year | Age | AgeDif | Tm | Lg | Lev | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | ||
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1950 | 26 | 2.8 | Salt Lake City | PION | C | 15 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .292 | 14 |
1 Season | 15 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .292 | 14 |
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