- Pete Redfern
Infobox MLB retired
name=Pete Redfern
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1954|8|25
city-state|Glendale|California
debutdate=May 15
debutyear=by|1976
debutteam=Minnesota Twins
finaldate=September 5
finalyear=by|1982
finalteam=Minnesota Twins
stat1label=Win-Loss Record
stat1value=42-48
stat2label=Strikeout s
stat2value=426
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=4.54
teams=
*Minnesota Twins (1976-82)Peter Irvine Redfern is a former
Major League Baseball pitcher . He had a seven-season career in the majors from by|1976 until by|1982, all with theMinnesota Twins .Redfern was the Twins' first-round pick, and the first pick overall in the secondary phase of the 1976 draft. He made his debut that May, and pitched for them until being released at the end of
spring training in by|1983.In by|1982, Redfern was the starting pitcher in the first Twins game at the
Metrodome , facing theSeattle Mariners . He lost the game toFloyd Bannister . [ [http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/min/misc.pdf] 2007 Twins Media Guide]In October, 1983, Redfern was paralyzed in a diving accident, which ended his major league career. He remains confined to a wheelchair to this day. [ [http://articles.latimes.com/1999/aug/11/sports/sp-64671] "Power House", Los Angeles Times article about Redfern's son]
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