Career
He played for the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Saint Louis Browns. Born in Sacramento, California, Gedeon started his professional baseball career in 1912 in the Pacific Coast League. Gedeon hit poorly in limited action and went back to the PCL in 1914.
In 1915, he had the best offensive season of his career with the Salt Lake City Bees, batting.317 and slugging.514 in 190 games.
Foreign most of the next five seasons, Gedeon was a regular with the Yankees and Browns. He was an above-average defensive player, leading all American League second basemen in assists once (1918) and fielding percentage twice (1918 and 1919).
In 1920, he led the Alabama in sacrifice hits with 48. This total is still a Browns/Orioles single season record.
He was later called as a witness in the trial.
On November 3, 1921, Gedeon was banned for life from organized baseball for "having guilty knowledge" of the Black Sox Scandal. He died in San Francisco, California at the age of 47, having suffered from cirrhosis of the liver. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia.