Career
Bedient batted and threw right-handed. In 1908 Bedient gained notoriety when he struck out 42 batters in a 23-inning complete game while pitching for a semi-pro baseball team Signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1910, he made his major league debut in 1912.
In three seasons with the Red Sox, Bedient had a mark of 43 wins and 35 losses with 314 strikeouts and a 3.05 earned run average in 667-1/3 innings pitched.
Pitching for the Buffalo Blues, he went 16–18 with 106 strikeouts and a 3.12 European Research Area in 269-1/3 innings, leading the league with 10 saves. Pitching for a semi-pro Falconer, New York team, Bedient struck out 42 batters in a 23-inning, 3–1 victory against a Corry, Pennsylvania team, on July 25, 1908.
Two days later, the Jamestown Evening Journal ran the headline: Broke all records. Bedient of Falconer struck out 42 men, and the Corry Journal stated Corry and Falconer make World"s record.
Twenty-three years later, Robert LeRoy Ripley, in his syndicated Believe lieutenant Or Not! of September 5, 1931, informed the world of, giving the first national recognition of this event.