Any info on pitcher named "Hedgepeth"

[SteveMitchell]

Originally Posted by pitchernut

Thought that I knew more than the average when it comes to no-no pitchers but even for a minor leaguer this is amazing. This pitcher Hedgepeth threw a no-no then two weeks later throws a double header (feat in it's self imo), allowed one hit in the first game and a no-no the second game. I still wonder why he didn't go big in the majors...

It's just a guess but perhaps his studies took up his time. He returned to the minors for a third straight year in the Virginia League (Class C). He was not the big winner he had been previously, slumping from 21 wins to just 9 and dropping his innings pitched, 284 to 165. Baseball-Reference.Com lists Harry Hedgpeth as attending Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, VA) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC). If he graduated UNC and was attending medical school in the off-season, at 25 years old he may have simply decided to pass up baseball for medicine.