Pete Redfern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1954
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Pete Redfern
- Peter Irvine Redfern (born August 25, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
- He had a seven-season career in the majors, from 1976 until 1982, all with the Minnesota Twins. Redfern was the Twins' first-round pick, and the first pick overall in the secondary phase of the 1976 draft.
- After pitching in just four games in the minor leagues with the Tacoma Twins, he made his major league debut on May 15 against the California Angels.
- Although he gave up four runs in five innings, he was the winning pitcher (beating Sid Monge) in a 15–5 Twins victory.On April 6, 1982, Redfern was the starting pitcher in the first Twins game at the Hubert H.
- Humphrey Metrodome on Opening Day, facing the Seattle Mariners.
- He lost the game to Floyd Bannister.
- That season would be his last with the Twins, as he was released at the end on March 25, 1983.
- Shortly afterwards, Redfern came into dispute with Minnesota Twins over how much money he was owed.
- A released player in 1983 would get $26,000 severance pay but Redfern and his lawyers said x-rays showed he had an elbow injury and therefore the Twins owed him $160,000.
- He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but appeared in just six games for their top farm team, the Albuquerque Dukes that season. In October 1983, Redfern was almost killed in a diving accident at Newport Beach, California, which left him paralyzed and ended his playing career.
- He uses a wheelchair but is able to walk short distances with a walker.
- His son, Chad, was a minor league pitcher.
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