 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gedeon akasainwa neWashington Senators pashure pokupedza kufunda muzhizha ra1939. Akasarudza kusaina neSenators pamusoro pekuonekwa kunobvira senhengo yechikwata cheU.S.A. mumitambo yeOlympics yeZhizha ya1940. Gedeon akanga ari tarisiro chaiyo; Clark Griffith, purezidhendi weSenators, akataura Gedeon ku The Sporting News musi waJune 15, paakataura nezvevatambi vatsva vanofadza: Tine... wechidiki kubva kuYunivhesiti yeMichigan anonzi Gedeon. Gedeon akatanga kupiwa basa kuchikwata chiduku che baseball muOrlando, Florida kwaakatamba mumitambo 67 muna 1939. Pakati paSeptember, akashevedzwa kumakwikwi makuru uko akaonekwa mumitambo mishanu semutambi wekunze aine matatu hits, imwe run uye imwe RBI. Hits dzake nhatu dzakauya mukukunda 10-9 vachipesana neCleveland Indians musi waGunyana 19 semutambi wepakati anotanga. Mumitambo yake mishanu mikuru yeligi, akatamba mitambo mina munhandare yepakati uye imwe munhandare yekurudyi. 