Edelen has a good minor league career and cups of coffee with the Cardinals and Reds. Here he is pictured with the AA Arkansas Travelers off and on from 1977 to 1980 winning 28 and losing 13. Arm problems cut his career short in 1983 at the age of 27. Included is a link to the Oklahoman where it talks about Edelen pitching 17 innings in a Class B high school championship game and striking out 35. "Benny Joe" is pictured on the 1980 card. Joe as a 1978 Traveler and "Joey" is shown winding up in 1973. Joe Edelen like his brother Jimmy won Oklahoma's Jim Thorpe award as outstanding high school athletes in baseball and basketball.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...delejo01.shtml
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/spor...onship-game/60
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Edelen