[DOC] [TLE] Eddie Gaedel - Wikipedia [PAR] His jersey, bearing the uniform number " 18", is displayed in the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck  As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one." [DOC] [TLE] There Once was a Little Person Who Played in Major League Baseball [PAR] Mar 28, 2012 ... This man was 26 year old, 3 feet, 7 inch tall Eddie Gaedel. Gaedel was signed by 
Bill Veeck to a Major League contract of $15,400 .... Gaedel is one of just five 
people in the history of Major League Baseball to have only one plate ... the 
number 1/8 on the back, though his official registered number was 18. [DOC] [TLE] The Major League Midget | Birth.Movies.Death. [PAR] Feb 1, 2011 ... At 3 foot 7 Eddie Gaedel was the shortest person to ever play major league 
baseball. ... Only one midget has ever played in a major league baseball game, 
... Browns double header, wearing a uniform with the number 1/8. [DOC] [TLE] The Peculiar Professional Baseball Career of Eddie Gaedel - SABR [PAR] Gaedel was born on June 8, 1925, to parents of normal physical stature. ... The 
only hint Veeck gave to the 18,000 fans in attendance for the August 19 ... an 
entry for a new player, Gaedel, who had the rather curious number of 1?8 
printed ... his research on Central Texas blackball history, pre-MLB Texas 
baseball history,... [DOC] [TLE] The Strangest At-Bat in History - Neatorama [PAR] Aug 19, 2011 ... Edward Carl Gaedel was born on June 8, 1925. ... Tens of thousands of games 
have been played in the history of Major League Baseball. ... as a bartender at "
The Midget Club," a bar in Chicago that employed only little people. ... Gaedel 
wore a borrowed batboy's uniform which sported the number 1/8. [DOC] [TLE] ESPN Classic - Midget Gaedel walks in only MLB appearance [PAR] 1/8, Eddie Gaedel, batting for Saucier" is announced over the loudspeaker, home
-plate umpire ... Major League Baseball will bar the midget from playing again. [DOC] [TLE] Bill Veeck, Eddie Gaedel and the Birth of Legend | Baseball Hall of ... [PAR] BL-252-54-8 (Look Magazine / National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) ... Tigers 
starter Bob Cain, in what would be his only career plate-appearance. ... The 
uniform worn by 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel  featuring his famous 1/8 uniform 
number  is ... the tallest player in major league history, in the One for the Books 
exhibit on... [DOC] [TLE] That Time A 3-Foot-7 Dwarf Had A Major League Plate Appearance ... [PAR] Aug 19, 2016 ... Eddie Gaedel in his one Major League plate appearance. ... one career plate 
appearance, but 65 years ago today Eddie Gaedel did just that. ... 65 pound 
Gaedel strolled to the plate, wearing a uniform with the number "1/8." ... wrote, "
He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. [DOC] [TLE] Bill Veeck, Veeck--As In Wreck, excerpt - University of Chicago Press [PAR] He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. ... For 
although Falstaff only broadcast our games locally, they had distributors and .... 
Rudie stole it and sent it out to get the number 1/8 sewed on the back. .... Ebert 
over the loudspeaker system, "number one-eighth, Eddie Gaedel, batting for 
Saucier.". [DOC] [TLE] Eddie Gaedel Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com [PAR] 9/30 Sons of Sam Horn: Was Pitch a One Hit Wonder? ... 8/19 Call to the Pen: 
MLB History: Eddie Gaedel Makes His Only Appearance: It is a tale that is firmly 
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Question: Eddie Gaedel, number 1/8th, was the only one ever to play in the Major Leagues
Answer: a midget