Information: - Francis Field Saucier ( born May 28 , 1926 ) is an American former professional baseball player , an outfielder who played two months of the 1951 baseball season for the St. Louis Browns . Although he had a spectactular minor league career , he is perhaps best known for being replaced by the shortest player in baseball history , Eddie Gaedel , who pinch - hit for him in a stunt devised by Browns ' owner Bill Veeck in 1951 , Saucier 's only season in the big leagues . In his eighteen - game Major League career , Saucier had one hit in 14 at - bats , giving him a .071 batting average . Saucier also had three walks , scored four runs , and had one RBI . He was much more prolific in the minor leagues , however , hitting .348 in 1948 , his first pro season , at Belleville in the Illinois State League , and followed that with a .446 average at Wichita Falls in 1949 , which led all of professional baseball . This attracted the attention of Veeck , who signed him in July 1951 , paying him a substantial bonus to return to baseball . In 1950 , Frank batted .343 for the San Antonio Missions in the ( Texas League - batting champion ) and was named the Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year . An injury in 1951 and two years in the U.S. Navy - Lt. during the Korean War ( in addition to 38 months in World War II ) short - circuited his playing time , and he never played in the majors again . copy edit Professional baseball was his '' stepping stone '' to Texas . Saucier graduated from Westminster College in Fulton , Missouri with a degree in math and physics ; the baseball field there is named after him . Ironically , the site is named Frank Saucier Field ; his full name is Francis Field Saucier . - Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier. A native of Camden, South Carolina and three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Paterson, New Jersey, Doby accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University. At 17 years of age, he began his professional baseball career with the Newark Eagles as the team's second baseman. Doby joined the United States Navy during World War II. His military service complete, Doby returned to baseball in 1946, and along with teammate Monte Irvin, helped the Eagles win the Negro League World Series. - William Louis Veeck Jr. (February 9, 1914 January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill", was a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox. As owner and team president of the Indians in 1947, Veeck signed Larry Doby, thus beginning the integration of the American League. Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune, and is responsible for many innovations and contributions to baseball. What is the relationship between 'frank saucier' and 'united states navy'?
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