Eddie Gaedel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eddie Gaedel

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1925

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1961

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was the smallest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game.
Gaedel (some sources say the family name may actually have been Gaedele, which is the name seen on his gravestone) gained recognition in the second game of a St.
Louis Browns doubleheader on August 19, 1951.
Weighing 65 pounds (29 kg) and standing 3 feet 7 inches (109 cm) tall, he became the shortest player in the history of the Major Leagues.
Gaedel made a single plate appearance and was walked with four consecutive balls before being replaced by a pinch-runner at first base.
His jersey, bearing the uniform number "?1/8", 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."