Eddie Gaedel

Eddie Gaedel became a famous baseball player due to the showmanship of St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck. He was 3 feet, 7 inches tall and wore the number “1/8” on his uniform. In his only plate appearance, he walked on four pitches, and thus became one of only five major leaguers who drew a walk in their only plate appearance and never played in the field.


Gaedel’s grandnephew Kyle Gaedele was a minor league ballplayer. He was 6 feet 4 inches tall.