Midget in baseball
Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, – June 18, ) was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game .
"He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball.
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Description:Visit Eddie at his website. Tens of thousands of games have been played in the history of Major League Baseball. But on August 19th, , the strangest baseball at-bat ever recorded took place in Sportsman's Park in St. It was on that day, sixty years ago, that a 3'7" player came to bat. Edward Carl Gaedel was born on June 8, His parents and siblings were all of normal stature, but Eddie, for some unknown reason, just stopped growing sometime during his term in elementary school.
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