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Eddie Gaedel's Big At-Bat
On August 19, 1951, the Barnum-esque, maverick owner
of the St. Louis Browns Bill Veeck engineered baseball's
greatest stunt when he sent a three-foot seven-inch
man named Eddie Gaedel to the plate. The umpire
Ed Hurley refused to let Gaedel bat, but Gaedel
produced a contract he had just signed.
This is one of the only known signatures of Eddie
Gaedel. He was gunned down on a Chicago street corner
in 1961. The only major leaguer to go to his funeral
was Bob Cain, the pitcher who walked him in his
one at-bat. A rare ticket and box score from that
game are also shown. 
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