<Li> Shortest player in Major League Baseball history </Li> <P> Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925--June 18, 1961) was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game . </P> <P> Gaedel (some sources say the family name may actually have been Gaedele) 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 (1.09 m) 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 "⁄", is displayed in the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum . </P> <P> 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 ." </P>

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