Why was Eddie Gaedel so short?
Why was Eddie Gaedel so short?
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.
Who has the shortest MLB career?
That wasn’t the case for John Paciorek, who had perhaps the greatest — and shortest — career in Major League history. On the final day of the 1963 season, the then-Houston Colt 45s gave the 18-year-old Paciorek his big league debut against the Mets. It was an unexpected move.
