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Answer: St Louis Browns

The Browns were a perennial loser in the American League for many years. The Cardinals were the other Major League team in St. Louis. The Rams are a football team, and the Blues were a hockey team. The Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles.

Answer: Bill Veeck

Veeck had a reputation for promotion, that is bring people to the ballpark to see something other than a game. Comisky owned the Chicago White Sox. Branch Rickey brought Jackie Robinson to the Major Leagues. Billy Sol Estes was involved in a political scandal during the Lyndon Johnson administration.

Answer: 1951

The exact date is August 17, 1951. He appeared as a pinch-hitter for Frank Saucier who was placed in the line-up but was injured. After being walked, he ran toward first, stopped, took a bow and tipped his hat to the roar of 17,000 patrons. He was replaced by a pinch-runner.

Answer: 1/8

Some sources report the number as 18 but most authorities say it was 1/8. He used a toy bat and was told not to swing at any pitch on pain of "being shot".

Answer: Pop out of a cake

Eddie's first appearance was popping out of a cake that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Falstaff Brewing Company. He was kept under wraps until his plate appearance. Eddie had signed a legitmate Major League contract that was wired to league offices.

Answer: Bob Cain

Bob Cain was the pitcher for the Tigers and Swift was his catcher. Both were laughing so hard they could barely go through the motions. Swift advised Cain to "keep it low".

Answer: Riveter

After his Major League appearance, he had a number of opportunties to capitalize on his fame but turned them down, mostly because he did not like to travel out of Chicago. Eddie worked as a riveter, and because of his size, he was able to get into areas that normal sized workers could not. Mostly, Eddie worked as a bartender in a Chicago night club that hired only little people to work.

Answer: Alcohol

Eddie had a severe drinking problem. Although little people suffer a number of conditions due to size and growth patterns, Eddie was overall in good health.

Answer: Being beaten during a mugging/robbery

As a result of his drinking problem, Eddie had a reputation for being in vicious bar fights. He was found in his bed dead by a family member. He had obviously been beaten and robbed but managed somehow to make it to his room. The Chicago Police Department declined to investigate further because of Eddie's reputation.

The only representative of Major League baseball to attend his funereal was Bob Cain, the pitcher he had faced, who had driven 300 miles to be present. Bill Veeck said he was too busy.

Answer: Career on-base percentage

Since he had only one appearence, his walk gave him a 1000.0% on-base percentage, although he was not credited with an official at-bat. No kind of baseball recognition was given him during his life or after.