Word: gaedel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...break out in a smile of unexpected dimensions. One is a basketball player of 7 ft. 7 in. but just 208 lbs., the other a football player of 308 lbs. but just 6 ft. 2 in. Since their sideshow duties extend to the legitimate arena, neither is an Eddie Gaedel, the baseball midget of 1951 with "a strike zone barely visible to the naked eye." But both are Primo Carneras from boxing's '30s, outsize attractions obliged to double as spectacles...
...Speaking of pint-sized ballplayers, the smallest ballplayer ever was midget, Eddie Gaedel, who tipped the scales at 65 pounds and was but 3-ft, 7-in, tall. For ten huge points, talking height and weight into account, who was the biggest regular player (non-pitcher) ever to play...