William Louis Veeck Jr. (/ˈvɛk/ VECK; February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill" and "Wild Bill", was an American Major League...

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck – As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the...

drafted in 1945 taking two more starters out of the lineup. In 1946, Bill Veeck formed an investment group that purchased the Cleveland Indians from Bradley's...

appendix, entitled "Did Bill Veeck Lie About His Plan to Purchase the '43 Phillies?", published in Paul Dickson's 2012 biography, Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest...

more colorful times for the stadium occurred during the early 1940s when Bill Veeck owned the team. The "PT Barnum of Baseball" brought an element of whimsy...

and WLUP hoped for a crowd of 20,000, and Mike Veeck hired enough security for 35,000. Owner Bill Veeck was concerned the promotion might become a disaster...

purchased by Bill Veeck (son of former Chicago Cubs president William Veeck, Sr.) in a partnership with former Cubs star Charlie Grimm. Under Veeck's ownership...

Margaret Ann Veeck Krehbiel, and William Louis Veeck Jr., also known as Bill Veeck. Bill owned the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. Veeck Sr. is buried...

barrier in the American League when he signed a contract to play with Bill Veeck's Cleveland Indians. Doby was the first player to go directly to the majors...

with Dorothy selling a majority share to a group led by Bill Veeck after the 1958 season. Veeck was notorious for his promotional stunts, attracting fans...