Frank Saucier, one of the last three surviving St. Louis Browns players, who was involved in one of the most unique incidents in MLB history, passed away on Monday at the age of 98.

Saucier, one of three remaining St. Louis Browns, passed away in Amarillo, Tex. Ed Mickelson, 98, and Billy Hunter, 96, are the last living Browns.

In his lone season in MLB, Saucier was involved in one of the most unique incidents in sports history… the Eddie Gaedel saga.

The date was Aug. 19, 1951. A doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park had a celebration of the American League’s 50th birthday between the games. Popping out of the cake, in a Browns uniform, was the 3-foot-7 Gaedel.

It was just one of many stunts pulled by Browns owner Bill Veeck, but it was arguably their most memorable.

Saucier started in right field for the second game. Saucier noted this as unusual as he normally played left field, and that he was injured.

“During the preceding week, (Owner Bill) Veeck and (Manager Zack) Taylor were telling the press and sportswriters that I would be starting Sunday, perhaps with the idea of luring a few more fans to the park,” Saucier wrote in a manuscript, much of it reprinted in an article by Bill Miller Sr. in Senior Life-Times in 1997. “They both knew, as did I, that I had been undergoing intensive treatment for my injured shoulder and was unable to throw overhand or swing a bat. The hype appeared to work, at least to a small degree, because fans and friends from my hometown chartered several buses to bring them to St. Louis to see the game.”

During spring training in 1952, he was recalled by the Navy for service in the Korean War. He served until his discharge in April 1954.

Saucier was nearly 28 when he returned to civilian life and presumably too old to contribute much to the Browns. He quit baseball, settled in Texas and spent 38 years as an executive in the oil, gas and chemicals industries.

Saucier, who lived in San Antonio, is survived by his son, John; his daughter, Sara; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. His wife, Virginia Pullen Saucier, died in 2009.