Here are a couple of extremely different logos from the same team, major league baseball’s old St. Louis Browns. On the left is the team logo used from 1936 until 1951, showing Saint Louis on horseback with sword in hand. Then in 1952, the logo was changed to the impish “brownie” shown on the right. The change coincided with Bill Veeck becoming owner of the franchise. Veeck is well known for his outlandish promotions, and as the Browns owner, he hired a midget, Eddie Gaedel, gave him uniform number 1/8, and sent him up to bat in a game. Gaedel, ordered not to swing, walked on 4 pitches, but his contract was voided the next day by the president of the American league. The team had little success in St. Louis, trying to compete for fans with the powerhouse NL Cardinals, and eventually moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles.