A Lifetime Achievement Award plaque presented to Bill Veeck in 1980. The award was given to Veeck by Baseball Magazine, the first time the publication had honored someone in such a way. The plaque reads: 1980 Lifetime Achievement Award - Presented by Baseball Magazine to Bill Veeck - For his long and distinguished service to the National Game. The lot will also include a photo of Veeck receiving the award and a press release from Baseball Magazine. Veeck, who at times owned the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox was known as a fun-loving innovator who left a long mark on the game. Among his innovations was adding player names to the back of uniforms and having scoreboards set off fireworks after a home run. In 1951, he sent up Eddie Gaedel, a little person who stood at 3 foot 7, to bat for the Browns (he walked). Veeck passed away in 1986 at the age of 71 from cancer.