He is known for being replaced by the shortest player in baseball history, Eddie Gaedel, who pinch-hit for him in a stunt devised by Browns' owner Bill Veeck in 1951, Saucier's only season in the big leagues.
[1] In his eighteen-game major league career, Saucier had one hit in 14 at-bats, giving him a .071 batting average.
This attracted the attention of Veeck, who signed him in July 1951, paying him a substantial bonus to return to baseball.
An injury in 1951 and two years in the United States Navy during the Korean War (in addition to 38 months during World War II) short-circuited his playing time, and he never played in the majors again.
[1] Saucier graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri with a degree in math and physics; the baseball field there is named after him.