The 1916 Cubs were one of the few teams in history, and the most recent until 1999, to have three players whose last names begin with "Z": Zeider, Zwilling, and Heinie Zimmerman.

Zeider began his professional career in 1905, which he split between the Crookston Crooks and Winnipeg Maroons of the Northern League.

He played for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1919,[3] and finished his career in 1924 with the Paris North Stars of the class-D East Texas League.

By that time, his speed had decreased, but he still was eighth in the league in steals with 35 that year (tied with Tom Downey and Baldy Louden) in what would be arguably his best full season.

After retiring from professional baseball, he ran a restaurant in Garrett, Indiana, called Polly's Tavern.

[5] Zeider died in a hospital in Garrett, aged 83, and was interred beside his first wife in Woodlawn Cemetery in Auburn.