Eisenstat was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York, where, in 2008, he was inducted into its prestigious Wall of Distinction.\n', '

He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, and Cleveland Indians. Eisenstat was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 19, 1935, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the third-youngest player in the National League. In his Major League debut, he gave up 5 runs over two-and-two-thirds innings in a 9-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. On October 4, 1937, he was granted free agency and signed with the Detroit Tigers.\n', '

Eisenstat is best known for, while pitching for the Detroit Tigers in the last game of the 1938 season, beating Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians 4-1 despite Feller setting the Major League record for most strikeouts in a game (18). In that game, Eisenstat took a no-hitter into the 8th inning. Earlier that season, he won both ends of a doubleheader when he pitched nine innings of shutout ball over both games while teammate Hank Greenberg hit three home runs, causing their Tigers Manager, Mickey Cochrane, to warn the two of them to stay in their rooms that night because "the Jews in Detroit are going crazy."\n', '

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