5 uniform to honor Albert Pujols, an all-time great from Francos native Dominican Republic. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Well, I guess 18 if you count going to Candlestick Park in San Francisco for an NFL exhibition game. As of now, here are the 10 youngest players who opened the season in the big leagues: 1. PACE, Fla. (BVM) - The No. Nuxhall was able to reach the majors at such a young age due to a shortage of players as a result of World War II. The Georgia native quickly earned recognition with his debut single "All My Friends Say" from his 2007 I'll Stay Me album. Furthermore, he also got to receive a lucrative $50,000 signing bonus. Mantle would go on to hit 13 home runs as a teenager for the Yankees, before hitting 23 the following season as a 20-year-old. From 1952-66, Nuxhall would post a 135-117 record with a 3.88 ERA while also recording 1,372 strikeouts. 24 By Jordan ShustermanFOX Sports MLB Writer. Throughout his career, he played eight seasons, all with the Phillies, before retiring in 1955. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1951. Look, Ill be honest: I hadnt heard of these gentlemen when I started this exercise. Who is the youngest manager in MLB in 2023? Guardians outfielder Roman Quinn turned on a 1-2 pitch, sending it over the left-field wall. After all, he is listed in the box score as appearing for Dodger catcher Mickey Owen, but Palica was a pitcher, so it's difficult to discern. He was an extreme outlier case involving the Rule 5 Draft.). They say you cant predict baseball, but that doesnt mean its not fun to try. The Tiger legend hit .250 with a home run in 30 games for Detroit in 1953, kicking off a Hall of Fame career. Trout, who is 28 years and 24 days old, bested Barry Bonds, who was 28 years and 349 days old when he entered the 200-200 club, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Predicting when top 2023 prospects will make their MLB debuts. Cavs Nation - Spencer See 3h. Though he did little to impress in those two games, he was able to stick around Chicago for eight seasons, even earning All-Star honors in 1949 and 1950. The shortstop joined the. If he can stay healthy and continue to dominate to the degree he did last season (1.96 ERA, 43 hits, 108 K's in 78 IPs at two Class-A levels), its not impossible to imagine him being one of Miamis five best starters at some point in 2022. Coventry City vs. Aston Villa (27 February 1999) Gary McSheffrey is the joint-sixth youngest player to ever make their debut in the Premier League, at the same age as Rushian Hepburn-Murphy. There have been 20 teenagers to start on Opening Day in the Modern Era (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Delmon Young: 20 years, 349 daysDebut: Aug. 29, 2006. And Pudge would go on to perhaps a greater career than Bench, hitting .294 with 2,844 hits and 311 home runs to go with a World Series title. At 19 years and 208 days old, Soto is the youngest player to hit a home run in an MLB game since Jurickson Profar of the Texas Rangers back in 2012. Foxx would go on to establish himself as one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history, amassing 534 home runs and 1,922 RBI over 20 seasons. The Marlins have a ton of young pitchers zooming through their system, but Perez might be the crown jewel. Then again, I dont particularly enjoy trying to predict who is going to win the World Series or the Cy Young Award. Another young player to make an early debut thanks to a large number of regular Major Leaguers serving in WWII, Carl Scheib first saw game action as a 16-year-old on September 6, 1943. Mike Trout and Alex Rodriguez also debuted as teenagers, yet didn't find real, sustainable success until their 20s. He made little impact at the big league level, earning 11 plate appearances through the end of the 1955 season, but only getting one hit, while striking out seven times. As such, it seems likely that the first 2002 baby to reach MLB will have a great chance to be a star someday, too. Even if Alvarez's defense behind the dish isnt fully baked by the end of this season, his bat might be too overwhelming to ignore if the Mets need an offensive boost at some point this year. Making his Major League debut as a reliever on September 24, 1919, Lefty Weinert got shelled, allowing 11 hits and nine runs in four innings. He went 2-for-3 in a Cardinals win over the Pirates. Crawford went 1-for-4 with two RBIs in his debut. Until this day, Joe Nuxhall is in the record books for being the youngest player to ever play in the MLB. In Monday's split-squad start against the Cleveland Guardians, Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon quickly learned how far a baseball travels in the dry Arizona air. In nine games he hit an impressive .308 (on just 15 plate attempts) with no home runs, but he'd go on to become the Twins' greatest slugger, belting 573 home runs. He is still the only 01 baby in the bigs, as the next-youngest player on an active roster right now is the Mariners Rodriguez, who was born on Dec. 29, 2000. Nuxhall still holds the record for the youngest player in MLB history at 15 years, 316 days old. Ken Griffey Jr., CF: 19 years, 133 days in 1989 (Mariners)Griffey's first Opening Day start was also his Major League debut. After spending four years in Oakland's minor leagues, Cruz made his MLB debut in 2005 with the Milwaukee Brewers. Nationals star Juan Soto was the fifth-youngest player on any National League roster for Opening Day 2022. In that debut, he hurled 0.2 innings, allowing two hits and one run in a lopsided loss to the New York Yankees. Since then . Nuxhall still holds the record for the youngest player in MLB history at 15 years, 316 days old. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid; Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. (Bryce Harper hit 22 in 2012, as did Juan Soto in 2018.). Well, Franco is not only younger than every other player in the big leagues, but he's also younger than all the players in Triple-A. He's proven to be a perennial Cy Young candidate since shifting to . Being on a 40-man suggests two very important things about a player: 1) his organization believes he can be a major-leaguer; 2) an additional roster move to clear a spot on the 40-man would not be necessary in the event of any of these players being called up. Despite entering the league at only 17 years old, Granny Hamner would also play in the league for 17 years. Predicting when top 2023 prospects will make their MLB debuts. Maybe he caught an inning at the end of the game. On June 17, 1944 the 17-year-old Miksis entered a game against the Phillies as a pinch runner, scoring a run to help the Brooklyn Dodgers win upon his debut. In that 1916 season, Hornsby hit .313 with 15 triples. All Rights Reserved. 2. He was signed by the Giants at the very young age of 16. Overall, Michaels hit .262 in his big league career with a solid .702 OPS for a utility player. Volpe will need to join or surpass fellow infield prospect Oswald Peraza (older than Franco but currently in Triple-A) on his way to the Bronx. Furthermore, Ott also led the NL in RBI in 1934. By JayHallahan. Brooks Robinson, 3B: 19 years, 332 days in 1957 (Orioles)The Hall of Famer debuted in September 1955 as an 18-year-old, but started his first Opening Day in 1957 before turning 20 in May. MLB Players Born Before/After Date This tool shows the players born immediately before and after a specified birthdate. The Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was 20 years, 85 days old on Opening Day 2019, just out of his teens. Jos Alvarado: 21 years, 347 daysDebut: May 3, 2017. Rusty Staub, RF: 19 years, 8 days in 1963 (Colt .45s)Staub hit cleanup as a 19-year-old on Opening Day in 1963, going 1-for-3 in a Houston loss to San Francisco. He was 20 years, 113 days old on June 22, 2021, when he went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs against the Red Sox in his MLB debut. Erv Palica earned his Major League debut not too long after his seventeenth birthday on April 21, 1945. He pinch hit and struck out in the eighth inning of win over the Chicago White Sox. Astros pitchers youve probably never heard of: LHP Julio Robaina (3/23/01)RHP Jaime Melendez (9/26/01). It was the American Professional Football Association back then, and it included only 10 teams. Perez is the most intriguing player considered for this entire exercise. Adrian Beltre, 3B: 19 years, 363 days in 1999 (Dodgers)Just days before his 20th birthday, Beltre started his first Opening Day, a Dodgers win over the D-backs. During the 2000s, Ramirez is among the National League leaders in numerous categories: 3rd in hits and doubles, 2nd in home runs, extra-base hits, and total bases, and #1 with 1,350 RBI. When he debuted last season, he became the first player born in 2001 to reach the major leagues. Robinson was an All-Star each season from 1960 through 1974 and won 16 Gold Gloves, the most of any position player. Since Mike Trout (hes pretty good) did it in August 2011, only six players have debuted as teenagers: Harper, Profar, Dylan Bundy, Julio Urias, Juan Soto and Elvis Luciano. But after his debut, Nuxhall would return to the league in 1952. Franco wont be the youngest player to take the field in a Tampa Bay uniform, either. Bryce Harper has taken Major League Baseball by storm at the tender age of 19 years old, which got us thinking about the most notable teenage debuts in the history of the game. As such, this Wander fun fact seemed especially ripe for further exploration. Kranepool would play his entire 18-year career for the Mets, winning the 1969 World Series with the club and representing the team in the 1965 All-Star Game. Upton: 19 years, 347 daysDebut: Aug. 2, 2004. He threw 2/3 of an inning for the Reds on June 10, 1944. NFL Franchise Dates of Entry From 1920 to 2002. Soto made his MLB debut in 2018 at the age of 19 and has quickly become one of the league's best players. The Orioles beat the Washington Senators, 7-6. Wander Franco was the youngest player in the MLB in both 2021 and 2022. In the season-ending game, Derrington was given a chance to start for the Chicago White Sox in his MLB debut. But in 2009, the Society for American Baseball Research discovered that Chapman's first name and age were both incorrect. Alvarez is a bit tougher to imagine, considering how much extra time catchers usually need to develop, but he is about as highly touted on prospect lists as any other player mentioned in this search outside of Volpe. Cruz was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Mets in 2000, but was traded to the Oakland Athletics. The National Football League has been around in some form or another and stoking its fans since 1920. Though never spectacular, Miksis enjoyed a 14-year run as a utility infielder, mostly with the Dodgers and Cubs, as well as short stints with the Cardinals, Orioles and Reds. He hasn't looked back since, arguably becoming one of the greatest hitters of all time. On May 1, 1925, the teenage Foxx would enter the game against the Washington Senators as a pinch hitter, and he began his Hall of Fame career with a single. He lives in D.C. but is a huge Seattle Mariners fan and loves watching the KBO, which means he doesn't get a lot of sleep. He is also the youngest artist in the Top 10. OK, so he only pitched in 4 games (started three), but went 2-1 with a 3.91 ERA. The consensus favorite to lead the majors in wins in 2023, Cole posted a 13-8 record across an MLB-high 33 starts last year. Age: 14 years, 10 months, 1 day | Adu, supposedly America's great soccer prodigy, became the youngest player to appear in a game and the youngest to score -- during the 2004 season with D.C. United. results. At 17 years old, McKee remains to be the youngest MLB player to accomplish a nine-inning complete-game victory in the season ender. 6 (as an ode to his place in the Yankee chain of great players following Ruth - 3, Gehrig - 4, and DiMaggio - 5) and ended his first year with a nasty knee injury during the World Series when DiMaggio called him off of a fly ball in the outfield. The Astros have been as good as any organization at developing competent starting pitchers, and it sounds like both of these guys attack hitters with kitchen-sink arsenals designed to flummox rather than overwhelm hitters. Here is a look at the 20 teens who have started on Opening Day (starting with the youngest), including one who pulled off the feat twice. D-backs SS Jordan Lawlar (7/17/02)Red Sox SS Marcelo Mayer (12/12/02)Marlins SS Kahlil Watson (4/16/03)Nationals SS Brady House (6/4/03). Strikeouts would be a benchmark in a career in which he led the league seven times, including 1946 when he struck out 348. According to the statistics, the average age of the AL and NL rookies of the year was 22.4 and 23.6 years, respectively. Volpes sensational breakout in 2021 (.294/.423/.604 at two Class-A levels) seemed to be at least part of the calculus behind New York's preference to avoid committing long-term to any of the top free-agent shortstops in the winter. . It remains to be seen if he will remain the youngest player in the MLB next season. Tommy Brown became the second youngest player to debut in the MLB when he appeared for the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 3, 1944. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. He'd go on to a career as perhaps the most overlooked Hall of Fame candidate of all-time, winning three World Series, being nominated to seven all-star teams and hitting .297 over a long career, some of which was marred by his drug use. Not on a 40-man roster, but young prospects already in Double-A: Braves OF Michael Harris (3/7/01)Cardinals 1B Malcom Nunez (3/9/01)Rays RHP Taj Bradley (3/20/01)Yankees SS Anthony Volpe (4/28/01)White Sox SS Jose Rodriguez (5/13/01)Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson (6/29/01)Mets C Francisco Alvarez (11/19/01)Blue Jays SS Orelvis Martinez (11/19/01)Cardinals 3B Jordan Walker (5/22/02)Marlins RHP Eury Perez (4/15/03). Tatis says shoulder, wrist '100%' in first game since '21. . Kaline wound up being selected an all-star a staggering 18 times, won one World Series in 1968, and stuck around as a TV commentator for the team after his career ended. Not the greatest start for the man with the fiery temperament, but he'd go on to hit 509 home runs and bat .292 lifetime, while winning a World Series title and being selected to nine all-star games. He went 2-for-3 with a homer in his first game, a 12-9 loss to the White Sox, and hit .317 in his first 30 games. Baldelli finished third in the 2003 AL Rookie of the Year Award voting after slashing .289/.326/.416 with 11 homers, 78 RBIs and 27 steals, and he enjoyed a 3-WAR season in 04. Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete. Upon returning to big league action, Feller had his greatest ever season in 1946, as he won 26 games while striking out 348, with a 2.18 ERA. Chad Gaudin: 20 years, 130 daysDebut: Aug. 1, 2003. 1 15. The Rk column indicates how many players were born before/after the specified date. This tool shows the players born immediately before and after a specified birthdate. For the Philadelphia Phillies, McKee appeared only in five games. He only got to play that year for a month due to the strike and split much of the next season between the Mariners and their AAA affiliate. In 24 games for the Brewers in 1988, Sheffield hit four home runs and batted .238. Delmon Young: 20 years, 349 days Debut: Aug. 29, 2006 The No. A legend was born. Showing At 16 years old, Putsy made his debut for the Phillies on September 14, 1944. Whether out of a desire for youthful exuberance and energy, or financial concerns with signing more established players, there appears to be a new wave of youngsters taking Major League Baseball by storm. He hit ninth in a Brewers loss to the Red Sox. Junior played in 127 games, hit .264 and smacked 16 home runs. Robin Yount, SS: 18 years, 201 days in 1974; 19 years, 204 days in 1975 (Brewers)Younts Major League debut came on Opening Day in 1974 as an 18-year-old. Just to put his age in perspective, consider this: Franco wears a No. . the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. The trends have changed over time, with younger players like 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall getting more shots early in the last century thanks to a less structured minor league system or wars overseas that drained the talent pool. Witt Jr. has that rare power speed combo (30/30 in 2021) that makes fans, scouts, and collectors foam at the mouth in . ThePostGame brings you the most interesting sports stories on the web. But more importantly, Ott is also a 12-time All-Star and a World Series champion. The right-hander is best remembered for his second stint with the Rays as a key veteran in their bullpen from 2008-10. I know, I don't really get the significance of the helmet toss either, but it's possible that it was out of sheer frustration due to the fact that it's nearly impossible to find a picture of a man who pitched one time for the Dodgers in 1944. Many thanks to him. He went 1-for-5 in a Red Sox win over the Yankees. Robbins made his debut a year earlier and pitched well as a teen, starting eight games and putting up a 3.91 ERA. On July 19, 1936 when a 17-year-old Bob Feller was handed his first appearance at the big league level, most had no idea that the less-than physically imposing teenager was about to embark upon a legendary career marked by two decades of pitching dominance. McInnis would go on to be a four-time World Series champion, winning two with the Athletics (1911 and 1913) and one each with the Red Sox (1918) and Pirates (1925). Will your squad's best young players be breaking camp with the team? The No. He entered late in a 12-1 defeat by the Giants, subbing into the game as a defensive replacement at third, and going hitless in one at-bat. Al Kaline, RF: 19 years, 115 days in 1954 (Tigers)The Hall of Famer had debuted at age 18 in 1953, but started in his first Opening Day in 1954. Scott Kazmir: 20 years, 212 daysDebut: Aug. 23, 2004. Id rather forecast something far more niche. We've. 23 players age 22 or younger have put up a 125 OPS+ since 2000, more than the previous three decades combined (20). Over his 16 seasons with the Phillies, as well as parts of two seasons with the Athletics and Indians, Hamner hit .262 with 104 home runs and 708 RBI. His last season as a ballplayer was 1963 with the Senators organization. Aside from playing for the Dodgers, Palica also saw action for the Baltimore Orioles. A typical Major League Baseball season lasts approximately one month and one half, and teams play 162 games. George made his MLB debut on September 16, 1955 for the Kansas City Athletics. It is likely that Joe Nuxhall's place in the record books will remain safe for quite some time. Throughout his career, Ott played for the New York Giants. After going through this exercise, the three names Id pick as most likely to be our winning contender would be Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez and Marlins pitcher Eury Perez. Trout was just two months shy of his 20th birthday when he debuted for the Angels in July of last year, and was considered by most MLB scouts as the best prospect in all of baseball, even besting fellow phenom Bryce Harper. De La Cruz has been skyrocketing up prospect lists for the past year due to his all-around tools. He went on to win seven batting titles and won the Triple Crown twice. That said, it would take a whole bunch of injuries to the Houston pitching staff to get either of these guys to Minute Maid Park anytime soon. For example, players such as Harris or Rodriguez might be more likely to get an emergency call-up, considering their ability to defend at a high level, than a player who is more bat-first. He was called up mainly due to a player shortage because of World War II, but in an age when teenagers were given a shot far more often, he still stood out at 15 years old. While 19-year-olds are regularly the youngest age an MLB player can make his debut, it has been rare to see anyone younger showcase his talent on the . Alex George entered the MLB early. Following the 1944 season, Miksis joined the Navy and served for 2 years before resuming his big league career in 1946. Though many of them were merely fill-ins during the absence of more established older players, others turned their opportunities as teens into productive careers in the big leagues. B.J. Quite the debut, indeed! There's something compelling for baseball fans about very young MLB players. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. 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