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"Mr. Ridgeway was a pretty good ballplayer and he took me under his wing," Reliford told MiLB.com back in 2007. .mHQYb .p-search-item__team-logo{margin-right:15px;max-height:25px;width:25px;}/*!sc*/ .fFwXhn{margin:0;}/*!sc*/ 9 Youngest MLB Teams Currently Playing Sixty-eight dollars every two weeks. data-styled.g154[id="newsletterLogostyle__NewsletterLogoContainer-sc-j5dgcz-0"]{content:"bZhBFV,"}/*!sc*/ They were also in the midst of a terrible season, 14 games under .500 and 20 games out of first place. .epHHrr{text-align:center;max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;}/*!sc*/ "They never expected him to hit the ball.". @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-regular.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-regular.woff') format('woff');font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu--icon span{display:block;position:absolute;height:2px;width:24px;background:#ffffff;opacity:1;-webkit-transform:rotate(0deg);-ms-transform:rotate(0deg);transform:rotate(0deg);-webkit-transition:all 250ms ease-in-out;transition:all 250ms ease-in-out;border-radius:3px;}/*!sc*/ "There was one man who gave him a fit," Gwendolyn says. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.locale,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.search{display:none;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .icon{display:inline-block;-webkit-align-self:center;-ms-flex-item-align:center;align-self:center;line-height:20px;}/*!sc*/ His career in the MLB lasted from 1948 to 1952. .drUhS{pointer-events:none;width:100%;height:100%;display:inline-block;overflow:visible;fill:#000000;stroke:#000000;}/*!sc*/ The youngest to do so in organized baseball history. 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Through two . .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item{display:none;-webkit-flex:1 1 100%;-ms-flex:1 1 100%;flex:1 1 100%;position:relative;text-align:center;}/*!sc*/ "Bob Feller pitched in the World Series, then went back to high school. .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-selector{width:3px;height:100%;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__input--icon.close-icon:hover{cursor:pointer;}/*!sc*/ However, Hornsby was a forerunner to the youngest talent that graced the sport, and proved that it was possible to field young players in the absence of seniors. "The fence wasn't that tall, but when he reached up his hand, it almost hit the top of the fence," Gwendolyn says. Several years ago, I (Mark) performed a research project to numerically define the spread of integration in the years after Jackie Robinson's debut.This research was presented at the 2007 SABR convention in St. Louis, and then in the Fall 2007 Baseball Research Journal.The primary task in the project was to identify players who played in the 1947-1986 period (40 years) who would not have . pre{font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;}/*!sc*/ ", "The bleachers emptied, and it scared me to death," Reliford said years later. .eJdqRG p{margin-top:0;}/*!sc*/ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. becomes youngest MLB All-Star Game MVP after hitting 468-foot homer at Coors Field The homer comes 15 years after his father went deep in the Midsummer Classic off Brad. 10 Longest Home Runs in MLB History, Your email address will not be published. .mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__nav-item__text'],.mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__nav-item__link'],.mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__button-text']{text-transform:uppercase;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ There have been 20 teenagers to start on Opening Day in the Modern Era (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. 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Table; Rank Player (age that year) Bases on Balls Year PA Bats; 1. . .ebrWqN:-moz-loading{color:#f3f3f3;}/*!sc*/ .hYmwpY{display:block;}/*!sc*/ Carl Yastrzemski - 1967 American League Triple Crown 1) The nineteenth-century ace Kid Nichols was the youngest player to reach 300 wins - at the age of 30. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item--parent[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner .p-icon *{fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .hHLkAw input::-moz-placeholder{color:#aaaaaa;}/*!sc*/ Position: Shortstop and Pinch Hitter. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:56px;-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;-webkit-flex:99 1 45%;-ms-flex:99 1 45%;flex:99 1 45%;}/*!sc*/ (via Library of Congress) When the Los Angeles Rams hired (then) 30-year-old. h2.Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0{font-size:1.2rem;margin-bottom:8px;color:#666666;}/*!sc*/ He was the youngest player to play in the MLB before his record was smashed by Joe Nuxhall the following year. 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(Joe, sadly, had a stroke and was unavailable for an interview. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:focus{outline:1px dotted #041E42;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g162[id="Styles__NewsletterOptinContainer-sc-10yslsy-0"]{content:"sczZi,"}/*!sc*/ Alex was signed by Kansas City Athletics from Rockhurst, a local Jesuit high school. 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"Thats how I learned to catch. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item{width:100%;-webkit-order:0;-ms-flex-order:0;order:0;background-color:#081c3b;border-bottom:1px solid #002867;}/*!sc*/ .kKeedG{color:#057AFF;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ But the youngest person to ever play baseball keeps changing. There was a problem: this was 1950 in the Deep South and Reliford was Black. data-styled.g172[id="Styles__AppContainer-jwcsl0-0"]{content:"hUHmCp,"}/*!sc*/. 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