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It's 16... upon completion of high school. see bottom of page 151 in this book excerpt

http://books.Google.com/books?id=QQwRXRdyh24C&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=mlb+minimum+age&source=web&ots=-Rf1jNWz2Z&sig=G4CF0epj0dvy6C2z5pXlfqELlaE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result

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There is no age limit for professional Baseball. In the early days there was a 15-year-old who played. The pitcher had a hard time pitching to such a small strike zone and he was walked quite a bit.

Nowadays baseball farmers and scouts will usually wait until a player has reached the age of 18 for insurance reasons. It's very risky for a team to put a minor into the big leagues for fear he could get hurt either by being hit by a 90mph pitch or lack of sufficient experience out on the playing field.

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Normally it's 21, but the requirement says either 3 years out of High School or 3 years of College Football.

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