Who is the youngest pitcher to win a major league baseball game?

Answer 1

Willie McGill was only 16 years, 5 months & 28 days old when he won his 1st game in 1890, he ended the season with a record of 11-9. He was born on November 10, 1873 and he won his 1st game on May 8, 1890.

Since 1900:

Rogers McKee was born on September 16, 1926 and he won his 1st and only Major League game on October 3, 1942. He was 17 years, 17 days old, when started the second game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field and pitched a complete game, winning 11-3. The opposing pitcher (and loser) was rookie Cookie Cuccurullo, who was making his major league debut.

Answer 2

Since 1900:

Joe Nuxhall (1928-2007) was 15 years, 10 months, and 11 days old when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in a 1944 game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The 6'-3" ninth grade lefthander was treated roughly in his only appearance that season. In 2/3 of an inning, he gave up five runs on two hits, five walks, and a wild pitch. Nuxhall, after a few years in the minors, would later go on to have a respectable big league career, mainly with Cincinnati, compiling a 135-117 win-loss record and a 3.90 ERA. He then became the radio voice of the Reds for 38 years.

In 1887, 14-year-old Fred Chapman pitched five innings in one game, and is the youngest-ever participant in major league history.

Answer 3

On ESPN's major league telecast on August 15, 2007, Bob Feller was being interviewed, regarding the death of Hall of Famer Phil Rizutto, and he stated that he, Bob Feller, was the youngest pitcher ever to win a game, and the youngest pitcher to lose a game, at age 17.

Answer 4

In 1967 when Ken Brett pitched for the Boston Red Sox, he became the first teenager (19 years old ) to pitch in a World Series game. Going back a number of years, the first teenage position player to appear in a World Series was Fred Lindstrom in the 1924 World Series.

Answer 5

That is Hall of Famer Amos Rusie of the New York Giants who was 20 years, 63 days old when he no hit the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-0, on July 31, 1891.

Answer 6

John Montgomery Ward 20 years old

Answer 7

The Correct Answer is Fernando Valenzuela at 20 yrs 11 mos in 1981

Answer 8

Joe Bush of the Philadelphia Athletics was 20 years and 316 days old when he defeated the New York Giants in Game 3 of the 1913 World Series. The A's won the Series in five games.

Answer 9

Dwight gooden