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The weather is perfect on this spring evening at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. Before going in for an Arkansas Travelers game, I look at plaques outside the ballpark honoring the four men for whom the facility was named.
Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 6, 2021, 7:19am CDT +
Many baseball fans know that Satchel Paige was the oldest pitcher to make his Major League debut.
Paige is listed as having been 2 days past his 42nd birthday but almost certainly was older when he threw 2 innings for the Indians against the Browns on July 9, 1948.
He was
59 plus 80 days when he concluded his MLB career with 3 scoreless innings for the Athletics against the Red Sox on Sept. 25, 1965.
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Many fans also know that Joe Nuxhall was the youngest pitcher and youngest player, period.
The left hander is the only man whose debut came before his 16th birthday. He was