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Reds Legend Joe Nuxhall Passes Away


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I wasn't here when you started this thread.

I remember learning about Joe Nuxhall being the youngest major league player ever (15 years-old) when I read it on the back of some player's baseball card back in the 70's when I was a kid.

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I wasn't here when you started this thread.

I remember learning about Joe Nuxhall being the youngest major league player ever (15 years-old) when I read it on the back of some player's baseball card back in the 70's when I was a kid.

He was the youngest player in MLB history, then he wasn't, then he was again. Seems a guy named Fred Chapman pitched one game in 1887, and through the fuzziness of 125 years he was confused with a guy named Frank Chapman, and for a time that led to the belief that he'd pitched at the age of 14. That got all sorted out a few years ago, so Nuxhall's title was restored.

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