With the Nats calling up 19yo Bryce Harper, it got me to wondering who the last teenager to play for the Reds was. Was it Bench? I really can't think of anyone since then, and baseball-reference isn't a help here.
With the Nats calling up 19yo Bryce Harper, it got me to wondering who the last teenager to play for the Reds was. Was it Bench? I really can't think of anyone since then, and baseball-reference isn't a help here.
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I think it was Gary Nolan or Don Gullett.Originally Posted by Dan
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It was Nolan, and then Gullet. I can't come up with any more names. I was thinking Jeff Russell, but no on that one.
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Rosario Rodriguez, 1989.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1989.shtml
sorry we're boring
Don Gullet, 1970
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1970.shtml
sorry we're boring
Johnny Bench and Gary Nolan, 1967
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1967.shtml
You were all right!
sorry we're boring
Position JB 1967
Billy McCool, 1964
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1964.shtml
sorry we're boring
According to your souce he was actually 20 when he debut for the Reds. His birthday was July 8th and he first appeared for the Reds on September 1.
My guess would be Gullett too.
Reds Fan Since 1971
I believe Nolan and Bench formed a teenage battery when Bench was a late season call-up in 1967. I don't know if that has ever happened before or since.
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Speaking of Gary Nolan, does anyone remember him striking out Willie Mays 4 times in one of (if not his first) starts as an 18 year old?
He pitched almost 230 innings as an 18 year-old.
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I believe Nuxy was 16 when he made his first appearance. When back downand then came up permanently.
Fifteen, didn't return until 1952
This is a little off topic, but Dave Bennett appeared as a teenager for the 1964 Phillies. The "fun fact" on the back of his rookie card stated, "This 19-year-old righthanded curveballer is just 18 years old!"
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I remember it well. I thought Nolan should have won the NL Rookie of the YEar award in 1967 instead of Tom Seaver. He turned 19 in May of 1967 and still pitched 226+ innings, fanned 206, went 14-8 and had a 2.58 ERA. Dave Brsitol used him as if he was a 30 year old vet; within a couple of years he had arm woes and his dominating fastball was gone.
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