Joe Nuxhall

Joseph Henry Nuxhall (July 30, 1928 – November 15, 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. He remains best remembered as the youngest player ever to appear in a Major League game: on June 10, 1944, called upon during the player shortages of World War II, he pitched two-thirds of an inning for the Reds at the age of 15 years, 316 days.

Nuxhall found his way back to the Reds in 1952 and went on to earn selection to the National League All-Star team in 1955 and 1956. Over a 16-season career he compiled a record of 135–117 with a 3.90 earned run average, with all but five of his victories earned in a Cincinnati uniform. From 1965 to 1975 he held the team's record for career games pitched, with 484, and he still holds the franchise mark for left-handers.

Known throughout his career as "The Ol' Left-hander," Nuxhall moved immediately into the broadcast booth after retiring as a player, serving as a radio broadcaster for the Reds from 1967 through 2004 and continuing part-time up until his death. In all he spent 40 years calling Reds games. Nuxhall died in 2007 after a long battle with cancer.