He was 16 when he made his debut as a shortstop in an Ebbets Field doubleheader, becoming the youngest position player in modern major-league history. By Richard Goldstein Tommy Brown, who became ...

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Bettmann Archive Brown debuted for the Dodgers on Aug. 3, 1944, at the age of 16 when he started at shortstop against the Cubs at Ebbets Field, and after stepping away during the 1946 season to ...

1944 against the Chicago Cubs at his home stadium of Ebbets Field. He hit a double in his debut for his first major league hit. At the time, he was the youngest non-pitcher to ever play in a major ...

Nicknamed “Buckshot,” the 6-foot-1 Brown was 16 years, 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 3, 1944, during the World War II manpower ...

“Buckshot” was just 16 years and 241 days old when he started for the Dodgers at Ebbets Field against the Cubs on Aug. 3, 1944. ESPN said that came during the “World War II manpower shortage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie ...

Nicknamed “Buckshot,” the 6-foot-1 Brown was 16 years, 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 3, 1944, during the World War II manpower ...