who is the youngest player to ever start in a playoff game

Julio Urías is the youngest in a start in a postseason game. He was 20 years and 68 days old in Game 4 of the 2016 NLCS against the Cubs.

NAME AGE GS DATE TM OPP DEC ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Julio Urías
J. Urías
20-068
1
10/19/2016
LAD LAD
vs
CHC CHC
L
9.82
4
0
0
0
3.2
4
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
18
0
2 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
20-175
1
10/3/1984
KCR KCR
vs
DET DET
2.25
5
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
32
0
3 Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
20-316
1
10/9/1913
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
1.00
3
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
2
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
4 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-339
1
10/6/1981
LAD LAD
@
HOU HOU
1.13
6
0
0
0
8.0
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
31
0
5 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-343
1
10/10/1981
LAD LAD
vs
HOU HOU
W
1.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
6 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-347
1
10/14/1981
LAD LAD
vs
MON MON
L
4.50
4
0
0
0
6.0
7
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
25
1
7 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-352
1
10/19/1981
LAD LAD
@
MON MON
W
1.04
6
0
0
0
8.2
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
32
0
8 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-356
1
10/23/1981
LAD LAD
vs
NYY NYY
W
4.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
2
7
0
0
2
40
0
9 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
20-356
1
10/6/1966
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
34
1
10 Johnny Podres
J. Podres
21-004
1
10/4/1953
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
L
3.38
0
0
0
0
2.2
1
1
5
1
2
1
0
0
13
0
11 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
21-071
1
10/11/2010
SFG SFG
@
ATL ATL
W
3.00
5
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
26
0
12 Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
21-076
1
10/3/2000
STL STL
vs
ATL ATL
13.50
3
0
0
0
2.2
4
4
4
0
6
0
0
0
16
5
13 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
21-080
1
10/20/2010
SFG SFG
vs
PHI PHI
5.79
6
0
0
0
4.2
6
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
20
0
14 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
21-084
1
10/13/2001
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
W
3.00
5
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
0
5
0
0
1
28
0
15 Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
21-085
1
10/12/2000
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
27.00
1
0
0
0
0.2
1
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
6
2
16 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
21-091
1
10/31/2010
SFG SFG
@
TEX TEX
W
0.00
6
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
17 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
21-109
1
10/3/1998
CHC CHC
vs
ATL ATL
L
1.80
5
0
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
0
4
0
0
1
22
0
18 Deivi García
D. García
21-140
1
10/6/2020
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
9.00
0
0
0
0
1.0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
5
0
19 Chief Bender
C. Bender
21-158
1
10/10/1905
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
20 Chief Bender
C. Bender
21-162
1
10/14/1905
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L
2.25
4
1
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
21 Steve Avery
S. Avery
21-179
1
10/10/1991
ATL ATL
@
PIT PIT
W
0.00
9
0
0
0
8.1
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
32
0
22 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
21-183
1
10/11/1985
KCR KCR
vs
TOR TOR
10.38
4
0
0
0
4.1
9
5
5
2
1
0
0
0
21
0
23 Steve Avery
S. Avery
21-185
1
10/16/1991
ATL ATL
@
PIT PIT
W
0.00
8
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
24 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
21-188
1
10/16/1985
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
0.00
2
0
0
0
3.0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
14
0
25 Steve Avery
S. Avery
21-191
1
10/22/1991
ATL ATL
vs
MIN MIN
2.57
5
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age and starts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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