youngest player to pitch a perfect game

Catfish Hunter is the youngest in a perfect game. He was 22 years and 30 days old against the Twins on May 8, 1968.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to pitch a regular-season perfect game
NAME AGE PG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
22-030
1
5/8/1968
OAK OAK
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
2 Mike Witt
M. Witt
24-072
1
9/30/1984
CAL CAL
@
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
3 Len Barker
L. Barker
25-292
1
5/15/1981
CLE CLE
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
4 Charlie Robertson
C. Robertson
26-089
1
4/30/1922
CWS CWS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
5 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
26-129
1
8/15/2012
SEA SEA
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
12
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
6 Dallas Braden
D. Braden
26-269
1
5/9/2010
OAK OAK
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
7 Matt Cain
M. Cain
27-256
1
6/13/2012
SFG SFG
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
14
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
8 Tom Browning
T. Browning
28-141
1
9/16/1988
CIN CIN
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
7
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
9 Addie Joss
A. Joss
28-173
1
10/2/1908
CLE CLE
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
3
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
10 Philip Humber
P. Humber
29-122
1
4/21/2012
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
11 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
29-253
1
9/9/1965
LAD LAD
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
14
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
12 Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
29-260
1
7/28/1994
TEX TEX
vs
CAL CAL
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
13 Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
30-122
1
7/23/2009
CWS CWS
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
14 Domingo Germán
D. Germán
30-328
1
6/28/2023
NYY NYY
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
15 Jim Bunning
J. Bunning
32-242
1
6/21/1964
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
16 Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
33-015
1
5/29/2010
PHI PHI
@
FLA FLA
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
17 David Wells
D. Wells
34-362
1
5/17/1998
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
11
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
18 Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
36-075
1
7/28/1991
MON MON
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
5
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
19 David Cone
D. Cone
36-197
1
7/18/1999
NYY NYY
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
10
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
20 Cy Young
C. Young
37-037
1
5/5/1904
BSA BSA
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
0.00
8
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
21 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
40-251
1
5/18/2004
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
13
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for perfect games and player age going back to the 1908 season.
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