youngest player to start world series game

Bullet Joe Bush is the youngest in a start in a World Series game. He was 20 years and 316 days old versus the New York Giants on October 9, 1913.

NAME AGE GS DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP DEC ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
20-316
1
10/9/1913
1913
World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
1.00
3
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
2
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
2 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
20-356
1
10/23/1981
1981
World Series
LAD LAD
vs
NYY NYY
W
4.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
2
7
0
0
2
40
0
3 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
20-356
1
10/6/1966
1966
World Series
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
W
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
34
1
4 Johnny Podres
J. Podres
21-004
1
10/4/1953
1953
World Series
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
L
3.38
0
0
0
0
2.2
1
1
5
1
2
1
0
0
13
0
5 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
21-091
1
10/31/2010
2010
World Series
SFG SFG
@
TEX TEX
W
0.00
6
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
6 Chief Bender
C. Bender
21-158
1
10/10/1905
1905
World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
W
0.00
9
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
7 Chief Bender
C. Bender
21-162
1
10/14/1905
1905
World Series
PHA PHA
@
NYG NYG
L
2.25
4
1
0
0
8.0
5
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
8 Steve Avery
S. Avery
21-191
1
10/22/1991
1991
World Series
ATL ATL
vs
MIN MIN
2.57
5
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
9 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
21-194
1
10/22/1985
1985
World Series
KCR KCR
@
STL STL
W
1.00
8
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
10 Steve Avery
S. Avery
21-195
1
10/26/1991
1991
World Series
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
4.50
3
0
0
0
6.0
6
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
11 Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
21-199
1
10/27/1985
1985
World Series
KCR KCR
vs
STL STL
W
0.00
2
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
12 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
21-246
1
10/9/1916
1916
World Series
BSA BSA
vs
BKN BKN
W
0.64
4
1
0
0
14.0
6
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
48
0
13 Wally Bunker
W. Bunker
21-256
1
10/8/1966
1966
World Series
BAL BAL
vs
LAD LAD
W
0.00
6
1
1
0
9.0
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
14 Ralph Branca
R. Branca
21-267
1
9/30/1947
1947
World Series
BKN BKN
@
NYY NYY
L
11.25
5
0
0
0
4.0
2
5
5
0
3
1
0
0
18
0
15 Don Gullett
D. Gullett
21-287
1
10/19/1972
1972
World Series
CIN CIN
@
OAK OAK
1.29
4
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
27
0
16 Storm Davis
S. Davis
21-293
1
10/15/1983
1983
World Series
BAL BAL
@
PHI PHI
W
5.40
3
0
0
0
5.0
6
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
21
1
17 Jaret Wright
J. Wright
21-297
1
10/22/1997
1997
World Series
CLE CLE
vs
FLA FLA
W
4.50
5
0
0
0
6.0
5
3
3
1
5
0
0
0
26
1
18 Jaret Wright
J. Wright
21-301
1
10/26/1997
1997
World Series
CLE CLE
@
FLA FLA
1.42
7
0
0
0
6.1
2
1
1
1
5
0
0
0
26
0
19 Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
21-319
1
10/12/1914
1914
World Series
PHA PHA
@
BSN BSN
L
3.27
4
1
0
0
11.0
9
4
5
1
4
0
0
1
46
0
20 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
21-337
1
10/19/1986
1986
World Series
NYM NYM
vs
BOS BOS
L
9.00
6
0
0
0
5.0
8
5
6
2
2
0
0
0
26
0
21 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
21-341
1
10/23/1986
1986
World Series
NYM NYM
@
BOS BOS
L
6.75
3
0
0
0
4.0
9
3
4
0
2
1
0
0
24
0
22 Whitey Ford
W. Ford
21-351
1
10/7/1950
1950
World Series
NYY NYY
vs
PHN PHN
W
0.00
7
0
0
0
8.2
7
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
35
0
23 Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
22-027
1
10/6/1921
1921
World Series
NYY NYY
vs
NYG NYG
W
0.00
5
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
32
0
24 Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
22-031
1
10/10/1921
1921
World Series
NYY NYY
@
NYG NYG
W
0.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
10
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
37
0
25 Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
22-034
1
10/13/1921
1921
World Series
NYY NYY
vs
NYG NYG
L
0.00
7
1
0
0
9.0
6
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
37
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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