Jim Derrington is the youngest starting pitcher in a game. He was 16 years and 306 days old versus the Kansas City Athletics on September 30, 1956.
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youngest starting pitcher to pitch in a regular-season game| NAME | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Derrington | 16-306 | 9/30/1956 | @ | L | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | R. McKee | 17-017 | 10/3/1943 | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| 3 | | J. Derrington | 17-213 | 6/30/1957 | @ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | J. Derrington | 17-254 | 8/10/1957 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | D. Skeels | 17-259 | 9/14/1910 | vs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | | J. Derrington | 17-261 | 8/17/1957 | @ | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | J. Derrington | 17-265 | 8/21/1957 | vs | 1 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | B. Feller | 17-294 | 8/23/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | J. Dahl | 17-295 | 9/27/1963 | vs | L | 1 | 16.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 10 | | J. Derrington | 17-300 | 9/25/1957 | vs | L | 1 | 11.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | B. Feller | 17-301 | 8/30/1936 | @ | L | 1 | 7.20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 12 | | B. Feller | 17-305 | 9/3/1936 | @ | L | 1 | 45.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | B. Feller | 17-309 | 9/7/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
| 14 | | B. Feller | 17-315 | 9/13/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |||
| 15 | | B. Feller | 17-320 | 9/18/1936 | @ | L | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | B. Feller | 17-325 | 9/23/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 17 | | B. Feller | 17-329 | 9/27/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | M. McCormick | 17-342 | 9/5/1956 | @ | 1 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | R. Moeller | 17-352 | 9/29/1956 | @ | L | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | M. McCormick | 17-352 | 9/15/1956 | vs | L | 1 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | L. Dierker | 18 | 9/22/1964 | vs | L | 1 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 22 | | L. Weinert | 18-023 | 5/14/1920 | @ | 1 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | | L. Weinert | 18-031 | 5/22/1920 | @ | L | 1 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | J. Jay | 18-036 | 9/20/1953 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | L. Krausse | 18-052 | 6/16/1961 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
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