Here's a bit of trivia with which to perplex and frustrate, and possibly start a fist fight. In 1947, Cleveland Indians star Al Rosen (who looks like he's recently been in a fist fight in this picture) made his Major League debut before he'd had his sixth birthday. What's more, he's just one of six players in AL/NL history to do so. The others were Sargent "Sadie" Houck (Boston Red Caps, 1879), Ed Appleton (Brooklyn Robins, 1915), Roy Parker (St. Louis Cardinals, 1919), Jerry Fry (Montreal Expos, 1978), and Terrence Long (New York Mets, 1999). It's true. Look it up.
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