LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home ... 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 3, 1944, during the World War II ...

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Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home ... 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 3, 1944, during the World War II manpower shortage.