Joe Nuxhall, Reds broadcaster and baseball's youngest player, dies

[sasquatch]

Source: Dayton Daily News

CINCINNATI — Joe Nuxhall, who was the youngest player in major league history and the beloved "old left-hander" on Cincinnati Reds radio broadcasts, died late Thursday following a bout with cancer, the team said Friday. He was 79.

Nuxhall's health problems multiplied in recent years but couldn't keep him away from the game or the broadcast booth for long. He had surgery for prostate cancer in 1992, followed by a mild heart attack in 2001.

The cancer returned last February, when Nuxhall was preparing for the Reds' spring training in Sarasota, Fla. The broadcaster called some games last season even though his left leg was swollen by tumors. He was hospitalized again this week.

He retired as a full-time radio broadcaster after the 2004 season, the 60th anniversary of his historic pitching debut.


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Rest in peace Joe.
:hi:

[hlthe2b]

1. Perhaps that should read "once baseball's youngest player.."

May he rest in peace, but if the youngest is 79... Oh, never mind...


To his memory...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. yes . I heard this on the radio

for some reason, I cried. RIP Joe

[mth44sc]

3. spent many a night

listening to Marty and Joe call the Reds games back in the "Big Red Machine" days...

So one last time "This is the old left-hander, rounding third and heading for home..."

Rest in Peace

[superconnected]

4. RIP Joe Nuxhall

"No one in modern baseball history has played in the majors at such a young age — 15 years, 10 months, 11 days old. He got two outs against St. Louis before losing his composure, then went eight years before pitching for the Reds again"

[maxsolomon]

5. a voice of my youth

i've never heard a reds game called by anyone else but marty & joe.

bcuz left cincy in 91.

RIP

[On the Road]

6. I Listened to Joe Nuxhall's RadioBroadcasts in High School

IIRC, he pitched when he was 15YO.

[sasquatch]

8. Yeah, it was during WWII

He was too young to enlist.

[tuckessee]

7. So long, Nuxie.