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The Yankees, adrift in aging and/or infirmed pitching arms, have called up their top pitching prospect, 20-year-old Philip Hughes to start Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.
For the veteran-laden Yankee teams of the late 90s and early 00s, Hughes will be an anomaly. In fact, in the last 50 years, only three Yankee starting pitchers have made their ML debut prior to their 21st birthday (Hughes turns 21 on June 24th):
| AgeY.D | Player | Date | Opp | GmReslt | DEC | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| 20.152 | Gene | Nelson | 5/4/81 | @CAL | W | W | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
| 20.292 | Dave | Righetti | 9/16/79 | DET | L | ND | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5.40 |
| 20.021 | Al | Downing | 7/19/61 | @WSA | L | L | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45.00 |
Though it WAS his first appearance, Rijo did not START that game.
Righetti, Nelson and Downing all started as their very first appearance.
Sorry ... perhaps I didn't make that distincting clear enough in the original post.
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