Joe Nuxhall was only 15 years old when he started his major league baseball career. “I was pitching against seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders, kids 13 and 14 years old… All of a sudden, I look up and there’s Stan Musial and the likes. It was a very scary situation.” 15 YEARS OLD. Crazy times, those 1940s. He only pitched 2/3 of an inning in 1944, and didn’t make another big league appearance until he was 23 years old.
After his playing days, Joe Nuxhall became a fixture in the broadcasting booth with Marty Brennaman. I was educated in the school of baseball by Marty and Joe, as were many in Reds Nation in the 1980s. When the game was televised, the TV was muted and Marty and Joe called the game from the radio across the room. They were an unbeatable team (Marty and Joe, not the Reds) and everyone in Cincinnati misses Joe dearly. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 79.
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