Claim: Roy Jarvis debuted at age 17 in Major League Baseball (American professional baseball organization) as a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 during the World War II manpower shortage and he signed with Brooklyn after graduation from Central High School in Oklahoma City.
Evidence: He debuted at age 17 in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 during the World War II manpower shortage. Major League Baseball (MLB) is an American professional baseball organization and the oldest of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. He signed with Brooklyn after graduation from Central High School in Oklahoma City.