finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1957 left algona , iowa 1957 september 29 0 -- 0 1.59 4 pitcher cincinnati redlegs win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 25 10 january 1940 dave skaugstad
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dave skaugstad

david wendell skaugstad is a former major league baseball pitcher .
he appeared in two games for the cincinnati redlegs during the 1957 season .
skaugstad was signed as a free agent by the cincinnati redlegs on september 7 , 1957 , at the age of 17 .
his first major league appearance was just 18 days later , on september 25 , at crosley field in cincinnati .
he entered the game in the top of the sixth inning with the reds trailing the chicago cubs 7-2 .
he pitched four innings , giving up three hits and three walks while striking out four batters .
four days later , he made his last appearance in the majors , facing the milwaukee braves at county stadium .
he entered the game in the bottom of the sixth inning in a scoreless game .
he pitched a flawless sixth inning , but ran into troube in the next frame , giving up one hit , three bases on balls , and one run .
in the 5 2/3 innings that he pitched in the major leagues , skaugstad faced four future hall of famers : ernie banks , eddie mathews , red schoendienst and hank aaron .
after that game , skaugstad never pitched another game in the major leagues .
in , he was assigned to the minor leagues , pitching for the visalia redlegs and wenatchee chiefs .
he continued to pitch in the minors until , when he pitched for the knoxville smokies , although he missed the 1961-63 seasons while in the military .
after debuting at age 17 , skaugstad 's career was finished at the age of just 25 .
