Milwaukee Brewers' Rookie Does Something is Youngest Player in 70 Years to Accomplish This Specific Feat
By hitting leadoff on Opening Day, 20-year-old Jackson Chourio of the Milwaukee Brewers is the youngest player to hit leadoff on Opening Day since 1954.
Milwaukee Brewers' outfielder Jackson Chourio has made baseball history on Friday, becoming the youngest player to bat leadoff on Opening Day since 1954.
Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com on social media:
At 20 years, 18 days, Jackson Chourio is the 5th-youngest since at least 1901 to start at leadoff on Opening Day, older than only:
1937 Bobby Doerr: 19, 13
1954 Billy Consolo: 19, 238
1940 Bob Kennedy: 19, 242
1940 Sibby Sisti: 19, 265
Of those, only Doerr was ALSO debuting
Chourio enters the 2024 season as the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball, behind only Jackson Holliday of the Baltimore Orioles. He signed an eight-year contract extension this offseason, prior to ever stepping foot on a big league diamond.
The following comes from a portion of his MLB.com prospect profile:
With plus-plus speed, Chourio pushed the envelope more than ever on the bases last season. He’s more than capable of tracking down balls in the gaps as a center fielder, though he still needs work going aggressively into the walls. And while elbow trouble early in his career limited his arm strength, the Brewers gave him some looks in right. Chourio’s considerable tools have him on Milwaukee’s doorstep, and he has the makings of a potential superstar.
Hitting against Jose Quintana in his first Major League at-bat, Chourio walked on four pitches and then promptly stole second base.
The Brewers won the National League Central a year ago but were eliminated in the wild card round of the playoffs by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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