Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League Baseball game, died on Wednesday. Brown was 97 years old and

He was 16 when he made his debut as a shortstop in an Ebbets Field doubleheader, becoming the youngest position player in modern major-league history.

The last living member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, Tommy “Buckshot” Brown has died, according to Ben Lindberg on X. He was 97.Brown died from pneumonia that developed while he was recovering from a fall.

Additionally, Brown was the last living major leaguer whose career began during World War II. With able-bodied men in short supply on the home front, Brown debuted for the Dodgers in '44 at the age of 16. In 1945, he hit a home run at the age of 17; he's still the youngest player ever to homer in the major leagues.

Brooklyn Dodger Tommy "Buckshot" Brown died this morning, after contracting pneumonia while convalescing from a fall, his daughter told me. He was 97, the last living member of the 1947 Dodgers, and the #1 person in the world I wanted to interview. (He was pretty private.) RIP.🧵