Franklin Johnson Pearce (1860–1926) was an American

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player who appeared as a relief

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in one game for the 1876

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of the

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. He was 16 years, 188 days old on the day of his lone major league appearance, making him one of the half-dozen youngest players in major league history—and he remains the youngest ever to be making his final ML appearance.

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