Mike Trout
On April 17, 2015, Trout became the youngest player in MLB history to reach 100 home runs and 100 stolen bases. He was 23 years and 253 days old when he reached the milestone, passing the previous record-holder, Alex Rodriguez, who had achieved it at the age of 23 years and 309 days in 1999. Trout led off the 2015 MLB All-Star Game with a home run, becoming the fourth player in All-Star Game history to do so. For the second year in a row, Trout won the All-Star Game MVP Award, becoming the first player ever to win it in consecutive years. On September 22, Trout hit his 40th home run, becoming only the second Angels player to hit 40 home runs in a season. Trout led the AL in WAR for the fourth straight year.
Buck Fausett
The 36-year-old Fausett's replacement on the mound in the ninth inning was left-hander Joe Nuxhall, a former local high school standout making his major league debut at the age of 15, still the record for the youngest player in MLB history. Nuxhall would face only nine Cardinal batters, surrendering two hits, five bases on balls and five more runs, while recording two outs. Nuxhall was then sent to the minor leagues, and would not return to the Reds until 1952, where he forged a long career as a pitcher and broadcaster.