Konnor Griffin to become just fifth teenager to play for Pirates since Bill Mazeroski

Konnor Griffin to become just fifth teenager to play for Pirates since Bill Mazeroski originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Thursday that Konnor Griffin, their 19-year-old shortstop prospect and the top prospect in all of baseball, is getting called up to the Major Leagues.

It's a huge promotion, and one that's highly anticipated. He's got superstar potential and could be the next big star in MLB. But before he's done anything in the Majors, he's already making some impressive history.

As Tomas Harrigan of MLB. com notes, Griffin will become just the fifth player since Bill Mazeroski, who is being honored at Friday's game for Griffin's debut, to play for the Pirates as a teenager. Konnor Griffin makes Pirates' teenage Bill Mazeroski history "The pirates had 11 teenagers play for them in the 1950s alone, with franchise icon Bill Mazeroski ('56) among them," Harrigan writes.

"But Griffin will be just the fifth teenager to suit up for the Bucs since then, joining Bob Bailey (1962), Bob Moose ('67), Miguel Dilone ('74), and (Aramis) Ramirez (1998). " Griffin will be just 19 years old during his Major League debut, and is joining some franchise greats in this piece of Pirates history. Mazerowski is a legend among the Pirates, and since his debut for Pittsburgh as a teenager in 1956, only five other players have made their debuts under the age of 20 with the team.