He was inserted into a game for the Fitzgerald Pioneers of the Georgia State League at the age of 12 years and 234 days.
[2] When the Pioneers fell behind the Statesboro Pilots 13–0, heading into the eighth inning, the crowd started chanting for club manager Charley Ridgeway to "put in the batboy."
[3] Reliford not only became the youngest person to play in professional baseball, he broke the color barrier in the Georgia State League as well.
Any chance Reliford had at an athletic career, however, was cut short by a broken collarbone suffered in college.
After graduation, Reliford went on to become an electrical technician and moved to Douglas, Georgia, where he became only the third African-American hired to that city's police force.