Rollie Stiles

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor2=white
name=Rollie Stiles


position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1906|11|17
deathdate=death date and age|2007|7|22|1906|11|17
debutdate=June 19
debutyear=by|1930
debutteam=St. Louis Browns
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=by|1933
finalteam=St. Louis Browns
stat1label=Record
stat1value=9-14
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=5.92
stat3label=Innings
stat3value=298
teams=
*St. Louis Browns (1930-1933)
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Rolland Mays Stiles (November 17 1906 – July 22 2007) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from by|1930 to by|1933. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9-14 with an earned run average of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State Teachers College. His first game in the major leagues was on June 19, by|1930, and his last game was October 1, by|1933. Stiles' nicknames when playing baseball were "Leapin' Lena", "Lena", and "Rollie", all typical of how he signed autographs for baseball fans.

He made an appearance and gave a speech at the St. Louis Browns Reunion dinner held at the Missouri Athletic Club on June 8 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Stiles died in his sleep at age 100 on July 22 2007 at the Bethesda Southgate Nursing Home in St. Louis [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/othersports/story/B64D0FA08A4EBE3686257321000C2385?OpenDocument] . He was the last living person to have pitched to baseball legend Babe Ruth. While Stiles was the oldest living major league ballplayer at the time of his death, he was not the oldest living professional baseball player, as that honor belonged to Emilio Navarro of the Negro Leagues, who turned 101 years old in 2006.

ee also

*List of oldest living Major League Baseball players

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/stilero01
* [http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/ Who's Alive and Who's Dead]
* [http://www.thestlbrowns.com/Stilles.jpgPhotograph of Rollie Stiles age 99 in 2006]
* [http://www.thestlbrowns.com/BFCReunion2006.html 2006 St. Louis Browns reunion attended by Rollie Stiles age 99]
* [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/34/342072.jpg&imgrefurl=http://story.scout.com/a.z%3Fs%3D251%26p%3D2%26c%3D555950&h=229&w=220&sz=9&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=gAAGLHiV4QYcvM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drolland%2Bstiles%2B%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG Article about Rollie Stiles and Babe Ruth]
* [http://www.tampabays10.com/sports/article.aspx?storyid=42412 Video Interview with Rollie Stiles - discussing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig]
* [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/8FECDD2563003CC68625722900155F4A?OpenDocument Rollie's 100th birthday in the St. Louis newspaper]
* [http://travelerocity.blogs.com/travelerocity/2006/11/oldest_living_f.html Arkansas Baseball website mentions Rollie's 100th]