- List of oldest living Major League Baseball players
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This list includes 100 of the oldest living former Major League Baseball player’s. They are listed from oldest to youngest. The primary position of each player is noted after his name.
* Denotes All-Star
† Denotes Hall of Famer
Rank Name Age Date of birth ML debut Final game Teams 1 Connie Marrero* (P) 100 years, 213 days April 25, 1911 April 21, 1950 September 7, 1954 118 games: Washington Senators 2 Ace Parker (SS) 99 years, 191 days May 17, 1912 April 24, 1937 September 4, 1938 94 games: Philadelphia Athletics 3 Mike Sandlock (C) 96 years, 38 days October 17, 1915 September 19, 1942 September 27, 1953 195 games: Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Freddy Schmidt (P) 95 years, 288 days February 9, 1916 April 25, 1944 September 24, 1947 85 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs 5 Art Kenney (P) 95 years, 209 days April 29, 1916 July 1, 1938 July 4, 1938 2 games: Boston Bees 6 Ray Hathaway (P) 95 years, 42 days October 13, 1916 April 20, 1945 June 3, 1945 4 games: Brooklyn Dodgers 7 Eddie Carnett (LF) 95 years, 34 days October 21, 1916 April 19, 1941 July 7, 1945 158 games: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians 8 Al Veigel (P) 94 years, 298 days January 30, 1917 September 21, 1939 September 25, 1939 2 games: Boston Bees 9 Moon Mullen (2B) 94 years, 288 days February 9, 1917 April 18, 1944 October 1, 1944 118 games: Philadelphia Phillies 10 Alex Monchak (SS) 94 years, 264 days March 5, 1917 June 22, 1940 September 1, 1940 19 games: Philadelphia Phillies 11 Virgil Trucks* (P) 94 years, 212 days April 26, 1917 September 27, 1941 September 26, 1958 517 games: Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics 12 Lennie Merullo (SS) 94 years, 203 days May 5, 1917 September 21, 1941 August 22, 1947 639 games: Chicago Cubs 13 Mike Palagyi (P) 94 years, 143 days July 4, 1917 August 18, 1939 August 18, 1939 1 game: Washington Senators 14 Carl Miles (P) 93 years, 247 days March 22, 1918 June 8, 1940 July 2, 1940 2 games: Philadelphia Athletics 15 Lou Lucier (P) 93 years, 246 days March 23, 1918 April 23, 1943 June 13, 1945 33 games: Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies 16 Bobby Doerr*† (2B) 93 years, 231 days April 7, 1918 April 20, 1937 September 7, 1951 1,865 games: Boston Red Sox 17 Lonnie Goldstein (1B) 93 years, 195 days May 13, 1918 September 11, 1943 September 17, 1946 11 games: Cincinnati Reds 18 Chuck Stevens (1B) 93 years, 137 days July 10, 1918 September 16, 1941 July 25, 1948 211 games: St. Louis Browns 19 Bill Endicott (OF) 93 years, 81 days September 4, 1918 April 21, 1946 September 18, 1946 20 games: St. Louis Cardinals 20 Fred Caligiuri (P) 93 years, 33 days October 22, 1918 September 3, 1941 September 20, 1942 18 games: Philadelphia Athletics 21 Ducky Detweiler (3B) 92 years, 282 days February 15, 1919 September 12, 1942 June 1, 1946 13 games: Boston Braves 22 Monte Irvin*† (LF) 92 years, 272 days February 25, 1919 July 8, 1949 September 30, 1956 764 games: New York Giants, Chicago Cubs (plus Negro Leagues) 23 Les Mueller (P) 92 years, 265 days March 4, 1919 August 15, 1941 September 23, 1945 30 games: Detroit Tigers 24 Steve Nagy (P) 92 years, 180 days May 28, 1919 April 23, 1947 June 30, 1950 21 games: Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates 25 Al Brancato (SS) 92 years, 179 days May 29, 1919 September 7, 1939 September 19, 1945 282 games: Philadelphia Athletics 26 Luis Olmo (OF) 92 years, 105 days August 11, 1919 July 23, 1943 June 6, 1951 438 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves 27 Tom Jordan (C) 92 years, 80 days September 5, 1919 September 4, 1944 April 28, 1948 29 games: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Indians 28 Johnny Pesky* (SS) 92 years, 58 days September 27, 1919 April 14, 1942 September 24, 1954 1,188 games: Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Washington Senators 29 Barney Mussill (P) 92 years, 54 days October 1, 1919 April 20, 1944 September 26, 1944 16 games: Philadelphia Phillies 30 Lee Pfund (P) 92 years, 45 days October 10, 1919 April 21, 1945 July 5, 1945 15 games: Brooklyn Dodgers 31 Bill Mills (C) 92 years, 22 days November 2, 1919 May 19, 1944 June 3, 1944 5 games: Philadelphia Athletics 32 Rugger Ardizoia (P) 92 years, 4 days November 20, 1919 April 30, 1947 April 30, 1947 1 game: New York Yankees 33 Boyd Bartley (SS) 91 years, 286 days February 11, 1920 May 30, 1943 June 7, 1943 9 games: Brooklyn Dodgers 34 Babe Martin (OF) 91 years, 241 days March 28, 1920 September 25, 1944 July 1, 1953 69 games: St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox 35 Dick Adams (1B) 91 years, 230 days April 8, 1920 May 20, 1947 September 28, 1947 37 games: Philadelphia Athletics 36 John O'Neil (SS) 91 years, 219 days April 19, 1920 April 16, 1946 September 29, 1946 46 games: Philadelphia Phillies 37 Dave Philley (OF) 91 years, 192 days May 16, 1920 September 6, 1941 August 6, 1962 1,904 games: Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox 38 Jean-Pierre Roy (P) 91 years, 151 days June 26, 1920 May 5, 1946 May 11, 1946 3 games: Brooklyn Dodgers 39 Fred Bradley (P) 91 years, 116 days July 31, 1920 May 1, 1948 May 1, 1949 9 games: Chicago White Sox 40 Larry Eschen (SS) 91 years, 63 days September 22, 1920 June 16, 1942 July 17, 1942 12 games: Philadelphia Athletics 41 Pat McGlothin (P) 91 years, 35 days October 20, 1920 April 25, 1949 April 18, 1950 8 games: Brooklyn Dodgers 42 Bud Byerly (P) 91 years, 29 days October 26, 1920 September 26, 1943 July 21, 1960 237 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators, 43 Val Heim (LF) 91 years, 20 days November 4, 1920 August 31, 1942 September 22, 1942 13 games: Chicago White Sox 44 Wally Westlake* (OF-3B) 91 years, 16 days November 8, 1920 April 15, 1947 May 12, 1956 958 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles 45 Stan Musial*† (OF-1B) 91 years, 3 days November 21, 1920 September 17, 1941 September 29, 1963 3,026 games: St. Louis Cardinals 46 Eddie Robinson*(1B) 90 years, 344 days December 15, 1920 September 9, 1942 September 15, 1957 1,315 games: Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles 47 Ted Beard (OF) 90 years, 321 days January 7, 1921 September 5, 1948 May 13, 1958 194 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox 48 Andy Pafko*(OF-3B) 90 years, 272 days February 25, 1921 September 24, 1943 September 29, 1959 1,852 games: Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves 49 Dick Starr (P) 90 years, 267 days March 2, 1921 September 5, 1947 September 29, 1951 93 games: New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators 50 George Elder (P) 90 years, 259 days March 10, 1921 July 22, 1949 September 25, 1949 41 games: St. Louis Browns 51 Charlie Mead (RF) 90 years, 229 days April 9, 1921 August 28, 1943 September 30, 1945 87 games: New York Giants 52 Clint Conatser (OF) 90 years, 123 days July 24, 1921 April 21, 1948 July 14, 1949 143 games: Boston Braves 53 Marv Rackley (OF) 90 years, 122 days July 25, 1921 April 15, 1947 May 8, 1950 185 games:Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds 54 Tom Saffell (CF) 90 years, 121 days July 26, 1921 July 2, 1949 September 25, 1955 271 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics 55 Vic Barnhart (SS-3B) 90 years, 84 days September 1, 1921 October 1, 1944 April 21, 1946 162 games: Pittsburgh Pirates 56 Red Adams (P) 90 years, 48 days October 7, 1921 May 5, 1946 July 2, 1946 8 games: Chicago Cubs 57 Matt Batts (C) 90 years, 39 days October 16, 1921 September 10, 1947 May 8, 1956 546 games: Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds 58 Les Layton (OF) 90 years, 6 days November 18, 1921 April 24, 1948 September 3, 1948 63 games: New York Giants 59 Neill Sheridan (P) 90 years, 4 days November 20, 1921 September 19, 1948 September 26, 1948 2 games: Boston Red Sox 60 Bob Savage (P) 89 years, 358 days December 1, 1921 June 24, 1942 May 4, 1949 129 games: Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns 61 Dave Ferriss* (P) 89 years, 354 days December 5, 1921 April 29, 1945 April 18, 1952 144 games: Boston Red Sox 62 Chuck Kress (1B) 89 years, 350 days December 9, 1921 April 16, 1947 July 8, 1954 175 games: Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers 63 Alvin Dark* (SS) 89 years, 321 days January 7, 1922 July 14, 1946 October 2, 1960 1812 games: Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Braves 64 Cliff Chambers (P) 89 years, 318 days January 10, 1922 April 24, 1948 September 22, 1953 189 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs 65 Neil Berry (SS) 89 years, 317 days January 11, 1922 April 20, 1948 May 11, 1954 172 games: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles 66 Sam Mele (1B) 90 years, 307 days January 21, 1922 April 15, 1947 September 16, 1956 1046 games: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians And Cincinnati Reds
67 George Genovese (P) 89 years, 275 days February 22, 1922 April 29, 1950 May 6, 1950 3 games: Washington Senators 68 Gene Crumling (C) 89 years, 233 days April 5, 1922 September 11, 1945 September 29, 1945 6 games: St. Louis Cardinals 69 Johnny Hetki (P) 89 years, 196 days May 12, 1922 September 14, 1945 September 22, 1954 214 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, and Pittsburgh Pirates 70 Gil Coan (LF) 89 years, 190 days May 18, 1922 April 27, 1946 April 25, 1956 918 games: Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants 71 Mel Parnell * (P) 89 years, 164 days June 13, 1922 April 20, 1947 September 29, 1956 293 games: Boston Red Sox 72 George Burpo (P) 89 years, 158 days June 19, 1922 June 9, 1946 July 3, 1946 2 games: Cincinnati Reds 73 Jim Rivera (OF) 89 years, 125 days July 22, 1922 April 15, 1952 September 30, 1961 1171 games: St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics 74 Hub Andrews (P) 89 years, 85 days August 31, 1922 April 20, 1947 April 30, 1948 8 games: New York Giants 75 Joe Astroth (C) 89 years, 84 days September 1, 1922 August 13, 1945 May 13, 1956 544 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics 76 Harry Perkowski (P) 89 years, 79 days September 6, 1922 September 13, 1947 September 18 1955 8 games: Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs 77 Don Lenhardt (LF) 89 years, 51 days October 4, 1922 April 18, 1950 September 25, 1954 481 games: St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles 78 Grady Hatton* (2B-3B) 89 years, 48 days October 7, 1922 April 16, 1946 October 1, 1960 1312 games: Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs 79 Ralph Kiner *† (LF) 89 years, 28 days October 27, 1922 April 16, 1946 September 25 1955 1472 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians 80 Eddie Basinski (SS-2B) 89 years, 20 days November 4, 1922 May 20, 1944 July 4, 1947 203 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates 81 George Yankowski (C) 89 years, 5 days November 19, 1922 August 17, 1942 June 28, 1949 18 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox 82 George Lerchen (OF) 88 years, 358 days December 1, 1922 April 15, 1952 September 13, 1953 36 games: Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds 83 Neal Watlington (C) 88 years, 334 days December 25, 1922 July 10, 1953 September 17, 1953 21 games: Philadelphia Athletics 84 Cot Deal (P) 88 years, 305 days January 23, 1923 September 11, 1947 September 9, 1954 45 games: Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals 85 Red Schoendienst *† (2B) 88 years, 295 days February 2, 1923 April 17, 1945 July 7, 1963 2216 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves and New York Giants 86 Chuck Diering (OF) 88 years, 292 days February 5, 1923 April 15, 1947 June 24, 1956 752 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants 87 Russ Sullivan (OF) 88 years, 278 days February 19, 1923 September 8, 1951 May 16, 1953 45 games: Detroit Tigers 88 Solly Hemus (SS) 88 years, 221 days April 17, 1923 April 27, 1949 June 14, 1959 961 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies 89 Don Lund (OF) 88 years, 190 days May 18, 1923 July 3, 1945 July 29, 1954 281 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers 90 José Zardón (OF) 88 years, 188 days May 20, 1923 April 18, 1945 September 16, 1945 54 games: Washington Senators 91 Bob Kuzava (P) 88 years, 180 days May 28, 1923 September 21, 1946 September 29, 1957 213 games: Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals 92 Allie Clark (OF) 88 years, 161 days June 16, 1923 August 5, 1947 June 5, 1953 54 games: New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox 93 Len Okrie (C) 88 years, 131 days July 16, 1923 June 16, 1948 April 16, 1952 42 games: Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox 94 Don Grate (P) 88 years, 89 days August 27, 1923 July 6, 1945 September 28, 1946 7 games: Philadelphia Phillies 95 Tom Wright (PH-OF) 88 years, 63 days September 22, 1923 September 15, 1948 April 18, 1956 341 games: Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators 96 Harry Elliott (OF) 88 years, 25 days October 30, 1923 August 1, 1953 September 25, 1955 92 games: St. Louis Cardinals 97 Lee Howard (P) 88 years, 13 days November 11, 1923 September 22, 1946 September 25, 1947 5 games: Pittsburg Pirates 98 Grant Dunlap OF) 87 years, 339 days December 20, 1923 April 21, 1953 July 28, 1953 16 games: St. Louis Cardinals 99 Lloyd Hittle (P) 87 years, 276 days February 21, 1924 June 12, 1949 June 11, 1950 47 games: Washington Senators 100 Al Rosen* (3B) 87 years, 268 days February 29, 1924 September 10, 1947 Septembe 29, 1956 1044 games: Cleveland Indians - Bobby Doerr, at 93, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who was selected as a player. He gained induction in 1986.
- Executive Lee MacPhail, at 94, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1998.
- Johnny Pesky, at 92, is the oldest living major league manager; he was manager of the Boston Red Sox in 1963-64 and 1980.
- Alex Monchak, at 94, is the oldest living major league coach; he coached with the Chicago White Sox (1971–75), Oakland Athletics (1976), Pittsburgh Pirates (1977–84) and Atlanta Braves (1986–88).
- Chet Hoff, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, is the longest-lived major leaguer. He died in 1998, aged 107 years, 132 days.
- Silas Simmons, who played in the Negro leagues, is believed to be the longest-lived baseball player in history. His year of birth is disputed, but he was at least 109 and possibly 111 at the time of his death in 2006.
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Categories:- Lists of Major League Baseball players
- Lists of people by age
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