List of oldest living Major League Baseball players
This list includes the 100 oldest living former Major League Baseball players, listed from oldest to youngest. The primary position of each player is noted after his name.
† | Denotes Hall of Famer |
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* | Denotes All-Star |
Rank | Name | Age | Date of birth | MLB debut | Final game | Team(s) |
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1 | George Elder (LF) | 100 years, 293 days | March 10, 1921 | July 22, 1949 | September 25, 1949 | 41 games: St. Louis Browns |
2 | Eddie Basinski (SS-2B) | 99 years, 54 days | November 4, 1922 | May 20, 1944 | July 4, 1947 | 203 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates |
3 | Art Schallock (P) | 97 years, 247 days | April 25, 1924 | July 16, 1951 | September 23, 1955 | 58 games: New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles |
4 | Bill Greason (P) | 97 years, 116 days | September 3, 1924 | 1948 | June 20, 1954 | 11 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Birmingham Black Barons |
5 | Larry Miggins (LF) | 96 years, 130 days | August 20, 1925 | October 3, 1948 | September 28, 1952 | 43 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
6 | Paul Hinrichs (P) | 96 years, 119 days | August 31, 1925 | May 16, 1951 | June 21, 1951 | 4 games: Boston Red Sox |
7 | Bobby Shantz * (P) | 96 years, 93 days | September 26, 1925 | May 1, 1949 | September 29, 1964 | 578 games: Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies |
8 | Chris Haughey (P) | 96 years, 86 days | October 3, 1925 | October 3, 1943 | October 3, 1943 | 1 game: Brooklyn Dodgers |
9 | Frank Saucier (OF) | 95 years, 214 days | May 28, 1926 | July 21, 1951 | September 23, 1951 | 18 games: St. Louis Browns |
10 | Bobby Morgan (IF) | 95 years, 182 days | June 29, 1926 | April 18, 1950 | April 20, 1958 | 671 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs |
11 | Ed Mickelson (1B) | 95 years, 110 days | September 9, 1926 | September 18, 1950 | May 12, 1957 | 18 games: St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago Cubs |
12 | Carl Erskine * (P) | 95 years, 15 days | December 13, 1926 | July 25, 1948 | June 14, 1959 | 360 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers |
13 | Ron Teasley (P) | 94 years, 336 days | January 26, 1927 | 1948 | 1948 | 2 games: New York Cubans |
14 | Jim Willis (P) | 94 years, 283 days | March 20, 1927 | April 22, 1953 | June 5, 1954 | 27 games: Chicago Cubs |
15 | Charlie Maxwell * (LF) | 94 years, 264 days | April 8, 1927 | September 20, 1950 | April 26, 1964 | 1,133 games: Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox |
16 | Billy Gardner (2B) | 94 years, 162 days | July 19, 1927 | April 22, 1954 | September 11, 1963 | 1,034 games: New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox |
17 | Dave Hillman (P) | 94 years, 105 days | September 14, 1927 | April 30, 1955 | June 22, 1962 | 197 games: Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets |
18 | Bill Harrington (P) | 94 years, 86 days | October 3, 1927 | April 16, 1953 | September 30, 1956 | 58 games: Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics |
19 | Bob Kelly (P) | 94 years, 85 days | October 4, 1927 | May 4, 1951 | June 4, 1958 | 123 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, and Cleveland Indians |
20 | Tommy Brown (UT) | 94 years, 22 days | December 6, 1927 | August 3, 1944 | September 25, 1953 | 494 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs |
21 | Bob Oldis (C) | 93 years, 357 days | January 5, 1928 | April 28, 1953 | September 29, 1963 | 135 games: Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies |
22 | Felipe Montemayor (CF) | 93 years, 324 days | February 7, 1928 | April 14, 1953 | June 12, 1955 | 64 games: Pittsburgh Pirates |
23 | Roy Face * (P) | 93 years, 311 days | February 20, 1928 | April 16, 1953 | August 15, 1969 | 853 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, and Montreal Expos |
24 | Billy Hunter * (SS) | 93 years, 207 days | June 4, 1928 | April 14, 1953 | September 27, 1958 | 630 games: St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland Indians |
25 | John Glenn (OF) | 93 years, 171 days | July 10, 1928 | June 6, 1960 | July 31, 1960 | 32 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
26 | Fred Marolewski (1B) | 93 years, 83 days | October 6, 1928 | September 19, 1953 | September 19, 1953 | 1 game: St. Louis Cardinals |
27 | Gail Henley (RF) | 93 years, 74 days | October 15, 1928 | April 13, 1954 | May 6, 1954 | 14 games: Pittsburgh Pirates |
28 | Mickey Micelotta (SS) | 93 years, 69 days | October 20, 1928 | April 20, 1954 | August 2, 1955 | 17 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
29 | Bob Ross (P) | 93 years, 56 days | November 2, 1928 | June 16, 1950 | May 8, 1956 | 20 games: Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies |
30 | Bill Wilson (CF) | 93 years, 52 days | November 6, 1928 | September 24, 1950 | September 13, 1955 | 224 games: Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics |
31 | Clyde Golden (P) | 92 years, 363 days | December 30, 1928 | 1948 | 1948 | 15 games: Newark Eagles |
32 | Moe Savransky (P) | 92 years, 349 days | January 13, 1929 | April 23, 1954 | September 5, 1954 | 16 games: Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs |
33 | Gale Wade (CF) | 92 years, 342 days | January 20, 1929 | April 11, 1955 | May 8, 1956 | 19 games: Chicago Cubs |
34 | Bobby Kline (SS) | 92 years, 335 days | January 27, 1929 | April 11, 1955 | September 25, 1955 | 77 games: Washington Senators |
35 | Al Worthington (P) | 92 years, 326 days | February 5, 1929 | July 6, 1953 | October 2, 1969 | 602 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and Minnesota Twins |
36 | Mel Held (P) | 92 years, 260 days | April 12, 1929 | April 27, 1956 | May 13, 1956 | 4 games: Baltimore Orioles |
37 | Ed Winceniak (IF-PH) | 92 years, 256 days | April 16, 1929 | April 25, 1956 | May 12, 1957 | 32 games: Chicago Cubs |
38 | Curt Simmons * (P) | 92 years, 223 days | May 19, 1929 | September 28, 1947 | October 1, 1967 | 609 games: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and California Angels |
39 | Hank Foiles * (C) | 92 years, 201 days | June 10, 1929 | April 21, 1953 | May 2, 1964 | 608 games: Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, and Los Angeles Angels |
40 | Frank Thomas * (OF-3B) | 92 years, 200 days | June 11, 1929 | August 17, 1951 | May 30, 1966 | 1,766 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Houston Astros |
41 | Don Ferrarese (P) | 92 years, 192 days | June 19, 1929 | April 11, 1955 | September 22, 1962 | 184 games: Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals |
42 | Héctor López (OF-2B) | 92 years, 173 days | July 8, 1929 | May 12, 1955 | September 30, 1966 | 1,450 games: Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees |
43 | Jerry Snyder (IF) | 92 years, 160 days | July 21, 1929 | May 8, 1952 | May 10, 1958 | 266 games: Washington Senators |
44 | Joe Pignatano (C) | 92 years, 146 days | August 4, 1929 | April 28, 1957 | September 30, 1962 | 307 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets |
45 | Ike Delock (P) | 92 years, 47 days | November 11, 1929 | April 17, 1952 | July 13, 1963 | 329 games: Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles |
46 | Carl Linhart (PH) | 92 years, 14 days | December 14, 1929 | August 2, 1952 | September 19, 1952 | 3 games: Detroit Tigers |
47 | Ray Herbert * (P) | 92 years, 13 days | December 15, 1929 | August 27, 1950 | September 17, 1966 | 408 games: Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies |
48 | Joe Margoneri (P) | 91 years, 349 days | January 13, 1930 | April 25, 1956 | June 3, 1957 | 36 games: New York Giants |
49 | Pete Daley (C) | 91 years, 348 days | January 14, 1930 | May 3, 1955 | October 1, 1961 | 391 games: Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, and Washington Senators |
50 | Roger Craig (P) | 91 years, 314 days | February 17, 1930 | July 17, 1955 | July 10, 1966 | 368 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies |
51 | Vern Law * (P) | 91 years, 291 days | March 12, 1930 | June 11, 1950 | August 20, 1967 | 516 games: Pittsburgh Pirates |
52 | Hobie Landrith (C) | 91 years, 287 days | March 16, 1930 | July 30, 1950 | August 7, 1963 | 772 games: Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Washington Senators |
53 | Bob Lillis (IF) | 91 years, 209 days | June 2, 1930 | August 17, 1958 | September 17, 1967 | 817 games: Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Houston Colt .45s/Astros |
54 | Pete Burnside (P) | 91 years, 179 days | July 2, 1930 | September 20, 1955 | September 27, 1963 | 196 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, and Baltimore Orioles |
55 | Román Mejías (OF) | 91 years, 141 days | August 9, 1930 | April 13, 1955 | October 4, 1964 | 627 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s, and Boston Red Sox |
56 | Bob Speake (OF) | 91 years, 128 days | August 22, 1930 | April 16, 1955 | June 8, 1959 | 305 games: Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants |
57 | Bob Harrison (P) | 91 years, 97 days | September 22, 1930 | September 23, 1955 | September 25, 1956 | 2 games: Baltimore Orioles |
58 | Dick Hall (P/OF) | 91 years, 92 days | September 27, 1930 | April 15, 1952 | September 25, 1971 | 669 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies |
59 | Dick Groat * (SS) | 91 years, 54 days | November 4, 1930 | June 19, 1952 | October 1, 1967 | 1,929 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants |
60 | Joe Morgan (3B) | 91 years, 39 days | November 19, 1930 | April 14, 1959 | October 3, 1964 | 88 games: Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Cardinals |
61 | Johnny O'Brien (2B-P) | 91 years, 17 days | December 11, 1930 | April 19, 1953 | July 19, 1959 | 339 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Milwaukee Braves |
62 | Mike Baxes (2B-SS) | 91 years, 10 days | December 18, 1930 | April 17, 1956 | September 27, 1958 | 146 games: Kansas City Athletics |
63 | Dick Tomanek (P) | 90 years, 356 days | January 6, 1931 | September 25, 1953 | September 26, 1959 | 108 games: Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics |
64 | Ray Semproch (P) | 90 years, 355 days | January 7, 1931 | April 15, 1958 | May 2, 1961 | 85 games: Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels |
65 | Maurice Fisher (P) | 90 years, 315 days | February 16, 1931 | April 16, 1955 | April 16, 1955 | 1 game: Cincinnati Redlegs |
66 | Willie Mays *† (OF) | 90 years, 236 days | May 6, 1931 | 1948 | September 9, 1973 | 3,005 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and Birmingham Black Barons |
67 | Jim Marshall (1B) | 90 years, 217 days | May 25, 1931 | April 15, 1958 | September 28, 1962 | 411 games: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates |
68 | John Baumgartner (3B) | 90 years, 213 days | May 29, 1931 | April 14, 1953 | April 21, 1953 | 7 games: Detroit Tigers |
69 | Bobby Malkmus (IF) | 90 years, 177 days | July 4, 1931 | June 1, 1957 | May 15, 1962 | 268 games: Milwaukee Braves, Washington Senators, and Philadelphia Phillies |
70 | Zach Monroe (P) | 90 years, 173 days | July 8, 1931 | June 27, 1958 | May 3, 1959 | 24 games: New York Yankees |
71 | Ray Crone (P) | 90 years, 143 days | August 7, 1931 | April 13, 1954 | July 14, 1958 | 137 games: Milwaukee Braves and New York/San Francisco Giants |
72 | Chuck Essegian (OF) | 90 years, 141 days | August 9, 1931 | April 15, 1958 | September 28, 1963 | 404 games: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland Indians |
73 | Stan Pawloski (2B) | 90 years, 113 days | September 6, 1931 | September 24, 1955 | September 25, 1955 | 2 games: Cleveland Indians |
74 | Ken Aspromonte (2B/3B) | 90 years, 97 days | September 22, 1931 | September 2, 1957 | June 21, 1963 | 475 games: Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Braves, and Chicago Cubs |
75 | Fred Kipp (P) | 90 years, 88 days | October 1, 1931 | September 10, 1957 | May 8, 1960 | 49 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees |
76 | Bob Skinner * (OF) | 90 years, 86 days | October 3, 1931 | April 13, 1954 | September 24, 1966 | 1,381 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals |
77 | Gary Blaylock (P) | 90 years, 78 days | October 11, 1931 | April 10, 1959 | September 27, 1959 | 41 games: St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees |
78 | Don Leppert * (C) | 90 years, 70 days | October 19, 1931 | June 18, 1961 | September 16, 1964 | 190 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators |
79 | Dick Murphy (PR/PH) | 90 years, 64 days | October 25, 1931 | June 13, 1954 | September 13, 1954 | 6 games: Cincinnati Reds |
80 | Whitey Herzog † (OF) | 90 years, 49 days | November 9, 1931 | April 17, 1956 | September 28, 1963 | 634 games: Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers |
81 | Neal Hertweck (1B) | 90 years, 36 days | November 22, 1931 | September 27, 1952 | September 28, 1952 | 2 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
82 | John Pyecha (P) | 90 years, 33 days | November 25, 1931 | April 24, 1954 | April 24, 1954 | 1 game: Chicago Cubs |
83 | Rudy Hernández (P) | 90 years, 18 days | December 10, 1931 | July 3, 1960 | May 4, 1961 | 28 games: Washington Senators and Washington Senators |
84 | Footer Johnson (PH/PR) | 89 years, 316 days | February 15, 1932 | June 15, 1958 | July 30, 1958 | 8 games: Chicago Cubs |
85 | Don Taussig (OF) | 89 years, 312 days | February 19, 1932 | April 23, 1958 | August 11, 1962 | 153 games: San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Houston Colt .45s |
86 | Lee Tate (SS) | 89 years, 285 days | March 18, 1932 | September 12, 1958 | July 3, 1959 | 52 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
87 | Félix Torres (3B) | 89 years, 241 days | May 1, 1932 | April 10, 1962 | October 3, 1964 | 365 games: Los Angeles Angels |
88 | Eddie Bressoud * (SS) | 89 years, 240 days | May 2, 1932 | June 14, 1956 | September 26, 1967 | 1,186 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals |
89 | Charlie Rabe (P) | 89 years, 236 days | May 6, 1932 | September 21, 1957 | June 4, 1958 | 11 games: Cincinnati Reds |
90 | Ozzie Virgil (3B) | 89 years, 225 days | May 17, 1932 | September 23, 1956 | June 27, 1969 | 324 games: New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants |
91 | Lou Skizas (OF) | 89 years, 209 days | June 2, 1932 | April 19, 1956 | April 30, 1959 | 239 games: New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox |
92 | Bennie Daniels (P) | 89 years, 194 days | June 17, 1932 | September 24, 1957 | September 18, 1965 | 233 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators |
93 | Ron Necciai (P) | 89 years, 193 days | June 18, 1932 | August 10, 1952 | September 28, 1952 | 12 games: Pittsburgh Pirates |
94 | Cuno Barragan (C) | 89 years, 191 days | June 20, 1932 | September 1, 1961 | April 21, 1963 | 69 games: Chicago Cubs |
95 | Carl Duser (P) | 89 years, 159 days | July 22, 1932 | September 15, 1956 | April 23, 1958 | 3 games: Kansas City Athletics |
96 | John Pregenzer (P) | 89 years, 148 days | August 2, 1932 | April 20, 1963 | September 7, 1964 | 19 games: San Francisco Giants |
97 | Vicente Amor (P) | 89 years, 142 days | August 8, 1932 | April 16, 1955 | August 26, 1957 | 13 games: Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Redlegs |
98 | Eric MacKenzie (PH/C) | 89 years, 121 days | August 29, 1932 | April 23, 1955 | April 23, 1955 | 1 game: Kansas City Athletics |
99 | Maury Wills * (SS) | 89 years, 87 days | October 2, 1932 | June 6, 1959 | October 4, 1972 | 1,942 games: Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Montreal Expos |
100 | Bud Daley * (P) | 89 years, 82 days | October 7, 1932 | September 10, 1955 | July 26, 1964 | 248 games: Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees |
- Willie Mays, at 90, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Billy Gardner, at 94, is the oldest living former manager, having managed the Minnesota Twins (1981–1985) and the Kansas City Royals (1987).
- Chris Haughey is the last living player to have played in the 1943 season, though only on the last day of the season. Eddie Basinski and Tommy Brown are the only other living men to have played during World War II.
- Eddie Basinski, at 99, is the last living major leaguer mentioned in the Dave Frishberg song Van Lingle Mungo.
- Willie Mays, at 90, is the oldest living major leaguer mentioned in the Terry Cashman song Talkin' Baseball.
- Bill Terry was the last living person mentioned in Ogden Nash's poem Line-Up for Yesterday. He died in 1989, aged 90 years, 71 days.
- Bobby Doerr, a second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, was the longest-lived member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he died in 2017, aged 99 years, 220 days.
- Silas Simmons, a pitcher for New York Lincoln Giants, was the longest-lived major league 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.
- Red Hoff, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, was the longest-lived National or American League player– he died in 1998, aged 107 years, 132 days.
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