List of oldest living Major League Baseball players
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This list includes 100 of the oldest living former Major League Baseball players. 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, 305 days | April 25, 1911 | April 21, 1950 | September 7, 1954 | 118 games: Washington Senators |
| 2 | Ace Parker (SS) | 99 years, 283 days | May 17, 1912 | April 24, 1937 | September 4, 1938 | 94 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 3 | Mike Sandlock (C) | 96 years, 130 days | October 17, 1915 | September 19, 1942 | September 27, 1953 | 195 games: Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 4 | Freddy Schmidt (P) | 96 years, 15 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, 301 days | April 29, 1916 | July 1, 1938 | July 4, 1938 | 2 games: Boston Bees |
| 6 | Ray Hathaway (P) | 95 years, 134 days | October 13, 1916 | April 20, 1945 | June 3, 1945 | 4 games: Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 7 | Eddie Carnett (LF) | 95 years, 126 days | October 21, 1916 | April 19, 1941 | July 7, 1945 | 158 games: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians |
| 8 | Al Veigel (P) | 95 years, 25 days | January 30, 1917 | September 21, 1939 | September 25, 1939 | 2 games: Boston Bees |
| 9 | Moon Mullen (2B) | 95 years, 15 days | February 9, 1917 | April 18, 1944 | October 1, 1944 | 118 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
| 10 | Alex Monchak (SS) | 94 years, 356 days | March 5, 1917 | June 22, 1940 | September 1, 1940 | 19 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
| 11 | Virgil Trucks* (P) | 94 years, 304 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, 295 days | May 5, 1917 | September 21, 1941 | August 22, 1947 | 639 games: Chicago Cubs |
| 13 | Mike Palagyi (P) | 94 years, 235 days | July 4, 1917 | August 18, 1939 | August 18, 1939 | 1 game: Washington Senators |
| 14 | Carl Miles (P) | 93 years, 339 days | March 22, 1918 | June 8, 1940 | July 2, 1940 | 2 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 15 | Lou Lucier (P) | 93 years, 338 days | March 23, 1918 | April 23, 1943 | June 13, 1945 | 33 games: Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies |
| 16 | Bobby Doerr*† (2B) | 93 years, 323 days | April 7, 1918 | April 20, 1937 | September 7, 1951 | 1,865 games: Boston Red Sox |
| 17 | Lonnie Goldstein (1B) | 93 years, 287 days | May 13, 1918 | September 11, 1943 | September 17, 1946 | 11 games: Cincinnati Reds |
| 18 | Chuck Stevens (1B) | 93 years, 229 days | July 10, 1918 | September 16, 1941 | July 25, 1948 | 211 games: St. Louis Browns |
| 19 | Bill Endicott (OF) | 93 years, 173 days | September 4, 1918 | April 21, 1946 | September 18, 1946 | 20 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
| 20 | Fred Caligiuri (P) | 93 years, 125 days | October 22, 1918 | September 3, 1941 | September 20, 1942 | 18 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 21 | Ducky Detweiler (3B) | 93 years, 9 days | February 15, 1919 | September 12, 1942 | June 1, 1946 | 13 games: Boston Braves |
| 22 | Monte Irvin*† (LF) | 92 years, 364 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, 357 days | March 4, 1919 | August 15, 1941 | September 23, 1945 | 30 games: Detroit Tigers |
| 24 | Steve Nagy (P) | 92 years, 272 days | May 28, 1919 | April 23, 1947 | June 30, 1950 | 21 games: Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 25 | Al Brancato (SS) | 92 years, 271 days | May 29, 1919 | September 7, 1939 | September 19, 1945 | 282 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 26 | Luis Olmo (OF) | 92 years, 197 days | August 11, 1919 | July 23, 1943 | June 6, 1951 | 438 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves |
| 27 | Tom Jordan (C) | 92 years, 172 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, 150 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, 146 days | October 1, 1919 | April 20, 1944 | September 26, 1944 | 16 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
| 30 | Lee Pfund (P) | 92 years, 137 days | October 10, 1919 | April 21, 1945 | July 5, 1945 | 15 games: Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 31 | Bill Mills (C) | 92 years, 114 days | November 2, 1919 | May 19, 1944 | June 3, 1944 | 5 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 32 | Rugger Ardizoia (P) | 92 years, 96 days | November 20, 1919 | April 30, 1947 | April 30, 1947 | 1 game: New York Yankees |
| 33 | Boyd Bartley (SS) | 92 years, 13 days | February 11, 1920 | May 30, 1943 | June 7, 1943 | 9 games: Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 34 | Babe Martin (OF) | 91 years, 333 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, 322 days | April 8, 1920 | May 20, 1947 | September 28, 1947 | 37 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 36 | John O'Neil (SS) | 91 years, 311 days | April 19, 1920 | April 16, 1946 | September 29, 1946 | 46 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
| 37 | Dave Philley (OF) | 91 years, 284 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, 243 days | June 26, 1920 | May 5, 1946 | May 11, 1946 | 3 games: Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 39 | Fred Bradley (P) | 91 years, 208 days | July 31, 1920 | May 1, 1948 | May 1, 1949 | 9 games: Chicago White Sox |
| 40 | Larry Eschen (SS) | 91 years, 155 days | September 22, 1920 | June 16, 1942 | July 17, 1942 | 12 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 41 | Pat McGlothin (P) | 91 years, 127 days | October 20, 1920 | April 25, 1949 | April 18, 1950 | 8 games: Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 42 | Val Heim (LF) | 91 years, 112 days | November 4, 1920 | August 31, 1942 | September 22, 1942 | 13 games: Chicago White Sox |
| 43 | Wally Westlake* (OF-3B) | 91 years, 108 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 |
| 44 | Stan Musial*† (OF-1B) | 91 years, 95 days | November 21, 1920 | September 17, 1941 | September 29, 1963 | 3,026 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
| 45 | Eddie Robinson*(1B) | 91 years, 71 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 |
| 46 | Andy Pafko*(OF-3B) | 90 years, 364 days | February 25, 1921 | September 24, 1943 | September 29, 1959 | 1,852 games: Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves |
| 47 | Dick Starr (P) | 90 years, 359 days | March 2, 1921 | September 5, 1947 | September 29, 1951 | 93 games: New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators |
| 48 | George Elder (P) | 90 years, 351 days | March 10, 1921 | July 22, 1949 | September 25, 1949 | 41 games: St. Louis Browns |
| 49 | Charlie Mead (RF) | 90 years, 321 days | April 9, 1921 | August 28, 1943 | September 30, 1945 | 87 games: New York Giants |
| 50 | Clint Conatser (OF) | 90 years, 215 days | July 24, 1921 | April 21, 1948 | July 14, 1949 | 143 games: Boston Braves |
| 51 | Marv Rackley (OF) | 90 years, 214 days | July 25, 1921 | April 15, 1947 | May 8, 1950 | 185 games:Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds |
| 52 | Tom Saffell (CF) | 90 years, 213 days | July 26, 1921 | July 2, 1949 | September 25, 1955 | 271 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics |
| 53 | Vic Barnhart (SS-3B) | 90 years, 176 days | September 1, 1921 | October 1, 1944 | April 21, 1946 | 162 games: Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 54 | Red Adams (P) | 90 years, 140 days | October 7, 1921 | May 5, 1946 | July 2, 1946 | 8 games: Chicago Cubs |
| 55 | Matt Batts (C) | 90 years, 131 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 |
| 56 | Les Layton (OF) | 90 years, 98 days | November 18, 1921 | April 24, 1948 | September 3, 1948 | 63 games: New York Giants |
| 57 | Neill Sheridan (P) | 90 years, 96 days | November 20, 1921 | September 19, 1948 | September 26, 1948 | 2 games: Boston Red Sox |
| 58 | Bob Savage (P) | 90 years, 85 days | December 1, 1921 | June 24, 1942 | May 4, 1949 | 129 games: Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns |
| 59 | Dave Ferriss* (P) | 90 years, 81 days | December 5, 1921 | April 29, 1945 | April 18, 1952 | 144 games: Boston Red Sox |
| 60 | Chuck Kress (1B) | 90 years, 77 days | December 9, 1921 | April 16, 1947 | July 8, 1954 | 175 games: Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 61 | Alvin Dark* (SS) | 90 years, 48 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 |
| 62 | Neil Berry (SS) | 90 years, 44 days | January 11, 1922 | April 20, 1948 | May 11, 1954 | 172 games: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles |
| 63 | Sam Mele (1B) | 90 years, 34 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 |
| 64 | George Genovese (P) | 90 years, 2 days | February 22, 1922 | April 29, 1950 | May 6, 1950 | 3 games: Washington Senators |
| 65 | Johnny Hetki (P) | 89 years, 288 days | May 12, 1922 | September 14, 1945 | September 22, 1954 | 214 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, and Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 66 | Gil Coan (LF) | 89 years, 282 days | May 18, 1922 | April 27, 1946 | April 25, 1956 | 918 games: Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants |
| 67 | Mel Parnell * (P) | 89 years, 256 days | June 13, 1922 | April 20, 1947 | September 29, 1956 | 293 games: Boston Red Sox |
| 68 | George Burpo (P) | 89 years, 250 days | June 19, 1922 | June 9, 1946 | July 3, 1946 | 2 games: Cincinnati Reds |
| 69 | Jim Rivera (OF) | 89 years, 217 days | July 22, 1922 | April 15, 1952 | September 30, 1961 | 1171 games: St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics |
| 70 | Hub Andrews (P) | 89 years, 177 days | August 31, 1922 | April 20, 1947 | April 30, 1948 | 8 games: New York Giants |
| 71 | Joe Astroth (C) | 89 years, 176 days | September 1, 1922 | August 13, 1945 | May 13, 1956 | 544 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics |
| 72 | Harry Perkowski (P) | 89 years, 171 days | September 6, 1922 | September 13, 1947 | September 18 1955 | 184 games: Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs |
| 73 | Don Lenhardt (LF) | 89 years, 143 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 |
| 74 | Grady Hatton* (2B-3B) | 89 years, 140 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 |
| 75 | Ralph Kiner *† (LF) | 89 years, 120 days | October 27, 1922 | April 16, 1946 | September 25 1955 | 1472 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians |
| 76 | Eddie Basinski (SS-2B) | 89 years, 112 days | November 4, 1922 | May 20, 1944 | July 4, 1947 | 203 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 77 | George Yankowski (C) | 89 years, 97 days | November 19, 1922 | August 17, 1942 | June 28, 1949 | 18 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox |
| 78 | George Lerchen (OF) | 89 years, 85 days | December 1, 1922 | April 15, 1952 | September 13, 1953 | 36 games: Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds |
| 79 | Neal Watlington (C) | 89 years, 61 days | December 25, 1922 | July 10, 1953 | September 17, 1953 | 21 games: Philadelphia Athletics |
| 80 | Cot Deal (P) | 89 years, 32 days | January 23, 1923 | September 11, 1947 | September 9, 1954 | 45 games: Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals |
| 81 | Red Schoendienst *† (2B) | 89 years, 22 days | February 2, 1923 | April 17, 1945 | July 7, 1963 | 2216 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves and New York Giants |
| 82 | Chuck Diering (OF) | 89 years, 19 days | February 5, 1923 | April 15, 1947 | June 24, 1956 | 752 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants |
| 83 | Russ Sullivan (OF) | 89 years, 5 days | February 19, 1923 | September 8, 1951 | May 16, 1953 | 45 games: Detroit Tigers |
| 84 | Solly Hemus (SS) | 88 years, 313 days | April 17, 1923 | April 27, 1949 | June 14, 1959 | 961 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies |
| 85 | Don Lund (OF) | 88 years, 282 days | May 18, 1923 | July 3, 1945 | July 29, 1954 | 281 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers |
| 86 | José Zardón (OF) | 88 years, 280 days | May 20, 1923 | April 18, 1945 | September 16, 1945 | 54 games: Washington Senators |
| 87 | Bob Kuzava (P) | 88 years, 272 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 |
| 88 | Allie Clark (OF) | 88 years, 253 days | June 16, 1923 | August 5, 1947 | June 5, 1953 | 54 games: New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox |
| 89 | Len Okrie (C) | 88 years, 223 days | July 16, 1923 | June 16, 1948 | April 16, 1952 | 42 games: Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox |
| 90 | Don Grate (P) | 88 years, 181 days | August 27, 1923 | July 6, 1945 | September 28, 1946 | 7 games: Philadelphia Phillies |
| 91 | Tom Wright (PH-OF) | 88 years, 155 days | September 22, 1923 | September 15, 1948 | April 18, 1956 | 341 games: Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators |
| 92 | Harry Elliott (OF) | 88 years, 117 days | October 30, 1923 | August 1, 1953 | September 25, 1955 | 92 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
| 93 | Lee Howard (P) | 88 years, 105 days | November 11, 1923 | September 22, 1946 | September 25, 1947 | 5 games: Pittsburg Pirates |
| 94 | Grant Dunlap (OF) | 88 years, 66 days | December 20, 1923 | April 21, 1953 | July 28, 1953 | 16 games: St. Louis Cardinals |
| 95 | Lloyd Hittle (P) | 88 years, 3 days | February 21, 1924 | June 12, 1949 | June 11, 1950 | 47 games: Washington Senators |
| 96 | Al Rosen* (3B) | 87 years, 360 days | February 29, 1924 | September 10, 1947 | Septembe 29, 1956 | 1044 games: Cleveland Indians |
| 97 | Tim Thompson (C) | 87 years, 360 days | March 1, 1924 | April 28, 1954 | April 27, 1958 | 187 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers |
| 98 | Ed Mierkowicz (LF-PH) | 87 years, 355 days | March 6, 1924 | August 31, 1945 | April 19, 1950 | 162 games: Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals |
| 99 | Walt Linden (C) | 87 years, 334 days | March 27, 1924 | April 30, 1950 | May 8, 1950 | 3 games: Boston Braves |
| 100 | Chuck Harmon (OF) | 87 years, 307 days | April 23, 1924 | April 17, 1954 | September 15, 1957 | 289 games: Cincinnati Reds [[ St. Louis Cardinals[[ Philadelphia Phillies |
PLEASE UPDATE LIST - REVISE PLAYER AGES.
- 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.
