Oldest Living Major-League Baseball Players

This list includes every major-league baseball player born on or before 31 December 1919 who is alive. They are listed in order from oldest to youngest.

Players who accumulated fewer than 200 at bats and 50 innings pitched are in normal type. Players with more than 200 at bats or 50 innings pitched are in bold. Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame are in BOLD CAPS.

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RankNameBornYears of ServicePitcher?
1*Connie Marrero4/25/19111950-54Yes
2Ace Parker5/17/19121937-38No
3Mike Sandlock10/17/19151942, 1944-46, 1953No
4Art Kenney4/29/19161938Yes
5Ray Hathaway10/13/19161945Yes
6Eddie Carnett10/21/19161941, 1944-45No
7Alex Monchak3/5/19171940No
8Lennie Merullo5/5/19171941-47No
9Mike Palagyi7/4/19171939Yes
10Carl Miles3/22/19181940Yes
11Lou Lucier3/23/19181943-45Yes
12BOBBY DOERR4/17/19181937-44, 1946-51No
13Chuck Stevens7/10/19181941, 1946, 1948No
14Bill Endicott9/4/19181946No
15Fred Caligiuri10/22/19181941-42Yes
16MONTE IRVIN2/25/19191949-56No
17Steve Nagy5/28/19191947, 1950Yes
18Luis Olmo8/11/19191943-45, 1949-51No
19Tom Jordan9/5/19191944-48No
20Lee Pfund10/18/19191945Yes
21Bill Mills11/2/19191944No
22Rugger Ardizoia11/20/19191947Yes
*On 11 December 2012, Connie Marrero became the second-oldest former major leaguer of all time.


Recent Deaths

NameBornDiedYears of ServicePitcher?
Virgil Trucks4/26/19173/23/20131941-43, 1945-58Yes
Ducky Detweiler2/15/19193/13/20131942, 1946No
Moon Mullen2/9/19172/28/20131944No
Lonnie Goldstein5/13/19181/28/20131943, 1946No
Barney Mussill10/1/19191/27/20131944Yes
Freddy Schmidt2/9/191611/18/20121944, 1946-47Yes

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