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 All-Star

† Denotes Hall of Famer

Rank	Name	Age	Date of birth	ML debut	Final game	Teams
01	Eddie Carnett (LF)	99 years, 199 days	October 21, 1916	April 19, 1941	July 7, 1945	158 games: Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians
02	Carl Miles (P)	98 years, 46 days	March 22, 1918	June 8, 1940	July 2, 1940	2 games: Philadelphia Athletics
03	Bobby Doerr*† (2B)	98 years, 30 days	April 7, 1918	April 20, 1937	September 7, 1951	1,865 games: Boston Red Sox
04	Chuck Stevens (1B)	97 years, 302 days	July 10, 1918	September 16, 1941	July 25, 1948	211 games: St. Louis Browns
05	Bill Endicott (LF)	97 years, 246 days	September 4, 1918	April 21, 1946	September 18, 1946	20 games: St. Louis Cardinals
06	Fred Caligiuri (P)	97 years, 198 days	October 22, 1918	September 3, 1941	September 20, 1942	18 games: Philadelphia Athletics
07	Steve Nagy (P)	96 years, 345 days	May 28, 1919	April 23, 1947	June 30, 1950	21 games: Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates
08	Luis Olmo (OF)	96 years, 270 days	August 11, 1919	July 23, 1943	June 6, 1951	438 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves
09	Tom Jordan (C)	96 years, 245 days	September 5, 1919	September 4, 1944	April 28, 1948	29 games: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians
010	Lee Pfund (P)	96 years, 210 days	October 10, 1919	April 21, 1945	July 5, 1945	15 games: Brooklyn Dodgers
011	Bill Mills (C)	96 years, 187 days	November 2, 1919	May 19, 1944	June 3, 1944	5 games: Philadelphia Athletics
012	Dick Adams (1B)	96 years, 29 days	April 8, 1920	May 20, 1947	September 28, 1947	37 games: Philadelphia Athletics
013	Val Heim (LF)	95 years, 185 days	November 4, 1920	August 31, 1942	September 22, 1942	13 games: Chicago White Sox
014	Wally Westlake* (OF-3B)	95 years, 181 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
015	Eddie Robinson* (1B)	95 years, 144 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, and Baltimore Orioles
016	Dick Starr (P)	95 years, 66 days	March 2, 1921	September 5, 1947	September 29, 1951	95 games: New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators
017	George Elder (LF)	95 years, 58 days	March 10, 1921	July 22, 1949	September 25, 1949	41 games: St. Louis Browns
018	Jim Rivera (OF)	94 years, 290 days	July 22, 1921	April 15, 1952	September 30, 1961	1,171 games: St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics
019	Clint Conatser (OF)	94 years, 288 days	July 24, 1921	April 21, 1948	July 14, 1949	143 games: Boston Braves
020	Marv Rackley (OF)	94 years, 287 days	July 25, 1921	April 15, 1947	May 8, 1950	185 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds
021	Red Adams (P)	94 years, 213 days	October 7, 1921	May 5, 1946	July 2, 1946	8 games: Chicago Cubs
022	Dave Ferriss* (P)	94 years, 154 days	December 5, 1921	April 29, 1945	April 18, 1952	194 games: Boston Red Sox
023	Neil Berry (SS)	94 years, 117 days	January 11, 1922	April 20, 1948	May 11, 1954	172 games: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles
024	Sam Mele (1B)	94 years, 107 days	January 21, 1922	April 15, 1947	September 16, 1956	1,046 games: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Redlegs
025	Johnny Hetki (P)	93 years, 361 days	May 12, 1922	September 14, 1945	September 22, 1954	214 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, and Pittsburgh Pirates
026	Gil Coan (LF)	93 years, 355 days	May 18, 1922	April 27, 1946	April 25, 1956	918 games: Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants
027	Vic Barnhart (SS-3B)	93 years, 249 days	September 1, 1922	October 1, 1944	April 21, 1946	74 games: Pittsburgh Pirates
028	Eddie Basinski (SS-2B)	93 years, 185 days	November 4, 1922	May 20, 1944	July 4, 1947	203 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates
029	George Yankowski (C)	93 years, 170 days	November 19, 1922	August 17, 1942	June 28, 1946	18 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox
030	Neal Watlington (C)	93 years, 134 days	December 25, 1922	July 10, 1953	September 17, 1953	21 games: Philadelphia Athletics
031	Red Schoendienst *† (2B)	93 years, 95 days	February 2, 1923	April 17, 1945	July 7, 1963	2,216 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves and New York Giants
032	Solly Hemus (SS)	93 years, 20 days	April 17, 1923	April 27, 1949	June 14, 1959	961 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
033	José Zardón (OF)	92 years, 353 days	May 20, 1923	April 18, 1945	September 16, 1945	54 games: Washington Senators
034	Bob Kuzava (P)	92 years, 345 days	May 28, 1923	September 21, 1946	September 29, 1957	214 games: Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals
035	Len Okrie (C)	92 years, 296 days	July 16, 1923	June 16, 1948	April 16, 1952	42 games: Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox
036	Tom Wright (PH-OF)	92 years, 228 days	September 22, 1923	September 15, 1948	April 18, 1956	341 games: Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators
037	Lee Howard (P)	92 years, 178 days	November 11, 1923	September 22, 1946	September 25, 1947	5 games: Pittsburgh Pirates
038	Tim Thompson (C)	92 years, 67 days	March 1, 1924	April 28, 1954	April 27, 1958	187 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers
039	Ed Mierkowicz (LF-PH)	92 years, 62 days	March 6, 1924	August 31, 1945	April 19, 1950	35 games: Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals
040	Chuck Harmon (3B-OF)	92 years, 14 days	April 23, 1924	April 17, 1954	September 15, 1957	289 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
041	Art Schallock (P)	92 years, 12 days	April 25, 1924	July 16, 1951	September 23, 1955	58 games: New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles
042	Ed Fitz Gerald (C)	91 years, 352 days	May 21, 1924	April 19, 1948	September 15, 1959	807 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians
043	Turk Lown (P)	91 years, 343 days	May 30, 1924	April 24, 1951	September 22, 1962	506 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox
044	Milt Welch (C)	91 years, 286 days	July 26, 1924	June 5, 1945	June 5, 1945	1 game: Detroit Tigers
045	Ed Samcoff (2B)	91 years, 249 days	September 1, 1924	April 21, 1951	April 26, 1951	4 games: Philadelphia Athletics
046	Bill Greason (P)	91 years, 247 days	September 3, 1924	May 31, 1954	June 20, 1954	3 games: St. Louis Cardinals
047	Lou Grasmick (P)	91 years, 239 days	September 11, 1924	April 22, 1948	April 24, 1948	2 games: Philadelphia Phillies
048	Charlie Silvera (C)	91 years, 207 days	October 13, 1924	September 29, 1948	September 28, 1957	227 games: New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs
049	Bobby Brown (3B)	91 years, 195 days	October 25, 1924	September 22, 1946	June 30, 1954	548 games: New York Yankees
050	Irv Noren* (OF)	91 years, 160 days	November 29, 1924	April 18, 1950	October 1, 1960	1,093 games: Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers
051	Bob Cerv* (LF)	91 years, 2 days	May 5, 1925	August 1, 1951	July 29, 1962	829 games: New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, and Houston Colt .45s
	Johnny Rutherford (P)	91 years, 2 days	May 5, 1925	April 30, 1952	September 23, 1952	22 games: Brooklyn Dodgers
053	Fenton Mole (1B)	90 years, 328 days	June 14, 1925	September 1, 1949	September 30, 1949	10 games: New York Yankees
054	Wayne Terwilliger (2B)	90 years, 315 days	June 27, 1925	August 6, 1949	May 16, 1960	666 games: Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, New York Giants, and Kansas City Athletics
055	Windy McCall (P)	90 years, 294 days	July 18, 1925	April 25, 1948	May 5, 1957	134 games: Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants
056	Larry Miggins (LF)	90 years, 261 days	August 20, 1925	October 3, 1948	September 28, 1952	43 games: St. Louis Cardinals
057	Billy DeMars (SS)	90 years, 255 days	August 26, 1925	May 18, 1948	September 28, 1951	80 games: Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
058	Paul Hinrichs (P)	90 years, 250 days	August 31, 1925	May 16, 1951	June 21, 1951	4 games: Boston Red Sox
059	Bobby Shantz* (P)	90 years, 224 days	September 26, 1925	May 1, 1949	September 29, 1964	578 games: Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies
060	Chris Haughey (P)	90 years, 217 days	October 3, 1925	October 3, 1943	October 3, 1943	1 game: Brooklyn Dodgers
061	Tommy Giordano (2B)	90 years, 211 days	October 9, 1925	September 11, 1953	September 26, 1953	11 games: Philadelphia Athletics
062	Bob Addis (OF)	90 years, 183 days	November 6, 1925	September 1, 1950	June 12, 1953	135 games: Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates
063	Rance Pless (1B-3B)	90 years, 153 days	December 6, 1925	April 21, 1956	September 30, 1956	20 games: Kansas City Athletics
064	Ned Garver* (P)	90 years, 134 days	December 25, 1925	April 28, 1948	June 4, 1961	458 games: St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels
065	Ralph Branca* (P)	90 years, 122 days	January 6, 1926	June 12, 1944	September 7, 1956	322 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees
066	Bob Borkowski (OF)	90 years, 101 days	January 27, 1926	April 22, 1950	July 10, 1955	470 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Dodgers
067	Hank Workman (1B)	90 years, 92 days	February 5, 1926	September 4, 1950	October 1, 1950	2 games: New York Yankees
068	Randy Jackson* (3B)	90 years, 87 days	February 10, 1926	May 2, 1950	September 25, 1959	955 games: Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cleveland Indians
069	Howie Judson (P)	90 years, 81 days	February 16, 1926	April 22, 1948	September 25, 1954	208 games: Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds
070	Jack Crimian (P)	90 years, 80 days	February 17, 1926	July 3, 1951	May 6, 1957	75 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Athletics, and Detroit Tigers
071	Dick Koecher (P)	90 years, 38 days	March 30, 1926	September 29, 1946	October 2, 1948	7 games: Philadelphia Phillies
072	Alex Grammas (SS)	90 years, 34 days	April 3, 1926	April 13, 1954	September 29, 1963	913 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Chicago Cubs
073	Bert Thiel (P)	90 years, 3 days	May 4, 1926	April 17, 1952	April 30, 1952	4 games: Boston Braves
074	Dick Cole (SS)	90 years, 1 day	May 6, 1926	April 27, 1951	July 21, 1957	456 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Braves
075	Harvey Gentry (PH)	89 years, 346 days	May 27, 1926	April 14, 1954	April 27, 1954	5 games: New York Giants
076	Frank Saucier (OF)	89 years, 345 days	May 28, 1926	July 21, 1951	September 23, 1951	18 games: St. Louis Browns
077	Don Newcombe* (P)	89 years, 328 days	June 14, 1926	May 20, 1949	October 1, 1960	452 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, and Cleveland Indians
078	Bob Miller (P)	89 years, 326 days	June 16, 1926	September 16, 1949	August 10, 1958	261 games: Philadelphia Phillies
079	Bobby Morgan (IF)	89 years, 313 days	June 29, 1926	April 18, 1950	April 20, 1958	671 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs
080	Roy Hawes (1B)	89 years, 307 days	July 5, 1926	September 23, 1951	September 30, 1951	3 games: Washington Senators
081	Harry MacPherson (P)	89 years, 302 days	July 10, 1926	August 14, 1944	August 14, 1944	1 game: Boston Braves
082	Johnny Groth (CF)	89 years, 289 days	July 23, 1926	September 5, 1946	July 28, 1960	1,248 games: Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, and Kansas City Athletics
083	Al Naples (SS)	89 years, 252 days	August 29, 1926	June 25, 1949	June 26, 1949	2 games: St. Louis Browns
084	Ed Mickelson (1B)	89 years, 241 days	September 9, 1926	September 18, 1950	May 12, 1957	18 games: St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago Cubs
085	Ozzie Van Brabant (P)	89 years, 222 days	September 28, 1926	April 13, 1954	April 23, 1955	11 games: Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics
086	Dick Bokelmann (P)	89 years, 194 days	October 26, 1926	August 3, 1951	May 3, 1953	34 games: St. Louis Cardinals
087	Roy Sievers* (1B-LF)	89 years, 171 days	November 18, 1926	April 21, 1949	May 9, 1965	1,887 games: St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Senators (II)
088	Carl Erskine* (P)	89 years, 146 days	December 13, 1926	July 25, 1948	June 14, 1959	360 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
089	Dick Manville (P)	89 years, 133 days	December 25, 1926	April 30, 1950	September 10, 1952	12 games: Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs
090	Carl Scheib (P)	89 years, 127 days	January 1, 1927	September 6, 1943	May 24, 1954	327 games: Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals
091	Al Richter (SS)	89 years, 90 days	February 7, 1927	September 23, 1951	April 21, 1953	6 games: Boston Red Sox
092	Jim Willis (P)	89 years, 48 days	March 20, 1927	April 22, 1953	June 5, 1954	27 games: Chicago Cubs
093	Paul Stuffel (P)	89 years, 46 days	March 22, 1927	September 16, 1950	May 24, 1953	7 games: Philadelphia Phillies
094	Don Hasenmayer (IF)	89 years, 33 days	April 4, 1927	May 2, 1945	September 29, 1946	11 games: Philadelphia Phillies
095	Charlie Maxwell* (LF)	89 years, 29 days	April 8, 1927	September 20, 1950	April 26, 1964	1,133 games: Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox
096	Jack Faszholz (P)	89 years, 26 days	April 11, 1927	April 25, 1953	May 30, 1953	4 games: St. Louis Cardinals
097	Bob Zick (P)	89 years, 11 days	April 26, 1927	May 2, 1954	September 6, 1954	11 games: Chicago Cubs
098	Hal Hudson (P)	89 years, 3 days	May 4, 1927	April 20, 1952	September 23, 1953	6 games: St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox
099	Bob Talbot (CF)	88 years, 336 days	June 6, 1927	September 16, 1953	September 26, 1954	122 games: Chicago Cubs
0100	Dick Lane (LF)	88 years, 314 days	June 28, 1927	June 20, 1949	July 8, 1949	12 games: Chicago White Sox

• Bobby Doerr, at 98, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He gained induction in 1986. In addition, Doerr is the oldest living major league coach, having coached with the Boston Red Sox (1967–69) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977-81). He is also the last man alive who played in the major leagues during the 1930s.
• Dave Garcia, at 95, is the oldest living major league manager; he managed the California Angels (1977–78) and the Cleveland Indians (1979–82).
• Eddie Basinski, at 93, is the oldest living major leaguer mentioned in the Dave Frishberg song Van Lingle Mungo
• Red 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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