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
*	Denotes All-Star

Rank	Name	Age	Date of birth	MLB debut	Final game	Team(s)
01	Bobby Doerr *† (2B)	98 years, 239 days	April 7, 1918	April 20, 1937	September 7, 1951	1,865 games: Boston Red Sox
02	Chuck Stevens (1B)	98 years, 145 days	July 10, 1918	September 16, 1941	July 25, 1948	211 games: St. Louis Browns
03	Bill Endicott (LF)	98 years, 89 days	September 4, 1918	April 21, 1946	September 18, 1946	20 games: St. Louis Cardinals
04	Fred Caligiuri (P)	98 years, 41 days	October 22, 1918	September 3, 1941	September 20, 1942	18 games: Philadelphia Athletics
05	Luis Olmo (OF)	97 years, 113 days	August 11, 1919	July 23, 1943	June 6, 1951	438 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves
06	Tom Jordan (C)	97 years, 88 days	September 5, 1919	September 4, 1944	April 28, 1948	29 games: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians
07	Bill Mills (C)	97 years, 30 days	November 2, 1919	May 19, 1944	June 3, 1944	5 games: Philadelphia Athletics
08	Val Heim (LF)	96 years, 28 days	November 4, 1920	August 31, 1942	September 22, 1942	13 games: Chicago White Sox
09	Wally Westlake * (OF-3B)	96 years, 24 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
010	Eddie Robinson * (1B)	95 years, 353 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
011	Dick Starr (P)	95 years, 275 days	March 2, 1921	September 5, 1947	September 29, 1951	95 games: New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators
012	George Elder (LF)	95 years, 267 days	March 10, 1921	July 22, 1949	September 25, 1949	41 games: St. Louis Browns
013	Jim Rivera (OF)	95 years, 133 days	July 22, 1921	April 15, 1952	September 30, 1961	1,171 games: St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics
014	Clint Conatser (OF)	95 years, 131 days	July 24, 1921	April 21, 1948	July 14, 1949	143 games: Boston Braves
015	Marv Rackley (OF)	95 years, 130 days	July 25, 1921	April 15, 1947	May 8, 1950	185 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds
016	Red Adams (P)	95 years, 56 days	October 7, 1921	May 5, 1946	July 2, 1946	8 games: Chicago Cubs
017	Sam Mele (1B)	94 years, 316 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
018	Johnny Hetki (P)	94 years, 204 days	May 12, 1922	September 14, 1945	September 22, 1954	214 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, and Pittsburgh Pirates
019	Gil Coan (LF)	94 years, 198 days	May 18, 1922	April 27, 1946	April 25, 1956	918 games: Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants
020	Vic Barnhart (SS-3B)	94 years, 92 days	September 1, 1922	October 1, 1944	April 21, 1946	74 games: Pittsburgh Pirates
021	Eddie Basinski (SS-2B)	94 years, 28 days	November 4, 1922	May 20, 1944	July 4, 1947	203 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates
022	George Yankowski (C)	94 years, 13 days	November 19, 1922	August 17, 1942	June 28, 1946	18 games: Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox
023	Neal Watlington (C)	93 years, 343 days	December 25, 1922	July 10, 1953	September 17, 1953	21 games: Philadelphia Athletics
024	Red Schoendienst *† (2B)	93 years, 304 days	February 2, 1923	April 17, 1945	July 7, 1963	2,216 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves and New York Giants
025	Solly Hemus (SS)	93 years, 229 days	April 17, 1923	April 27, 1949	June 14, 1959	961 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
026	José Zardón (OF)	93 years, 196 days	May 20, 1923	April 18, 1945	September 16, 1945	54 games: Washington Senators
027	Bob Kuzava (P)	93 years, 188 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
028	Len Okrie (C)	93 years, 139 days	July 16, 1923	June 16, 1948	April 16, 1952	42 games: Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox
029	Tom Wright (PH-OF)	93 years, 71 days	September 22, 1923	September 15, 1948	April 18, 1956	341 games: Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators
030	Lee Howard (P)	93 years, 21 days	November 11, 1923	September 22, 1946	September 25, 1947	5 games: Pittsburgh Pirates
031	Tim Thompson (C)	92 years, 276 days	March 1, 1924	April 28, 1954	April 27, 1958	187 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers
032	Ed Mierkowicz (LF-PH)	92 years, 271 days	March 6, 1924	August 31, 1945	April 19, 1950	35 games: Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals
033	Chuck Harmon (3B-OF)	92 years, 223 days	April 23, 1924	April 17, 1954	September 15, 1957	289 games: Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies
034	Art Schallock (P)	92 years, 221 days	April 25, 1924	July 16, 1951	September 23, 1955	58 games: New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles
035	Ed Fitz Gerald (C)	92 years, 195 days	May 21, 1924	April 19, 1948	September 15, 1959	807 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians
036	Milt Welch (C)	92 years, 129 days	July 26, 1924	June 5, 1945	June 5, 1945	1 game: Detroit Tigers
037	Ed Samcoff (2B)	92 years, 92 days	September 1, 1924	April 21, 1951	April 26, 1951	4 games: Philadelphia Athletics
038	Bill Greason (P)	92 years, 90 days	September 3, 1924	May 31, 1954	June 20, 1954	3 games: St. Louis Cardinals
039	Charlie Silvera (C)	92 years, 50 days	October 13, 1924	September 29, 1948	September 28, 1957	227 games: New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs
040	Bobby Brown (3B)	92 years, 38 days	October 25, 1924	September 22, 1946	June 30, 1954	548 games: New York Yankees
041	Irv Noren * (OF)	92 years, 3 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
042	Bob Cerv * (LF)	91 years, 211 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, 211 days	May 5, 1925	April 30, 1952	September 23, 1952	22 games: Brooklyn Dodgers
044	Fenton Mole (1B)	91 years, 171 days	June 14, 1925	September 1, 1949	September 30, 1949	10 games: New York Yankees
045	Wayne Terwilliger (2B)	91 years, 158 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
046	Windy McCall (P)	91 years, 137 days	July 18, 1925	April 25, 1948	May 5, 1957	134 games: Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants
047	Larry Miggins (LF)	91 years, 104 days	August 20, 1925	October 3, 1948	September 28, 1952	43 games: St. Louis Cardinals
048	Billy DeMars (SS)	91 years, 98 days	August 26, 1925	May 18, 1948	September 28, 1951	80 games: Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
049	Paul Hinrichs (P)	91 years, 93 days	August 31, 1925	May 16, 1951	June 21, 1951	4 games: Boston Red Sox
050	Bobby Shantz * (P)	91 years, 67 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
051	Chris Haughey (P)	91 years, 60 days	October 3, 1925	October 3, 1943	October 3, 1943	1 game: Brooklyn Dodgers
052	Tommy Giordano (2B)	91 years, 54 days	October 9, 1925	September 11, 1953	September 26, 1953	11 games: Philadelphia Athletics
053	Rance Pless (1B-3B)	90 years, 362 days	December 6, 1925	April 21, 1956	September 30, 1956	20 games: Kansas City Athletics
054	Ned Garver * (P)	90 years, 343 days	December 25, 1925	April 28, 1948	June 4, 1961	458 games: St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels
055	Bob Borkowski (OF)	90 years, 310 days	January 27, 1926	April 22, 1950	July 10, 1955	470 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Dodgers
056	Hank Workman (1B)	90 years, 301 days	February 5, 1926	September 4, 1950	October 1, 1950	2 games: New York Yankees
057	Randy Jackson * (3B)	90 years, 296 days	February 10, 1926	May 2, 1950	September 25, 1959	955 games: Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cleveland Indians
058	Howie Judson (P)	90 years, 290 days	February 16, 1926	April 22, 1948	September 25, 1954	208 games: Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds
059	Jack Crimian (P)	90 years, 289 days	February 17, 1926	July 3, 1951	May 6, 1957	75 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Athletics, and Detroit Tigers
060	Dick Koecher (P)	90 years, 247 days	March 30, 1926	September 29, 1946	October 2, 1948	7 games: Philadelphia Phillies
061	Alex Grammas (SS)	90 years, 243 days	April 3, 1926	April 13, 1954	September 29, 1963	913 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Chicago Cubs
062	Bert Thiel (P)	90 years, 212 days	May 4, 1926	April 17, 1952	April 30, 1952	4 games: Boston Braves
063	Dick Cole (SS)	90 years, 210 days	May 6, 1926	April 27, 1951	July 21, 1957	456 games: St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Braves
064	Harvey Gentry (PH)	90 years, 189 days	May 27, 1926	April 14, 1954	April 27, 1954	5 games: New York Giants
065	Frank Saucier (OF)	90 years, 188 days	May 28, 1926	July 21, 1951	September 23, 1951	18 games: St. Louis Browns
066	Don Newcombe * (P)	90 years, 171 days	June 14, 1926	May 20, 1949	October 1, 1960	452 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, and Cleveland Indians
067	Bob Miller (P)	90 years, 169 days	June 16, 1926	September 16, 1949	August 10, 1958	261 games: Philadelphia Phillies
068	Bobby Morgan (IF)	90 years, 156 days	June 29, 1926	April 18, 1950	April 20, 1958	671 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs
069	Roy Hawes (1B)	90 years, 150 days	July 5, 1926	September 23, 1951	September 30, 1951	3 games: Washington Senators
070	Harry MacPherson (P)	90 years, 145 days	July 10, 1926	August 14, 1944	August 14, 1944	1 game: Boston Braves
071	Johnny Groth (CF)	90 years, 132 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
072	Al Naples (SS)	90 years, 95 days	August 29, 1926	June 25, 1949	June 26, 1949	2 games: St. Louis Browns
073	Ed Mickelson (1B)	90 years, 84 days	September 9, 1926	September 18, 1950	May 12, 1957	18 games: St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago Cubs
074	Ozzie Van Brabant (P)	90 years, 65 days	September 28, 1926	April 13, 1954	April 23, 1955	11 games: Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics
075	Dick Bokelmann (P)	90 years, 37 days	October 26, 1926	August 3, 1951	May 3, 1953	34 games: St. Louis Cardinals
076	Roy Sievers* (1B-LF)	90 years, 14 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)
077	Carl Erskine * (P)	89 years, 355 days	December 13, 1926	July 25, 1948	June 14, 1959	360 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
078	Dick Manville (P)	89 years, 342 days	December 25, 1926	April 30, 1950	September 10, 1952	12 games: Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs
079	Carl Scheib (P)	89 years, 336 days	January 1, 1927	September 6, 1943	May 24, 1954	327 games: Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals
080	Al Richter (SS)	89 years, 299 days	February 7, 1927	September 23, 1951	April 21, 1953	6 games: Boston Red Sox
081	Jim Willis (P)	89 years, 257 days	March 20, 1927	April 22, 1953	June 5, 1954	27 games: Chicago Cubs
082	Paul Stuffel (P)	89 years, 255 days	March 22, 1927	September 16, 1950	May 24, 1953	7 games: Philadelphia Phillies
083	Don Hasenmayer (IF)	89 years, 242 days	April 4, 1927	May 2, 1945	September 29, 1946	11 games: Philadelphia Phillies
084	Charlie Maxwell * (LF)	89 years, 238 days	April 8, 1927	September 20, 1950	April 26, 1964	1,133 games: Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox
085	Jack Faszholz (P)	89 years, 235 days	April 11, 1927	April 25, 1953	May 30, 1953	4 games: St. Louis Cardinals
086	Bob Zick (P)	89 years, 220 days	April 26, 1927	May 2, 1954	September 6, 1954	11 games: Chicago Cubs
087	Bob Talbot (CF)	89 years, 179 days	June 6, 1927	September 16, 1953	September 26, 1954	122 games: Chicago Cubs
088	Dick Lane (LF)	89 years, 157 days	June 28, 1927	June 20, 1949	July 8, 1949	12 games: Chicago White Sox
089	Billy Gardner (2B)	89 years, 136 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
090	Dick Smith (3B)	89 years, 134 days	July 21, 1927	September 14, 1951	May 1, 1955	70 games: Pittsburgh Pirates
091	Rocky Krsnich (3B)	89 years, 119 days	August 5, 1927	September 13, 1949	September 26, 1953	120 games: Chicago White Sox
092	Cloyd Boyer (P)	89 years, 92 days	September 1, 1927	April 23, 1949	September 24, 1955	113 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Athletics
093	Dave Hillman (P)	89 years, 79 days	September 14, 1927	April 30, 1955	June 22, 1962	197 games: Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets
094	Duke Simpson (P)	89 years, 78 days	September 15, 1927	May 6, 1953	September 17, 1953	30 games: Chicago Cubs
095	Tommy Lasorda † (P)	89 years, 71 days	September 22, 1927	August 5, 1954	July 8, 1956	27 games: Brooklyn Dodgers and Kansas City Athletics
096	Bill Harrington (P)	89 years, 60 days	October 3, 1927	April 16, 1953	September 30, 1956	58 games: Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics
097	Bob Kelly (P)	89 years, 59 days	October 4, 1927	May 4, 1951	June 4, 1958	123 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, and Cleveland Indians
098	Jim Greengrass (LF)	89 years, 39 days	October 24, 1927	September 9, 1952	September 30, 1956	504 games: Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs and Philadelphia Phillies
099	Putsy Caballero (2B-3B)	89 years, 27 days	November 5, 1927	September 14, 1944	September 27, 1952	321 games: Philadelphia Phillies
0100	Tommy Brown (UT)	88 years, 362 days	December 6, 1927	August 3, 1944	September 25, 1953	494 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs

• Bobby Doerr, at 98, holds several distinctions; he is the oldest living former major league baseball player, the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the oldest living former major league coach – having coached with the Boston Red Sox (1967–69) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977-81) – and he is the last person alive who played in the major leagues during the 1930s.
• Dave Garcia, at 96, is the oldest living former major league manager; he managed the California Angels (1977–78) and the Cleveland Indians (1979–82).
• Eddie Basinski, at 94, is the last 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, was 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 have been the longest-lived professional 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.

See also

• List of oldest Major League Baseball players
• List of centenarians (Major League Baseball players)

Sources

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball Library
• The Baseball Page
• Baseball Reference
• Oldest Living Major League Baseball Players
• Who's Alive and Who's Dead