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Justin Verlander is the oldest active MLB player.. This is a list of Baseball players.Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization in North America. The oldest person ever to play MLB was Satchel Paige, who, at the age of 59, made a major league appearance twelve years after his Major League career had ended.
A study by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that assessed the vital statistics of more than 10,000 baseball players and general mortality rates in the United States concluded that players whose careers began between 1876 and 1900 experienced only 97% expected mortality, those who debuted between 1901 and 1930 had only 64% expected mortality, and those who debuted between 1931 and 1973 ...
In 1999, he ranked Number 19 on Sporting News ' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. [ 159 ] On July 28, 2006, a statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled in Cooper Park, Cooperstown, New York commemorating the contributions of the Negro leagues to baseball.
Julio César Franco Robles (born August 23, 1958) [1] [note 1] is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder and coach.He spent most of his playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), entering the major leagues in 1982 and last appearing in 2007, at which time he was the oldest active big league player.
American Major League Baseball player [51] Yvonne Curtet: 1920–2025: 104: French Olympic athlete [52] John Daley: 1887–1988: 101: American Major League Baseball player [53] Sam Dana: 1903–2007: 104: American football player [54] George Daneel: 1904–2004: 100: South African international rugby union player [55] Frans De Blaes: 1909 ...
Jamie Moyer (born November 18, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.Over his 25-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies.
Earliest-born MLB player Nathan "Nate" Berkenstock (September 17, 1832 – February 23, 1900) was an American professional baseball player. He is believed to be the earliest-born professional baseball player, three years older than the next-"oldest" player, Hall of Famer Harry Wright , who was born in 1835.
Arthur Lawrence Schallock (April 25, 1924 – March 5, 2025) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles from 1951 to 1955. From 2022 until his death, Schallock was the oldest living former MLB player.