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Oldest Living Baseball Players

The 100 oldest living baseball players appears below in order from oldest to youngest. Baseball Almanac has always taken biographical baseball research seriously and this list of the oldest living Major League players is updated immediately upon confirmation of a player's passing.
"Everybody was taken by Satchel (Paige) and his reputation was awesome. When I got that hit against him, I was never terribly impressed by it, but the people thought that was a great accomplishment. To me, it was just, he was just another pitcher." - Chuck Stevens (This Great Game, They Were There: Chuck Stevens, Source)
Oldest Living Baseball Players

The 100 Oldest Living Baseball Players
1 Chuck Stevens 99 years, 229 days 07-10-1918 09-16-1941 07-25-1948
2 Fred Caligiuri 99 years, 125 days 10-22-1918 09-03-1941 09-20-1942
3 Tom Jordan 98 years, 172 days 09-05-1919 09-04-1944 04-28-1948
4 Bill Mills 98 years, 114 days 11-02-1919 05-19-1944 06-03-1944
5 Val Heim 97 years, 112 days 11-04-1920 08-31-1942 09-22-1942
6 Wally Westlake 97 years, 108 days 11-08-1920 04-15-1947 05-12-1956
7 Eddie Robinson 97 years, 71 days 12-15-1920 09-09-1942 09-15-1957
8 George Elder 96 years, 351 days 03-10-1921 07-22-1949 09-25-1949
9 Clint Conatser 96 years, 215 days 07-24-1921 04-21-1948 07-14-1949
10 Marv Rackley 96 years, 214 days 07-25-1921 04-15-1947 05-08-1950
11 Johnny Hetki 95 years, 288 days 05-12-1922 09-14-1945 09-22-1954
12 Gil Coan 95 years, 282 days 05-18-1922 04-27-1946 04-25-1956
13 Eddie Basinski 95 years, 112 days 11-04-1922 05-20-1944 07-04-1947
14 George Yankowski 95 years, 97 days 11-19-1922 08-17-1942 06-28-1949
15 Neal Watlington 95 years, 61 days 12-25-1922 07-10-1953 09-17-1953
16 Red Schoendienst 95 years, 22 days 02-02-1923 04-17-1945 07-07-1963
17 Len Okrie 94 years, 223 days 07-16-1923 06-16-1948 04-16-1952
18 Lee Howard 94 years, 105 days 11-11-1923 09-22-1946 09-25-1947
19 Tim Thompson 93 years, 360 days 03-01-1924 04-20-1954 04-27-1958
20 Chuck Harmon 93 years, 307 days 04-23-1924 04-17-1954 09-15-1957
21 Art Schallock 93 years, 305 days 04-25-1924 07-16-1951 09-23-1955
22 Ed Fitz Gerald 93 years, 279 days 05-21-1924 04-19-1948 09-15-1959
23 Milt Welch 93 years, 213 days 07-26-1924 06-05-1945 06-05-1945
24 Ed Samcoff 93 years, 176 days 09-01-1924 04-21-1951 04-26-1951
25 Bill Greason 93 years, 174 days 09-03-1924 05-31-1954 06-20-1954
26 Charlie Silvera 93 years, 134 days 10-13-1924 09-29-1948 09-28-1957
27 Bobby Brown 93 years, 122 days 10-25-1924 09-22-1946 06-30-1954
28 Irv Noren 93 years, 87 days 11-29-1924 04-18-1950 10-01-1960
29 Fenton Mole 92 years, 255 days 06-14-1925 09-01-1949 09-30-1949
30 Wayne Terwilliger 92 years, 242 days 06-27-1925 08-06-1949 05-16-1960
31 Larry Miggins 92 years, 188 days 08-20-1925 10-03-1948 09-28-1952
32 Billy DeMars 92 years, 182 days 08-26-1925 05-18-1948 09-28-1951
33 Paul Hinrichs 92 years, 177 days 08-31-1925 05-16-1951 06-21-1951
34 Bobby Shantz 92 years, 151 days 09-26-1925 05-01-1949 09-29-1964
35 Chris Haughey 92 years, 144 days 10-03-1925 10-03-1943 10-03-1943
36 Tommy Giordano 92 years, 138 days 10-09-1925 09-11-1953 09-26-1953
37 Dick Manville 92 years, 61 days 12-25-1925 04-30-1950 09-10-1952
38 Hank Workman 92 years, 19 days 02-05-1926 09-04-1950 10-01-1950
39 Randy Jackson 92 years, 14 days 02-10-1926 05-02-1950 09-25-1959
40 Howie Judson 92 years, 8 days 02-16-1926 04-22-1948 09-25-1954
41 Jack Crimian 92 years, 7 days 02-17-1926 07-03-1951 05-06-1957
42 Dick Koecher 91 years, 331 days 03-30-1926 09-29-1946 10-02-1948
43 Alex Grammas 91 years, 327 days 04-03-1926 04-13-1954 09-29-1963
44 Bert Thiel 91 years, 296 days 05-04-1926 04-17-1952 04-30-1952
45 Dick Cole 91 years, 294 days 05-06-1926 04-27-1951 07-21-1957
46 Harvey Gentry 91 years, 273 days 05-27-1926 04-14-1954 04-27-1954
47 Frank Saucier 91 years, 272 days 05-28-1926 07-21-1951 09-23-1951
48 Don Newcombe 91 years, 255 days 06-14-1926 05-20-1949 10-01-1960
49 Bob Miller 91 years, 253 days 06-16-1926 09-16-1949 08-10-1958
50 Bobby Morgan 91 years, 240 days 06-29-1926 04-18-1950 04-20-1958
51 Johnny Groth 91 years, 216 days 07-23-1926 09-05-1946 07-28-1960
52 Al Naples 91 years, 179 days 08-29-1926 06-25-1949 06-26-1949
53 Ed Mickelson 91 years, 168 days 09-09-1926 09-18-1950 05-12-1957
54 Ozzie Van Brabant 91 years, 149 days 09-28-1926 04-13-1954 04-23-1955
55 Dick Bokelmann 91 years, 121 days 10-26-1926 08-03-1951 05-03-1953
56 Carl Erskine 91 years, 73 days 12-13-1926 07-25-1948 06-14-1959
57 Carl Scheib 91 years, 54 days 01-01-1927 09-06-1943 05-24-1954
58 Jim Willis 90 years, 341 days 03-20-1927 04-22-1953 06-05-1954
59 Paul Stuffel 90 years, 339 days 03-22-1927 09-16-1950 05-24-1953
60 Don Hasenmayer 90 years, 326 days 04-04-1927 05-02-1945 09-29-1946
61 Charlie Maxwell 90 years, 322 days 04-08-1927 09-20-1950 04-26-1964
62 Dick Lane 90 years, 241 days 06-28-1927 06-20-1949 07-08-1949
63 Billy Gardner 90 years, 220 days 07-19-1927 04-22-1954 09-11-1963
64 Dick Smith 90 years, 218 days 07-21-1927 09-14-1951 05-01-1955
65 Rocky Krsnich 90 years, 203 days 08-05-1927 09-13-1949 09-26-1953
66 Cloyd Boyer 90 years, 176 days 09-01-1927 04-23-1949 09-24-1955
67 Dave Hillman 90 years, 163 days 09-14-1927 04-30-1955 06-20-1962
68 Duke Simpson 90 years, 162 days 09-15-1927 05-06-1953 09-17-1953
69 Tommy Lasorda 90 years, 155 days 09-22-1927 08-05-1954 07-08-1956
70 Bill Harrington 90 years, 144 days 10-03-1927 04-16-1953 09-30-1956
71 Bob Kelly 90 years, 143 days 10-04-1927 05-04-1951 06-04-1958
72 Jim Greengrass 90 years, 123 days 10-24-1927 09-09-1952 09-30-1956
73 Tommy Brown 90 years, 80 days 12-06-1927 08-03-1944 09-25-1953
74 Bob Oldis 90 years, 50 days 01-05-1928 04-28-1953 09-29-1963
75 Charlie Gorin 90 years, 18 days 02-06-1928 05-29-1954 04-17-1955
76 Felipe Montemayor 90 years, 17 days 02-07-1928 04-14-1953 06-12-1955
77 Roy Face 90 years, 4 days 02-20-1928 04-16-1953 08-15-1969
78 Paul Schramka 89 years, 339 days 03-22-1928 04-14-1953 04-16-1953
79 Billy Hunter 89 years, 265 days 06-04-1928 04-14-1953 09-27-1958
80 Nick Testa 89 years, 240 days 06-29-1928 04-23-1958 04-23-1958
81 John Glenn 89 years, 229 days 07-10-1928 06-16-1960 07-31-1960
82 Dick Hyde 89 years, 205 days 08-03-1928 04-23-1955 08-04-1961
83 Bob Stephenson 89 years, 197 days 08-11-1928 04-14-1955 09-18-1955
84 Jose Santiago 89 years, 173 days 09-04-1928 04-17-1954 07-15-1956
85 Vito Valentinetti 89 years, 161 days 09-16-1928 06-20-1954 05-11-1959
86 Hal Naragon 89 years, 146 days 10-01-1928 09-23-1951 08-05-1962
87 Fred Marolewski 89 years, 141 days 10-06-1928 09-19-1953 09-19-1953
88 Joe Presko 89 years, 140 days 10-07-1928 05-03-1951 05-07-1958
89 Gail Henley 89 years, 132 days 10-15-1928 04-13-1954 05-06-1954
90 Mickey Micelotta 89 years, 127 days 10-20-1928 04-20-1954 08-02-1955
91 Whitey Ford 89 years, 126 days 10-21-1928 07-01-1950 05-21-1967
92 Bob Ross 89 years, 114 days 11-02-1928 06-16-1950 05-08-1956
93 Bill Wilson 89 years, 110 days 11-06-1928 09-24-1950 09-13-1955
94 Joe Landrum 89 years, 73 days 12-13-1928 07-13-1950 09-11-1952
95 Don Mossi 89 years, 44 days 01-11-1929 04-17-1954 10-01-1965
96 Moe Savransky 89 years, 42 days 01-13-1929 04-23-1954 09-05-1954
97 Gale Wade 89 years, 35 days 01-20-1929 04-11-1955 05-08-1956
98 Bobby Kline 89 years, 28 days 01-27-1929 04-11-1955 09-25-1955
99 Al Worthington 89 years, 19 days 02-05-1929 07-06-1953 10-02-1969
100 Art Ditmar 88 years, 327 days 04-03-1929 04-19-1954 05-19-1962
The 100 Oldest Living Baseball Players by Baseball Almanac


Did you know that the list of 100 oldest living baseball players includes 3 Hall of Fame players? They are in order from oldest to youngest: Red Schoendienst, Tommy Lasorda, Whitey Ford.

Throughout all of baseball history, the Major League player who lived to be the oldest ever was Chet Hoff who lived to be 107 years, 132 days old before passing away on September 17, 1998. When Hoff made his pitching debut on September 6, 1911, the first batter he faced was Ty Cobb (Hoff struck him out).

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