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)

1 George Elder (LF) 101 years, 111 days March 10, 1921 July 22, 1949 September 25, 1949 41 games: St. Louis Browns 2 Art Schallock (P) 98 years, 65 days April 25, 1924 July 16, 1951 September 23, 1955 58 games: New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles 3 Bill Greason (P) 97 years, 299 days September 3, 1924 1948 June 20, 1954 11 games: St. Louis Cardinals and Birmingham Black Barons 4 Larry Miggins (LF) 96 years, 313 days August 20, 1925 October 3, 1948 September 28, 1952 43 games: St. Louis Cardinals 5 Paul Hinrichs (P) 96 years, 302 days August 31, 1925 May 16, 1951 June 21, 1951 4 games: Boston Red Sox 6 Bobby Shantz * (P) 96 years, 276 days September 26, 1925 May 1, 1949 September 29, 1964 578 games: Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies 7 Chris Haughey (P) 96 years, 269 days October 3, 1925 October 3, 1943 October 3, 1943 1 game: Brooklyn Dodgers 8 Frank Saucier (OF) 96 years, 32 days May 28, 1926 July 21, 1951 September 23, 1951 18 games: St. Louis Browns 9 Bobby Morgan (IF) 96 years, 0 days June 29, 1926 April 18, 1950 April 20, 1958 671 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs 10 Ed Mickelson (1B) 95 years, 293 days September 9, 1926 September 18, 1950 May 12, 1957 18 games: St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago Cubs 11 Carl Erskine * (P) 95 years, 198 days December 13, 1926 July 25, 1948 June 14, 1959 360 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers 12 Ron Teasley (OF) 95 years, 154 days January 26, 1927 1948 1948 2 games: New York Cubans 13 Jim Willis (P) 95 years, 101 days March 20, 1927 April 22, 1953 June 5, 1954 27 games: Chicago Cubs 14 Charlie Maxwell * (LF) 95 years, 82 days April 8, 1927 September 20, 1950 April 26, 1964 1,133 games: Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox 15 Billy Gardner (2B) 94 years, 345 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 16 Dave Hillman (P) 94 years, 288 days September 14, 1927 April 30, 1955 June 22, 1962 197 games: Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets 17 Bill Harrington (P) 94 years, 269 days October 3, 1927 April 16, 1953 September 30, 1956 58 games: Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics 18 Bob Kelly (P) 94 years, 268 days October 4, 1927 May 4, 1951 June 4, 1958 123 games: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, and Cleveland Indians 19 Tommy Brown (UT) 94 years, 205 days December 6, 1927 August 3, 1944 September 25, 1953 494 games: Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs 20 Bob Oldis (C) 94 years, 175 days January 5, 1928 April 28, 1953 September 29, 1963 135 games: Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies 21 Felipe Montemayor (CF) 94 years, 142 days February 7, 1928 April 14, 1953 June 12, 1955 64 games: Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Roy Face * (P) 94 years, 129 days February 20, 1928 April 16, 1953 August 15, 1969 853 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, and Montreal Expos 23 Billy Hunter * (SS) 94 years, 25 days June 4, 1928 April 14, 1953 September 27, 1958 630 games: St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland Indians 24 John Glenn (OF) 93 years, 354 days July 10, 1928 June 6, 1960 July 31, 1960 32 games: St. Louis Cardinals 25 Fred Marolewski (1B) 93 years, 266 days October 6, 1928 September 19, 1953 September 19, 1953 1 game: St. Louis Cardinals 26 Gail Henley (RF) 93 years, 257 days October 15, 1928 April 13, 1954 May 6, 1954 14 games: Pittsburgh Pirates 27 Mickey Micelotta (SS) 93 years, 252 days October 20, 1928 April 20, 1954 August 2, 1955 17 games: Philadelphia Phillies 28 Bob Ross (P) 93 years, 239 days November 2, 1928 June 16, 1950 May 8, 1956 20 games: Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies 29 Bill Wilson (CF) 93 years, 235 days November 6, 1928 September 24, 1950 September 13, 1955 224 games: Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics 30 Clyde Golden (P) 93 years, 181 days December 30, 1928 1948 1948 15 games: Newark Eagles 31 Moe Savransky (P) 93 years, 167 days January 13, 1929 April 23, 1954 September 5, 1954 16 games: Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs 32 Al Worthington (P) 93 years, 144 days February 5, 1929 July 6, 1953 October 2, 1969 602 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and Minnesota Twins 33 Mel Held (P) 93 years, 78 days April 12, 1929 April 27, 1956 May 13, 1956 4 games: Baltimore Orioles 34 Ed Winceniak (IF-PH) 93 years, 74 days April 16, 1929 April 25, 1956 May 12, 1957 32 games: Chicago Cubs 35 Curt Simmons * (P) 93 years, 41 days May 19, 1929 September 28, 1947 October 1, 1967 609 games: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and California Angels 36 Hank Foiles * (C) 93 years, 19 days June 10, 1929 April 21, 1953 May 2, 1964 608 games: Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, and Los Angeles Angels 37 Frank Thomas * (OF-3B) 93 years, 18 days June 11, 1929 August 17, 1951 May 30, 1966 1,766 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Houston Astros 38 Don Ferrarese (P) 93 years, 10 days June 19, 1929 April 11, 1955 September 22, 1962 184 games: Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals 39 Héctor López (OF-2B) 92 years, 356 days July 8, 1929 May 12, 1955 September 30, 1966 1,450 games: Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees 40 Ray Herbert * (P) 92 years, 196 days December 15, 1929 August 27, 1950 September 17, 1966 408 games: Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies 41 Joe Margoneri (P) 92 years, 167 days January 13, 1930 April 25, 1956 June 3, 1957 36 games: New York Giants 42 Pete Daley (C) 92 years, 166 days January 14, 1930 May 3, 1955 October 1, 1961 391 games: Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, and Washington Senators 43 Roger Craig (P) 92 years, 132 days February 17, 1930 July 17, 1955 July 10, 1966 368 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies 44 Vern Law * (P) 92 years, 109 days March 12, 1930 June 11, 1950 August 20, 1967 516 games: Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Hobie Landrith (C) 92 years, 105 days March 16, 1930 July 30, 1950 August 7, 1963 772 games: Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Washington Senators 46 Bob Lillis (IF) 92 years, 27 days June 2, 1930 August 17, 1958 September 17, 1967 817 games: Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Houston Colt .45s/Astros 47 Pete Burnside (P) 91 years, 362 days July 2, 1930 September 20, 1955 September 27, 1963 196 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, and Baltimore Orioles 48 Román Mejías (OF) 91 years, 324 days August 9, 1930 April 13, 1955 October 4, 1964 627 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s, and Boston Red Sox 49 Bob Speake (OF) 91 years, 311 days August 22, 1930 April 16, 1955 June 8, 1959 305 games: Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants 50 Bob Harrison (P) 91 years, 280 days September 22, 1930 September 23, 1955 September 25, 1956 2 games: Baltimore Orioles 51 Dick Hall (P/OF) 91 years, 275 days September 27, 1930 April 15, 1952 September 25, 1971 669 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies 52 Dick Groat * (SS) 91 years, 237 days November 4, 1930 June 19, 1952 October 1, 1967 1,929 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants 53 Joe Morgan (3B) 91 years, 222 days November 19, 1930 April 14, 1959 October 3, 1964 88 games: Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Cardinals 54 Johnny O'Brien (2B-P) 91 years, 200 days December 11, 1930 April 19, 1953 July 19, 1959 339 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Milwaukee Braves 55 Mike Baxes (2B-SS) 91 years, 193 days December 18, 1930 April 17, 1956 September 27, 1958 146 games: Kansas City Athletics 56 Dick Tomanek (P) 91 years, 174 days January 6, 1931 September 25, 1953 September 26, 1959 108 games: Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Athletics 57 Ray Semproch (P) 91 years, 173 days January 7, 1931 April 15, 1958 May 2, 1961 85 games: Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels 58 Maurice Fisher (P) 91 years, 133 days February 16, 1931 April 16, 1955 April 16, 1955 1 game: Cincinnati Redlegs 59 Willie Mays *† (OF) 91 years, 54 days May 6, 1931 1948 September 9, 1973 3,005 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and Birmingham Black Barons 60 Jim Marshall (1B) 91 years, 35 days May 25, 1931 April 15, 1958 September 28, 1962 411 games: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates 61 John Baumgartner (3B) 91 years, 31 days May 29, 1931 April 14, 1953 April 21, 1953 7 games: Detroit Tigers 62 Bobby Malkmus (IF) 90 years, 360 days July 4, 1931 June 1, 1957 May 15, 1962 268 games: Milwaukee Braves, Washington Senators, and Philadelphia Phillies 63 Zach Monroe (P) 90 years, 356 days July 8, 1931 June 27, 1958 May 3, 1959 24 games: New York Yankees 64 Ray Crone (P) 90 years, 326 days August 7, 1931 April 13, 1954 July 14, 1958 137 games: Milwaukee Braves and New York/San Francisco Giants 65 Chuck Essegian (OF) 90 years, 324 days August 9, 1931 April 15, 1958 September 28, 1963 404 games: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland Indians 66 Stan Pawloski (2B) 90 years, 296 days September 6, 1931 September 24, 1955 September 25, 1955 2 games: Cleveland Indians 67 Ken Aspromonte (2B/3B) 90 years, 280 days September 22, 1931 September 2, 1957 June 21, 1963 475 games: Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Braves, and Chicago Cubs 68 Fred Kipp (P) 90 years, 271 days October 1, 1931 September 10, 1957 May 8, 1960 49 games: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees 69 Bob Skinner * (OF) 90 years, 269 days October 3, 1931 April 13, 1954 September 24, 1966 1,381 games: Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals 70 Gary Blaylock (P) 90 years, 261 days October 11, 1931 April 10, 1959 September 27, 1959 41 games: St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees 71 Don Leppert * (C) 90 years, 253 days October 19, 1931 June 18, 1961 September 16, 1964 190 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators 72 Whitey Herzog † (OF) 90 years, 232 days November 9, 1931 April 17, 1956 September 28, 1963 634 games: Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers 73 Neal Hertweck (1B) 90 years, 219 days November 22, 1931 September 27, 1952 September 28, 1952 2 games: St. Louis Cardinals 74 John Pyecha (P) 90 years, 216 days November 25, 1931 April 24, 1954 April 24, 1954 1 game: Chicago Cubs 75 Rudy Hernández (P) 90 years, 201 days December 10, 1931 July 3, 1960 May 4, 1961 28 games: Washington Senators and Washington Senators 76 Footer Johnson (PH/PR) 90 years, 134 days February 15, 1932 June 15, 1958 July 30, 1958 8 games: Chicago Cubs 77 Don Taussig (OF) 90 years, 130 days February 19, 1932 April 23, 1958 August 11, 1962 153 games: San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Houston Colt .45s 78 Lee Tate (SS) 90 years, 103 days March 18, 1932 September 12, 1958 July 3, 1959 52 games: St. Louis Cardinals 79 Félix Torres (3B) 90 years, 59 days May 1, 1932 April 10, 1962 October 3, 1964 365 games: Los Angeles Angels 80 Eddie Bressoud * (SS) 90 years, 58 days May 2, 1932 June 14, 1956 September 26, 1967 1,186 games: New York/San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals 81 Charlie Rabe (P) 90 years, 54 days May 6, 1932 September 21, 1957 June 4, 1958 11 games: Cincinnati Reds 82 Ozzie Virgil (3B) 90 years, 43 days May 17, 1932 September 23, 1956 June 27, 1969 324 games: New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants 83 Lou Skizas (OF) 90 years, 27 days June 2, 1932 April 19, 1956 April 30, 1959 239 games: New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox 84 Bennie Daniels (P) 90 years, 12 days June 17, 1932 September 24, 1957 September 18, 1965 233 games: Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators 85 Ron Necciai (P) 90 years, 11 days June 18, 1932 August 10, 1952 September 28, 1952 12 games: Pittsburgh Pirates 86 Cuno Barragan (C) 90 years, 9 days June 20, 1932 September 1, 1961 April 21, 1963 69 games: Chicago Cubs 87 Carl Duser (P) 89 years, 342 days July 22, 1932 September 15, 1956 April 23, 1958 3 games: Kansas City Athletics 88 John Pregenzer (P) 89 years, 331 days August 2, 1932 April 20, 1963 September 7, 1964 19 games: San Francisco Giants 89 Vicente Amor (P) 89 years, 325 days August 8, 1932 April 16, 1955 August 26, 1957 13 games: Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Redlegs 90 Eric MacKenzie (PH/C) 89 years, 304 days August 29, 1932 April 23, 1955 April 23, 1955 1 game: Kansas City Athletics 91 Maury Wills * (SS) 89 years, 270 days October 2, 1932 June 6, 1959 October 4, 1972 1,942 games: Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Montreal Expos 92 Bud Daley * (P) 89 years, 265 days October 7, 1932 September 10, 1955 July 26, 1964 248 games: Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees 93 John Oldham (PR) 89 years, 235 days November 6, 1932 September 2, 1956 September 2, 1956 1 game: Cincinnati Redlegs 94 Marty Kutyna (P) 89 years, 227 days November 14, 1932 September 19, 1959 September 22, 1962 159 games: Kansas City Athletics and Washington Senators 95 Willie Tasby (CF) 89 years, 172 days January 8, 1933 September 9, 1958 September 2, 1963 583 games: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians 96 Bobby Durnbaugh (SS) 89 years, 165 days January 15, 1933 September 22, 1957 September 27, 1957 2 games: Cincinnati Redlegs 97 Mel Roach (UT) 89 years, 155 days January 25, 1933 July 31, 1953 September 28, 1962 227 games: Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies 98 Jack Reed (OF) 89 years, 147 days February 2, 1933 April 23, 1961 September 28, 1963 222 games: New York Yankees 99 Russ Heman (P) 89 years, 139 days February 10, 1933 April 20, 1961 June 18, 1961 12 games: Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels 100 Bill Kern (PH/LF) 89 years, 121 days February 28, 1933 September 19, 1962 September 30, 1962 12 games: Kansas City Athletics

Willie Mays, at 91, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Billy Gardner, at 94, is the oldest living former manager, having managed the Minnesota Twins (1981–1985) and the Kansas City Royals (1987). Chris Haughey is the last living player to have played in the 1943 season, though only on the last day of the season. Tommy Brown is the only other living man to have played during World War II. Willie Mays, at 91, is the oldest living major leaguer mentioned in the Terry Cashman song Talkin' Baseball. Bill Terry was the last living person mentioned in Ogden Nash's poem Line-Up for Yesterday. He died in 1989, aged 90 years, 71 days. Eddie Basinski was the last living major leaguer mentioned in the Dave Frishberg song Van Lingle Mungo. He died in 2022, aged 99 years, 65 days. Bobby Doerr, a second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, was the longest-lived member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he died in 2017, aged 99 years, 220 days. Silas Simmons, a pitcher for New York Lincoln Giants, was the longest-lived major league 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. Red Hoff, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, was the longest-lived National or American League player– he died in 1998, aged 107 years, 132 days. See also icon Baseball portal List of oldest Major League Baseball players List of centenarians (Major League Baseball players) Categories: Lists of Major League Baseball playersLists of oldest peopleLists of living people