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.

• 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 7009338806800000000♠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