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Oldest Active MLB Player

The oldest active Major League Baseball player is the oldest player in Major League Baseball at any point in time. For the purposes of this list, a player's status as active for a given year is considered in the following manner:

  • If a player has played at least one game in both the previous and following years, the player is considered active for the whole of the current year.
  • If a player has not played at least one game in the previous year, but has played at least one game in the following year, the player is considered active from the first game played in the current year through the end of the year.
  • If a player has not played at least one game in the following year, but has played at least one game in the previous year, the player is considered active from the beginning of the current year through the last game played in the year.
  • If a player has played in neither the previous nor the following year, the player is considered active from the first game played in the current year through the last game played in the current year.
Beginning date Ending date Name Birthdate Team(s) during tenure
September 26, 1945 Johnny Moore March 23, 1902 Chicago Cubs
September 27, 1945 September 30, 1945 Jack Saltzgaver January 23, 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates
October 1, 1945 April 20, 1946 Mike Ryba June 9, 1903 Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1946 May 19, 1946 Ted Lyons December 28, 1900 Chicago White Sox
May 20, 1946 August 29, 1946 Mike Ryba June 9, 1903 Boston Red Sox
August 30, 1946 September 1, 1946 Johnny Niggeling July 10, 1903 Boston Braves
September 2, 1946 September 21, 1946 Joe Berry December 16, 1904 Cleveland Indians
September 22, 1946 September 15, 1948 Earl Caldwell April 9, 1905 Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox
September 16, 1948 August 17, 1949 Satchel Paige July 7, 1906 Cleveland Indians
August 18, 1949 October 1, 1950 Luke Appling April 2, 1907 Chicago White Sox
October 2, 1950 July 17, 1951 Dutch Leonard March 25, 1909 Chicago Cubs
July 18, 1951 September 22, 1953 Satchel Paige July 7, 1906 St. Louis Browns
September 23, 1953 September 25, 1953 Dutch Leonard March 25, 1909 Chicago Cubs
September 26, 1953 September 7, 1954 Connie Marrero April 25, 1911 Washington Senators
September 8, 1954 September 24, 1954 Al Brazle October 19, 1913 St. Louis Cardinals
September 25, 1954 May 8, 1957 Ellis Kinder July 26, 1914 Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox
May 9, 1957 September 20, 1957 Walker Cooper January 8, 1915 Saint Louis Cardinals
September 21, 1957 September 29, 1959 Enos Slaughter April 27, 1916 New York Yankees, Milwaukee Braves
September 30, 1959 September 27, 1960 Mickey Vernon April 22, 1918 Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates
September 28, 1960 September 29, 1960 Ted Williams August 30, 1918 Boston Red Sox
September 29, 1960 September 30, 1960 Diomedes Olivo January 22, 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates
October 1, 1960 September 24, 1961 Bob Boyd October 1, 1919 Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves
September 25, 1961 April 15, 1962 Early Wynn January 6, 1920 Chicago White Sox
April 16, 1962 June 12, 1963 Diomedes Olivo January 22, 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
June 13, 1963 September 13, 1963 Early Wynn January 6, 1920 Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1963 September 29, 1963 Stan Musial November 21, 1920 St. Louis Cardinals
September 30, 1963 September 24, 1965 Warren Spahn April 23, 1921 Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants
September 25, 1965 September 25, 1965 Satchel Paige July 7, 1906 Kansas City Athletics
September 26, 1965 October 1, 1965 Warren Spahn April 23, 1921 San Francisco Giants
October 2, 1965 July 10, 1972 Hoyt Wilhelm July 26, 1922 Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers
July 11, 1972 June 29, 1974 Don McMahon January 4, 1930 San Francisco Giants
June 30, 1974 May 1, 1975 Orlando Peña November 17, 1933 St. Louis Cardinals, California Angels
May 2, 1975 September 10, 1976 Hank Aaron February 5, 1934 Milwaukee Brewers
September 11, 1976 September 30, 1976 Minnie Miñoso November 29, 1922 Chicago White Sox
October 1, 1976 October 3, 1976 Hank Aaron February 5, 1934 Milwaukee Brewers
October 4, 1976 August 5, 1977 Joe Hoerner November 12, 1936 Cincinnati Reds
August 6, 1977 August 13, 1977 Brooks Robinson May 18, 1937 Baltimore Orioles
August 14, 1977 August 19, 1977 Diego Segui August 17, 1937 Seattle Mariners
August 20, 1977 October 3, 1980 Vic Davalillo July 1, 1936 Los Angeles Dodgers
October 4, 1980 October 5, 1980 Minnie Miñoso November 29, 1922 Chicago White Sox
October 6, 1980 October 6, 1980 Vic Davalillo July 1, 1936 Los Angeles Dodgers
October 7, 1980 September 1, 1982 Gaylord Perry September 15, 1938 Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners
September 2, 1982 September 2, 1982 Manny Mota February 18, 1938 Los Angeles Dodgers
September 2, 1982 September 21, 1983 Gaylord Perry September 15, 1938 Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals
September 22, 1983 September 27, 1987 Phil Niekro April 1, 1939 Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays
September 28, 1987 May 25, 1989 Tommy John May 22, 1943 New York Yankees
May 26, 1989 September 22, 1993 Nolan Ryan January 31, 1947 Texas Rangers
September 23, 1993 July 26, 1994 Charlie Hough Florida Marlins
July 27, 1994 August 8, 1994 Goose Gossage Seattle Mariners
August 9, 1994 October 2, 1995 Dave Winfield Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians
October 2, 1995 May 2, 1997 Rick Honeycutt St. Louis Cardinals
May 3, 1997 September 26, 1998 Dennis Eckersley St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox
September 27, 1998 September 27, 1998 Dennis Martínez Atlanta Braves
September 28, 1998 September 27, 2003 Jesse Orosco Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins
September 28, 2003 Incumbent Julio Franco Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
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