Who's Alive and Who's Dead: Oldest Living Major-League Baseball Players

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Oldest Living Major-League Baseball Players

This list includes every major-league baseball player born on or before 31 December 1916 who is alive. They are listed in order from oldest to youngest.

Players who accumulated fewer than 200 at bats and 50 innings pitched are in normal type. Players with more than 200 at bats or 50 innings pitched are in bold. Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame are in BOLD CAPS.

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Rank	Name	Born	Years of Service	Pitcher?
1	Tony Malinosky	10/5/1909	1937	No
2	Connie Marrero	8/11/1911	1950-54	Yes
3	Ace Parker	5/17/1912	1937-38	No
4	Art Mahan	6/8/1913	1940	No
5	George Binks	7/11/1914	1944-48	No
6	Alex Pitko	11/22/1914	1938-39	No
7	Ralph Hodgin	2/10/1915	1939, 1943-48	No
8	Nick Strincevich	3/1/1915	1940-42, 1944-48	Yes
9	Don Lang	3/15/1915	1938, 48	No
10	Otey Clark	5/22/1915	1945	Yes
11	Mike Sandlock	10/17/1915	1942, 1944-46, 1953	No
12	Red Borom	10/30/1915	1944-45	No
13	Benny McCoy	11/9/1915	1938-41	No
14	Freddy Schmidt	2/9/1916	1944, 1946-47	Yes
15	Art Kenney	4/29/1916	1938	Yes
16	Eddie Joost	6/5/1916	1936-55	No
17	Phil Cavarretta	7/19/1916	1934-55	No
18	Buddy Lewis	8/10/1916	1935-41, 1945-49	No
19	Danny Litwhiler	8/31/1916	1940-51	No
20	Bob McNamara	9/19/1916	1939	No
21	Ray Hathaway	10/13/1916	1945	Yes
22	Eddie Carnett	10/21/1916	1941, 1944-45	No

Recent Deaths

Name	Born	Died	Years of Service	Pitcher?
*George Cisar	8/25/1910	2/19/2010	1937	No
Stan Benjamin	5/20/1914	12/24/2009	1939-42, 1945	No
Tommy Henrich	2/20/1913	12/1/2009	1937-42, 1946-50	No
Tommy Reis	8/6/1914	11/6/2009	1938	Yes
Lonny Frey	8/23/1910	9/13/2009	1933-43, 1946-48	No
Gene Handley	11/25/1914	4/12/2009	1946-47	No
Herman Franks	1/4/1914	3/30/2009	1939-41, 1947-49	No

*Up until George Cisar's death, all sources gave his DOB as 8/25/1912. The correct DOB was documented after his death.

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