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.

• Tommy Lasorda, at 91, is the oldest living member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Alex Grammas, at 92, is the oldest living former manager, having managed the Pittsburgh Pirates (1969) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1976–1977).
• Eddie Robinson, at 97, is the oldest living former major league coach – having coached with the Baltimore Orioles (1958–60).
• Eddie Basinski, at 95, is the last living major leaguer mentioned in the Dave Frishberg song Van Lingle Mungo.
• Don Newcombe, at 92, 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.
• 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 at the age of 99.
• Red Hoff, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, was the longest-lived major leaguer – he died in 1998, aged 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