Oldest Players

The list is updated through June 12, 2022 and contains the 50 oldest players. There are no active players on the list as of October 1, 2023, with 43-year-old Rich Hill the closest.

	Player	Born	Last Game	Years	Days
1	Satchel Paige	7/7/1906	9/25/1965	59	80
2	Nick Altrock	9/15/1876	10/1/1933	57	16
3	Minnie Minoso	11/29/1925	10/5/1980	54	310
4	Jim O'Rourke	9/1/1850	9/22/1904	54	21
5	Charley O'Leary	10/15/1882	9/30/1934	51	350
6	Jack Quinn	7/5/1883	7/7/1933	50	2
7	Hoyt Wilhelm	7/26/1922	7/10/1972	49	350
8	Jimmy Austin	12/8/1879	10/6/1929	49	303
9	Arlie Latham	3/15/1860	9/30/1909	49	199
10	Jamie Moyer	11/18/1962	5/27/2012	49	192
11	Hughie Jennings	4/2/1869	9/2/1918	49	153
12	Julio Franco	8/23/1958	9/17/2007	49	25
13	Gabby Street	9/30/1882	9/20/1931	48	355
14	Deacon McGuire	11/18/1863	5/18/1912	48	182
15	Phil Niekro	4/1/1939	9/27/1987	48	179
16	Johnny Evers	7/21/1881	10/6/1929	48	77
17	Kaiser Wilhelm	1/26/1874	8/26/1921	47	212
18	Hod Lisenbee	9/23/1898	9/7/1945	46	349
19	Nolan Ryan	1/31/1947	9/22/1993	46	228
20	Charlie Hough	1/5/1948	7/26/1994	46	202
21	Sam Thompson	3/5/1860	9/10/1906	46	188
22	Jesse Orosco	4/21/1957	9/27/2003	46	158
23	Dan Brouthers	5/8/1858	10/4/1904	46	149
24	Grover Hartley	7/2/1888	9/30/1934	46	89
25	Bobo Newsom	8/11/1907	9/17/1953	46	37
26	Randy Johnson	9/10/1963	10/4/2009	46	24
27	Tommy John	5/22/1943	5/25/1989	46	3
28	Kid Gleason	10/26/1866	8/27/1912	45	297
29	Carlton Fisk	12/26/1947	6/22/1993	45	179
30	Cap Anson	4/17/1852	10/3/1897	45	169
31	Omar Vizquel	4/24/1967	10/3/2012	45	162
32	Ichiro Suzuki	10/22/1973	3/21/2019	45	150
33	Ted Lyons	12/28/1900	5/19/1946	45	142
34	Pete Rose	4/14/1941	8/17/1986	45	125
35	Bartolo Colon	5/24/1973	9/22/2018	45	121
36	Fred Johnson	3/10/1894	5/10/1939	45	61
37	Tim Wakefield	8/2/1966	9/25/2011	45	54
38	Roger Clemens	8/4/1962	9/16/2007	45	43
39	Red Faber	9/6/1888	9/20/1933	45	14
40	Gaylord Perry	9/15/1938	9/21/1983	45	6
41	Joe Heving	9/2/1900	8/5/1945	44	337
42	Jack Ryan	11/12/1868	10/4/1913	44	326
43	Clark Griffith	11/20/1869	10/7/1914	44	321
44	John Franco	8/17/1960	7/1/2005	44	318
45	Bobby Wallace	11/4/1873	9/2/1918	44	302
46	Rickey Henderson	12/25/1958	9/19/2003	44	268
47	Dolf Luque	8/4/1890	4/26/1935	44	265
48	Jim Kaat	11/7/1938	7/1/1983	44	236
49	Sam Rice	2/20/1890	9/18/1934	44	210
50	Manny Mota	2/18/1938	9/1/1982	44	195

Further Reading

• David Adler and Thomas Harrigan: "Age just a number for these history-makers", mlb.com, February 16, 2022. [1]