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
|
