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List of centenarians (Major League Baseball players)

The following contains a list of Major League Baseball players who lived to the age of 100. For other baseball players and others associated with baseball who were centenarians, see List of centenarians (sportspeople). For other lists of centenarians, see lists of centenarians.

Actuarial data edit

A study by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that assessed the vital statistics of more than 10,000 baseball players and general mortality rates in the United States concluded that players whose careers began between 1876 and 1900 experienced only 97% expected mortality, those who debuted between 1901 and 1930 had only 64% expected mortality, and those who debuted between 1931 and 1973 experienced only 55% of expected deaths. As early as the 1930s, big league players were exhibiting either a healthy worker effect or the health benefits of the rigorous fitness regimens of professional athletes, or both. However, in this study, vital data on baseball players were limited to those available in the 1974 Baseball Encyclopedia.[1] Other smaller studies have shown similar results for players who debuted between 1911 and 1915[2] and between 1900 and 1939.[3]

One large study examining major league ballplayers with debuts from 1902 and 2004 found that their expected lifespan was almost five years longer than average 20-year-old American males, and that career length was inversely associated with the risk of death, probably because those who play ball longer gained additional income, physical fitness, and training.[4]

The ballplayers edit

Name Born Died Age Team(s)
Ralph Miller[5][6] March 15, 1873
Cincinnati, Ohio		 May 7, 1973
Cincinnati, Ohio		 100 years, 53 days Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1898)
Baltimore Orioles (1899)
Charlie Emig[7] April 5, 1875
Cincinnati, Ohio		 October 2, 1975
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		 100 years, 180 days Louisville Colonels (1896)
John Daley[8] May 25, 1887
Du Bois, Pennsylvania		 August 31, 1988
Mansfield, Ohio		 101 years, 98 days St. Louis Browns (1912)
Bill Otis[9][10] December 24, 1889
Scituate, Massachusetts		 December 15, 1990
Duluth, Minnesota		 100 years, 356 days New York Highlanders (1912)
Bob Wright[11] December 13, 1891
Decatur County, Indiana		 July 30, 1993
Carmichael, California		 101 years, 229 days Chicago Cubs (1915)
Ed Gill[12] August 7, 1895
Somerville, Massachusetts		 October 10, 1995
Brockton, Massachusetts		 100 years, 64 days Washington Senators (1919)
Milt Gaston[13][14][15] January 27, 1896
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey		 April 26, 1996
Barnstable, Massachusetts		 100 years, 90 days New York Yankees (1924)
St. Louis Browns (1925–1927)
Washington Senators (1928)
Boston Red Sox (1929–1931)
Chicago White Sox (1932–1934)
Red Hoff[16][17][18] May 8, 1891
Ossining, New York		 September 17, 1998
Daytona Beach, Florida		 107 years, 132 days New York Highlanders (1911–1913)
St. Louis Browns (1915)
Karl Swanson[19] December 17, 1900
North Henderson, Illinois		 April 3, 2002
Rock Island, Illinois		 101 years, 107 days Chicago White Sox (1928–1929)
Ralph Erickson[20] June 25, 1902
Dubois, Idaho		 June 27, 2002
Chandler, Arizona		 100 years, 2 days Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–1930)
Ray Cunningham[21] January 17, 1905
Mesquite, Texas		 July 30, 2005
Pearland, Texas		 100 years, 194 days St. Louis Cardinals (1931–1932)
Howdy Groskloss[22][23] April 10, 1906
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		 July 15, 2006
Vero Beach, Florida		 100 years, 96 days Pittsburgh Pirates (1930–1932)
Silas Simmons[24] October 14, 1895
Middletown, Delaware		 October 29, 2006
St. Petersburg, Florida		 111 years, 15 days Lincoln Giants (1926)
Rollie Stiles[25] November 17, 1906
Ratcliff, Arkansas		 July 22, 2007
St. Louis, Missouri		 100 years, 247 days St. Louis Browns (1930–1931, 1933)
Billy Werber[26][27][28] June 20, 1908
Berwyn Heights, Maryland		 January 22, 2009
Charlotte, North Carolina		 100 years, 216 days New York Yankees (1930–1933)
Boston Red Sox (1933–1936)
Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938)
Cincinnati Reds (1939–1941)
New York Giants (1942)
Tony Malinosky[29] October 7, 1909
Collinsville, Illinois		 February 8, 2011
Oxnard, California		 101 years, 124 days Brooklyn Dodgers (1937)
Emilio Navarro[30] September 26, 1905
Patillas, Puerto Rico		 April 30, 2011
Ponce, Puerto Rico		 105 years, 216 days Cuban Stars (East) (1928–1929)
Ace Parker[31][32] May 17, 1912
Portsmouth, Virginia		 November 6, 2013
Portsmouth, Virginia		 101 years, 173 days Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938)
Connie Marrero[33][34] April 25, 1911
Sagua La Grande, Cuba		 April 23, 2014
Havana, Cuba		 102 years, 363 days Washington Senators (1950–1954)
Mike Sandlock[35][36] October 17, 1915
Old Greenwich, Connecticut		 April 4, 2016
Cos Cob, Connecticut		 100 years, 170 days Boston Braves (1942–1944)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1945–1946)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1953)
Eddie Carnett[37][38] October 21, 1916
Springfield, Missouri		 November 4, 2016
Ringling, Oklahoma		 100 years, 14 days Boston Braves (1941)
Chicago White Sox (1944)
Cleveland Indians (1945)
Fred Caligiuri[39][40] October 22, 1918
West Hickory, Pennsylvania		 November 30, 2018
Charlotte, North Carolina		 100 years, 39 days Philadelphia Athletics (1941–1942)
Eddie Robinson[41][42][43] December 15, 1920
Paris, Texas		 October 4, 2021
Bastrop, Texas		 100 years, 293 days Cleveland Indians (1942, 1946–1948, 1957)
Washington Senators (1949–1950)
Chicago White Sox (1950–1952)
Philadelphia Athletics (1953)
New York Yankees (1954–1956)
Kansas City Athletics (1956)
Detroit Tigers (1957)
Baltimore Orioles (1957)
George Elder[44][45][46] March 10, 1921
Lebanon, Kentucky		 July 7, 2022
Fruita, Colorado		 101 years, 119 days St. Louis Browns (1949)
Art Schallock[47][48] April 25, 1924
Mill Valley, California		 living 100 years, 2 days New York Yankees (1951–1955)
Baltimore Orioles (1955)

References edit

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