Tenure and Age Records by Baseball Almanac

Tenure and Age Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for tenure and age related items including multi-decade players, consecutive years pitching and positional record holders.

"A (Nap) Lajoie with (Ty) Cobb's speed might have batted .500." - Grantland Rice

Tenure & Age 4 Decade Players & 5 Decade Players
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Data
4 Decade Players	ML	Dan Brouthers	4	1879-1904
		Bill Buckner		1969-1990
		Eddie Collins		1906-1930
		Rick Dempsey		1969-1992
		Carlton Fisk		1969-1993
		Kid Gleason		1888-1912
		Rickey Henderson		1979-2003
		Jim Kaat		1959-1983
		Tim McCarver		1959-1980
		Willie McCovey		1959-1980
		Deacon McGuire		1884-1912
		Mike Morgan		1978-2002
		Bobo Newsom		1929-1953
		Jack O'Connor		1887-1910
		Jesse Orosco		1979-2003
		Jim O'Rourke		1876-1904
		Jack Quinn		1909-1933
		Tim Raines		1979-2002
		Jerry Reuss		1969-1990
		Jack Ryan		1889-1913
		Nolan Ryan		1966-1993
		Mickey Vernon		1939-1960
		Ted Williams		1939-1960
		Early Wynn		1939-1963
5 Decade Players	ML	Nick Altrock	5	1898-1933
5 Decade Players	ML	Minnie Minoso	5	1949-1980
Tenure & Age Team & Positional Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Data
Most Consecutive Years On Same Team	AL	Brooks Robinson	23	Baltimore
	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	23	Boston
	NL	Cap Anson	22	Chicago
	NL	Mel Ott	22	New York
Most Consecutive Years Pitching	AL	Sam Jones	22	1914-1935
	NL	Steve Carlton	22	1965-1986
	ML	Nolan Ryan	26	1968-1993
Most Consecutive Years Played	AL	Eddie Collins	25	1906-1930
	NL	Pete Rose	24	1963-1986
	ML	Nolan Ryan	26	1968-1993
Most Teams Played For In A Career	AL	Juan Beniquez	8	Boston
				Texas
				New York
				Seattle
				California
				Baltimore
				Kansas City
				Toronto
	NL	Dan Brouthers	9	Troy
				Buffalo
				Detroit
				Boston
				Brooklyn
				Baltimore
				Louisville
				Philadelphia
				New York
	ML	Deacon McGuire	12	Toledo (AA)
				Cleveland (AA)
				Rochester (AA)
				Washington (AA)
				Detroit (NL)
				Philadelphia (NL)
				Washington (NL)
				Brooklyn (NL)
				Detroit (AL)
				New York (AL)
				Boston (AL)
				Cleveland (AL)
		Mike Morgan		Oakland (AL)
				New York (AL)
				Toronto (AL)
				Seattle (AL)
				Baltimore (AL)
				Los Angeles (NL)
				Chicago (NL)
				St. Louis (NL)
				Cincinnati (NL)
				Minnesota (AL)
				Texas (AL)
				Arizona (NL)
Most Teams Played For In A Season	AL	Ted Gray	4	1955
		Frank Huelsman		1904
		Paul Lehner		1951
	NL	Tom Dowse	4	1892
	ML	Harry Wheeler	4	1884
		George Strief		1884
		Willis Hudlin		1940
		Mike Kilkenny		1972
		Wes Covington		1961
		Dave Kingman		1977
		Dave Martinez		2000
		Dan Miceli		2003
		Jose Bautista		2004
Most Teams Played For On The Same Day	AL	Too Many To List	1	n/a
	NL	Max Flack	2	05-30-1922
		Cliff Heathcote		05-30-1922
		Joel Youngblood		08-04-1982^{(Gm 1)}
		Joel Youngblood		08-04-1982^{(Gm 2)}
Most Years Catcher	AL	Carlton Fisk	24
	NL	Bob O'Farrell	21
	ML	Deacon McGuire	25
Most Years First Base	AL	Joe Judge	20
Most Years First Base	NL	Willie McCovey	22
Most Years Outfield	AL	Ty Cobb	24
	NL	Willie Mays	22
	ML	Rickey Henderson	25
Most Years Pitcher	AL	Early Wynn	23
	NL	Steve Carlton	22
	ML	Nolan Ryan	27
Most Years Second Base	AL	Eddie Collins	21
	NL	Joe Morgan	21
	ML	Joe Morgan	22
Most Years Shortstop	AL	Luke Appling	20
	AL	Alan Trammell	20
	NL	Bill Dahlen	20
Most Years Third Base	AL	Brooks Robinson	23
Most Years Third Base	NL	Mike Schmidt	18
Most Years Pitched On Same Team	AL	Walter Johnson	21	Washington
	AL	Ted Lyons	21	Chicago
	NL	Phil Niekro	21	Milwaukee / Atlanta
Most Years Played In A Career	AL	Eddie Collins	25
	NL	Pete Rose	24
	ML	Nolan Ryan	27
Most Years Played On Same Team	AL	Brooks Robinson	23	Baltimore
	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	23	Boston
	NL	Cap Anson	22	Chicago
		Stan Musial		St. Louis
		Mel Ott		New York
Tenure & Age Oldest & Youngest Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Age	First Game
Oldest Pitcher	AL	Satchel Paige	59 (02m18d)	09-25-1965
Oldest Pitcher	NL	Jack Quinn	50 (00m02d)	07-07-1933
Oldest Player	AL	Satchel Paige	59 (02m18d)	09-25-1965
Oldest Player	NL	Jim O'Rourke	54 (00m21d)	09-22-1904
Oldest Rookie	AL	Satchel Paige	42 (00m02d)	07-09-1948
Oldest Rookie	NL	Diomedes Olivo	41 (07m14d)	09-05-1960
Youngest Pitcher	AA	Fred Chapman	14 (07m28d)	07-22-1887
	AL	Carl Scheib	16 (08m05d)	09-06-1943
	NL	Joe Nuxhall	15 (10m11d)	06-10-1944
Youngest Player Non-Pitcher	AL	Alex George	16 (11m19d)	09-16-1955
Youngest Player Non-Pitcher	NL	Piggy Ward	16 (01m26d)	06-12-1883
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Age	First Game
Tenure & Age Records

The youngest player in the entire history of the Major Leagues goes to Fred Chapman of Philadelphia of the American Association. He was born November 24, 1872 and appeared in his first Major League game on July 22, 1887, at the age of fourteen (exactly: 14 years 7 months 28 days).

Did you know that Sam Jones, Pete Appleton, Bobo Newsom and Bill Wight each pitched for six of the eight possible American League teams (during their era)?

Ted Gray is the only pitcher in American League history to pitch on four different American League teams (Chicago, Cleveland, New York & Baltimore) during the same season (1955).

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