LAST MLB PLAYER STANDING BORN IN EACH YEAR

The Last Major League Baseball Player from Each Year in History | Baseball Almanac

Are you feeling old? A little tired? These Major League Baseball players might provide you with some inspiration as they were the last player standing on the field from their respective year of birth!

* Ages vary when more than one ballplayer is listed from a given birth year because they may have retired before they reached their birthday during their final season.

Note: Visit the "Born In" year to see a list of every single ballplayer who was born in that particular year who played Major League Baseball, as researched by Baseball Almanac.

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"I don't mind paying a player (specifically Rico Carty who was thirty-nine & wanted a three-year contract), but I don't want to pay for his funeral." - Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Pat Gillick (Prime, Jim. Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Blue Jays Stories Ever Told. Sports Publishing. 6 May 2014.)

Last MLB Player Standing Born in Each Year

Research by Baseball Almanac | Related: Year of Birth Research

1840 Jake Knowdell 1878 Milwaukee Cream Citys 38
1842 Joe Start 1888 Washington Senators 43
1844 Jack Chapman 1876 Louisville Grays 33
1844 Bill Craver 1877 Louisville Grays 33
1845 Lip Pike 1887 New York Metropolitans 42
1846 Andy Leonard 1880 Cincinnati Reds 34
1847 Deacon White 1890 Buffalo Bisons 42
1848 John Greenig 1888 Washington Senators 39
1849 Candy Nelson 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators 41
1850 Jim O'Rourke 1904 New York Giants 54
1851 Orator Shafer 1890 Philadelphia Athletics 39
1852 Cap Anson 1897 Chicago Colts 45
1853 Mike Dorgan 1890 Syracuse Stars 37
1854 Charlie Bennett 1893 Boston Beaneaters 38
1855 Gil Hatfield 1895 Louisville Colonels 40
1856 Dave Foutz 1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 39
1857 Roger Connor 1897 St. Louis Browns 39
1858 Dan Brouthers 1904 New York Giants 46
1859 Bid McPhee 1899 Cincinnati Reds 40
1860 Arlie Latham 1909 New York Giants 49
1861 Mart McQuaid 1898 Washington Senators 37
1862 Dummy Hoy 1902 Cincinnati Reds 40
1863 Jim McGuire 1912 Detroit Tigers 48
1864 Bill Magee 1902 New York Giants 38
1865 Patsy Donovan 1907 Brooklyn Superbas 42
1866 Kid Gleason 1912 Chicago White Sox 45
1867 Cy Young 1911 Boston Rustlers 44
1868 Frank Bowerman 1909 Boston Doves 41
1869 Hughie Jennings 1918 Detroit Tigers 49
1870 Bill Dahlen 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers 41
1871 Fielder Jones 1915 St. Louis Terriers 44
1872 Fred Clarke 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 42
1873 Bobby Wallace 1918 St. Louis Cardinals 44
1874 Kaiser Wilhelm 1921 Philadelphia Phillies 46
1875 Eddie Plank 1917 St. Louis Browns 42
1876 Nick Altrock 1933 Washington Senators 57
1877 Tommy Leach 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates 40
1878 Dave Shean 1919 Boston Red Sox 41
1879 Jimmy Austin 1929 St. Louis Browns 49
1880 George McBride 1920 Washington Senators 39
1881 Fred Carisch 1923 Detroit Tigers 41
1882 Charley O'Leary 1934 St. Louis Browns 51
1883 Jack Quinn 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 49
1884 Burt Shotton 1923 St. Louis Browns 39
1885 Ivy Olson 1924 Brooklyn Dodgers 38
1886 Ty Cobb 1928 Philadelphia Athletics 41
1887 Grover Alexander 1930 Philadelphia Phillies 43
1888 Grover Hartley 1934 St. Louis Browns 45
1889 Stan Coveleski 1928 New York Yankees 39
1890 Dolf Loque 1935 New York Giants 44
1891 Dazzy Vance 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers 44
1892 Sam Jones 1935 Chicago White Sox 42
1893 Jesse Haines 1937 St. Louis Cardinals 44
1894 Fred Johnson 1939 St. Louis Browns 45
1895 Bob Smith 1937 Boston Bees 42
1896 Jimmy Dykes 1939 Chicago White Sox 42
1897 Glenn Myatt 1936 Detroit Tigers 39
1898 Hod Lisenbee 1945 Cincinnati Reds 47
1899 Charlie Root 1941 Chicago Cubs 42
1900 Ted Lyons 1946 Chicago White Sox 45
1901 Guy Bush 1945 Cincinnati Reds 44
1902 Paul Schreiber 1945 New York Yankees 43
1903 Mike Ryba 1946 Boston Red Sox 43
1904 Red Ruffing 1947 Chicago White Sox 43
1905 Rick Ferrell 1947 Washington Senators 41
1906 Satchel Paige 1965 Kansas City Athletics 59
1907 Bobo Newsom 1953 Philadelphia Athletics 46
1908 Al Lopez 1947 Cleveland Indians 39
1909 Dutch Leonard 1953 Chicago Cubs 44
1910 Wally Moses 1951 Philadelphia Athletics 40
1911 Connie Marrero 1954 Washington Senators 43
1912 Birdie Tebbetts 1952 Cleveland Indians 40
1913 Al Brazle 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 41
1914 Ellis Kinder 1957 Chicago White Sox 42
1915 Dizzy Trout 1957 Baltimore Orioles 42
1916 Enos Slaughter 1959 Milwaukee Braves 43
1917 Virgil Trucks 1958 New York Yankees 41
1918 Ted Williams 1960 Boston Red Sox 42
1919 Diomedes Olivo 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 44
1920 Stan Musial 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 42
1921 Warren Spahn 1965 San Francisco Giants 44
1922 Minnie Minoso 1980 Chicago White Sox 57
1923 Red Schoendienst 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 40
1924 Gil Hodges 1963 New York Mets 39
1925 Yogi Berra 1965 New York Mets 40
1926 Lew Burdette 1967 California Angels 40
1927 Smoky Burgess 1967 Chicago White Sox 40
1928 Roy Face 1969 Montreal Expos 41
1929 Al Worthington 1969 Minnesota Twins 40
1930 Don McMahon 1974 San Francisco Giants 44
1931 Willie Mays 1973 New York Mets 43
1932 Maury Wills 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 40
1933 Orlando Pena 1975 California Angels 41
1934 Hank Aaron 1976 Milwaukee Brewers 42
1935 Frank Robinson 1976 Cleveland Indians 41
1936 Vic Davalillo 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers 44
1937 Brooks Robinson 1977 Baltimore Orioles 40
1938 Jim Kaat 1983 St. Louis Cardinals 44
Gaylord Perry 1983 Kansas City Royals 45
1939 Phil Niekro 1987 Atlanta Braves 48
1940 Woodie Fryman 1983 Montreal Expos 43
1941 Pete Rose 1986 Cincinnati Reds 45
1942 Jerry Koosman 1985 Philadelphia Phillies 42
1943 Tommy John 1989 New York Yankees 46
1944 Steve Carlton 1988 Minnesota Twins 43
Graig Nettles 1988 Montreal Expos 44
Joe Niekro 1988 Minnesota Twins 43
1945 Don Sutton 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 43
1946 Reggie Jackson 1987 Oakland Athletics 41
1947 Carlton Fisk 1993 Chicago White Sox 45
Nolan Ryan 1993 Texas Rangers 46
1948 Charlie Hough 1994 Florida Marlins 46
1949 Rick Dempsey 1992 Baltimore Orioles 43
1950 Brian Downing 1992 Texas Rangers 41
1951 Dave Winfield 1995 Cleveland Indians 43
1952 Bob McClure 1993 Florida Marlins 41
1953 Larry Andersen 1994 Philadelphia Phillies 41
1954 Dennis Eckersley 1998 Boston Red Sox 43
1955 Dennis Martinez 1998 Atlanta Braves 43
1956 Paul Molitor 1998 Minnesota Twins 42
1957 Jesse Orosco 2003 Minnesota Twins 46
1958 Julio Franco 2007 New York Mets 49
1959 Tim Raines 2002 Florida Marlins 43
1960 John Franco 2005 Houston Astros 44
1961 Andres Galarraga 2004 Anaheim Angels 43
1962 Jamie Moyer 2012 Colorado Rockies 49
1963 Randy Johnson 2009 San Francisco Giants 46
1964 Kenny Rogers 2008 Detroit Tigers 43
1965 Craig Biggio 2007 Houston Astros 41
Steve Finley 2007 Colorado Rockies 42
Orlando Hernandez 2007 New York Mets 41
1966 Tim Wakefield 2011 Boston Red Sox 45
1967 Omar Vizquel 2012 Toronto Blue Jays 45
1968 Matt Stairs 2011 Washington Nationals 43
1969 Mariano Rivera 2013 New York Yankees 43
1970 Darren Oliver 2013 Toronto Blue Jays 42
1971 Jason Giambi 2014 Cleveland Indians 43
1972 LaTroy Hawkins 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 42
1973 Ichiro Suzuki 2019 Seattle Mariners 45
1974 R.A. Dickey 2017 Atlanta Braves 42
1975 Koji Uehara 2017 Chicago Cubs 42
1976 Jason Grilli 2017 Texas Rangers 40
1977 Fernando Rodney 2019 Washington Nationals 42
1978 Victor Martinez 2018 Detroit Tigers 39
Peter Moylan 2018 Atlanta Braves 39
Chase Utley 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers 39
1979 Adrian Beltre 2018 Texas Rangers 39
Brad Ziegler 2018 Arizona Diamondbacks 38
1980 Nelson Cruz 2021 Minnesota Twins 40
Albert Pujols 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers 41
1981 Oliver Perez 2021 Cleveland Indians 40
Adam Wainwright 2021 St. Louis Cardinals 40
1982 Visit Year For Full List 7 Active MLB Players --
1983 Visit Year For Full List 30 Active MLB Players --
1984 Visit Year For Full List 40 Active MLB Players --
1985 Visit Year For Full List 48 Active MLB Players --
1986 Visit Year For Full List 62 Active MLB Players --
1987 Visit Year For Full List 101 Active MLB Players --
1988 Visit Year For Full List 107 Active MLB Players --
1990 Visit Year For Full List 190 Active MLB Players --
1991 Visit Year For Full List 192 Active MLB Players --
1992 Visit Year For Full List 212 Active MLB Players --
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Becoming the oldest players has its ups and downs. You've stood the test of time, you "should" be financially secure, and you'll be talked about (or talk about it!):

"When you first sign that contract as a kid they tell you your whole future is ahead of you, but they forget to tell you that your future stops at thirty-five." - Hal Jeffcoat

"Baseball is a peculiar profession, possibly the only one which capitalizes on a boyhood pleasure, unfits the athlete for any other career, keeps him young in mind spirit, and then rejects him as too old, before he has yet attained the prime of life." - Gerald Beaumont

"Larry (Nap) Lajoie was one second, but he was 41 years old, hit .246 and covered as much ground as the waterbucket. He quit after that year." - Tom Sheehan in The Worst Team of All

"When I came out of high school I didn't picture myself throwing a baseball for twenty-eight years. It's been fun." - Charlie Hough

Did you know that Hoyt Wilhelm (click his name for complete stats) had an earned run average under 2.00 for the first five seasons he played after turning forty?

Most of the players are in their forties and some of them even appeared in four different decades? Two of them in five different decades, but don't click on every player to find out who when all you have to do is visit our tenure & age research.