Who Is The Oldest Living Baseball Player?
The oldest living baseball player is 103 years old. He currently resides in a nursing home in Florida.
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb is the oldest living baseball player. He was born on April 22, 1886 and died on July 17, 1961. He played for the Detroit Tigers from 1905 to 1928 and was a member of the team that won the World Series in 1908. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan is the oldest living baseball player. He is currently 74 years old and is a retired pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for 27 seasons, most of them with the Houston Astros. He also played for the New York Mets and Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Stan Musial
Born on November 21, 1920, in Donora, Pennsylvania, Stan “The Man” Musial was one of the most popular and accomplished players in baseball history. He played his entire 22-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963), compiling a .331 batting average, 3,630 hits and 1,951 RBIs. A three-time MVP and seven-time World Series champion, Musial was elected to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1969. He died on January 19, 2013 at the age of 92.
Cal Ripken Jr.
Cal Ripken Jr. is the oldest living baseball player. He was born on December 20, 1956, in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Ripken played his entire 21-year MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles (1981-2001). He is a member of both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Ripken is also widely considered to be one of the greatest defensive players of all time.
Babe Ruth
George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed “The Bambino” and “The Sultan of Swat”, he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including career home runs (714), runs batted in (RBIs) (2,213), bases on balls (2,062), slugging percentage (.690), and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.164); the latter two still stand as of 2019. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time.
