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On a side note, when Doerr passed I think he was the last living player from the 30s.
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You are correct. 1937 BoSox rookie season. Passed away in 2017 at 99.
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This is a very useful list to bookmark to keep up with questions such as these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...seball_players Regards Rich
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According to the list there are 10 players still alive that played pre 1946:
1. Tom Jordan 2. Bill Mills 3. Val Heim 4. Eddie Robinson 5. Eddie Basinski 6. George Yankowski 7.Milt Welch 8.Chris Haughey 9.Don Hasenmayer 10.Tommy Brown The oldest debut was George Yankowski ( August 17, 1942). Oldest card I could find so far is a 1947 Tip top of Eddie Basinski. And 1947 Brooklyn Dodger Picture Pack of Tommy Brown.
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Thanks for posting Rich, brought back memories of some very obscure players from my younger days! |
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I'm happy to see George Yankowski is still with us - he lived in my town when I was growing up, and had been my dad's high school baseball coach in the 1950s.
He was very nice to me the couple of times we chatted in the 1980s, and he was surprised to see a young teenager had such an interest in baseball from the 1940s. I hadn't looked in a while but had assumed he was no longer with us, so that's a pleasant surprise for me! |
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