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Old 01-09-2020, 03:07 PM
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Are any players still alive that played in the 1930's or have a baseball card that was issued in the 1930's ? I haven't found any in my brief research. Thanks.
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Eddie Robinson and George Yankowski are the two players still alive who began their career the earliest, both in 1942.
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Old 01-09-2020, 03:16 PM
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I would say that there is very little chance of any players from the 1930's still being alive. While it is possible just remember that an 18-20 year old rookie from the 1939 season would be turning 99-101 years old this year.
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I believe HOF'er Bobby Doerr, who passed away a couple of years ago, was the last living player that was pictured in PreWW2 card sets.

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Per Baseball-Reference, Eddie Robinson is the oldest living MLB player. His career started in 1942, nobody else in the top 10 oldest started earlier...


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After additional research, I found 6 players that are still alive that played prior to 1946. Not many left in the "pre-war 1945" era. I haven't been able to find any baseball cards of these players prior to 1946. Eddie Basinski has a 1947 Tip Top Bread card.

Here's the six players I found (with their debut):
1. George Yankowski 8-17-42
2. Eddie Robinson 9-9-42
3. Chris Haughey 10-3-43
4. Eddie Basinski 5-20-44
5. Tommy Brown 8-3-44
6. Don Hasenmayer 5 -2-45.
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Per Baseball-Reference, Eddie Robinson is the oldest living MLB player. His career started in 1942, nobody else in the top 10 oldest started earlier...


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amazing he won a world series over 70 years ago..
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Glad to see George Yankowski is still going strong! I grew up in Watertown MA not far from him, and I believe he still lives there. He was my dad's HS baseball coach there in the 1950s after his brief playing career ended.

If anyone is interested, there is a nice SABR story here about Yankowski's life, including his service time in WWII.

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The baseball almanac has a good list of the 500 oldest living players...

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...ll_Players.php
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Glad to see George Yankowski is still going strong! I grew up in Watertown MA not far from him, and I believe he still lives there. He was my dad's HS baseball coach there in the 1950s after his brief playing career ended.

If anyone is interested, there is a nice SABR story here about Yankowski's life, including his service time in WWII.
I grew up in Waltham. I started writing players when I still lived there. It was pretty cool to write players who lived one or two towns away like him and Wilbur Wood. I remember getting his autograph in the mail back in the 1980's.
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The baseball almanac has a good list of the 500 oldest living players...

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...ll_Players.php
Nice list

So many players from that list of elder ballplayers were featured in "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book", issued in 1973

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George Yankowski is currently living in the villages Florida and is still active at age 96 (96). George loves to talk about his playing days and does so at many of the sports clubs in the villages.
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The baseball almanac has a good list of the 500 oldest living players...

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...ll_Players.php
There is something wrong with that list. I have seen some of those players in action and I am just a young pup.
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There is something wrong with that list. I have seen some of those players in action and I am just a young pup.
Yeah I hear ya. I was troubled by the fact the there's a player on that list (#185 Minnie Mendoza) that had his major league debut in 1970.
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I count only 21 players that played in a game prior to 1950
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