Oldest Living Major League Ballplayer?

[Cardboard Junkie]

As I was working on a list of who is still alive that appeared in the 1952 Topps set....I think I discovered that Connie Marerro is 101 and I think he is still kicking. Anybody know an older major leaguer that's still around? Aloha,Dave.

[ctownboy]

In the last couple of days, there was a story written about this. Marrero is the oldest (101) and is living in Cuba.

The apartment he is living in isn't very nice and he has some medical problems. The MLBPA has $20,000 for him but because of the embargo and because intermediaries aren't allowed to handle the cash, Marrero hasn't been able to get the money.

David

[sycks22]

My former neighbor Wayne Terwilliger is turning 87 this year and still coaching down in Texas with the Fort Worth cats. He came up in 1950 with the cubs.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Bobby Doerr is up there. Oh sorry didn't see the 52 Topps thing.

[bbcard1]

I think Bobby Doerr is the last living player in the 41 Playball set.

[dacubfan]

Virgil Trucks the second oldest living player in the '52 Topps set is celebrating his 95th birthday today. Happy birthday Virgil!! Trucks is the uncle of Butch Trucks, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band incidentally. Ace Parker who played 94 games for the 1937-38 Philadelphia A's turns 100 on May 17th. He was never in baseball card set but was in the 1955 Topps All-American football set having also had a hall of fame pro football career.

[Robextend]

Johnny Pesky is 92...not the oldest, but definitely deserves mention!

[texmrsport]

Current Ten Oldest Players
Name Birthdate Years Played
Connie Marrero April 25, 1911 1950 - 1954
Ace Parker May 17, 1912 1937 - 1938
Mike Sandlock October 17, 1915 1942 - 1953
Freddy Schmidt February 9, 1916 1944 - 1947
Art Kenney April 26, 1916 1938
Ray Hathaway October 13, 1916 1945
Eddie Carnett October 21, 1916 1941 - 1945
Moon Mullen February 9, 1917 1944
Alex Monchak March 5, 1917 1940
Virgil Trucks April 26, 1917 1941 - 1958

Baseball-reference.com

Hall of Famers

The oldest living Hall of Famer is currently Lee MacPhail (born October 25, 1917) at age 94. The oldest Hall of Famer to be inducted as a player is Bobby Doerr (born April 7, 1918) who is 93.

[tcdyess]

Seeing Pesky and Doerr at the Fenway ceremony was chilling, even for this Yankee fan!!!

[barrysloate]

If Bobby Doerr was born April 7, 1918, he is currently 94.

[DaveW]

Name Birthdate Years Played
Connie Marrero April 25, 1911 1950 - 1954


Wow, Connie Marrero was 39 in his rookie year. That by itself is impressive.

[jupin11]

Ace Parker will be 100 next month. He played for the Athletics in 1936-7. As far as I know, he doesn't appear on any baseball cards. He also played pro football and is a fellow Dukie.

[lhardem]

I had the great pleasure of meeting Connie Marrero in Havana last year only weeks before his 100th birthday. As it turned out, he became the the oldest living Major League player during my visit to Cuba (sadly, due to the passing of Dodgers' third baseman Tony Malinowsky).

We did a mini-article on Marrero in the February 2011 issue of the Old Cardboard eNewsletter. It includes a video that I recorded when our group visited Marrero's apartment in Havana. Needless to say, the event was most memorable.

Lyman