who is the oldest playor in baseball?
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julio franco he turns 48 in the off-season
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"If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!" was the most famous quote from perhaps the greatest single talent the game of baseball ever knew.  Mickey Charles Mantle (Oct. 20, 1931 - Aug. 13, 1995).  What Mantle could do on two terribly injured legs was nothing short of incredible.  He played during the era of giant ballparks and dead baseballs.  Still he hit home runs like no other.  Not even Babe Ruth himself could hit a ball further than "The Mick".  A great throwing arm, amazing speed and a great teammate.  12 AL pennants and 7 World Series Championships.  And all these prior to free agency.   Can you imagine what his numbers would have been like if he played healthy?  Not even Aaron or Mays would have been able to keep up with Mantle and they played injury free careers.  There was no one better.
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George H. Ruth.  He may have been able to make the Hall of Fame as a pitcher... we will never know thanks to the Red Sox owner wanting to finance a play.
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Cal Ripken Jr.\n\nRipken hit a 3-run HR in the 3rd inning that led the American league to a 4-2 victory.
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The oldest player ever to play was Roger Milla of Cameroon in the year 1994.  He is also the oldest to score a goal.  He was 42 years and 39 days old.  Please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup for more details.  When you are there on the page, scroll almost all the way down.
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When Babe Ruth retired with 714 HRs, no one else had even 400.  They said no one will ever break Babe Ruth's HR record.\n\nIn the 1960s, one baseball book stated that Ty Cobb's record of 892 stolen bases "is not likely to be broken" (Lou Brock was then in his rookie season.\n\nAbout 1972 or 73, Baseball Digest ran an article stating that 3,000 strikeouts is the "toughest mark for pitchers"... At that time, only Walter Johnson had reached that plateau, and the article stated that Bob Gibson was the only (then) active player with a shot at 3,000 Ks... Jim Bunning was, at the time, 2nd on the all time list with just over 2,800 Ks...  Turns out that NINE pitchers who were then active later cleared 3,000 Ks... Three other pitchers who had not started their careers at that time also cleared 3,000, those being Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.\n\nIn the Sept 1972 Baseball Digest, an article stated that Roberto Clemente will perhaps be the last player in history to accumulate 3,000 hits (Clemente was the 11th player to do so)... I can't even count how many guys have done that since then... (EDIT: I just looked it up...there are now TWENTY SIX members of the 3,000 hit club... more than double the amount of members in that club back in 1972).\n\nSo no, Glavine will not be the last 300 game winner... it may or may not become more rare, but it will be done again.  Don't ask by whom...
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Player? A-rod\nHitter? Pujols. the guy is about to enter his prime too!
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He's on track for more like 800.  As long as he stays healthy and continues playing like he does he should have no problem breaking quite a few batting records.  No one has ever had as many homeruns at his age, so the only question will be longevity.
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quoting from someone:\nThe longest playing career is Nolan Ryan, with 27 seasons (1966, 1968-93); Cap Anson (1871-1897) is tied with him if you count the National Association (1871-75) as a major league.\n\nFor current players, the longest tenure is that of Julio Franco with 21 years to date (1982-97, 1999, 2001-05).
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I'd say albert pujols, since he is only "officially" 26, but we all know the guy is like 47.  \n\nMy top 3 age 26 or younger:\n\nDavid Wright - 3b - NY Mets\nJake Peavy SP - San Diego Padres\nMiguel Cabrera - LF - Florida Marlins\n\n5 tool player at 3rd, stud strikeout king starting, and Miguel Cabrera is going to be an MVP on a winning team someday
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ty cobb 23years over .300
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Current or of all time? \n\nFor Current -- I'm going with the Rocket (Rodger Clemens). he's older than most players in the league, yet still throws in the upper 90's. last season he entered a game as a pinch hitter in the 14th inning and still threw a shut out. He's unbelievable, plus he has the competitive attitude I like (plus he isn't afraid to throw at batters' heads to back 'em off the plate).
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i always like to rank the players by position, instead of a 'top 25'.  when my turn comes to pick, i might have a need at, say, 3rd base, and i like to have a list of my top 5 3rd basemen handy to refer to.  here are my top offensive players by position:\n\ncatcher... victor martinez, joe mauer, jorge posada\n1st base... albert pujols, derrek lee, todd helton\n2nd base...alfonso soriano, jorge cantu, brian roberts\nshortstop...miguel tejada, derek jeter, michael young\n3rd base...alex rodriguez, scott rolen, eric chavez\noutfield...manny ramirez, vlad guerrero, barry bonds, \n\nok so that's 18.
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Pete Rose, with 4256 hits.\n\nand if we are lucky, never to be in the hall of fame
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Have a look here for complete info:\nhttp://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Minnie-Minoso.shtml\nAnd did you realize that he played his last minor league game at the age of 80!
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Jimmie Foxx - 50-1938\n\nDavid Ortiz - 47-2005
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There are at least two players who played both pitcher and catcher in the same GAME.\n\nBoth Cesar Tovar and Bert Campinaris played all nine positions in the same game (both in the mid-late 60s). I believe these are the only two players ever to do this.\n\nThere are probably a few catchers that took a turn on the mound at some point in their careers, particularly old time players... It seems to me that Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan might have pitched a few games here and there (Bresnahan really wasn't a HOF caliber player, but was elected to the HOF right after he died, in the mid-1940s)\n\nNo one has ever made a career of playing both positions, of course.  But it was not unusual for position players around the turn of the (20th) century to take the mound, even if just for an inning or two here and there.\n\nThese days, catching is such a specialized defensive position, that no player from another position can adequately substitute defensively for a catcher. At the major league level, you're either a catcher or you're not. \n\nBut if you check the records of catchers who had fairly long careers in the early 20th century, you'll probably find that a few of them did pitch at some point in their careers, at least a little bit.