More Trivia: What was the last season the American League did NOT have a 40-year old player on any AL roster?
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In 1975, Bob Gibson was the oldest player, at 39 years old.  That was the last year the AL had a top age of less than 40.  (For the NL, it was 1978, when Ron Fairly was the oldest at 39.)
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Do you have any supporting info? Like a career field?\nThere's only one hit in a yahoo search, and that's a 2003 baseball roster.\nSorry.
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Julio Franco - although he is not the oldest to ever play, he is the oldest currently.  The source listed below shows the oldest to ever play.  \n\nAt the age of 47, Franco also became the oldest player to ever homer, eclipsing the old record of Jack Quinn, who was 46 years, 357 days old when he homered on June 27, 1930.
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http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=nyy\n\nCheck this out for updates. Email someone there for specific details.
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He was in the minors in '02. He has been w/ the Tigers big league club since '04.
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In the AL:\n\nRube Waddell (1) Philadelphia Athletics 07-01-1902 3rd\n \nSloppy Thurston (1) Chicago White Sox 08-22-1923 12th\n \nLefty Grove (1) Philadelphia Athletics 08-23-1928 2nd\n \nLefty Grove (2) Philadelphia Athletics 09-27-1928 7th\n \nBilly Hoeft (1) Detroit Tigers 09-07-1953 7th\n \nJim Bunning (1) Detroit Tigers 08-02-1959 9th\n \nAl Downing (1) New York Yankees 08-11-1967 2nd\n \nNolan Ryan (2 [1 in NL]) California Angels 07-09-1972 2nd\n \nRon Guidry (1) New York Yankees 08-07-1984 9th\n \nJeff Montgomery (1) Kansas City Royals 04-29-1990 8th\n \nPedro Martinez (1) Boston Red Sox 05-18-2002 1st\n \nIn th NL:\n\nName (Quantity) Team Date / Box Inning \nJohn Clarkson (1) Boston Beaneaters 06-04-1889 3rd\n \nPat Ragan (1) Brooklyn Dodgers 10-05-1914 8th\n \nHod Eller (1) Cincinnati Reds 08-21-1917 9th\n \nJoe Oeschger (1) Boston Braves 09-08-1921 4th\n \nDazzy Vance (1) Brooklyn Dodgers 09-14-1924 2rd\n \nSandy Koufax (1) Los Angeles Dodgers 06-30-1962 1st\n \nSandy Koufax (2) Los Angeles Dodgers 04-18-1964 3rd\n \nBob Bruce (1) Houston Colt .45s 04-19-1964 8th\n \nNolan Ryan (1) New York Mets 04-19-1968 3rd\n \nBob Gibson (1) St. Louis Cardinals 05-12-1969 7th\n \nMilt Pappas (1) Chicago Cubs 09-24-1971 4th\n \nLynn McGlothen (1) St. Louis Cardinals 08-19-1975 2nd\n \nBruce Sutter (1) Chicago Cubs 09-08-1977 9th\n \nJeff Robinson (1) Pittsburgh Pirates 09-07-1987 8th\n \nRob Dibble (1) Cincinnati Reds 06-04-1989 8th\n \nAndy Ashby (1) Philadelphia Phillies 06-15-1991 4th\n \nDavid Cone (1) New York Mets 08-30-1991 5th\n \nPete Harnisch (1) Houston Astros 09-06-1991 7th\n \nTrevor Wilson (1) San Francisco Giants 06-07-1992 9th\n \nMel Rojas (1) Montreal Expos 05-11-1994 9th\n \nMike Magnante (1) Houston Astros 08-22-1997 9th\n \nRandy Johnson (1) Arizona Diamondbacks 08-23-2001 6th\n \nJason Isringhausen (1) St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-2002 9th\n \nByung-Hyun Kim (1) Arizona Diamondbacks 05-11-2002 8th\n \nBrian Lawrence (1) San Diego Padres 06-12-2002 3rd\n \nBrandon Backe (1)\n Houston Astros\n 04-15-2004 8th\n \nBen Sheets (1)\n Milwaukee Brewers\n 06-13-2004\n 3rd\n \nLaTroy Hawkins (1)\n Chicago Cubs\n 09-11-2004 9th
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Not counting rooks, the active players with the most at bats and no HR are Curt Schilling, Jon Lieber, Luis Ordaz, Brett Tomko, Pedro Martinez, and Matt Clement.\n\nThere are a ton of rookies and callups who are active with no HR - a little too many to name. \n\nOdd that this was just in a Jayson Stark column....
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Alot of it depends on a player who was limited in his 'worth' in 2006 and has a good season in 2007..\n\nA couple of candidates..\n\nIf Mike Sweeney of KC can stay healthy and put up good numbers..\n\nShannon Stewart of Minnesota..  \n\nGary Sheffield, now with Detroit\n\nThose three I would guess to be the AL front runners right now..  each played 60 or less games, have a decent track record in the past, and if they stay healthy, are capable of putting up "rebound' numbers
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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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Present day player is Derek Jeter. All time was Mickey Mantle, with Thurman Munson a close second. You can tell I'm not a Yankee fan.... lol!
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Konerko is going to have to step it up a little bit or he'll fall just short, but they are all three on pace to join some elite company.\n\nIt is rare, but it has happened before:\nWalker/Galarraga/Castilla (COL) - 1997\nGalarraga/Burks/Castilla (COL) - 1996\nJohnson/Evans/Aaron (ATL) - 1973\n\nAnd just because I was curious, here are some instances where just two teammates have hit 40 in a season, more common but still rare:\nRamirez/Ortiz (BOS) - 2004-05\nPujols/Edmonds (STL) - 2004\nPalmeiro/Rodriguez (TEX) - 2001\nBagwell/Hidalgo (HOU) and Batista/Delgado (TOR) - 2000\nDelgado/Green (TOR) - 1999\nGriffey/Rodriguez (SEA) - 1998-99\nGriffey/Buhner (SEA) - 1996-97\nBench/Perez (CIN) - 1970\nPetrocelli/Yastrzemski (BOS) - 1969\nMaris/Mantle (NYY) and Mays/Cepeda (SF) - 1961\nPost/Kluszewski (CIN) - 1955\nSnider/Hodges (BRO) - 1954\nSnider/Campanella (BRO) - 1953\nRuth/Gehrig (NYY) - 1927, 1930-31\n\nOkay, so I have the day off.......
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I included some of the pre-1900 leagues, in addition to the American and National Leagues.\n\n1) Cy Young: 290 NL + 221 AL = 511\n2) Nolan Ryan: 135 NL + 189 NL = 324\n3) Gaylord Perry: 139 AL + 175 NL = 314\n4) Bobby Mathews: 131 NA (National Association) + 106 AA (American Association) + 60 NL = 297\n5) Fergie Jenkins: 169 NL + 115 AL = 285\n6) Gus Weyhing: 115 AA + 119 NL + 30 PL (Players League) = 264\n7) Randy Johnson: 147 AL + 116 NL = 263\n8) Denny Martinez: 141 AL + 104 NL = 245\n9) Jim Bunning: 118 AL + 106 NL = 224\n10) Kevin Brown: 102 AL + 109 NL = 211\n11) Al Orth: 100 NL + 104 AL = 204
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There have been 10 managers in the last fifty years that were still active players in their debut year as major-league managers:\n\nPete Rose 1984-1986\nDon Kessinger 1979\nJoe Torre 1977\nFrank Robinson 1975-1976 \nYogi Berra 1964-1965\nGil Hodges 1963\nEl Tappe 1961-1962 \nHank Bauer 1961\nSolly Hemus 1959\nHarry Walker 1955\n\nPrevious to the 1955 season there were numerous Player/Managers. To many to list in fact.\nHeres a list of the numbers by decade:\n1870s...45 \n1880s...42 \n1890s...43 \n1900s...31 \n1910s...35 \n1920s...17 \n1930s...13 \n1940s...9 \n1950s...8 \n1960s...4 \n1970s...4 \n1980s...1
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I would like to see him bat until he is 40 yrs old atleast. But Considering his "Unfortunate" injuries, I think he will play 2 years more.But you never know.
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Greetings from inside the Yahoo Brain in New York City!\nHope you're catching the live webcast at: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\nAs the others have said, that year was great because both the AL and NL leaders had the same number of home runs--49!  Andre Dawson and a presumably pre-steroids Mark McGwire were the talented twosome.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.
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Greetings from inside the Yahoo Brain in New York City!\nHope you're catching the live webcast at: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\nThe answer is Julio Franco.  He's on the Mets, and plays First Base primarily.  He is 108 years old.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.