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Old 01-17-2019, 06:56 PM
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Default Any pre-1945 players that are still alive ?

I was wondering how many players that played before 1946 ( pre-war) are still alive ? And what is the oldest set they appear in ?
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Baseball Almanac lists the current oldest living players. Many played in the 40's. Terwillinger is the name that jumped out b/c of his cards...Oldest is Tom Jordan 99 with a 1977 TCMA card. (cards shown here are not mine)
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Eddie Robinson came up in September '42. A couple other guys came up in August '42, but I had never heard of them.

Robinson has a 1948 Topps Magic Photo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...seball_players

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TJ will be 100 on September 5th. Wayne Twig is a spry 93. Red Schoendienst at 94 is the oldest living Hall of Famer.
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I think Red passed away last summer
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Rest in peace Red! Oldest living HOF now Tommy Lasorda.
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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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Eddie Robinson played in 1942. I have a 57 topps of his somewhere. Don Newcombe is 38th on the list at 92...wally westlake...(not my cards)
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This 1952 Topps Eddie Robinson went for over $1,800 hundred the other night.
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Fred Caligiuri, who died Nov 30, 2018, was the last remaining major leaguer who debuted in the majors prior to Dec 7, 1941. He had just turned 100 years old on Oct 22, 2018.

He played his first game for the Philadelphia A's on Sep 3, 1941.


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On a side note, when Doerr passed I think he was the last living player from the 30s.
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

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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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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

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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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