Many of the pitchers from that era pitched into their 40s. Grover Cleveland Alexander (43), Cy Young (44), and Chief Bender (41) to name a few. He was a knuckleball specialist, and we know that many contemporary knuckleball pitchers pitched well into their 40s including Charlie Hough (46), Phil Niekro (48), and Hoyt Wilhelm (49). Father Time gives them a break.
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