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Jim VBThere are some, but the list isn't long. Minoso, of course. Tim McCarver played in the majors in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, but barely played at both extremes. Nolan Ryan played in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's and was still going strong at the end. If Griffey plays a couple more years, he'll have played in the 80's, 90's, 00's, and 10's.
The difference with Davalillo is the long stints in the Mexican league before, during and after his major league career. He was 26 as a rookie, yet still played 16 years in the bigs, even though he took two years off to play Mexican ball.
Every decade change, there are a few guys whose career covers 22 years. I'll try to come up with a better list.
As a Yankee fan, I always hated Davilillo. It seemed as a kid, he caused tremendous problems for them