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01-17-2025, 12:12 PM
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Random thoughts about player longevity
Looking at Tommy Brown's record from 1945, I wondered about the longevity of other players on that team, as I knew Branca had lived to a ripe age. I know it sounds unlikely, but there was some impressive fountain-of-youth water in Brooklyn in 1945. They had a roster full of obscure dudes like every team in '45, but look at these lifespans-
Bordagaray 1910-2000 90 Branca 1926-2016 90 Lund 1923-2013 90 Buker 1918-2011 93 Rudolph 1909-2003 94 Pfund 1919-2016 97 Olmo 1919-2017 98 Brown 1927-2025 98 Hayworth 1904-2002 98 Basinski 1922-2021 99 Hathaway 1916-2015 99 Sukeforth 1901-2000 99 Sandlock 1915-2016 101 Almost half the team's roster (20) lived to be at least 85. 8 guys made it to 97 - to me that's amazing. Then for a point of comparison, I checked the 1910 Brooklyn team (pretty much a random choice) - only 2 guys lived to 85 or more (Rucker and Knetzer). Just over half were dead before the age of 70. Last edited by timn1; 01-17-2025 at 12:14 PM. 
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