Are any major league baseball players of the 30s &40s still alive?

Answer 1

Yes, there are still a decent number of them around. The 30s and 40s were a long time ago, but it's not like it was THAT long ago. Some of the players who are still around from that era are Bob Feller, Stan Musial (played from 1942-1963), Phil Rizzuto, and Johnny Pesky. Those are just a few players that I can name, and I'm sure you could find many more if you searched.

Answer 2

The MLBPA membership includes more than 30 former players currently in their 90s, nearly all of whom played in the 1930s and 1940s. The oldest is Rollie Stiles who turned 100 on November 17, 2006, and played for the St. Louis Browns 1930-1933. The next oldest, Ray Berres (1934-1945, Dodgers, Pirates, Braves, Giants) turns 100 this August 31.

Answer 3

Quite a few. Just looking at Hall of Famers, I count 10 who played in the 1930s and '40s. Bobby Doerr and Bob Feller, both 88 years of age, are the oldest ones and seem to be the only 2 that were active in the '30s (though Monte Irvin, a year younger than them, started in the ***** Leagues in the '30s).

Wikipedia has a list of the oldest living ex-major leaguers - see the link below. There are a couple of guys who debuted in 1930 on the list, and that's the earliest year I see.

Answer 4

There are players who played during those years, but they are getting fewer and fewer with each passing year. At the youngest these players would be at least 80 years old so they may not be long for this life. Which is rather sad if you think about it because these men ARE baseball history. Not something we read about in a book or a documentary.

Answer 5

The oldest still living that come to mind are Rollie Stiles who turned 100 in November. He played for the St Louis Browns from 1930-33, and Howdy Groskloss who played for Pittsburgh from 1930-32.

Answer 6

When the oldest major league player , Si Simmons, died recently it was noted that he had played in 1926. I would think that players from the 30's would still be with us.

Answer 7

Bobby Doerr
Red Schoendienst

Come up with specific names and go to this site:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/

and check them, one at a time.

Near the top of every player page, you'll get dates of birth and death (unless, of course they're still alive) as well as the dates of their first and last games. Keep scrolling and you'll also get full playing stats and lots of information about how that player compared to others of his era and of other eras as well. It's a very, very useful site.

Answer 8

Bob Feller
Yogi Berra
Stan Musial
Phil Rizzuto (Get well scooter!)

Answer 9

Stan "The Man" Musial and Bob Feller are two that I can think of.

Answer 10

yes theare is exactly 27 players alive most from the yankees and seneters!