The following contains a list of Major League Baseball players who lived to the age of 100. For other baseball players and others associated with baseball who were centenarians, see List of centenarians (sportspeople). For other lists of centenarians, see lists of centenarians.
Actuarial data
A study by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that assessed the vital statistics of more than 10,000 baseball players and general mortality rates in the United States concluded that players whose careers began between 1876 and experienced only 97% expected mortality, those who debuted between and had only 64% expected mortality, and those who debuted between and 1973 experienced only 55% of expected deaths. As early as the 1930s, big league players were exhibiting either a healthy worker effect or the health benefits of the rigorous fitness regimens of professional athletes, or both. However, in this study, vital data on baseball players were limited to those available in the Baseball Encyclopedia. Other smaller studies have shown similar results for players who debuted between and and between 1900 and .
One large study examining major league ballplayers with debuts from 1902 and 2004 found that their expected lifespan was almost five years longer than average 20-year-old American males, and that career length was inversely associated with the risk of death, probably because those who play ball longer gained additional income, physical fitness, and training.
MLB players who have reached age 100 years
NameBorn Died AgeTeam(s) March 15, 1873Cincinnati, Ohio May 7, 1973Cincinnati, Ohio April 5, 1875Cincinnati, Ohio October 2, 1975Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Louisville Colonels (1896) May 25, 1887Du Bois, Pennsylvania August 31, 1988Mansfield, Ohio St. Louis Browns (1912) December 24, 1889Scituate, Massachusetts December 15, 1990Duluth, Minnesota New York Highlanders (1912) December 13, 1891Decatur County, Indiana July 30, 1993Carmichael, California Chicago Cubs (1915) August 7, 1895Somerville, Massachusetts October 10, 1995Brockton, Massachusetts Washington Senators (1919) January 27, 1896Ridgefield Park, New Jersey April 26, 1996Barnstable, Massachusetts May 8, 1891Ossining, New York September 17, 1998Daytona Beach, Florida December 17, 1900North Henderson, Illinois April 3, 2002Rock Island, Illinois Chicago White Sox (1928–1929) June 25, 1902Dubois, Idaho June 27, 2002Chandler, Arizona Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–1930) January 17, 1905Mesquite, Texas July 30, 2005Pearland, Texas St. Louis Cardinals (1931–1932) April 10, 1906Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 15, 2006Vero Beach, Florida Pittsburgh Pirates (1930–1932) October 14, 1895Middletown, Delaware October 29, 2006St. Petersburg, Florida Lincoln Giants (1926) November 17, 1906Ratcliff, Arkansas July 22, 2007St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Browns (1930–1931, 1933) June 20, 1908Berwyn Heights, Maryland January 22, 2009Charlotte, North Carolina October 7, 1909Collinsville, Illinois February 8, 2011Oxnard, California Brooklyn Dodgers (1937) September 26, 1905Patillas, Puerto Rico April 30, 2011Ponce, Puerto Rico Cuban Stars (East) (1928–1929) May 17, 1912Portsmouth, Virginia November 6, 2013Portsmouth, Virginia Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938) April 25, 1911Sagua La Grande, Cuba April 23, 2014Havana, Cuba Washington Senators (1950–1954) October 17, 1915Old Greenwich, Connecticut April 4, 2016Cos Cob, Connecticut October 21, 1916Springfield, Missouri November 4, 2016Ringling, Oklahoma October 22, 1918West Hickory, Pennsylvania November 30, 2018Charlotte, North Carolina Philadelphia Athletics (1941–1942) December 15, 1920Paris, Texas October 4, 2021Bastrop, Texas March 10, 1921Lebanon, Kentucky July 7, 2022Fruita, Colorado St. Louis Browns (1949) April 25, 1924Mill Valley, California March 6, 2025Sonoma, California September 3, 1924Atlanta, Georgia Living September 26, 1925Pottstown, PennsylvaniaLiving
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