Just 4 Players Now Survive From 1930s MLB.

[philliesfiend55]

Al Brancato's death a week ago means that there are now just four living players who played in the major leagues before 1940.

1. Clarence "Ace" Parker - Shortstop - 1937-38 Philadelphia Athletics - 100 years, 1 month. - 94 MLB games.
Parker is the second oldest living Baseball Player (Connie Marrero is 101). He is also a Pro Football Hall Of Famer, the oldest living Pro Football Player and one of 2 living NFL players to have reached 100 (Johnny Kovatch - about three weeks younger than Parker, is the other).


2. Art Kenney - Pitcher - 1938 Boston Braves - 96 years, 2 months - 2 MLB games.

3. Mike Palagyi - Pitcher - 1939 Washington Senators - 94 years 11 months - 1 MLB game.

4. Bobby Doerr - Second Baseman - 1937 - 1951 Boston Red Sox - 94 years, 2 months - 1865 MLB games.
Doerr was a 10-time American League all-star and was elected to the Hall Of Fame in 1986.
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[jjpm74]

There is also James "Red" Moore who played in the NeL in the 1930s and probably other NeL players from that period still around.

[Freakshow]

So nobody living now played against Babe Ruth.

[dgarza]

So nobody living now played against Babe Ruth.

Well, as a Red Sox, Doerr played against the Babe Ruth, in a way.

[Freakshow]

The Play Index shows 19 players living born in 1918 or earlier:

Rk             Player    G Born From   To   Age
1      Connie Marrero  118 1911 1950 1954 39-43
2          Ace Parker   94 1912 1937 1938 25-26
3       Mike Sandlock  195 1915 1942 1953 26-37
4          Art Kenney    2 1916 1938 1938 22-22
5       Eddie Carnett  158 1916 1941 1945 24-28
6      Freddy Schmidt   85 1916 1944 1947 28-31
7        Ray Hathaway    4 1916 1945 1945 28-28
8        Mike Palagyi    1 1917 1939 1939 21-21
9        Alex Monchak   19 1917 1940 1940 23-23
10      Virgil Trucks  517 1917 1941 1958 24-41
11     Lennie Merullo  639 1917 1941 1947 24-30
12        Moon Mullen  118 1917 1944 1944 27-27
13        Bobby Doerr 1865 1918 1937 1951 19-33
14         Carl Miles    2 1918 1940 1940 22-22
15     Fred Caligiuri   18 1918 1941 1942 22-23
16      Chuck Stevens  211 1918 1941 1948 22-29
17   Lonnie Goldstein   11 1918 1943 1946 25-28
18         Lou Lucier   33 1918 1943 1945 25-27
19      Bill Endicott   20 1918 1946 1946 27-27

[jalbright]

Thread moved to history forum from HOF forum.

[icee82]

I have been trying to locate Lonnie Goldstein for years but no luck. He played with the Reds.

[Freakshow]

I have been trying to locate Lonnie Goldstein for years but no luck. He played with the Reds.

Leslie Elmer "Lonnie" Goldstein was born in Texas and played most of his pro career there. I did a quick White Pages search for Leslie Goldstein in Texas and it indicates that Leslie E Goldstein, age 94, was recently living in Fort Worth, Texas.

Good luck!

EDIT: link

Prologue to the Reading of Lon Goldstein Proclamation

EDIT 2: from radaris.com
phone: (817) 292-0825

Leslie E Goldstein 	
Fort Worth, TX 	6799 Granbury Rd 	76133 	  	May 1918
Fort Worth, TX 	6516 Sabrosa Ct W 	76133 	(817) 292-0825 	May 1918
Plano, TX 	3401 Premier Dr 	75023 	(972) 312-0580 	May 1918