Following Cowtipper's lead, here's a list of the living expansion Senators and their ages as of the date of this posting (Edited Feb. 23, 2014, originally posted April 10, 2011).
As best as I can determine, there are 128 former players who played for Washington's expansion franchise from 1961 through 1971 still alive.
Minnie Minoso 88 Nov. 29, 1925
Roy Sievers** 87 Nov. 18, 1926
Cal Neeman 85 Feb. 18, 1929
Jimmy Piersall 84 Nov. 14, 1929
Pete Daley 85 Jan. 14, 1930
Hobie Landrith 83 Mar. 16, 1930
Jim Bronstad 83 Jun. 22, 1930
Pete Burnside 83 Jul. 2, 1930
Ed Roebuck 82 Jul. 13, 1931
Joe Cunningham 82 Aug. 27, 1931
Don Leppert 82 Oct. 19, 1931
Rudy Hernandez** 83 Dec. 10, 1931
Bennie Daniels 81 Jun. 17, 1932
Coot Veal 81 Jul. 9, 1932
Jim Coates 81 Aug. 4, 1932
Jim King 81 Aug. 27, 1932
Marty Kutyna 82 Nov. 14, 1932
Willie Tasby 82 Jan. 8, 1933
Joe Hicks 80 Apr. 7, 1933
Bob Schmidt 80 Apr. 22, 1933
Joe McClain 80 May 5, 1933
Ray Ripplemeyer 80 Jul. 9, 1933
Dave Stenhouse 80 Sep. 12, 1933
Camilio Pascual** 80 Jan. 20, 1934
Willie Kirkland 80 Feb. 17, 1934
Ken Retzer 79 Apr. 30, 1934
Jim Mahoney 79 May 26, 1934
Ed Hobaugh 79 Jun. 27, 1934
Dallas Green 79 Aug. 4, 1934
Fred Valentine 79 Jan. 19, 1935
Marty Keough 78 Apr. 14, 1935
Pedro Ramos** 78 Apr. 28, 1935
Ken Hamlin 78 May 18, 1935
Bob Humphreys 78 Aug. 18, 1935
Chuck Cottier 78 Jan. 8, 1936
Bob Johnson 77 Mar. 4, 1936
Carl Mathias 77 Jun. 13, 1936
Don Lock 77 Jul. 27, 1936
Frank Howard 77 Aug. 8, 1936
Doug Camilli 77 Sep. 22, 1936
Bill Haywood 76 Apr. 21, 1937
Joe Grzenda 76 Jun. 8, 1937
Diego Segui 76 Aug. 17, 1937
Alan Koch 75 Mar. 25, 1938
Dave Baldwin 75 Mar. 30, 1938
Ron Hansen 75 Apr. 5, 1938
Art Quirk 75 Apr. 11, 1938
John Orsino 75 Apr. 22, 1938
Mike Brumley 75 Jul. 10, 1938
Don Wert 75 Jul. 29, 1938
Dick Lines 75 Aug. 17,1938
Joe McCabe 75 Aug. 27,1938
Mike McCormick 75 Sep. 29, 1938
Bud Zipfel 75 Nov. 18, 1938
Billy Bryan 75 Dec. 4, 1938
Frank Kreutzer 75 Feb. 7, 1939
Bernie Allen 74 Apr. 16, 1939
Jim Duckworth 74 May 24, 1939
Dennis Higgins 74 Aug. 4, 1939
Claude Osteen 74 Aug. 9, 1939
Carl Bouldin 74 Sep. 17, 1939
Dick Nen 74 Sep. 24, 1939
Phil Ortega 74 Oct. 7, 1939
Lou Klimchock 74 Oct. 15, 1939
Pete Richert 74 Oct. 29, 1939
Ron Stillwell 74 Dec. 3, 1939
Bob Priddy 74 Dec. 10, 1939
Jim Hannan 74 Jan. 7, 1940
Pete Craig 73 Jul. 10, 1940
Hank Allen 73 Jul. 23, 1940
Bob Chance 73 Sep. 10, 1940
Cisco Carlos 73 Sep. 17, 1940
Don Loun 73 Nov. 9, 1940
Tom McCraw 73 Nov. 21, 1940
Brant Alyea 73 Dec. 8, 1940
Tom Brown 73 Dec. 12, 1940
Steve Jones 72 Apr. 22, 1941
John Kennedy 72 May 29, 1941
Bob Saverine 72 Jun. 2, 1941
Casey Cox 72 Jul. 3, 1941
Jim French 72 Aug. 13, 1941
Ken Harrelson 72 Sep. 4, 1941
Darold Knowles 72 Dec. 9, 1941
Paul Casanova 72 Dec. 21, 1941
Tim Cullen 72 Feb. 16, 1942
Ken McMullen 71 Jun. 1, 1942
Richie Scheinblum 71 Nov. 5, 1942
Dick Billings 71 Dec. 4, 1942
Rick Reichardt 70 Mar. 16, 1943
Bruce Howard 70 Mar. 23, 1943
Barry Moore 70 Apr. 3, 1943
Mike Epstein 70 Apr. 4, 1943
Frank Fernandez 70 Apr. 16, 1943
Dick Nold 70 May 4, 1943
Jackie Brown 70 May 31, 1943
Al Closter 70 Jun. 15, 1943
Jim Miles 70 Aug. 8, 1943
Jim Shellenback 70 Nov. 18, 1943
Gary Holman 70 Jan. 25, 1944
Wayne Comer 70 Feb. 3, 1944
Dick Bosman 70 Feb. 17, 1944
Denny McLain 69 Mar. 29, 1944
Dave Nelson 69 Jun. 20, 1944
Roy Heiser 69 Jun. 22, 1944
Dick Smith 69 Oct. 15, 1944
Del Unser 69 Dec. 9, 1944
Dick Such 68 Mar. 12, 1945
Horacio Pina 68 Mar. 12, 1945
Larry Biittner 68 Jul. 27, 1945
Jan Dukes 68 Aug. 16,1945
Denny Riddleberger 68 Nov. 22, 1945
Lenny Randle 68 Feb. 12, 1946
Bill Denehy 67 May 31, 1946
Gerry Janeski 67 Apr. 18, 1946
Tom Ragland 67 Jun. 16, 1946
Gene Martin 67 Jan. 12, 1947
Gerry Schoen 67 Jan. 15, 1947
Joe Coleman 67 Feb. 3, 1947
Bill Gogolewski 66 Oct. 26, 1947
Elliott Maddox 66 Dec. 21, 1947
Tom Grieve 65 Mar. 4, 1948
Rick Stelmaszek 65 Oct. 8, 1948
Toby Harrah 65 Oct. 26, 1948
Mike Thompson 64 Sep. 6, 1949
Pete Broberg 63 Mar. 2, 1950
Bill Fahey 63 Jun. 14, 1950
Jim Mason 63 Aug. 14, 1950
Jeff Burroughs 62 Mar. 7, 1951
As always, updates, corrections or comments are welcome.
Updates:
Updated Jan. 28, 2013 to reflect the passing of Chuck Hinton on 1/27/2013
Updated Mar. 22, 2013 to add Dallas Green & Diego Segui.
Updated Feb. 22, 2014 to reflect the passing of Hector Maestri on 2/21/2014
Updated Jun. 5, 2014 to reflect the passing of Don Zimmer on 6/4/2014
I've cross checked with Baseball-Almanac and all of these players are still living according to that reference.
Any updates, corrections or comments are welcome!
As best as I can determine, there are 128 former players who played for Washington's expansion franchise from 1961 through 1971 still alive.
Minnie Minoso 88 Nov. 29, 1925
Roy Sievers** 87 Nov. 18, 1926
Cal Neeman 85 Feb. 18, 1929
Jimmy Piersall 84 Nov. 14, 1929
Pete Daley 85 Jan. 14, 1930
Hobie Landrith 83 Mar. 16, 1930
Jim Bronstad 83 Jun. 22, 1930
Pete Burnside 83 Jul. 2, 1930
Ed Roebuck 82 Jul. 13, 1931
Joe Cunningham 82 Aug. 27, 1931
Don Leppert 82 Oct. 19, 1931
Rudy Hernandez** 83 Dec. 10, 1931
Bennie Daniels 81 Jun. 17, 1932
Coot Veal 81 Jul. 9, 1932
Jim Coates 81 Aug. 4, 1932
Jim King 81 Aug. 27, 1932
Marty Kutyna 82 Nov. 14, 1932
Willie Tasby 82 Jan. 8, 1933
Joe Hicks 80 Apr. 7, 1933
Bob Schmidt 80 Apr. 22, 1933
Joe McClain 80 May 5, 1933
Ray Ripplemeyer 80 Jul. 9, 1933
Dave Stenhouse 80 Sep. 12, 1933
Camilio Pascual** 80 Jan. 20, 1934
Willie Kirkland 80 Feb. 17, 1934
Ken Retzer 79 Apr. 30, 1934
Jim Mahoney 79 May 26, 1934
Ed Hobaugh 79 Jun. 27, 1934
Dallas Green 79 Aug. 4, 1934
Fred Valentine 79 Jan. 19, 1935
Marty Keough 78 Apr. 14, 1935
Pedro Ramos** 78 Apr. 28, 1935
Ken Hamlin 78 May 18, 1935
Bob Humphreys 78 Aug. 18, 1935
Chuck Cottier 78 Jan. 8, 1936
Bob Johnson 77 Mar. 4, 1936
Carl Mathias 77 Jun. 13, 1936
Don Lock 77 Jul. 27, 1936
Frank Howard 77 Aug. 8, 1936
Doug Camilli 77 Sep. 22, 1936
Bill Haywood 76 Apr. 21, 1937
Joe Grzenda 76 Jun. 8, 1937
Diego Segui 76 Aug. 17, 1937
Alan Koch 75 Mar. 25, 1938
Dave Baldwin 75 Mar. 30, 1938
Ron Hansen 75 Apr. 5, 1938
Art Quirk 75 Apr. 11, 1938
John Orsino 75 Apr. 22, 1938
Mike Brumley 75 Jul. 10, 1938
Don Wert 75 Jul. 29, 1938
Dick Lines 75 Aug. 17,1938
Joe McCabe 75 Aug. 27,1938
Mike McCormick 75 Sep. 29, 1938
Bud Zipfel 75 Nov. 18, 1938
Billy Bryan 75 Dec. 4, 1938
Frank Kreutzer 75 Feb. 7, 1939
Bernie Allen 74 Apr. 16, 1939
Jim Duckworth 74 May 24, 1939
Dennis Higgins 74 Aug. 4, 1939
Claude Osteen 74 Aug. 9, 1939
Carl Bouldin 74 Sep. 17, 1939
Dick Nen 74 Sep. 24, 1939
Phil Ortega 74 Oct. 7, 1939
Lou Klimchock 74 Oct. 15, 1939
Pete Richert 74 Oct. 29, 1939
Ron Stillwell 74 Dec. 3, 1939
Bob Priddy 74 Dec. 10, 1939
Jim Hannan 74 Jan. 7, 1940
Pete Craig 73 Jul. 10, 1940
Hank Allen 73 Jul. 23, 1940
Bob Chance 73 Sep. 10, 1940
Cisco Carlos 73 Sep. 17, 1940
Don Loun 73 Nov. 9, 1940
Tom McCraw 73 Nov. 21, 1940
Brant Alyea 73 Dec. 8, 1940
Tom Brown 73 Dec. 12, 1940
Steve Jones 72 Apr. 22, 1941
John Kennedy 72 May 29, 1941
Bob Saverine 72 Jun. 2, 1941
Casey Cox 72 Jul. 3, 1941
Jim French 72 Aug. 13, 1941
Ken Harrelson 72 Sep. 4, 1941
Darold Knowles 72 Dec. 9, 1941
Paul Casanova 72 Dec. 21, 1941
Tim Cullen 72 Feb. 16, 1942
Ken McMullen 71 Jun. 1, 1942
Richie Scheinblum 71 Nov. 5, 1942
Dick Billings 71 Dec. 4, 1942
Rick Reichardt 70 Mar. 16, 1943
Bruce Howard 70 Mar. 23, 1943
Barry Moore 70 Apr. 3, 1943
Mike Epstein 70 Apr. 4, 1943
Frank Fernandez 70 Apr. 16, 1943
Dick Nold 70 May 4, 1943
Jackie Brown 70 May 31, 1943
Al Closter 70 Jun. 15, 1943
Jim Miles 70 Aug. 8, 1943
Jim Shellenback 70 Nov. 18, 1943
Gary Holman 70 Jan. 25, 1944
Wayne Comer 70 Feb. 3, 1944
Dick Bosman 70 Feb. 17, 1944
Denny McLain 69 Mar. 29, 1944
Dave Nelson 69 Jun. 20, 1944
Roy Heiser 69 Jun. 22, 1944
Dick Smith 69 Oct. 15, 1944
Del Unser 69 Dec. 9, 1944
Dick Such 68 Mar. 12, 1945
Horacio Pina 68 Mar. 12, 1945
Larry Biittner 68 Jul. 27, 1945
Jan Dukes 68 Aug. 16,1945
Denny Riddleberger 68 Nov. 22, 1945
Lenny Randle 68 Feb. 12, 1946
Bill Denehy 67 May 31, 1946
Gerry Janeski 67 Apr. 18, 1946
Tom Ragland 67 Jun. 16, 1946
Gene Martin 67 Jan. 12, 1947
Gerry Schoen 67 Jan. 15, 1947
Joe Coleman 67 Feb. 3, 1947
Bill Gogolewski 66 Oct. 26, 1947
Elliott Maddox 66 Dec. 21, 1947
Tom Grieve 65 Mar. 4, 1948
Rick Stelmaszek 65 Oct. 8, 1948
Toby Harrah 65 Oct. 26, 1948
Mike Thompson 64 Sep. 6, 1949
Pete Broberg 63 Mar. 2, 1950
Bill Fahey 63 Jun. 14, 1950
Jim Mason 63 Aug. 14, 1950
Jeff Burroughs 62 Mar. 7, 1951
As always, updates, corrections or comments are welcome.
Updates:
Updated Jan. 28, 2013 to reflect the passing of Chuck Hinton on 1/27/2013
Updated Mar. 22, 2013 to add Dallas Green & Diego Segui.
Updated Feb. 22, 2014 to reflect the passing of Hector Maestri on 2/21/2014
Updated Jun. 5, 2014 to reflect the passing of Don Zimmer on 6/4/2014
I've cross checked with Baseball-Almanac and all of these players are still living according to that reference.
Any updates, corrections or comments are welcome!
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