Vic Davalillo was the oldest in 1979. He was 42 years old.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Vic Davalillo V. Davalillo	42	1979	LAD	29	27	2	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	29	8	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	2	-1	.281	72	-1
2	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	41	1979	SFG	117	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	36	1	70	0	2	393	142	24	0	3	2	7	.249	.318	.402	.720	45	-0.6	.322	100	0.2
3	Manny Mota M. Mota	41	1979	LAD	47	42	1	15	0	0	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	47	15	0	2	0	0	2	.357	.400	.357	.757	6	1	.350	118	1
4	Lou Brock L. Brock	40	1979	STL	120	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	23	3	43	21	12	436	161	24	0	5	1	7	.304	.342	.398	.739	53	2.3	.331	103	1.7
5	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	40	1979	TOT	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0.1	.371	128	0.1
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	40	1979	ATL	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	1	2	19	0	0	134	30	6	7	1	0	1	.195	.213	.244	.457	3	-12.5	.207	12	-13.9
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	40	1979	SDP	32	71	2	6	2	0	1	2	2	0	19	0	0	84	11	3	11	0	0	2	.085	.110	.155	.265	-4	-13.5	.121	-32	-13.1
8	Rico Carty R. Carty	39	1979	TOR	132	461	48	118	26	0	12	55	46	1	45	3	1	512	180	38	0	4	4	21	.256	.322	.390	.713	57	-2.3	.318	88	-7.5
9	Willie Davis W. Davis	39	1979	CAL	43	56	9	14	2	1	0	2	4	0	7	1	0	61	18	3	1	0	0	2	.250	.300	.321	.621	5	-2	.284	72	-2.1
10	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	39	1979	MON	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1	-1.8	.000	-117	-1.8
11	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	39	1979	PIT	126	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	47	3	105	0	1	480	234	51	0	6	12	10	.281	.352	.552	.904	79	23.1	.385	138	21.4
12	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	39	1979	BOS	147	518	69	140	28	1	21	87	62	2	46	3	3	590	233	50	0	8	8	12	.270	.346	.450	.796	80	11.6	.349	105	3.6
13	Elrod Hendricks E. Hendricks	38	1979	BAL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	-0.3	.000	-110	-0.3
14	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	38	1979	SDP	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	-1.4	.102	-44	-1.4
15	Pete Rose P. Rose	38	1979	PHI	163	628	90	208	40	5	4	59	95	2	32	20	11	730	270	49	0	5	10	18	.331	.418	.430	.848	118	32.7	.381	134	29.2
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	38	1979	NYY
17	Jesus Alou J. Alou	37	1979	HOU	42	43	3	11	4	0	0	10	6	0	7	0	0	49	15	4	0	0	1	4	.256	.347	.349	.696	5	-0.4	.313	99	-0.1
18	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	37	1979	TOT	93	248	29	57	4	4	0	15	20	2	35	13	4	283	69	8	11	2	0	8	.230	.290	.278	.569	20	-13.4	.264	60	-14
19	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	37	1979	STL	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	-0.5	.000	-118	-0.5
20	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	37	1979	PHI	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	-0.3	.000	-121	-0.3
21	Tim McCarver T. McCarver	37	1979	PHI	79	137	13	33	5	1	1	12	19	1	12	2	0	161	43	7	2	2	5	7	.241	.333	.314	.647	14	-4.5	.288	72	-5.3
22	Tony Perez T. Perez	37	1979	MON	132	489	58	132	29	4	13	73	38	3	82	2	1	537	208	46	0	7	4	14	.270	.322	.425	.748	65	2.1	.329	104	2.7
23	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	36	1979	DET
24	John Hiller J. Hiller	36	1979	DET
25	Willie Horton W. Horton	36	1979	SEA	162	646	77	180	19	5	29	106	42	4	112	1	1	696	296	53	2	2	4	20	.279	.326	.458	.784	93	11.8	.345	108	6.4