Phil Niekro was the oldest in 1986. He was 47 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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	47	1986	CLE
2	Pete Rose P. Rose	45	1986	CIN	72	237	15	52	8	2	0	25	30	4	31	3	0	272	64	10	0	1	0	2	.219	.316	.270	.586	22	-9.2	.278	66	-10.7
3	Tony Perez T. Perez	44	1986	CIN	77	200	14	51	12	1	2	29	25	0	25	0	0	228	71	15	0	3	2	6	.255	.333	.355	.688	24	-2	.309	88	-3.2
4	Tommy John T. John	43	1986	NYY
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	41	1986	TOT	22	45	4	9	1	0	1	8	1	0	7	0	0	47	13	2	1	0	0	3	.200	.217	.289	.506	2	-3.5	.226	34	-3.6
6	Davey Lopes D. Lopes	41	1986	TOT	96	255	49	70	10	3	7	35	43	2	25	25	8	304	107	20	2	2	0	9	.275	.381	.420	.800	45	9.8	.362	125	8.7
7	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	41	1986	SDP	126	354	36	77	9	0	16	55	41	2	62	0	1	400	134	25	0	3	8	6	.218	.300	.379	.679	39	-7.2	.298	86	-6.6
8	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	41	1986	NYY
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	41	1986	TOT
10	Don Sutton D. Sutton	41	1986	CAL
11	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	40	1986	CAL	132	419	65	101	12	2	18	58	92	3	115	1	1	517	171	32	0	3	11	14	.241	.379	.408	.787	72	12.8	.352	118	11
12	Hal McRae H. McRae	40	1986	KCR	112	278	22	70	14	0	7	37	18	1	39	0	0	299	105	21	0	2	4	9	.252	.298	.378	.675	29	-5.7	.296	79	-7.7
13	Darrell Evans D. Evans	39	1986	DET	151	507	78	122	15	0	29	85	91	1	105	3	2	601	224	44	0	2	5	6	.241	.356	.442	.798	86	16.5	.355	121	15.1
14	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	39	1986	CAL
15	Tom Paciorek T. Paciorek	39	1986	TEX	88	213	17	61	7	0	4	22	3	3	41	1	3	220	80	11	0	1	0	5	.286	.305	.376	.680	22	-2.9	.304	82	-4.7
16	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	39	1986	HOU	30	59	1	6	0	0	0	5	1	0	22	0	1	63	6	0	3	0	0	2	.102	.117	.102	.218	-4	-10.9	.102	-44	-10.6
17	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	39	1986	PHI	73	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	-1	.118	-42	-1
18	Bob Boone B. Boone	38	1986	CAL	144	442	48	98	12	2	7	49	43	0	30	1	0	503	135	21	12	6	1	15	.222	.287	.305	.593	38	-19.9	.270	64	-21.7
19	Ron Cey R. Cey	38	1986	CHC	97	256	42	70	21	0	13	36	44	3	66	0	0	306	130	34	1	2	1	5	.273	.384	.508	.891	53	17.3	.392	141	14.6
20	Dave Concepcion D. Concepcion	38	1986	CIN	90	311	42	81	13	2	3	30	26	0	43	13	2	346	107	18	5	4	1	13	.260	.314	.344	.658	33	-6.6	.296	79	-8.5
21	Jose Cruz J. Cruz	38	1986	HOU	141	479	48	133	22	4	10	72	55	0	86	3	4	536	193	36	0	2	12	9	.278	.351	.403	.754	66	4.5	.331	111	7.1
22	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	38	1986	CWS	125	457	42	101	11	0	14	63	22	6	92	2	4	491	154	25	0	6	2	10	.221	.263	.337	.600	36	-20.7	.267	57	-25.3
23	Gene Garber G. Garber	38	1986	ATL	61	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	-0.6	.230	31	-0.6
24	Charlie Hough C. Hough	38	1986	TEX
25	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	38	1986	TOR	107	336	48	84	12	1	15	55	52	4	57	0	1	394	143	28	0	2	1	9	.250	.355	.426	.781	55	9.5	.351	114	6.7