Rick Honeycutt was the oldest in 1997. He was 43 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	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	43	1997	STL
2	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	42	1997	STL
3	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	42	1997	SEA
4	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	41	1997	TOT	11	18	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	-1	-3.5	.120	-43	-3.4
5	Eddie Murray E. Murray	41	1997	TOT	55	167	13	37	7	0	3	18	15	0	26	1	0	185	53	10	0	3	0	10	.222	.281	.317	.598	13	-9.7	.270	57	-10.2
6	Brett Butler B. Butler	40	1997	LAD	105	343	52	97	8	3	0	18	42	1	40	15	10	401	111	11	15	0	0	1	.283	.363	.324	.686	45	-4.6	.319	95	-2.6
7	Doug Jones D. Jones	40	1997	MIL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0.3	.714	344	0.3
8	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	40	1997	MIN	135	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	45	0	73	11	4	597	234	46	2	12	8	8	.305	.351	.435	.786	77	3.7	.340	99	-0.5
9	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	40	1997	BAL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0.3	.714	347	0.3
10	Tony Pena T. Pena	40	1997	TOT	40	86	6	15	4	0	0	10	10	0	16	0	0	98	19	4	0	2	0	3	.174	.255	.221	.476	3	-8.7	.225	30	-8.7
11	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	39	1997	NYY	103	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	48	0	38	0	1	407	140	28	2	4	3	3	.292	.373	.397	.769	54	3.9	.344	107	3.6
12	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	39	1997	LAD	41	32	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	0	0	42	3	0	9	0	0	1	.094	.121	.094	.215	-3	-8	.103	-46	-7.8
13	Tony Fossas T. Fossas	39	1997	STL
14	Lee Smith L. Smith	39	1997	MON
15	Harold Baines H. Baines	38	1997	TOT	137	452	55	136	23	0	16	67	55	0	62	0	1	510	207	39	0	3	11	12	.301	.375	.458	.832	75	12.1	.361	118	11.4
16	Jim Eisenreich J. Eisenreich	38	1997	FLA	120	293	36	82	19	1	2	34	30	1	28	0	0	331	109	22	3	4	4	7	.280	.345	.372	.717	37	-4.1	.318	91	-3.7
17	Julio Franco J. Franco	38	1997	TOT	120	430	68	116	16	1	7	44	69	1	116	15	6	505	155	24	1	4	4	17	.270	.369	.360	.730	62	-0.3	.332	95	-3.4
18	Gary Gaetti G. Gaetti	38	1997	STL	148	502	63	126	24	1	17	69	36	6	88	7	3	554	203	42	4	6	3	20	.251	.305	.404	.710	58	-10.2	.310	84	-11.6
19	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	38	1997	TOT	120	403	84	100	14	0	8	34	97	6	85	45	8	509	138	22	1	2	2	10	.248	.400	.342	.742	69	6.8	.348	112	7.7
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	38	1997	CLE	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	-0.6	.186	0	-0.6
21	Willie McGee W. McGee	38	1997	STL	122	300	29	90	19	4	3	38	22	0	59	8	2	323	126	26	0	1	2	6	.300	.347	.420	.767	41	1.3	.337	101	0.5
22	Otis Nixon O. Nixon	38	1997	TOT	145	576	84	153	18	3	2	44	65	0	78	59	12	655	183	23	8	6	0	12	.266	.337	.318	.655	64	-17	.301	78	-18.1
23	Bob Patterson B. Patterson	38	1997	CHC	74	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	-124	-0.3
24	Tony Phillips T. Phillips	38	1997	TOT	141	534	96	147	34	2	8	57	102	3	118	13	10	648	209	44	5	4	5	11	.275	.392	.391	.783	92	12.1	.355	113	10.3
25	Don Slaught D. Slaught	38	1997	SDP	20	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-1	-4.1	.143	-22	-4