Arlie Latham and Bid McPhee were tied for the oldest in 1899. They were 39 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Arlie Latham A. Latham	39	1899	WSH	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	-0.5	.248	41	-0.6
2	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	39	1899	CIN	112	377	60	105	17	7	1	65	40	7	33	18	432	139	25	8	.279	.358	.369	.727	63	3.8	.354	100	0
3	Chief Zimmer C. Zimmer	38	1899	TOT	95	335	52	103	13	4	4	43	27	11	22	10	383	136	21	10	.307	.378	.406	.784	64	10.7	.379	115	8.3
4	Dummy Hoy D. Hoy	37	1899	LOU	155	636	117	194	17	13	5	49	62	10	31	33	723	252	35	15	.305	.376	.396	.772	117	17.3	.373	112	12.9
5	Jim Connor J. Connor	36	1899	CHI	69	234	26	48	7	1	0	24	18	1	13	6	263	57	8	10	.205	.265	.244	.508	18	-18.8	.254	48	-20
6	Bones Ely B. Ely	36	1899	PIT	139	526	67	146	18	6	3	72	22	5	31	8	582	185	27	29	.278	.313	.352	.665	69	-11.6	.319	83	-14.3
7	Joe Quinn J. Quinn	36	1899	CLE	147	615	73	176	24	6	0	72	21	2	10	22	640	212	30	2	.286	.312	.345	.657	74	-14.7	.315	79	-19.4
8	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	36	1899	CHI	125	525	91	158	20	10	3	68	43	3	25	9	575	207	33	4	.301	.357	.394	.752	87	8	.361	106	5.3
9	Deacon McGuire D. McGuire	35	1899	TOT	104	352	47	104	15	5	1	35	28	8	12	7	390	132	21	2	.295	.361	.375	.736	58	4.4	.357	102	0.9
10	Ed McKean E. McKean	35	1899	STL	67	277	40	72	7	3	3	40	20	0	4	4	301	94	13	4	.260	.310	.339	.649	34	-7.3	.313	78	-9.5
11	Wilbert Robinson W. Robinson	35	1899	BAL	108	356	40	101	15	2	0	47	31	2	25	5	395	120	17	6	.284	.344	.337	.682	52	-2.9	.334	90	-5.9
12	Tommy Tucker T. Tucker	35	1899	CLE	127	456	40	110	19	3	0	40	24	12	16	3	499	135	22	7	.241	.297	.296	.593	48	-20.7	.292	66	-24.4
13	Farmer Vaughn F. Vaughn	35	1899	CIN	31	108	9	19	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	2	114	20	1	3	.176	.198	.185	.383	2	-14.1	.189	9	-15.1
14	Jack Clements J. Clements	34	1899	CLE	4	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	3	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	1	-0.6	.284	62	-0.7
15	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	34	1899	PIT	122	536	82	156	11	7	1	56	17	5	17	26	566	184	19	8	.291	.319	.343	.662	67	-11.2	.319	83	-13.9
16	Fred Hartman F. Hartman	34	1899	NYG	51	177	25	42	3	5	1	17	12	10	5	2	200	58	9	1	.237	.322	.328	.649	24	-3.8	.320	85	-4.5
17	Frank Scheibeck F. Scheibeck	34	1899	WSH	27	94	19	27	4	1	0	9	11	1	19	5	109	33	5	3	.287	.368	.351	.719	16	0.9	.354	100	0
18	Patsy Tebeau P. Tebeau	34	1899	STL	77	281	27	69	10	3	1	26	18	5	10	5	305	88	14	1	.246	.303	.313	.616	32	-10.4	.301	71	-12.7
19	Lave Cross L. Cross	33	1899	TOT	141	557	76	166	19	5	5	84	25	2	3	13	592	210	29	8	.298	.330	.377	.707	79	-2.6	.338	92	-7
20	Ellsworth Cunningham E. Cunningham	33	1899	LOU	44	154	17	40	2	0	2	17	5	0	13	1	163	48	4	4	.260	.283	.312	.595	15	-7.5	.286	64	-8.5
21	Tom Daly T. Daly	33	1899	BKN	141	498	95	156	24	9	5	88	69	12	34	43	587	213	38	8	.313	.409	.428	.837	110	28.9	.405	128	23.7
22	George Decker G. Decker	33	1899	TOT	43	147	14	37	8	1	1	18	12	2	5	3	174	50	10	13	.252	.317	.340	.657	21	-3.2	.319	83	-4.3
23	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	33	1899	BSN	84	297	63	92	7	1	1	33	72	1	16	19	375	104	9	5	.310	.446	.350	.796	70	18.3	.404	123	12.4
24	Bob Langsford B. Langsford	33	1899	LOU	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1	-1.1	.000	-93	-1.1
25	Herman Long H. Long	33	1899	BSN	145	578	91	153	30	8	6	100	45	3	27	20	651	217	44	25	.265	.321	.375	.697	84	-5.5	.333	83	-15.7