oldest player rookie by age baseball

Fred Johnson is the oldest rookie in a game. He was 44 years and 201 days old against the Tigers on September 27, 1938.

Interpreted as:
oldest player rookie by age in a regular-season game baseball
NAME AGE DATE TM OPP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-201
9/27/1938
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-198
9/24/1938
SLA SLA
vs
CWS CWS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-194
9/20/1938
SLA SLA
vs
BSA BSA
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
4 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-191
9/17/1938
SLA SLA
vs
WSH WSH
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
5 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-173
8/30/1938
SLA SLA
@
BSA BSA
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-170
8/27/1938
SLA SLA
@
PHA PHA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-169
8/26/1938
SLA SLA
@
PHA PHA
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
8 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-167
8/24/1938
SLA SLA
@
WSH WSH
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-166
8/23/1938
SLA SLA
@
WSH WSH
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-162
8/19/1938
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
11 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-160
8/17/1938
SLA SLA
@
CLE CLE
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
12 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-153
8/10/1938
SLA SLA
vs
CLE CLE
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
13 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-149
8/6/1938
SLA SLA
vs
PHA PHA
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
14 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-148
8/5/1938
SLA SLA
vs
PHA PHA
4
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
15 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-142
7/30/1938
SLA SLA
vs
BSA BSA
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
16 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-139
7/27/1938
SLA SLA
vs
NYY NYY
4
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
17 Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
44-134
7/22/1938
SLA SLA
@
WSH WSH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
18 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-251
9/30/1962
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-239
9/18/1962
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-237
9/16/1962
PIT PIT
vs
SFG SFG
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-229
9/8/1962
PIT PIT
@
LAD LAD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-226
9/5/1962
PIT PIT
@
HOU HOU
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-220
8/30/1962
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-218
8/28/1962
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 Diomedes Olivo
D. Olivo
43-216
8/26/1962
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/18
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@
BAL BAL
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@
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5/20
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@
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5/21
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Fri
5/2
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
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Fri
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HOU HOU
@
CWS CWS
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Fri
5/2
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
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Sun
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PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
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Sun
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Sun
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