oldest player starting in a game

Satchel Paige is the oldest in a start. He was 59 years and 80 days old versus the Red Sox on September 25, 1965.

Interpreted as:
oldest player starting in a regular-season game
NAME AGE GS DATE TM OPP DEC ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
59-080
1
9/25/1965
KCA KCA
vs
BOS BOS
0.00
1
0
0
0
3.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
2 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-191
1
5/27/2012
COL COL
@
CIN CIN
L
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
7
7
7
4
1
1
0
0
23
0
3 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-185
1
5/21/2012
COL COL
@
MIA MIA
L
14.73
5
0
0
0
3.2
9
6
6
1
4
0
0
0
24
0
4 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-180
1
5/16/2012
COL COL
vs
ARI ARI
W
1.42
5
0
0
0
6.1
6
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
5 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-175
1
5/11/2012
COL COL
@
LAD LAD
L
9.00
7
0
0
0
5.0
7
5
5
1
1
0
0
1
23
0
6 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-169
1
5/5/2012
COL COL
vs
ATL ATL
9.00
1
0
0
0
5.0
10
5
6
2
1
0
0
0
26
0
7 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-163
1
4/29/2012
COL COL
vs
NYM NYM
7.20
7
0
0
0
5.0
11
4
4
1
2
0
0
1
27
0
8 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-158
1
4/24/2012
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
1.50
3
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
9 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-151
1
4/17/2012
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W
0.00
1
0
0
0
7.0
6
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
10 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-146
1
4/12/2012
COL COL
vs
SFG SFG
L
3.18
3
0
0
0
5.2
8
2
4
0
1
1
0
0
29
0
11 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
49-141
1
4/7/2012
COL COL
@
HOU HOU
L
5.40
2
0
0
0
5.0
5
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
21
0
12 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-179
1
9/27/1987
ATL ATL
vs
SFG SFG
15.00
0
0
0
0
3.0
6
5
5
0
6
0
0
0
20
0
13 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-150
1
8/29/1987
TOR TOR
vs
OAK OAK
67.50
1
0
0
0
0.2
4
5
5
1
2
0
0
0
8
0
14 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-142
1
8/21/1987
TOR TOR
@
CAL CAL
L
4.76
3
0
0
0
5.2
6
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
23
0
15 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-134
1
8/13/1987
TOR TOR
vs
CWS CWS
L
4.76
3
0
0
0
5.2
5
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
25
1
16 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-126
1
8/5/1987
CLE CLE
vs
NYY NYY
L
6.14
3
0
0
0
7.1
11
5
5
2
2
0
0
0
35
0
17 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-121
1
7/31/1987
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
1.50
3
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
18 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-115
1
7/25/1987
CLE CLE
vs
TEX TEX
L
7.50
1
0
0
0
6.0
9
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
19 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-110
1
7/20/1987
CLE CLE
@
KCR KCR
W
9.00
0
0
0
0
5.0
8
5
5
0
4
0
0
0
26
0
20 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-100
1
7/10/1987
CLE CLE
@
TEX TEX
L
12.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
9
7
7
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
21 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-095
1
7/5/1987
CLE CLE
vs
CWS CWS
L
24.00
1
0
0
0
3.0
7
8
8
0
2
0
0
0
18
0
22 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-090
1
6/30/1987
CLE CLE
vs
CAL CAL
W
1.04
4
0
0
0
8.2
7
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
34
0
23 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-085
1
6/25/1987
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
L
4.50
6
1
0
0
8.0
8
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
33
1
24 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-079
1
6/19/1987
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
L
11.25
3
0
0
0
4.0
6
5
5
1
5
1
0
0
24
1
25 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-073
1
6/13/1987
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
W
0.00
2
0
0
0
5.2
5
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
25
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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6/24
ATH ATH
@
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@
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@
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@
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
6/7
MIA MIA
@
TBR TBR
2-3
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SDP SDP
@
MIL MIL
1-0
Sat
6/7
TEX TEX
@
WSH WSH
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NYM NYM
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