oldest player to record a complete game

Phil Niekro is the oldest in a complete game. He was 48 years and 85 days old against the Twins on June 25, 1987.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to record a regular-season complete game
NAME AGE CG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-085
1
6/25/1987
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
L
1
4.50
6
0
0
8.0
8
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
33
1
2 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
48-056
1
5/27/1987
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
L
1
1.13
3
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
30
1
3 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
47-199
1
6/5/2010
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
34
0
4 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-171
1
9/19/1986
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
L
1
5.63
1
0
0
8.0
9
5
5
1
0
0
0
0
33
1
5 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
47-170
1
5/7/2010
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
6 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-099
1
7/9/1986
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
W
1
3.00
3
0
0
9.0
6
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
33
0
7 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-094
1
7/4/1986
CLE CLE
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
3.00
2
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
36
0
8 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-082
1
6/22/1986
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
W
1
1.00
4
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
9 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
47-064
1
6/4/1986
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
L
1
6.75
6
0
0
8.0
8
6
6
3
2
1
0
0
35
0
10 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-188
1
10/6/1985
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
11 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-170
1
9/18/1985
NYY NYY
@
DET DET
L
1
5.63
5
0
0
8.0
11
5
5
3
4
0
0
0
38
0
12 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-165
1
9/13/1985
NYY NYY
vs
TOR TOR
L
1
0.00
5
0
0
9.0
8
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
38
1
13 Charlie Hough
C. Hough
46-160
1
6/14/1994
FLA FLA
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
9
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
33
0
14 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-133
1
8/12/1985
NYY NYY
@
CWS CWS
W
1
3.00
7
0
0
9.0
7
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
34
0
15 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-111
1
7/21/1985
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
W
1
2.00
4
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
35
0
16 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-098
1
7/8/1985
NYY NYY
vs
KCR KCR
L
1
4.00
5
0
0
9.0
8
4
5
2
4
0
0
0
38
0
17 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-075
1
9/20/1952
SLA SLA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
5
1
0
9.0
8
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
39
0
18 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-063
1
9/2/1929
PHA PHA
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
3
3
0
0
0
0
36
0
19 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-056
1
9/1/1952
SLA SLA
vs
CLE CLE
W
1
1.80
4
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
19
0
20 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
46-052
1
5/23/1985
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
L
1
6.75
3
0
0
8.0
7
6
6
2
3
0
0
0
34
0
21 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-043
1
8/13/1929
PHA PHA
@
DET DET
W
1
2.00
4
0
0
9.0
8
2
3
1
1
0
0
36
0
22 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
46-030
1
8/6/1952
SLA SLA
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
9
1
0
12.0
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
44
0
23 Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
46-020
1
8/31/1953
PHA PHA
@
DET DET
W
1
1.00
4
0
0
9.0
11
1
4
1
3
0
0
0
43
0
24 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-003
1
7/4/1929
PHA PHA
vs
BSA BSA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
1
1
0
0
33
0
25 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
45-356
1
6/22/1929
PHA PHA
@
NYY NYY
L
1
2.63
2
0
0
13.2
18
4
4
0
4
0
0
59
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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