oldest player to start in a playoff game

Jack Quinn is the oldest in a start in a postseason game. He was 46 years and 103 days old in Game 4 of the 1929 World Series against the Cubs.

NAMEAgeGSDATETMOPPDECERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
46-103
1
10/12/1929
vs
9.00
2
0
0
0
5.0
7
5
6
1
2
0
0
0
24
0
2Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
45-342
1
10/25/2008
vs
4.26
5
0
0
0
6.1
5
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
3Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
45-329
1
10/12/2008
@
L
40.50
2
0
0
0
1.1
6
6
6
1
0
1
0
0
11
0
4Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
45-321
1
10/4/2008
@
L
4.50
3
0
0
0
4.0
4
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
18
1
5Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
45-064
1
10/7/2007
vs
11.57
1
0
0
0
2.1
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
13
0
6Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
44-322
1
10/6/2007
@
1.50
2
0
0
0
6.0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
7Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
43-191
1
10/9/1982
@
3.00
5
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
27
1
8David Wells
D. Wells
43-138
1
10/5/2006
vs
L
3.60
2
0
0
0
5.0
7
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
19
0
9Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
43-079
1
10/22/2005
@
13.50
1
0
0
0
2.0
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
10
0
10Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
43-072
1
10/15/2005
vs
W
3.00
1
0
0
0
6.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
11Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
43-063
1
10/6/2005
@
L
9.00
2
0
0
0
5.0
6
5
5
1
3
0
0
0
24
0
12Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
43-026
1
10/6/2006
@
L
7.94
4
0
0
0
5.2
8
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
13David Wells
D. Wells
42-138
1
10/5/2005
@
L
2.70
2
0
0
0
6.2
7
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
14Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
42-078
1
10/21/2004
@
L
6.00
2
0
0
0
6.0
6
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
15Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
42-073
1
10/14/2008
vs
L
16.88
2
0
0
0
2.2
6
5
5
3
2
0
0
0
16
0
16Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
42-073
1
10/16/2004
vs
W
2.57
7
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
27
1
17Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
42-067
1
10/10/2004
vs
3.60
5
0
0
0
5.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
21
1
18Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
42-063
1
10/6/2004
@
W
2.57
7
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
3
1
6
0
0
0
34
2
19Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
42-027
1
10/7/2005
vs
15.00
2
0
0
0
3.0
9
5
5
2
0
0
0
0
17
0
20Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
41-346
1
10/22/2006
vs
W
0.00
5
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
28
0
21Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
41-337
1
10/13/2006
vs
W
0.00
6
0
0
0
7.1
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
26
0
22Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
41-330
1
10/6/2006
vs
W
0.00
8
0
0
0
7.2
5
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
30
0
23Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
41-222
1
10/5/1928
@
L
30.86
1
0
0
0
2.1
6
8
8
1
4
0
0
0
17
0
24Don Sutton
D. Sutton
41-192
1
10/11/1986
vs
1.42
2
0
0
0
6.1
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
25Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
41-097
1
11/1/2025
vs
2.08
3
0
0
0
4.1
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
18
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age and starts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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