oldest rookies by age min 74 games played

Chuck Hostetler is the oldest rookie with 74+ games played. He was 40 years old in 1944.

	NAME	Age	G	SEASON	TM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Chuck Hostetler C. Hostetler	40	90	1944	DET	265	42	79	9	2	0	20	21	0	31	4	4	292	92	11	6			4	.298	.350	.347	.697	33	1.5	.333	95	-1.8
2	Bob Thurman B. Thurman	38	82	1955	CIN	152	19	33	2	3	7	22	17	0	26	0	2	170	62	12	1	0	2	6	.217	.296	.408	.704	18	-2	.312	80	-4.2
3	Bill McGhee B. McGhee	38	77	1944	PHA	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	21	0	20	2	1	308	98	13	0			10	.289	.338	.341	.679	33	-0.3	.324	93	-2.4
4	Jason Wood J. Wood	37	98	2007	FLA	117	11	28	6	0	3	26	8	0	38	0	0	127	43	9	1	1	0	1	.239	.286	.368	.653	11	-4.6	.288	68	-5.3
5	Earle Brucker E. Brucker	36	102	1937	PHA	317	40	82	16	5	6	37	48	0	30	1	2	368	126	27	3				.259	.356	.397	.754	49	2.3	.351	90	-5.1
6	So Taguchi S. Taguchi	35	109	2004	STL	179	26	52	10	2	3	25	12	2	23	6	3	206	75	15	10	3	1	6	.291	.337	.419	.756	25	-0.6	.327	96	-1.1
7	LeRoy Schalk L. Schalk	35	146	1944	CWS	587	47	129	14	4	1	44	45	1	52	5	4	654	154	19	21			17	.220	.276	.262	.539	40	-30.5	.261	56	-32.9
8	Dae-Ho Lee D. Lee	34	104	2016	SEA	292	33	74	9	0	14	49	20	5	74	0	0	317	125	23	0	0	2	8	.253	.312	.428	.740	37	0	.318	103	1.2
9	Tom Burgess T. Burgess	34	87	1962	LAA	143	17	28	7	1	2	13	36	0	20	2	0	183	43	10	2	2	8	1	.196	.354	.301	.654	17	-3.9	.295	81	-4.4
10	Luke Easter L. Easter	34	141	1950	CLE	540	96	151	20	4	28	107	70	10	95	0	3	623	263	52	3			15	.280	.373	.487	.860	100	22.3	.390	122	18.7
11	Ty Tyson T. Tyson	34	97	1926	NYG	335	40	98	16	1	3	35	15	3	28	6		357	125	20	4				.293	.329	.373	.702	39	-4.4	.329	90	-4.3
12	Claude Berry C. Berry	34	124	1914	PTF	411	35	98	18	9	2	36	26	0	50	6		454	140	29	17				.238	.284	.341	.624	41	-6.5	.300	77	-12.3
13	Jim Connor J. Connor	34	77	1897	CHI	285	40	83	10	5	3	38	24	4	20	10		318	112	18	5				.291	.355	.393	.748	49	0.7	.357	96	-2
14	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	34	101	1891	WSH	400	73	106	15	3	1	35	63	5	27	29		468	130	19					.265	.372	.325	.697	76	7.8	.352	103	2.2
15	Yadiel Hernandez Y. Hernandez	33	112	2021	WSH	264	33	72	8	1	9	32	22	1	59	3	0	289	109	18	0	2	1	11	.273	.329	.413	.742	36	1.4	.320	99	-0.4
16	Yuli Gurriel Y. Gurriel	33	139	2017	HOU	529	69	158	43	1	18	75	22	7	62	3	2	564	257	62	0	6	1	12	.299	.332	.486	.817	80	11.2	.344	118	12.4
17	Al Heist A. Heist	33	109	1961	CHC	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	39	1	51	3	3	366	123	24	4	1	0	7	.255	.337	.383	.720	44	0.8	.326	93	-3.1
18	Sam Jethroe S. Jethroe	33	141	1950	BSN	582	100	159	28	8	18	58	52	5	93	35		642	257	54	3			8	.273	.338	.442	.780	84	4.4	.354	107	5.5
19	Don Lang D. Lang	33	117	1948	SLN	323	30	87	14	1	4	31	47	1	38	2		379	115	19	8			3	.269	.364	.356	.720	46	1.4	.346	96	-1.8
20	Culley Rikard C. Rikard	33	109	1947	PIT	324	57	93	16	4	4	32	50	1	39	1		376	129	24	1			9	.287	.384	.398	.782	53	9.9	.370	107	3.5
21	Dick Spalding D. Spalding	33	115	1927	PHN	442	68	131	16	3	0	25	38	0	40	5		494	153	19	14				.296	.352	.346	.698	56	-5	.332	80	-12.2
22	Johnny Butler J. Butler	33	147	1926	BKN	501	54	135	27	5	1	68	54	5	44	6		577	175	33	17				.269	.346	.349	.696	64	-5.4	.333	92	-6
23	Alex Gaston A. Gaston	33	98	1926	BSA	301	37	67	5	3	0	21	21	4	28	3	0	337	78	8	11				.223	.282	.259	.541	19	-21.5	.264	43	-25.6
24	Marty Krug M. Krug	33	127	1922	CHC	450	67	124	23	4	4	60	43	3	43	7	9	524	167	31	28				.276	.343	.371	.714	60	-5.4	.336	84	-11.2
25	Myron Allen M. Allen	33	117	1887	CLE	463	66	128	22	10	4	77	36	5	40	26		504	182	36					.276	.335	.393	.728	87	3.6	.340	99	-0.5

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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

Schedule

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Thu 3/25	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	CLE	@	DET	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	CLE	@	DET	4:00 AM

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Final

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
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Chuck Hostetler is the oldest rookie with 74+ games played. He was 40 years old in 1944.

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