Satchel Paige is the oldest starting pitcher in a game. He was 59 years and 80 days old against the Red Sox on September 25, 1965.
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oldest starting pitcher regular-season matchup in MLB| NAME | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | S. Paige | 59-080 | 9/25/1965 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | J. Moyer | 49-191 | 5/27/2012 | @ | L | 1 | 12.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Moyer | 49-185 | 5/21/2012 | @ | L | 1 | 14.73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J. Moyer | 49-180 | 5/16/2012 | vs | W | 1 | 1.42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | J. Moyer | 49-175 | 5/11/2012 | @ | L | 1 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J. Moyer | 49-169 | 5/5/2012 | vs | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | J. Moyer | 49-163 | 4/29/2012 | vs | 1 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | J. Moyer | 49-158 | 4/24/2012 | @ | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | J. Moyer | 49-151 | 4/17/2012 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | J. Moyer | 49-146 | 4/12/2012 | vs | L | 1 | 3.18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Moyer | 49-141 | 4/7/2012 | @ | L | 1 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | P. Niekro | 48-179 | 9/27/1987 | vs | 1 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | P. Niekro | 48-150 | 8/29/1987 | vs | 1 | 67.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | P. Niekro | 48-142 | 8/21/1987 | @ | L | 1 | 4.76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | P. Niekro | 48-134 | 8/13/1987 | vs | L | 1 | 4.76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | P. Niekro | 48-126 | 8/5/1987 | vs | L | 1 | 6.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | P. Niekro | 48-121 | 7/31/1987 | @ | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | P. Niekro | 48-115 | 7/25/1987 | vs | L | 1 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | P. Niekro | 48-110 | 7/20/1987 | @ | W | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | P. Niekro | 48-100 | 7/10/1987 | @ | L | 1 | 12.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | P. Niekro | 48-095 | 7/5/1987 | vs | L | 1 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | P. Niekro | 48-090 | 6/30/1987 | vs | W | 1 | 1.04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | P. Niekro | 48-085 | 6/25/1987 | @ | L | 1 | 4.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 24 | | P. Niekro | 48-079 | 6/19/1987 | vs | L | 1 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | P. Niekro | 48-073 | 6/13/1987 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
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