who was the oldest player in the mlb in 1980

Minnie Minoso was the oldest in 1980. He was 54 years old.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	G	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	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	54	1980	CWS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	-0.5	.000	-114	-0.5
2	Vic Davalillo V. Davalillo	43	1980	LAD	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	-0.8	.152	-13	-0.8
3	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	42	1980	SFG	48	113	8	23	8	0	1	16	13	1	23	0	0	130	34	9	0	3	2	3	.204	.285	.301	.586	9	-5.6	.264	66	-4.9
4	Manny Mota M. Mota	42	1980	LAD	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	0.4	.390	151	0.4
5	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	41	1980	TOT	49	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	13	1	0	41	9	2	4	0	0	0	.143	.189	.257	.446	1	-3.6	.205	20	-3.7
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	41	1980	ATL	40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	1	0	19	0	0	96	17	5	5	0	0	2	.133	.143	.189	.332	-2	-12.7	.149	-24	-13.3
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	41	1980	TOT
8	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	40	1980	MON	61	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	14	2	0	2	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	-1.8	.152	-16	-1.8
9	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	40	1980	PIT	67	202	28	53	10	1	11	38	26	2	52	0	0	231	98	22	0	1	10	2	.262	.351	.485	.836	33	6.7	.358	122	5.7
10	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	40	1980	BOS	105	364	49	100	21	1	15	50	44	0	38	0	2	412	168	37	1	3	5	9	.275	.350	.462	.812	59	12.4	.359	115	7.3
11	Pete Rose P. Rose	39	1980	PHI	162	655	95	185	42	1	1	64	66	6	33	12	8	735	232	44	4	4	5	13	.282	.352	.354	.706	84	1.3	.323	100	-0.3
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	39	1980	NYY
13	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	38	1980	CAL	77	210	32	53	8	1	2	18	14	1	33	10	5	234	69	11	7	2	0	4	.252	.300	.329	.628	20	-6	.287	75	-6.8
14	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	38	1980	STL
15	Tim McCarver T. McCarver	38	1980	PHI	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	1	0.1	.334	108	0.1
16	Tony Perez T. Perez	38	1980	BOS	151	585	73	161	31	3	25	105	41	1	93	1	0	635	273	59	0	8	11	25	.275	.320	.467	.786	82	10.6	.342	104	2.7
17	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	37	1980	TOT
18	John Hiller J. Hiller	37	1980	DET
19	Willie Horton W. Horton	37	1980	SEA	97	335	32	74	10	1	8	36	39	4	70	0	4	384	110	19	2	4	2	5	.221	.306	.328	.635	35	-8.4	.292	73	-12.3
20	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	37	1980	PIT	61	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1	-2.5	.000	-124	-2.5
21	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	37	1980	TEX
22	Tommy John T. John	37	1980	NYY
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	37	1980	MIN
24	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	37	1980	MIN
25	Lee May L. May	37	1980	BAL	78	222	20	54	10	2	7	31	15	0	53	2	0	239	89	19	0	2	1	11	.243	.289	.401	.690	24	-2.5	.307	89	-3.1