# List of oldest Major League Baseball players

This is a list of Baseball players. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization in North America. The oldest person ever to play MLB was Satchel Paige, who, at the age of 59, made a major league appearance twelve years after his Major League career had ended. The oldest player to appear regularly was Jack Quinn, who ended his last season at age 50, having made 14 appearances as a relief pitcher in that final season. The oldest active player is San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who is currently 42 years old.

## Key

| Pos | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH |
| Position | Pitcher | Catcher | First baseman | Second baseman | Third baseman | Shortstop | Left fielder | Center fielder | Right fielder | Outfielder | Designated hitter |

## Oldest players
### All-time

| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the MLB as of the 2025 season |
| * | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| $^†$ | Denotes player who is not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration |
| § | Eligible for Hall of Fame in 2026 |
| Player | Pos | Birth date | Last game | Age | Team(s) played (years) |
| Satchel Paige* | P | July 7, 1906 | September 25, 1965 | 59 years, 80 days | 9 teams  Negro leagues Birmingham Black Barons (1927–1930) Cleveland Cubs (1931) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1933–1934, 1936) Kansas City Monarchs (1941–1947) New York Black Yankees (1941) Memphis Red Sox (1943)  Major League Baseball Cleveland Indians (1948–1949) St. Louis Browns (1951–1953) Kansas City Athletics (1965) |
| Charley O'Leary | SS/2B/3B | October 15, 1875 | September 30, 1934 | 58 years, 350 days | 3 teams Detroit Tigers (1904–1912) St. Louis Cardinals (1913) St. Louis Browns (1934) |
| Nick Altrock | P | September 15, 1876 | October 1, 1933 | 57 years, 16 days | 4 teams Louisville Colonels (1898) Boston Americans (1902–1903) Chicago White Sox (1903–1909) Washington Senators (1909, 1912–1915, 1918–1919, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1933) |
| Minnie Miñoso* | LF/3B | November 29, 1923 | October 5, 1980 | 56 years, 311 days | 5 teams Negro leagues New York Cubans (1946–1948) Major League Baseball Cleveland Indians (1949, 1951) Chicago White Sox (1951–1957) Cleveland Indians (1958–1959) Chicago White Sox (1960–1961) St. Louis Cardinals (1962) Washington Senators (1963) Chicago White Sox (1964, 1976, 1980) |
| Jim O'Rourke* | OF/C/1B | September 1, 1850 | September 22, 1904 | 54 years, 21 days | 7 teams Middletown Mansfields (1872) Boston Red Stockings / Red Caps (1873–1878) Providence Grays (1879) Boston Red Caps (1880) Buffalo Bisons (1881–1884) New York Giants (1885–1889) New York Giants (PL) (1890) New York Giants (1891–1892) Washington Senators (1893) New York Giants (1904) |
| String Bean Williams | P | 1873 | 1925 | 51 or 52 years | 4 teams Brooklyn Royal Giants (1923) Washington Potomacs (1924) Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1924) New York Lincoln Giants (1925) |
| Jack Quinn | P | July 1, 1883 | July 7, 1933 | 50 years, 6 days | 8 teams New York Highlanders (1909–1912) Boston Braves (1913) Baltimore Terrapins (1914–1915) Chicago White Sox (1918) New York Yankees (1919–1921) Boston Red Sox (1922–1925) Philadelphia Athletics (1925–1930) Brooklyn Robins / Dodgers (1931–1932) Cincinnati Reds (1933) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm* | P | July 26, 1922 | July 10, 1972 | 49 years, 350 days | 9 teams New York Giants (1952–1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1957) Cleveland Indians (1957–1958) Baltimore Orioles (1958–1962) Chicago White Sox (1963–1968) California Angels (1969) Atlanta Braves (1969–1970) Chicago Cubs (1970) Atlanta Braves (1971) Los Angeles Dodgers (1971–1972) |
| Jimmy Austin | 3B/SS | December 8, 1879 | October 6, 1929 | 49 years, 302 days | 2 teams New York Highlanders (1909–1910) St. Louis Browns (1911–1923, 1925–1926, 1929) |
| Arlie Latham | 3B | March 15, 1860 | September 30, 1909 | 49 years, 199 days | 6 teams Buffalo Bisons (1880) St. Louis Browns (1883–1889) Chicago Pirates (1890) Cincinnati Reds (1890–1895) St. Louis Browns (1896) Washington Senators (1899) New York Giants (1909) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | November 18, 1962 | May 27, 2012 | 49 years, 191 days | 8 teams Chicago Cubs (1986–1988) Texas Rangers (1989–1990) St. Louis Cardinals (1991) Baltimore Orioles (1993–1995) Boston Red Sox (1996) Seattle Mariners (1996–2006) Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2010) Colorado Rockies (2012) |
| Hughie Jennings* | SS/1B | April 2, 1869 | September 2, 1918 | 49 years, 153 days | 5 teams Louisville Colonels (1891–1893) Baltimore Orioles (1893–1899) Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1900) Philadelphia Phillies (1901–1902) Brooklyn Superbas (1903) Detroit Tigers (1907, 1909–1910, 1912, 1918) |
| Julio Franco | SS/2B/1B | August 23, 1958 | September 17, 2007 | 49 years, 25 days | 8 teams Philadelphia Phillies (1982) Cleveland Indians (1983–1988) Texas Rangers (1989–1993) Chicago White Sox (1994) Cleveland Indians (1996–1997) Milwaukee Brewers (1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1999) Atlanta Braves (2001–2005) New York Mets (2006–2007) Atlanta Braves (2007) |
| Gabby Street | C | September 30, 1882 | September 20, 1931 | 48 years, 355 days | 5 teams Cincinnati Reds (1904–1905) Boston Beaneaters (1905) Cincinnati Reds (1905) Washington Senators (1908–1911) New York Highlanders (1912) St. Louis Cardinals (1931) |
| Deacon McGuire | C/1B | November 18, 1863 | May 18, 1912 | 48 years, 182 days | 11 teams Toledo Blue Stockings (1884) Detroit Wolverines (1885) Philadelphia Quakers (1886–1888) Detroit Wolverines (1888) Cleveland Blues (1888) Rochester Broncos (1890) Washington Statesman / Senators (1891–1899) Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1901) Detroit Tigers (1902–1903) New York Highlanders (1904–1907) Boston Americans/Red Sox (1907–1908) Cleveland Naps (1908, 1910) Detroit Tigers (1912) |
| Phil Niekro* | P | April 1, 1939 | September 27, 1987 | 48 years, 179 days | 4 teams Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1964–1983) New York Yankees (1984–1985) Cleveland Indians (1986–1987) Toronto Blue Jays (1987) Atlanta Braves (1987) |
| Johnny Evers* | 2B | July 21, 1881 | October 6, 1929 | 48 years, 77 days | 4 teams Chicago Orphans / Cubs (1902–1913) Boston Braves (1914–1917) Philadelphia Phillies (1917) Chicago White Sox (1922) Boston Braves (1929) |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | P | January 26, 1874 | August 21, 1921 | 47 years, 207 days | 5 teams Pittsburgh Pirates (1903) Boston Beaneaters (1904–1905) Brooklyn Superbas (1908–1910) Baltimore Terrapins (1914–1915) Philadelphia Phillies (1921) |
| Hod Lisenbee | P | September 23, 1898 | September 7, 1945 | 46 years, 349 days | 4 teams Washington Senators (1927–1928) Boston Red Sox (1929–1932) Philadelphia Athletics (1936) Cincinnati Reds (1945) |
| Nolan Ryan* | P | January 31, 1947 | September 22, 1993 | 46 years, 234 days | 4 teams New York Mets (1966, 1968–1971) California Angels (1972–1979) Houston Astros (1980–1988) Texas Rangers (1989–1993) |
| Charlie Hough | P | January 5, 1948 | July 26, 1994 | 46 years, 202 days | 4 teams Los Angeles Dodgers (1970–1980) Texas Rangers (1980–1990) Chicago White Sox (1991–1992) Florida Marlins (1993–1994) |
| Sam Thompson* | RF | March 5, 1860 | September 10, 1906 | 46 years, 189 days | 3 teams Detroit Wolverines (1885–1888) Philadelphia Quakers / Phillies (1889–1898) Detroit Tigers (1906) |
| Jesse Orosco | P | April 21, 1957 | September 27, 2003 | 46 years, 159 days | 9 teams New York Mets (1979, 1981–1987) Los Angeles Dodgers (1988) Cleveland Indians (1989–1991) Milwaukee Brewers (1992–1994) Baltimore Orioles (1995–1999) St. Louis Cardinals (2000) Los Angeles Dodgers (2001–2002) San Diego Padres (2003) New York Yankees (2003) Minnesota Twins (2003) |
| Dan Brouthers* | 1B | May 8, 1858 | October 4, 1904 | 46 years, 149 days | 10 teams Troy Trojans (1879–1880) Buffalo Bisons (1881–1885) Detroit Wolverines (1886–1888) Boston Beaneaters (1889) Boston Reds (1890–1891) Brooklyn Grooms (1892–1893) Baltimore Orioles (1894–1895) Louisville Colonels (1895) Philadelphia Phillies (1896) New York Giants (1904) |
| Grover Hartley | C | July 2, 1888 | September 30, 1934 | 46 years, 90 days | 5 teams New York Giants (1911–1913) St. Louis Terriers (1914–1915) St. Louis Browns (1916–1917) New York Giants (1924–1926) Boston Red Sox (1927) Cleveland Indians (1929–1930) St. Louis Browns (1934) |
| Bobo Newsom | P | August 11, 1907 | September 17, 1953 | 46 years, 37 days | 9 teams Brooklyn Robins / Brooklyn Dodgers (1929–1930) Chicago Cubs (1932) St. Louis Browns (1934–1935) Washington Senators (1935–1937) Boston Red Sox (1937) St. Louis Browns (1938–1939) Detroit Tigers (1939–1941) Washington Senators (1942) Brooklyn Dodgers (1942–1943) St. Louis Browns (1943) Washington Senators (1943) Philadelphia Athletics (1944–1946) Washington Senators (1946–1947) New York Yankees (1947) New York Giants (1948) Washington Senators (1952) Philadelphia Athletics (1952–1953) |
| Randy Johnson* | P | September 10, 1963 | October 4, 2009 | 46 years, 24 days | 6 teams Montreal Expos (1988–1989) Seattle Mariners (1989–1998) Houston Astros (1998) Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004) New York Yankees (2005–2006) Arizona Diamondbacks (2007–2008) San Francisco Giants (2009) |
| Tommy John | P | May 22, 1943 | May 25, 1989 | 46 years, 3 days | 6 teams Cleveland Indians (1963–1964) Chicago White Sox (1965–1971) Los Angeles Dodgers (1972–1974, 1976–1978) New York Yankees (1979–1982) California Angels (1982–1985) Oakland Athletics (1985) New York Yankees (1986–1989) |
| C. I. Taylor | RF/C | January 20, 1875 | 1921 | 46 years | Indianapolis ABCs (1920–1921) |
| Kid Gleason | 2B/P | October 26, 1866 | August 27, 1912 | 45 years, 306 days | 7 teams Philadelphia Quakers / Phillies (1888–1891) St. Louis Browns (1892–1894) Baltimore Orioles (1894–1895) New York Giants (1896–1900) Detroit Tigers (1901–1902) Philadelphia Phillies (1903–1908) Chicago White Sox (1912) |
| Carlton Fisk* | C | December 26, 1947 | June 22, 1993 | 45 years, 178 days | 2 teams Boston Red Sox (1969, 1971–1980) Chicago White Sox (1981–1993) |
| Cap Anson* | 1B/3B/C | April 17, 1852 | October 3, 1897 | 45 years, 169 days | 3 teams Rockford Forest Citys (1871) Philadelphia Athletics (1872–1875) Chicago White Stockings / Colts (1876–1897) |
| Omar Vizquel | SS/3B | April 24, 1967 | October 3, 2012 | 45 years, 162 days | 6 teams Seattle Mariners (1989–1993) Cleveland Indians (1994–2004) San Francisco Giants (2005–2008) Texas Rangers (2009) Chicago White Sox (2010–2011) Toronto Blue Jays (2012) |
| Ichiro Suzuki* | RF | October 22, 1973 | March 21, 2019 | 45 years, 150 days | 3 teams Seattle Mariners (2001–2012) New York Yankees (2012–2014) Miami Marlins (2015–2017) Seattle Mariners (2018–2019) |
| Ted Lyons* | P | December 28, 1900 | May 19, 1946 | 45 years, 142 days | Chicago White Sox (1923–1942, 1946) |
| Pete Rose | OF/1B/3B | April 14, 1941 | August 17, 1986 | 45 years, 125 days | 3 teams Cincinnati Reds (1963–1978) Philadelphia Phillies (1979–1983) Montreal Expos (1984) Cincinnati Reds (1984–1986) |
| Bartolo Colón | P | May 24, 1973 | September 22, 2018 | 45 years, 121 days | 11 teams Cleveland Indians (1997–2002) Montreal Expos (2002) Chicago White Sox (2003) Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2007) Boston Red Sox (2008) Chicago White Sox (2009) New York Yankees (2011) Oakland Athletics (2012–2013) New York Mets (2014–2016) Atlanta Braves (2017) Minnesota Twins (2017) Texas Rangers (2018) |
| Fred Johnson | P | March 10, 1894 | May 10, 1939 | 45 years, 61 days | 2 teams New York Giants (1922–1923) St. Louis Browns (1938–1939) |
| Tim Wakefield | P | August 2, 1966 | September 25, 2011 | 45 years, 54 days | 2 teams Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–1993) Boston Red Sox (1995–2011) |
| Roger Clemens | P | August 4, 1962 | September 16, 2007 | 45 years, 43 days | 4 teams Boston Red Sox (1984–1996) Toronto Blue Jays (1997–1998) New York Yankees (1999–2003) Houston Astros (2004–2006) New York Yankees (2007) |
| Red Faber* | P | September 6, 1888 | September 20, 1933 | 45 years, 14 days | Chicago White Sox (1914–1933) |
| Gaylord Perry* | P | September 15, 1938 | September 21, 1983 | 45 years, 6 days | 8 teams San Francisco Giants (1962–1971) Cleveland Indians (1972–1975) Texas Rangers (1975–1977) San Diego Padres (1978–1979) Texas Rangers (1980) New York Yankees (1980) Atlanta Braves (1981) Seattle Mariners (1982–1983) Kansas City Royals (1983) |
Note: Paige, O'Leary, O'Rourke, Jennings, Street, McGuire and Evers each made one token major league appearance years (or even decades) after their careers had otherwise ended. The careers of Altrock, Miñoso, Austin, and Latham had also effectively ended many years before their final major league appearances, though each were brought back for token appearances several times (spanning several seasons) before their final game. Julio Franco is the oldest position player to appear regularly.

### Active

| Player | Pos | Birth date | Age | Team(s) played (years) |
| Justin Verlander | P | February 20, 1983 | 42 years, 0 days | 4 teams Detroit Tigers (2005–2017) Houston Astros (2017–2020, 2022) New York Mets (2023) Houston Astros (2023–2024) San Francisco Giants (2025–present) |
| Charlie Morton | P | November 12, 1983 | 41 years, 100 days | 6 teams Atlanta Braves (2008) Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2015) Philadelphia Phillies (2016) Houston Astros (2017–2018) Tampa Bay Rays (2019–2020) Atlanta Braves (2021–2024) Baltimore Orioles (2025–present) |
| Max Scherzer | P | July 27, 1984 | 40 years, 208 days | 7 teams Arizona Diamondbacks (2008–2009) Detroit Tigers (2010–2014) Washington Nationals (2015–2021) Los Angeles Dodgers (2021) New York Mets (2022–2023) Texas Rangers (2023–2024) Toronto Blue Jays (2025–present) |
| Justin Turner | 1B/DH/3B | November 23, 1984 | 40 years, 89 days | 7 teams Baltimore Orioles (2009–2010) New York Mets (2010–2013) Los Angeles Dodgers (2014–2022) Boston Red Sox (2023) Toronto Blue Jays (2024) Seattle Mariners (2024) Chicago Cubs (2025–present) |
| David Robertson* | P | April 9, 1985 | 39 years, 317 days | 8 teams New York Yankees (2008–2014) Chicago White Sox (2015–2017) New York Yankees (2017–2018) Philadelphia Phillies (2019) Tampa Bay Rays (2021) Chicago Cubs (2022) Philadelphia Phillies (2022) New York Mets (2023) Miami Marlins (2023) Texas Rangers (2024) |
| Daniel Bard* | P | June 25, 1985 | 39 years, 240 days | 2 teams Boston Red Sox (2009–2013) Colorado Rockies (2020–2023) |
| Matt Carpenter* | DH | November 26, 1985 | 39 years, 86 days | 3 teams St. Louis Cardinals (2011–2021) New York Yankees (2022) San Diego Padres (2023) St. Louis Cardinals (2024) |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | April 8, 1986 | 38 years, 318 days | 7 teams Cleveland Indians (2010–2017) Philadelphia Phillies (2018) Cleveland Indians (2019–2020) Kansas City Royals (2021–2022) Seattle Mariners (2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2023) Milwaukee Brewers (2023) Minnesota Twins (2024) Cleveland Guardians (2025–present) |
| Chris Martin | P | June 2, 1986 | 38 years, 263 days | 7 teams Colorado Rockies (2014) New York Yankees (2015) Texas Rangers (2018–2019) Atlanta Braves (2019–2021) Chicago Cubs (2022) Los Angeles Dodgers (2022) Boston Red Sox (2023–2024) Texas Rangers (2025–present) |
| Yu Darvish | P | August 16, 1986 | 38 years, 188 days | 4 teams Texas Rangers (2012–2014, 2016–2017) Los Angeles Dodgers (2017) Chicago Cubs (2018–2020) San Diego Padres (2021–present) |
| Andrew McCutchen | DH | October 10, 1986 | 38 years, 133 days | 5 teams Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2017) San Francisco Giants (2018) New York Yankees (2018) Philadelphia Phillies (2019–2021) Milwaukee Brewers (2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2023–present) |
| Caleb Thielbar | P | January 31, 1987 | 38 years, 20 days | 2 teams Minnesota Twins (2013–2015, 2020–2024) Chicago Cubs (2025–present) |
| Kirby Yates | P | March 25, 1987 | 37 years, 332 days | 7 teams Tampa Bay Rays (2014–2015) New York Yankees (2016) Los Angeles Angels (2017) San Diego Padres (2017–2020) Atlanta Braves (2022–2023) Texas Rangers (2024) Los Angeles Dodgers (2025–present) |
| Lance Lynn* | P | May 12, 1987 | 37 years, 284 days | 6 teams St. Louis Cardinals (2011–2015, 2017) Minnesota Twins (2018) New York Yankees (2018) Texas Rangers (2019–2020) Chicago White Sox (2021–2023) Los Angeles Dodgers (2023) St. Louis Cardinals (2024) |
| Yan Gomes* | C | July 19, 1987 | 37 years, 216 days | 5 teams Toronto Blue Jays (2012) Cleveland Indians (2013–2018) Washington Nationals (2019–2021) Oakland Athletics (2021) Chicago Cubs (2022–2024) |
| David Peralta* | RF/LF | August 14, 1987 | 37 years, 190 days | 4 teams Arizona Diamondbacks (2014–2022) Tampa Bay Rays (2022) Los Angeles Dodgers (2023) San Diego Padres (2024) |
| Justin Wilson | P | August 18, 1987 | 37 years, 186 days | 7 teams Pittsburgh Pirates (2012–2014) New York Yankees (2015) Detroit Tigers (2016–2017) Chicago Cubs (2017–2018) New York Mets (2019–2020) New York Yankees (2021) Cincinnati Reds (2021–2022, 2024) Boston Red Sox (2025–present) |
| J. D. Martinez* | DH | August 21, 1987 | 37 years, 183 days | 6 teams Houston Astros (2011–2013) Detroit Tigers (2014–2017) Arizona Diamondbacks (2017) Boston Red Sox (2018–2022) Los Angeles Dodgers (2023) New York Mets (2024) |
| Ryan Brasier | P | August 26, 1987 | 37 years, 178 days | 4 teams Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013) Boston Red Sox (2018–2023) Los Angeles Dodgers (2023–2024) Chicago Cubs (2025–present) |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | September 10, 1987 | 37 years, 163 days | 3 teams Arizona Diamondbacks (2011–2018) St. Louis Cardinals (2019–2024) New York Yankees (2025–present) |
* Note: * = free agent

### Last ten seasons

| Player | Pos | Birth date | Last game | Age | Team(s) played (years) |
| Ichiro Suzuki* | RF | October 22, 1973 | March 21, 2019 | 45 years, 150 days | 3 teams Seattle Mariners (2001–2012) New York Yankees (2012–2014) Miami Marlins (2015–2017) Seattle Mariners (2018–2019) |
| Bartolo Colón | P | May 24, 1973 | September 22, 2018 | 45 years, 121 days | 11 teams Cleveland Indians (1997–2002) Montreal Expos (2002) Chicago White Sox (2003) Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2007) Boston Red Sox (2008) Chicago White Sox (2009) New York Yankees (2011) Oakland Athletics (2012–2013) New York Mets (2014–2016) Atlanta Braves (2017) Minnesota Twins (2017) Texas Rangers (2018) |
| Rich Hill$^†$ | P | March 11, 1980 | September 4, 2024 | 44 years, 177 days | 12 teams Chicago Cubs (2005–2008) Baltimore Orioles (2009) Boston Red Sox (2010–2012) Cleveland Indians (2013) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2014) New York Yankees (2014) Boston Red Sox (2015) Oakland Athletics (2016) Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–2019) Minnesota Twins (2020) Tampa Bay Rays (2021) New York Mets (2021) Boston Red Sox (2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2023) San Diego Padres (2023) Boston Red Sox (2024) |
| Jason Giambi | 1B/DH/LF | January 8, 1971 | September 27, 2014 | 43 years, 262 days | 4 teams Oakland Athletics (1995–2001) New York Yankees (2002–2008) Oakland Athletics (2009) Colorado Rockies (2009–2012) Cleveland Indians (2013–2014) |
| Nelson Cruz$^†$ | DH/RF | July 1, 1980 | July 3, 2023 | 43 years, 2 days | 8 teams Milwaukee Brewers (2005) Texas Rangers (2006–2013) Baltimore Orioles (2014) Seattle Mariners (2015–2018) Minnesota Twins (2019–2021) Tampa Bay Rays (2021) Washington Nationals (2022) San Diego Padres (2023) |
| R. A. Dickey | P | October 29, 1974 | September 26, 2017 | 42 years, 332 days | 6 teams Texas Rangers (2001, 2003–2006) Seattle Mariners (2008) Minnesota Twins (2009) New York Mets (2010–2012) Toronto Blue Jays (2013–2016) Atlanta Braves (2017) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | December 21, 1972 | October 3, 2015 | 42 years, 286 days | 11 teams Minnesota Twins (1995–2003) Chicago Cubs (2004–2005) San Francisco Giants (2005) Baltimore Orioles (2006) Colorado Rockies (2007) New York Yankees (2008) Houston Astros (2008–2009) Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2011) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2012) New York Mets (2013) Colorado Rockies (2014–2015) Toronto Blue Jays (2015) |
| Albert Pujols$^†$ | 1B/LF/3B | January 16, 1980 | October 4, 2022 | 42 years, 261 days | 3 teams St. Louis Cardinals (2001–2011) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / Angels (2012–2021) Los Angeles Dodgers (2021) St. Louis Cardinals (2022) |
| Fernando Rodney | P | March 18, 1977 | September 28, 2019 | 42 years, 194 days | 11 teams Detroit Tigers (2002–2003, 2005–2009) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2010–2011) Tampa Bay Rays (2012–2013) Seattle Mariners (2014–2015) Chicago Cubs (2015) San Diego Padres (2016) Miami Marlins (2016) Arizona Diamondbacks (2017) Minnesota Twins (2018) Oakland Athletics (2018–2019) Washington Nationals (2019) |
| Koji Uehara | P | April 3, 1975 | September 2, 2017 | 42 years, 152 days | 4 teams Baltimore Orioles (2009–2011) Texas Rangers (2011–2012) Boston Red Sox (2013–2016) Chicago Cubs (2017) |
| Raúl Ibañez | LF/1B | June 2, 1972 | September 28, 2014 | 42 years, 118 days | 5 teams Seattle Mariners (1996–2000) Kansas City Royals (2001–2003) Seattle Mariners (2004–2008) Philadelphia Phillies (2009–2011) New York Yankees (2012) Seattle Mariners (2013) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2014) Kansas City Royals (2014) |
| Adam Wainwright$^†$ | P | August 30, 1981 | October 1, 2023 | 42 years, 32 days | St. Louis Cardinals (2005–2010, 2012–2023) |
| Justin Verlander^ | P | February 20, 1983 | Present | 42 years, 0 days | 4 teams Detroit Tigers (2005–2017) Houston Astros (2017–2020, 2022) New York Mets (2023) Houston Astros (2023–2024) San Francisco Giants (2025–present) |
| Joe Nathan | P | November 22, 1974 | September 27, 2016 | 41 years, 310 days | 5 teams San Francisco Giants (1999–2000, 2002–2003) Minnesota Twins (2004–2009, 2011) Texas Rangers (2012–2013) Detroit Tigers (2014–2015) Chicago Cubs (2016) San Francisco Giants (2016) |
| Jesse Chavez^ | P | August 21, 1983 | Present | 41 years, 183 days | 9 teams Pittsburgh Pirates (2008–2009) Atlanta Braves (2010) Kansas City Royals (2010–2011) Toronto Blue Jays (2012) Oakland Athletics (2012–2015) Toronto Blue Jays (2016) Los Angeles Dodgers (2016) Los Angeles Angels (2017) Texas Rangers (2018) Chicago Cubs (2018) Texas Rangers (2019–2020) Atlanta Braves (2021) Chicago Cubs (2022) Atlanta Braves (2022) Los Angeles Angels (2022) Atlanta Braves (2022–2024) |