Signed Baseball Cards - Oldest MLB Players Alive

[Rikki Gins]

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Time to wish player Ron Teasley a very Happy Birthday. Ron turned 99 on January 26. He is the third oldest Major League Baseball player.
Ron is 1 year, 4 months, and 1 day younger than second place player Bobby Shantz, and 2 years, 4 months, 24 days behind the longest lived ball player, Bill Greason.

By the way, Ron's nickname was “School Boy Teasley.”  Ron liked to educate himself during his playing days by reading lots of books.

[Walks_At_Night]

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Nice little write up on Mr. Teasley

https://nlbemuseum.com/history/players/teasley.html

[Rikki Gins]

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Nice little write up on Mr. Teasley

https://nlbemuseum.com/history/players/teasley.html

Good article, WAN, thanks! I like how in addition to all of his sports related hall of fame awards and other recognitions, he had time to become a member of the Meals on Wheels Hall of Fame.

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Just when I was about to place another player on this list of long lived baseball players, I was greeted with the news of the passing of Zack Monroe. Zack was 94 years old and was the 11th oldest ex-Major League Baseball player. Needless to say, all the players that were behind Zack, will move up a spot.

Newsweek wrote an article about Zack, though they spelled his first name Zach, with an H. Not sure how long the link will last, but here it is: https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/yankees-world-series-champion-dies-11420958

Here is Zack's (or Zach's, it appears to be written both ways) initial appearance on this thread:
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=1874.msg519548#msg519548

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On a more cheerful note, we welcome Bob Skinner to the oldest, living Major League Baseball player list. Bob was born on October 3, 1931, making him 94 years, 3 months and 28 days old. He is currently number 15 on the list. Just a week or so ago, Bob was in 16th place until the sad passing of Zack Monroe, as recorded above.

Ron was a first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the year 1954. He surely wanted to play for the Pirates because he turned down offers from the Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox. The Pirates repaid Bobs loyalty by sending him to the minors while keeping two other first base players. The two players have both since died, so I guess Bob had the last laugh there. Bob was back with the Pirates in 1956 as a backup outfielder and first baseman. In 1957, Bob was a fulltime outfielder and he played in that position clear up to 1963 when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds. He would end his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, retiring from MLB in 1967. Ooops, I almost forgot to mention that Bob played in the 1960 World Series which his team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, won. After his retirement from MLB, Ron stayed in baseball by becoming a manager in both the minor and major leagues for a number of years.

Wikipedia notes that:

During the off season as a player he worked as an x-ray technician in a jet engine plant in San Diego; and also worked in promotions for a San Diego newspaper. Skinner is the father of former MLB catcher and coach, and minor league manager, Joel Skinner.

Bob currently lives in a nice looking house in sunny San Diego, California.

Robert Ralph Skinner at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Skinner