Signed Baseball Cards - Oldest MLB Players Alive

[Rikki Gins]

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Ron (or Ronald if you prefer) Necciai is our lucky twenty oldest ex-player in Major League Baseball. Had you been alive back in 1952, and happened to blink, then you might have missed Ron's pitching activity in the Majors. In all fairness to Ron though, he appeared longer than some other players in this thread. As Wikipedia states:

At 20 years old, Necciai posted a 1–6 record with 31 strikeouts and a 7.08 earned run average in fifty four and two thirds innings pitched from August 10 to September 28, 1952, the single season comprising his entire Major League Baseball career.

Ron pitched during that month-plus for the Pittsburgh Pirates. It should be noted that he pitched quite well in the Pirate's farm system, both before and after his Major League Baseball career.

Ron was troubled with stomach ulcers throughout his playing days, and retired due to health problems in 1955. Wikipedia points out that he later began a successful career in the sporting goods industry.

Currently, Ron is 93 years old, having been born on June 18, 1932. He actually had a nickname during his playing days...Rocket Ron.

Ronald Andrew Necciai lived in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania, but I'm not sure where he currently resides. His house was recently sold.  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6261-Overlook-Ln-Belle-Vernon-PA-15012/80216577_zpid/

Ron Necciai at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Necciai

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Vicente Amor, who pitched for the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Redlegs, is our twenty first oldest ex-Major League Baseball player to still be amongst us. Vicente is 93 years old. He was born in Cuba and yes, he played pro-ball there in his youth. Like everyone else in this thread, Vicente played mostly in the minor leagues. In MLB play, as Wikipedia states...

His major-league tenure consisted of four games with the 1955 Cubs and nine appearances for the 1957 Redlegs.

In his 13 MLB games pitched, he made four starts, all for Cincinnati. In one of them, he threw a six-hit complete game victory over the New York Giants on August 4, 1957, at Crosley Field.

There are no baseball cards of Vicente to be located anywhere. He currently lives in a nice looking house in Hialeah, Florida.

Vicente Amor at Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Amor