Signed Baseball Cards - Oldest MLB Players Alive

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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

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Sad to report that Bob Skinner, our 15th oldest ex-Major League Baseball player passed away just a couple of days ago, on May 4th. Bob was 94 years, 7 months, and 2 days old.

It has been awhile since we had a death to report here on the thread. The previous old-timer to pass was relief pitcher Roy Face. Roy died 84 days ago. (February 12th.)

All ex-players from position 16 on down, will now move up one spot.

Here is Bob's initial appearance on this thread: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=1874.msg522031#msg522031

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

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Time to wish player Charley Rabe a very Happy Birthday. Charley turned 94 years old four days ago. He was the 18th oldest player when he first joined this thread back on March 21. He has moved up one spot since then. Should things continue to go well for Charley, he will turn 100 years old in another 5 years, 11 months and 27 days.

Here is his first appearance on this thread: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=1874.msg524380#msg524380

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Introducing 93 year old Eric Hugh Mackenzie, our twenty first oldest Major League Baseball Player. Eric was a one MLB game player, having a single at bat and serving as catcher for one inning. Needless to say, no baseball cards were printed, and as far as photographs of him go, you can count the total amount on the fingers of one hand, as long as that hand has three fingers, not counting the thumb. There are some Eric Mackenzie autographs available on eBay, one of which I purchased.

Eric's single MLB appearance allows him to gain entrance into this exclusive oldest player thread.

So how did he do on that one and only MLB game? Well, according to Wikipedia...

Mackenzie's career extended from 1951 to 1958 and included 632 games played, all but 105 of them in the Athletics' organization. He signed with them when the team was still based in Philadelphia, and made his debut and lone appearance with them during their inaugural season in Kansas City. On April 23, 1955, against the Chicago White Sox at Municipal Stadium, he pinch hit for A's catcher Joe Astroth in the eighth inning against pitcher Harry Dorish and grounded out to second baseman Nellie Fox. Mackenzie stayed in the game and caught the ninth inning. Chicago thrashed Kansas City, 29–6. Mackenzie then split the remainder of the season between the Class A Savannah Athletics and the Class B Lancaster Red Roses.

I should add that Eric is a Canadian, in fact the first one to appear on this thread. He lives in a nice looking older house in Bright's Grove, Ontario. It overlooks Lake Huron.