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Originally Posted by majesty95
Jim Eriotes was the player you mentioned. He led off a Northern League game for the Sious Falls Canaries by striking out at the ripe age of 83.
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Didn't he then get traded to the other team and lead off for them too?
Just checked, that was Buck O'Neil, and he was 94
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Ted Radcliffe Played at the age of 96, as a P
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in 1999, aged 96, he became the oldest player to appear in a professional game when he threw a single pitch for the Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League.
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