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Originally Posted by KenRaffensberger16
Jim Greengrass was an outfielder with the Reds
(1952-1955) and Phillies (1955-1956). whose
promising career was short by illness.
He had 2 excellent years with the Cincinnati
1953: 20 HR, 100 RBI, .285 b.avg. and
1954: 27 HR, 95 RBI, .280 b. avg.
His Topps 1954 (Reds) and 1956 (Phillies) cards
are shown here. He turns 88 tomorrow, Oct.24.
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What I should have mentioned in my post yesterday about Jim Greengrass is that a player's 88th birthday is significant due to the fact that Wikipedia adds players to their list of the oldest living major leaguers on their 88th birthday. Jim Greengrass was added to the list today, Oct. 24 on his 88th birthday and he is ranked # 121 in age among currently living major leaguers
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Here is how things break down by age on the Wikipedia list:
Age 100 or more - One (1) player - Mike Sandlock who turned 100 last week on October 17. Sandlock was with the Boston Braves, Brooklyn dodgers, and lastly with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a sporadic MLB career between 1942 and 1953. He was also almost a Phillie (Topps released a 1954 baseball card of him pictured as a Phillie, but Sandlock spent that whole season at the Phillies AAA level farm team in his final pro season)..
As of today 10/24/15 - Sandlock is 100 years and 7 days old.
Age 95 - 14 players are 95 and another one turns 95 on the day after tomorrow so that will make 15.
Age 90 - 69 players are age 90 or more.
Age 89 - 94 players are 89 or more.
Player ranked # 100: To make the top 100 currently requires the player to be about 88 years and 8 1/2 months old. The current # 100 is Al Richter
(88 years, 259 days of age).
Age 88 - 121 players with today's addition to the list of
Jim Greengrass.
If you look up Wikipedia's oldest major leaguers list - it will list the 100 oldest players (their main list). If you click "EDIT" at the top of the page and a little bit to the right of center, it will give you a new list, that I call the "supplemental list".. It starts at #1, but if you scroll down, it will go beyond # 100 and contain #s beginning at #101. This list is of variable length and continues until all players who have reached their 88h birthday have been listed, which in the current case is through #121 - Jim Greengrass.