July 23, 2007
Oldest Passes
Rollie Stiles who was over 100 years old, died Sunday. He was believed to be the oldest living major leaguer. I love this bit of humor from him:
Born Nov. 17, 1906, in Ratcliff, Ark., Stiles pitched for the Browns in 1930, 1931 and 1933, compiling a 9-14 record with a 5.92 ERA. Babe Ruth was among the hitters he faced.
"I had a great game against him," Stiles recalled in a 2006 interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I held him to three hits."
My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
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On August 17, 1933 he started against the Yankees. That was probably the time he faced Babe Ruth. Retrosheet doesn't have a boxscore from the game but there was something significant that happened in that game. That was the day that Lou Gehrig broke the record by playing in his 1308th consecutive game.
So who is the oldest now? Anyone know?
