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KenRaffensberger16 · 10-16-2015, 05:26 PM

Carl Erskine and Carl Scheib are the two latest additions to the Wikipedia's 100 oldest living major league baseball players list at 99. (Erskine) and 100 (Scheib). The pair of 88 year-olds had long careers with one franchise each. Erskine spent his entire career as a Dodger in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles between 1948 and 1959. He won 20 games in 1953 and made his only N.L all-star team in 1954, when he'd have his second best win total of 18. He played an important role in several Dodgers' N.L. pennant winning teams and in Brooklyn's lone World's Championship year of 1955. Altogether he was 122-78 for an excellent .610 winning percentage.
Scheib was just 17 when he debuted for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943. He missed most of 1945 and all of the 1946 season to military service, but otherwise was with the A's straight through to 1954. Released mid-way through the '54 season he caught on with the St. Louis Cardinals but only pitched in three games for them before retiring at age 28. He went 45-65 for some pitiful A's teams in their final years in Philadelphia.
Scheib is the answer to the trivia question, "In 1952, the year Bobby Shantz had his magnificent 24-7 season and won the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award, who was the only other pitcher in the A's starting rotation to have an over .500 season. Scheib went 11-7 that year.
Erskine, born 12/13/26, is the last player among the 100 oldest to be born in 1926. Scheib, born on New Year's Day 1927, is the first on that list to be born in born in 1927.

See their baseball cards on the next page: Page 1320, Section 26381

10-16-2015, 05:26 PM	#26375
KenRaffensberger16 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010. Posts: 422	The Two Carls Carl Erskine and Carl Scheib are the two latest additions to the Wikipedia's 100 oldest living major league baseball players list at 99. (Erskine) and 100 (Scheib). The pair of 88 year-olds had long careers with one franchise each. Erskine spent his entire career as a Dodger in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles between 1948 and 1959. He won 20 games in 1953 and made his only N.L all-star team in 1954, when he'd have his second best win total of 18. He played an important role in several Dodgers' N.L. pennant winning teams and in Brooklyn's lone World's Championship year of 1955. Altogether he was 122-78 for an excellent .610 winning percentage. Scheib was just 17 when he debuted for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943. He missed most of 1945 and all of the 1946 season to military service, but otherwise was with the A's straight through to 1954. Released mid-way through the '54 season he caught on with the St. Louis Cardinals but only pitched in three games for them before retiring at age 28. He went 45-65 for some pitiful A's teams in their final years in Philadelphia. Scheib is the answer to the trivia question, "In 1952, the year Bobby Shantz had his magnificent 24-7 season and won the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award, who was the only other pitcher in the A's starting rotation to have an over .500 season. Scheib went 11-7 that year. Erskine, born 12/13/26, is the last player among the 100 oldest to be born in 1926. Scheib, born on New Year's Day 1927, is the first on that list to be born in born in 1927. See their baseball cards on the next page: Page 1320, Section 26381 Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 10-17-2015 at 12:08 AM.