Oldest Player

StacyDlacy · 01-24-2004, 01:14 PM

I know some people have complained that their players have had too much of a downturn when they hit their mid thirties. How old is the oldest player you've had?

For a hitter, my oldest player was released at 45.

I just had a Starting pitcher who didn't get released until he was 48 years old. (Sadly, he needed only 6 more wins to get 500 and 19 more Ks for 5000)

Both players had a constitution of 5 and were Team Captain personalities. Neither had any luck, so that shouldn't have anything to do with it.

In both cases, saved my books until I saw my stats starting to go down. I have also noticed that late in a career, the stats often take a small dip, then go back up on their own. Usually right after an off season.

Wig · 01-24-2004, 02:21 PM

I never had your kind of success with aging, but I've get to 40 almost every time I play out an entire career.

My Pitcher now is 42(tied for my oldest I think), but I'm going to retire him. He just started a rapid ratings loss and I don't feel like continuing him and keeping up with the books.

I also don't know what the people are saying about drops in the mid thirties. 32-37 are usually my prime years.

bigfly_22 · 01-24-2004, 03:25 PM

My oldest was a pitcher who hit 46. He finished with 500 wins. Don't know the rest of his stats off the top of my head...the oldest position player was 44.

fluharty · 01-25-2004, 03:13 PM

I had a knuckleball pitcher that lasted to 45, and may have been able to stick around one more year, but he'd already passed the 25 year limit, so I just retired. He was in decline anway. His career stats, if anyone is interested, are posted in the troubleshooting forum in the thread "wrong team name" due to a problem I had his last year.

01-24-2004, 01:14 PM	#1
StacyDlacy Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 91	Oldest Player I know some people have complained that their players have had too much of a downturn when they hit their mid thirties. How old is the oldest player you've had? For a hitter, my oldest player was released at 45. I just had a Starting pitcher who didn't get released until he was 48 years old. (Sadly, he needed only 6 more wins to get 500 and 19 more Ks for 5000) Both players had a constitution of 5 and were Team Captain personalities. Neither had any luck, so that shouldn't have anything to do with it. In both cases, saved my books until I saw my stats starting to go down. I have also noticed that late in a career, the stats often take a small dip, then go back up on their own. Usually right after an off season.

01-24-2004, 02:21 PM	#2
Wig Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Back in the States Posts: 193	I never had your kind of success with aging, but I've get to 40 almost every time I play out an entire career. My Pitcher now is 42(tied for my oldest I think), but I'm going to retire him. He just started a rapid ratings loss and I don't feel like continuing him and keeping up with the books. I also don't know what the people are saying about drops in the mid thirties. 32-37 are usually my prime years. __________________ Wig On February 28, 1991, Don Mattingly was named the tenth captain in team history. He was an All-Star 6 times. He won nine Gold Glove awards from 1982-1995. He was AL batting champ in 1984 and MVP in 1985.

01-24-2004, 03:25 PM	#3
bigfly_22 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 98	My oldest was a pitcher who hit 46. He finished with 500 wins. Don't know the rest of his stats off the top of my head...the oldest position player was 44.

01-25-2004, 03:13 PM	#4
fluharty All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 1,023	I had a knuckleball pitcher that lasted to 45, and may have been able to stick around one more year, but he'd already passed the 25 year limit, so I just retired. He was in decline anway. His career stats, if anyone is interested, are posted in the troubleshooting forum in the thread "wrong team name" due to a problem I had his last year.