jack quinn was the oldest person to play major league baseball in a postseason game.
jack quinn was the oldest person to play major league baseball in a postseason game.
who was the oldest person to play major league baseball in a postseason game?
jack quinn
quinn went on to spend 23 seasons in the major leagues with eight different teams. he won 247 games and lost 218 games, also collecting 57 saves. quinn debuted on april 15, 1909 and he played until he was 50 years old; his final game was on july 7, 1933. quinn's professional longevity enabled him to achieve several age-related milestones. he was the oldest major league player to win a game until jamie moyer broke the record on april 17, 2012. quinn is also the oldest to lead his league in a major category (saves, in 1932—although saves were unknown in that era, and were only retroactively awarded in 1969). he is furthermore the oldest pitcher to start games in the world series (with the philadelphia athletics, in 1929) and on opening day (with the brooklyn dodgers, in 1931). he was the oldest to hit a home run in the majors, at age 46, until 47-year-old julio franco did so in 2006. he was the oldest person to ever play for the cincinnati reds, and at the time of his retirement, the eight teams for which he had played also constituted a record, which has since been broken. he was also the last major leaguer who had played in the 1900s decade to formally retire (not counting charley o'leary, who in 1934 made a comeback stint). quinn is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date who have appeared in a major league game in four decades. finally, he remains the oldest player to play regularly, having pitched 87 innings in 1932 at age 48 and 49, and 15 innings in 1933 at age 49 and 50. (franco and phil niekro were also regular players at age 48, but were one and five months younger respectively during their seasons at that age.)
jack quinn (baseball)
in game 3 of the 2012 american league division series against the orioles, ibañez pinch hit for alex rodriguez and hit home runs in consecutive at bats. he hit the first home run off of jim johnson to tie the game 2–2 in the bottom of the 9th inning; the second one came off of brian matusz in the bottom of the 12th—a walk-off home run to give the yankees a 3–2 victory and a two-games-to-one series advantage. the pinch-hit performance set several major league records: he became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in a postseason game he did not start; the first to hit two home runs in the 9th inning or later of a postseason game; the oldest player to hit a postseason walk-off home run; and the oldest player to hit two home runs in a postseason game.
raúl ibañez