20th Century Boy

[Edgy MD]

With Todd Helton's and Mariano Rivera's Andy P's retirements, I'm counting X remaining ballplayers from the 20th century:

I'm probably missing many more, but so far, I've got.

[list:gxofqjns][*:gxofqjns]Darren Oliver (debuted in 1993)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Alex Rodriguez (1994)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Jason Giambi (1995)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]LaTroy Hawkins (1995)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Derek Jeter (1995)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Raul Ibanez (1996)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Henry Blanco (1997)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Bartolo Colon (1997)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Derek Lowe (1997)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Tim Byrdak (if he somehow appears again, 1998)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Placido Polanco (1998)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Octavio Dotel (1999)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Tim Hudson (1999)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]John McDonald (1999)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Benson Buncher Ramon Ortiz (1999)[/*:m:gxofqjns]
[*:gxofqjns]Randy Choate (2000), [/*:m:gxofqjns][/list:u:gxofqjns]

[Guest sharpie]

Miguel Tejada (1997) played for KC last year. May not end up on a team in '14 but I haven't heard that he's retired.

[seawolf17]

Jamey Wright, currently a FA, debuted in 1996 and was a Ray last season. Has pitched for ten different MLB teams.
Torii Hunter, Paul Konerko, Mark Kotsay, Derek Lowe, David Ortiz: all 1997 debuts.
Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Eric Chavez, Bruce Chen, Ryan Dempster, Mark DeRosa, Alex Gonzalez, Jerry Hairston Jr, Roy Halladay, AJ Pierzynski, Aramis Ramirez: all 1998 debuts.
Rick Ankiel, Lance Berkman, AJ Burnett, Chad Durbin, Kyle Farnsworth, Freddy Garcia, Ramon Hernandez, Tim Hudson, John McDonald, Jose Molina, Joe Nathan, Ramon Ortiz, Alfonso Soriano, Vernon Wells: all 1999 debuts.
Bronson Arroyo, Mark Buehrle, Randy Choate, Scott Downs, Jon Garland, Jason Grilli, Jason Marquis, Juan Pierre, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Vogelsong, Jake Westbrook, Dewayne Wise, Michael Young, Barry Zito, Rafael Furcal, Johan Santana: all 2000 debuts.

[metsmarathon]

last season, there were 50 major leaguers who'd played 14 years or more (meaning they'd debuted at least as early as 2000), per bbref.

mind you, this does not include any players who missed a full complete season (or two) along the way, either due to injury or spending a full year in the minors, as this only counts years appearing in the majors. like randy choate. he's only got 13 years, having debuted in 2000, but missed all of 2008.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not looking necessarily for continuous service, just for any active dudes who played in the bigs before Bush was first inaugurated. I'm treating 2000 as a 20th Century year.

Guys like Contreras and Suzuki --- who played in the top league in another country and were restricted from advancing to MLB --- probably deserve a consolation prize.

[Centerfield]

Jesse Orosco and Jamie Moyer are still playing somewhere right?

Right?

[Vic Sage]

20TH CENTURY TEAM

These are guys who played relatively full seasons last year and are in a position to play regularly next year:

OF - TORI HUNTER
2B - MICHAEL YOUNG
OF - CARLOS BELTRAN
DH - DAVID ORTIZ
3B - ADRIAN BELTRE
OF - ALFONSO SORIANO
C - AJ PIERZINSKI
1B - PAUL KONERKO
SS - JIMMY ROLLINS

SP - BARTOLO COLON
SP - TIM HUDSON
SP - BRONSON ARROYO
SP - AJ BURNETT
SP - BRUCE CHEN

RP - JOE NATHAN
RP - LaTROY HAWKINS
RP - JASON GRILLI
RP - JAMEY WRIGHT
RP - SCOTT DOWNS
RP - RANDY CHOATE

BENCH: PLACIDO POLANCO, MARK DeROSA, JUAN PIERRE, RAUL IBANEZ, RAMON HERNANDEZ

No speed, limited defensive range, and thin at SP, but a ton of power. This could be said of a lot of pretty good teams over the years.