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Bartolo Colon arrives in camp as a member of an endangered species. It was his sixth season before he became an Expo (thank you, Omar Minaya), but he has a chance to be the last remaining one.

Below I rank the recently retired, the hinted at retirement (Livan is apparently just finalizing a deal to become an instructor with the Nats), the all-but-retired (sorry, Miguel Batista), and the still active. I rank them by their most recent game, but obviously that's a matter of luck to many of the remaining guys. But if they all retired today, Luis Ayala would be our winner. Some still nominally active guys, though, can still pass some officially retired guys with a single appearance.

Colon is far from the youngest (see Izutris, Maicer), but he is the only one with a contract for 2015.

19 =#BFBF00][crossout]Vladimir Guerrero[/crossout], of
39 years, 7 days old.
Final Game: 9/28/2011.
Retired 9/2013.

18 =#BFBF00][crossout]Geoff Blum[/crossout], 3b
40 years, 9 months, 21 days old.
Final Game: 7/17/2012.
Retired 1/14/2013.

17 =#BFBF00][crossout]Val Pascucci[/crossout], 1b/3b
35 years, 2 months, 30 days old.
Final Game: 9/27/2011.
Retired 1/15/2014.

16 =#0000FF]Javier Vazquez, sp
37 years, 6 months, 22 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/27/2011
Hasn't officially retired, but inactive.

15 =#0000FF]Carl Pavano, sp
38 years, 1 month, 8 days old.
Most Recent Game: 6/1/2012.
Free agent, injured in 2013.

14 =#BFBF00][crossout]Brian Schneider[/crossout], c
37 years, 2 months, 21 days old.
Final Game: 8/23/2012.
Retired 1/29/2013.

13 =#0000FF]Miguel Batista, rp/sp
42 years, 11 months, 28 days old
Most Recent Game: 9/11/2012.
Currently a free agent.

12 =#BFBF00][crossout]Liv�n Hern�ndez[/crossout], sp
38 years, 11 months, 27 days old.
Final Game: 9/29/2012.
Implied retirement 1/27/2014

11 =#0000FF]Guillermo Mota, rp
40 years, 6 months, 22 days old
Most Recent Game: 10/2/2012.
In camp on minor-league deal with Kansas City.

10 =#0000FF]Juan Rivera, lf
35 years 7 months 13 days old.
Most Recent Game: 10/3/2012.
Free agent, played in the minors in 2013.

9 =#0000FF]Jon Rauch, rp
35 years, 4 months, 20 days.
Most Recent Game: 5/11/2013.
In camp on minor-league deal with Kansas City.

8 =#BFBF00][crossout]Ted Lilly[/crossout], sp
38 years, 1 month, 12 days old
Most Recent Game: 6/4/2013.
Retired 11/27/2013.

7 =#0000FF]Maicer Izturis, ss
33 years, five months, 4 days old.
Most Recent Game: 8/20/2013
Under contract with Toronto.

6 =#0000FF]Endy Chavez, of
36 years, 9 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/23/2013
In camp on minor-league deal with Seattle.

5 =#0000FF]Jamey Carroll, 2b
39 years, 11 months, 29 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/27/2013.
In camp on minor-league deal with Washington.

4 =#0000FF]Bartolo Colon, sp
40 years, 8 months, 23 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/27/2013.
Under contract through 2015 with the Mets.

3 =#0000FF]Scott Downs, rp
37 years, 10 months, 30 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/28/2013.
Under contract with the White Sox,

2 =#0000FF]Bruce Chen, sp
36 years, 7 months, 28 days old.
Most Recent Game: 9/29/2013.
Under contract with the Royals.

1 =#0000FF]Luis Ayala, rp
36 years, 1 month, 4 days old
Most Recent Game: 9/29/2013.
In camp on minor-league deal with Washington.

Two other notes:
1) The proliferation of Latin American ballplayers on this list is a nice reminder what a great job this organization did scouting Latin America. They lost their fain base because they couldn't keep anybody after they reached free agency, but the team stayed viable on the field (if not marketable) by always reloading from their largely Latin American prospect base.
2) How do you like Val Pascucci, staying in this little game so indefitagably. His entire career consists of 32 games with the 2004 Expos and 10 games with the 2011 Mets. He might have pulled off a stealth victory with a little luck.


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The Mets were the final team for the last active New York Giant (Willie Mays) and the last active Brooklyn Dodger (Bob Aspromonte), so maybe they can go for the trifecta.


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RealityChuck wrote:
The Mets were the final team for the last active New York Giant (Willie Mays) and the last active Brooklyn Dodger (Bob Aspromonte), so maybe they can go for the trifecta.

That's an interesting fact. I didn't know that.


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seawolf17 wrote:
RealityChuck wrote:
The Mets were the final team for the last active New York Giant (Willie Mays) and the last active Brooklyn Dodger (Bob Aspromonte), so maybe they can go for the trifecta.

That's an interesting fact. I didn't know that.


Not surprising at all, didnt the early Mets iintentionally collect these guys because they were giants and dodgers?


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Yes, but by the early 70's they were pretty much past that.

I wonder, who was the last Washington Senator? The last St. Louis Brown? The last Boston Brave? (I'm pretty sure the last Milwaukee Brave had to have been Henry Aaron.)


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The last Washington Sentator (Toby Harrah) and the last Seattle Pilot (Fred Stanley) still search for their Metliness.

Name these other museum pieces:

[list:22lobmjc][*:22lobmjc]Last active Boston Brave?[/*:m:22lobmjc]
[*:22lobmjc]Last active St. Louis Brown?[/*:m:22lobmjc]
[*:22lobmjc]Last active Philadelphia Athletic?[/*:m:22lobmjc]
[*:22lobmjc]Last active Milwaukee Brave?[/*:m:22lobmjc]
[*:22lobmjc]Last active Kansas City Athletic?[/*:m:22lobmjc][/list:u:22lobmjc]


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Name these other museum pieces:

  • Last active Boston Brave?
  • Last active St. Louis Brown?
  • Last active Philadelphia Athletic?
  • Last active Milwaukee Brave?
  • Last active Kansas City Athletic? Reggie Jackson (final season was 1987, 20 years after the Atheltics left Kansas City for Oakland)



[crossout]Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves[/crossout]


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Just occurs to me Boston Brave would be a good name for a CBS procedural about the Boston fire dept.


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Name these other museum pieces:

  • Last active Boston Brave? Eddie Matthews (final season was 68, 16 years after the Braves left Boston for Milwaukee)
  • Last active St. Louis Brown?
  • Last active Philadelphia Athletic?
  • Last active Milwaukee Brave?
  • Last active Kansas City Athletic? Reggie Jackson (final season was 1987, 20 years after the Atheltics left Kansas City for Oakland)



[crossout]Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves[/crossout]


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Don't know the answer, and maybe it's not yet resolved, but who was the last American League Milwaukee Brewer?


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dinosaur jesus wrote:
G-Fafif wrote:
Don't know the answer, and maybe it's not yet resolved, but who was the last American League Milwaukee Brewer?


Which Brewers?


The 1970-1997 Brewers (I knew someone would reach back before that.) Jeff Cirillo is my guess off the top of my head. His last game was the end of 2007, meaning he outlasted Jose Valentin and Jeromy Burnitz.


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Name these other museum pieces:

  • Last active Boston Brave? Eddie Matthews (final season was 68, 16 years after the Braves left Boston for Milwaukee)
  • Last active St. Louis Brown?
  • Last active Philadelphia Athletic?
  • Last active Milwaukee Brave? Phil Niekro (final season was 1987, 22 years after the Braves left Milwaukee for Atlanta)
  • Last active Kansas City Athletic? Reggie Jackson (final season was 1987, 20 years after the Atheltics left Kansas City for Oakland)



[crossout]Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves[/crossout]


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
What about Gary Sheffield? Wasn't he a Brewer?


That sounds even righter!


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batmagadanleadoff wrote:
Here's two more (one's easy):

Who was the last active Houston Colt .45 and the last active pre-expansion Washington Senator?


Rusty the Colt, Kaat the Nat.


Edgy MD FCL Mets

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Name these other museum pieces:

  • Last active Boston Brave? Eddie Matthews (final season was 68, 16 years after the Braves left Boston for Milwaukee)
  • Last active St. Louis Brown? Don Larsen (final season was 1967, 14 years after the Browns left St. Louis for Baltimore)
  • Last active Philadelphia Athletic?
  • Last active Milwaukee Brave? Phil Niekro (final season was 1987, 22 years after the Braves left Milwaukee for Atlanta)
  • Last active Kansas City Athletic? Reggie Jackson (final season was 1987, 20 years after the Atheltics left Kansas City for Oakland)



[crossout]Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves[/crossout], [crossout]Nellie Fox, Philidelphia Athletics[/crossout]


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Bobby Shantz?


Edgy MD FCL Mets

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Name these other museum pieces:

  • Last active Boston Brave? Eddie Matthews (final season was 1968, 16 years after the Braves left Boston for Milwaukee)
  • Last active St. Louis Brown? Don Larsen (final season was 1967, 14 years after the Browns left St. Louis for Baltimore)
  • Last active Philadelphia Athletic?
  • Last active Milwaukee Brave? Phil Niekro (final season was 1987, 22 years after the Braves left Milwaukee for Atlanta)
  • Last active Kansas City Athletic? Reggie Jackson (final season was 1987, 20 years after the Atheltics left Kansas City for Oakland)



[crossout]Henry Aaron, Milwaukee Braves[/crossout], [crossout]Nellie Fox, Philidelphia Athletics[/crossout], [crossout]Bobby Shantz, Philidelphia Athletics[/crossout]

The final answer is a guy whose name came up this weekend in another thread.


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Did the math, finally. Vic Power, right?


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