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Carlos Santana, Carlos Carrasco join legends, MVPs among 20 oldest MLB players

Akron Beacon Journal

Brad Bournival, Akron Beacon Journal

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8 min read

As Carlos Santana crossed home plate Tuesday on a walk-off walk on his 39th birthday to beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0, the Beacon Journal started to think.

Santana is getting up there in age, but is he the oldest current major league player?

No, in fact the Guardians first baseman is the seventh oldest.

With help from For The Win, we got down to the bottom of it and put our own spin on things:

Justin Verlander has two Cy Young awards and finished runner-up in the Cy voting in three of his last five seasons.
Justin Verlander has two Cy Young awards and finished runner-up in the Cy voting in three of his last five seasons.