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See How Many Baseball Players are Older/Younger Than You

Posted by Jonah Gardner on October 22, 2015

It's a universal sports fan moment: the first time you realize that you're older than the player you're watching. Of course, as time goes on, the ratio flips. Eventually, its more of a surprise when you realize a player is older than you are. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, our newest tool will almost certainly make you feel old.

We've added a page that shows players born before and after whatever date you pick. You can also see their WAR and, thanks to the numbers in the left-most column, how many players in MLB were born before or after that date. For example:

Rk Name DoB Age From To WAR/pos WAR
1001 Ryan Lavarnway 1987-08-07 28.076 2011 2015 -1.3
1002 Rafael Ynoa 1987-08-07 28.076 2014 2015 -0.2
1003 Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1987-08-07 28.076 2012 2015 2.4
1004 Matt den Dekker 1987-08-10 28.073 2013 2015 1.5
1005 Wilson Ramos 1987-08-10 28.073 2010 2015 6.5
1006 Drew Storen 1987-08-11 28.072 2010 2015 0.2 5.4
1007 J.J. Hoover 1987-08-13 28.070 2012 2015 0.2 2.5
1008 Dustin Garneau 1987-08-13 28.070 2015 2015 -0.2
1009 David Peralta 1987-08-14 28.069 2014 2015 5.4
1010 Jorge De Leon 1987-08-15 28.068 2013 2014 0.0 -0.2
1011 Justin Wilson 1987-08-18 28.065 2012 2015 -0.0 2.9
1012 J.D. Martinez 1987-08-21 28.062 2011 2015 7.8
1013 Justin Upton 1987-08-25 28.058 2007 2015 24.7
1014 Adam Warren 1987-08-25 28.058 2012 2015 -0.0 5.1
1015 Logan Morrison 1987-08-25 28.058 2010 2015 1.1
1016 Ryan Brasier 1987-08-26 28.057 2013 2013 0.0 0.2
1017 Brett Bochy 1987-08-27 28.056 2014 2015 0.0 0.1
1018 Steve Johnson 1987-08-31 28.052 2012 2015 0.0 0.9
1019 Sean O'Sullivan 1987-09-01 28.051 2009 2015 -0.0 -2.0
1020 David Carpenter 1987-09-01 28.051 2012 2015 0.0 -0.6
1021 Trayvon Robinson 1987-09-01 28.051 2011 2012 -0.2
1022 Domonic Brown 1987-09-03 28.049 2010 2015 -0.7
1023 Scott Barnes 1987-09-05 28.047 2012 2013 0.0 0.1
1024 Gorkys Hernandez 1987-09-07 28.045 2012 2015 -0.7
1025 Paul Goldschmidt 1987-09-10 28.042 2011 2015 24.1
Selected Birthdate ==> 1987-09-19 28.033
784 Jeremy Jeffress 1987-09-21 28.031 2010 2015 0.1 2.3
783 Gonzalez Germen 1987-09-23 28.029 2013 2015 0.0 0.3
782 Xavier Scruggs 1987-09-23 28.029 2014 2015 -0.2
781 Jake Goebbert 1987-09-24 28.028 2014 2014 -0.1
780 Lars Anderson 1987-09-25 28.027 2010 2012 -0.3
779 Vance Worley 1987-09-25 28.027 2010 2015 -0.1 5.3
778 Grant Green 1987-09-27 28.025 2013 2015 -1.1
777 David Hale 1987-09-27 28.025 2013 2015 -0.4 1.2
776 Nick Greenwood 1987-09-28 28.024 2014 2015 -0.1 -0.2
775 Derrick Robinson 1987-09-28 28.024 2013 2013 0.7
774 Jerry Sands 1987-09-28 28.024 2011 2015 -0.3
773 Ali Solis 1987-09-29 28.023 2012 2014 -0.2
772 Kenley Jansen 1987-09-30 28.022 2010 2015 0.3 9.3
771 Rafael Lopez 1987-10-02 28.020 2014 2014 -0.1
770 Marc Krauss 1987-10-05 28.017 2013 2015 -1.8
769 Alex Cobb 1987-10-07 28.015 2011 2014 0.0 9.3
768 Cory Burns 1987-10-09 28.013 2012 2013 0.0 0.0
767 Elvin Ramirez 1987-10-10 28.012 2012 2012 0.0 -0.1
766 Kole Calhoun 1987-10-14 28.008 2012 2015 7.5
765 John Holdzkom 1987-10-19 28.003 2014 2014 0.0 0.2
764 Edwar Cabrera 1987-10-20 28.002 2012 2012 -0.0 -0.4
763 Justin De Fratus 1987-10-21 28.001 2011 2015 0.1 0.9
762 Kyle Gibson 1987-10-23 27.364 2013 2015 0.1 4.4
761 Felix Doubront 1987-10-23 27.364 2010 2015 0.0 -0.4
760 Ben Paulsen 1987-10-27 27.360 2014 2015 1.3
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/22/2015.

 

There are 784 active players younger than the author of this blog post. You can also toggle to include inactive players if you'd like to see, for example, how many baseball players were born after Betty White.

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10 Responses to “See How Many Baseball Players are Older/Younger Than You”

  1. attgig Says: October 22nd, 2015 at 11:55 am

    would love a war filter or service time filter, to keep the list to somewhat more recognizable names.

  2. Dr. Doom Says: October 22nd, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    It is awesome and INCREDIBLY depressing that you did this. I'm not quite a year older than you, Jonah, and I feel your pain!

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  4. ROBERT SHAPIRO Says: October 23rd, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    information about bob shapiro who played in the kitty league 1953 for the Mayfield Clothiers

  5. Shasta Jones Says: October 24th, 2015 at 1:42 am

    All the active baseball players are younger than I am. I am old enough to be mother to most of them and grandmother to a few of them. I am Mrs. Methusula. I think I might be older than Satchel Paige.

  6. Lester Says: October 24th, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    Dear Robert,

    I just searched your name on here. You are 85 years old. You are 5'10" and you weigh 175 pounds. You played two seasons in the minors. When you played for the Mayfield Clothiers, you batted .344 in 41 games. It was in 1954 though not 1953.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=shapir001rob

  7. jwbiii Says: October 25th, 2015 at 2:15 am

    Julio Franco is a player/manager in a Japanese semi-pro league which is not listed here. Tony Phillips is a bit younger, but he might be older than some of you. . .

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=philli001kei

  8. Noah Says: October 28th, 2015 at 3:13 am

    I was born in 1987 too! God bless me! Ha ha!

  9. Rich Says: November 2nd, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    is there any way to limit it to living players?

  10. Jonah Gardner Says: November 3rd, 2015 at 10:11 am

    No, the only filter is Active/Inactive