Can you name the MLB players who played in 4+ different decades (& active players who could do so in 2010)?

created by bwood1957
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  • Source: Baseball-Reference.com
  • Players who have played in 4 or more decades in MLB including 3 who made the list in 2010, 3 who may still this year & 1 who fell just short-retired after 2009.
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1870s-1900s-1st great baseball slugger, HOF
1870s-1900s-Orator Jim, HOF
1880s-1910s-Black Sox Mgr 1919
1880s-1910s-26 seasons, catcher
1880s-1910s-informally banned from baseball for Lajoie-Cobb batting championship scandal
1880s-1910s-No relation to Tom Clancy
1890s-1930s-5 decades-vaudeville routine w/ Al Schacht
1900s-1930s-Part of A's $100K infield, HOF
1900s-1930s-oldest to start WS game
1920s-1950s-only player mentioned in Ogden Nash's Lineup for Yesterday-Not in the HOF
1930s-1960s-1st mgr for new ('61) Senators
1930s-1960s-also managed Senators, HOF
1930s-1960s-debut for orig Senators, HOF
1940s-1980s-5 decades-last AB, 5-3 (grd out) for White Sox, played for Senators 1963
1950s-1980s-16 gold gloves, debut w/ orig Senators
1950s-1980s-Norm Chad said, 'when you ask him the time, will tell you how a watch works.'
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1950s-1980s-Most famous body of water in baseball, HOF
1960s-1990s-Fred Merkle of his day
1960s-1990s-Think Babe Ruth & rain delays
1960s-1990s-reversed his uniform number when traded, HOF
1960s-1990s-threw no-hitter
1960s-1990s-think Advil & barn, HOF
1970s-2000s-finished career w/ Calif Surf Dogs 2005, HOF
1970s-2000s-12 MLB teams
1970s-2000s-Pitcher for final out of a WS
1980s-2009-Flash!
1980s-2010-Mariner, HOF-lock
1980s-2009-RETIRED-Former Mariner, HOF-lock
1980s-2010-Another Former Mariner
1980s-2009-Dwight Gooden's nephew, HOF-poss
1980s-2009-think Doyle Alexander, HOF-poss
1980s-2010-Yet Another Former Mariner, HOF-poss
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MLB-played in four different decades Quiz

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  • Created Dec 9, 2009 in Sports
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