Most Major League Baseball players retire from the sport before the age of 40. Do you know who holds the record as the oldest MLB player ever?

That would be the late, great Leroy “Satchel” Paige, perhaps the best pitcher in the history of the game. It was 60 years ago — in September 1965 — that he pitched three scoreless innings for the Kansas City Athletics. He was 59 years old.

Satchel’s reappearance was a national sensation. The Boston Red Sox scored no runs that night against him, proving he still had the magic that had made him a beloved national treasure.

The fans in Kansas City were amazed that a guy as old as 59 could still pitch like he was 20. But Satchel himself didn’t think it was a big deal.

“Age is a question of mind over matter,” he once said. “If you don’t mind, it don’

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