Silas Simmons, Oldest Negro League Player Alive
Silas is second from the right in the second row. In 2006, he was 111 years old. He never played in the Major Leagues because of the Color Line. He was born in 1895. He’s likely the oldest living professional baseball player from either the Majors of the Negro Leagues. Wayne Stivers, who spearheaded the fact-finding [...]
