In response to a question I was asked on Twitter, I figured out the age at death for all of MLB’s Hall of Famers. Click through for the info.
I really just subtracted birth year from death year, so in some cases the number might be high by a year if the player hadn’t yet reached his birthday in the year he died. You can see a list of all the data at the end, but for fun, here’s a graph.
Player Died Born Ross Youngs 1927 1897 30 Addie Joss 1911 1880 31 Ed Delahanty 1903 1867 36 Ro Clemente 1972 1934 38 Lou Gehrig 1941 1903 38 Rube Waddell 1914 1876 38 Arky Vaughan 1952 1912 40 Tony Lazzeri 1946 1903 43 Ch Mathewson 1925 1880 45 Kirby Puckett 2006 1960 46 Nellie Fox 1975 1927 48 Hack Wilson 1948 1900 48 Frank Chance 1924 1876 48 Mel Ott 1958 1909 49 Eddie Plank 1926 1875 51 Willie Keeler 1923 1872 51 Jake Beckley 1918 1867 51 Kiki Cuyler 1950 1898 52 Catfish Hunter 1999 1946 53 Jackie Robinson 1972 1919 53 Babe Ruth 1948 1895 53 Chuck Klein 1958 1904 54 Al Simmons 1956 1902 54 Herb Pennock 1948 1894 54 Don Drysdale 1993 1936 57 Harry Heilmann 1951 1894 57 Jack Chesbro 1931 1874 57 Gary Carter 2012 1954 58 Joe McGinnity 1929 1871 58 Mickey Cochrane 1962 1903 59 Jim Bottomley 1959 1900 59 Walter Johnson 1946 1887 59 Hughie Jennings 1928 1869 59 Jimmie Foxx 1967 1907 60 Willie Stargell 2001 1940 61 Paul Waner 1965 1903 62 Sam Thompson 1922 1860 62 Joe Gordon 1978 1915 63 Ra Maranville 1954 1891 63 Pete Alexander 1950 1887 63 Mickey Mantle 1995 1931 64 Joe Medwick 1975 1911 64 Dizzy Dean 1974 1910 64 Eddie Collins 1951 1887 64 Roger Bresnahan 1944 1879 65 Johnny Evers 1947 1881 66 Rogers Hornsby 1963 1896 67 Joe Tinker 1948 1880 68 Ernie Lombardi 1977 1908 69 Jim ORourke 1919 1850 69 Ron Santo 2010 1940 70 Eddie Mathews 2001 1931 70 Richie Ashburn 1997 1927 70 Chick Hafey 1973 1903 70 Heinie Manush 1971 1901 70 Dazzy Vance 1961 1891 70 Tris Speaker 1958 1888 70 Chief Bender 1954 1884 70 George Davis 1940 1870 70 Goose Goslin 1971 1900 71 Vic Willis 1947 1876 71 Amos Rusie 1942 1871 71 Roy Campanella 1993 1921 72 Gabby Hartnett 1972 1900 72 Eppa Rixey 1963 1891 72 Mordecai Brown 1948 1876 72 Joe Kelley 1943 1871 72 Jimmy Collins 1943 1870 73 Pie Traynor 1972 1898 74 Billy Hamilton 1940 1866 74 Dan Brouthers 1932 1858 74 Ha Killebrew 2011 1936 75 Hank Greenberg 1986 1911 75 Lefty Grove 1975 1900 75 Frankie Frisch 1973 1898 75 Ty Cobb 1961 1886 75 Lloyd Waner 1982 1906 76 Fr Lindstrom 1981 1905 76 Hal Newhouser 1998 1921 77 Earle Combs 1976 1899 77 Home Run Baker 1963 1886 77 Joe Cronin 1984 1906 78 Ray Schalk 1970 1892 78 Ed Walsh 1959 1881 78 Early Wynn 1999 1920 79 Larry Doby 2003 1923 80 Hoyt Wilhelm 2002 1922 80 Bob Lemon 2000 1920 80 Johnny Mize 1993 1913 80 George Sisler 1973 1893 80 Pee Wee Reese 1999 1918 81 Lefty Gomez 1989 1908 81 Red Ruffing 1986 1905 81 Earl Averill 1983 1902 81 Dave Bancroft 1972 1891 81 Honus Wagner 1955 1874 81 Warren Spahn 2003 1921 82 Billy Herman 1992 1909 83 Robin Roberts 2010 1926 84 Ted Williams 2002 1918 84 Lou Boudreau 2001 1917 84 Luke Appling 1991 1907 84 Travis Jackson 1987 1903 84 Sam Rice 1974 1890 84 Zack Wheat 1972 1888 84 Kid Nichols 1953 1869 84 Duke Snider 2011 1926 85 Joe DiMaggio 1999 1914 85 Carl Hubbell 1988 1903 85 Waite Hoyt 1984 1899 85 Jesse Haines 1978 1893 85 Nap Lajoie 1959 1874 85 Jesse Burkett 1953 1868 85 Enos Slaughter 2002 1916 86 Bill Dickey 1993 1907 86 Ted Lyons 1986 1900 86 Max Carey 1976 1890 86 George Kell 2009 1922 87 Harry Hooper 1974 1887 87 Bobby Wallace 1960 1873 87 Red Faber 1976 1888 88 Sam Crawford 1968 1880 88 Fred Clarke 1960 1872 88 Cy Young 1955 1867 88 Hugh Duffy 1954 1866 88 H Pockets Kelly 1984 1895 89 Phil Rizzuto 2007 1917 90 Rick Ferrell 1995 1905 90 Ch Gehringer 1993 1903 90 Bill Terry 1989 1898 91 Bob Feller 2010 1918 92 Joe Sewell 1990 1898 92 Burleigh Grimes 1985 1893 92 Stan Musial 2013 1920 93 Rube Marquard 1980 1886 94 Edd Roush 1988 1893 95 Stan Coveleski 1984 1889 95 Elmer Flick 1971 1876 95