If you had to start a Major League Baseball team around one position player and one pitcher, who would they be?

Jpg|250px|thest Major League Baseball (MLB) players, with their last season in parentheses. Only baseball players who played at least one game when they were older than 45 are included on the list. Active are players in bold type.

Note: Paige's appearance at the age of 59 was for one game, after being out of major league baseball for the previous 12 years. Quinn, who played his last game six days after his 50th birthday, was the oldest major league pitcher to make regular appearances. Note: O'Leary, O'Rourke, Jennings, Street, McGuire and Evers each made one token major league appearance years (or even decades) after their careers had otherwise ended.

The careers of Altrock, Minoso and Latham had also effectively ended many years before their final major league appearances, though each were brought back for token appearances several times (spanning several seasons) before their final game. Julio Franco is the oldest position player to appear regularly. Note: Phil Niekro's start came in the first game of the 1982 NLCS.

However, with the Braves leading the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0, the game was delayed on account of rain. When the rain did not clear, the game was called three outs before it could be considered official, and was restarted the following night with Braves pitcher Pascual Pérez getting the start. The Braves would lose the game 7-0.