Last Active Baseball Players From Former Major League Teams

Last Active Baseball Players From Former Major League Teams

Franchises come and franchises go. The players listed below were the last to remain active from their respective team / franchise, after its move to a new city.

"I've heard of guys going zero for fifteen, or zero for twenty-five, but I was zero for July." - Bob Aspromonte (the last active player for the Brooklyn Dodger team)

Last Active Player In Chronological Order
Team (Click for Roster)	Year in Review	Player
1952 Boston Braves	1952	Eddie Mathews
1953 St. Louis Browns	1953	Don Larsen
1954 Philadelphia Athletics	1954	Vic Power
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers *	1956	Bob Aspromonte
1957 New York Giants	1957	Willie Mays
1960 Washington Senators	1960	Jim Kaat
1965 Milwaukee Braves	1965	Phil Niekro
1967 Kansas City Athletics	1967	Reggie Jackson
1969 Seattle Pilots	1969	Fred Stanley
1971 Washington Senators	1971	Toby Harrah
Team (Click for Roster)	Year in Review	Player
Last Active Player by Team * Brooklyn played in '57, but '56 had the last active player.

Some time in the near future we will include the Milwaukee Brewers, who switched from the American League to the National League in 1998.

Did you know that ten teams appear on this list above and four of the players from those ten teams are in the hall of fame?

The Braves franchise, which is featured twice on the chart (Boston & Milwaukee), is the only club to win a world championship in three different cities.

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