Rollie Stiles

Rolland Mays (Rollie) Stiles (November 17, 1906 – July 22, 2007) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9-14 with an ERA of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State Teachers College. His first game in the Major Leagues was June 19, 1930, and his last game was October 1, 1933. Stiles' nicknames when playing baseball were "Leapin' Lena", "Lena", and "Rollie", all typical of how he signed autographs for baseball fans. He made an appearance and gave a speech at the St. Louis Browns Reunion dinner held at the Missouri Athletic Club June 8, 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri. Stiles died in his sleep at age 100 on July 22, 2007 at the Bethesda Southgate Nursing Home in St. Louis. [1] Stiles was the last living person to have pitched to baseball legend Babe Ruth. While Stiles was the oldest living major league ballplayer at the time of his death, he was not the oldest living professional baseball player as that honor goes to Emilio Navarro of the Negro Leagues who turned 101 years old in 2006.

See also

• List of Oldest Living MLB Players

External links

• Baseball Reference
• Who's Alive and Who's Dead
• Photograph of Rollie Stiles age 99 in 2006
• 2006 St. Louis Browns reunion attended by Rollie Stiles age 99
• Article about Rollie Stiles and Babe Ruth
• Video Interview with Rollie Stiles - discussing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
• Rollie's 100th birthday in the St. Louis newspaper
• Arkansas Baseball website mentions Rollie's 100th