Cubs' oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT + Who was the oldest in the Modern Era? Who was their oldest pitcher? Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season? Each of those questions has a different answer. .......... Nearly 125 years after his final game, Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound. The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career -- No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for Chicago -- came on Oct. 3, 1897. That day, Anson was 45 years, 169 days old. He had been 19 days past his 19th birthday when he played his first game, for the Rockford Forest Citys, on May 6, 1871.