Oldest ever to play in Center Field

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User's Notes:
Jones, Cramer, Williams, and Cooney shouldn't count -- they played "farewell" games in their last season, or in the Federal League after a 6-year retirement, or during WWII. That leaves Finley (42 yr, 2 mo, 18 days), Mays (42 yr, 3 mo, 19 days), Yaz (42 yr, 11 mo, 9 days), and Henderson (43 yr, 6 mo, 29 days). And perhaps Sam Rice, who played 10 games in center some time during 1933, when he began the season 43 years and 2 months old.

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Player ages are computed as their age on June 30th

  Cnt Player             **HR** From  To   Ages   G    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
 ----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 
    1 Carl Yastrzemski     26   1982 1983 42-43  250   960   839   91  227  46   1  128  113  12   79   4   0   4  25    0   1  .271  .358  .421  .779 *D/387    BOS         
    2 Rickey Henderson     15   2001 2003 42-44  225   771   630  117  141  24   4   63  130   0  147   8   0   3  11   36   9  .224  .362  .346  .708 *7/8D9    SDP-BOS-LAD 
    3 Willie Mays           6   1973 1973 42-42   66   239   209   24   44  10   0   25   27   0   47   1   1   1   7    1   0  .211  .303  .344  .647 /*83      NYM         
    4 Sam Rice              3   1932 1934 42-44  276   779   708  125  216  39  11   79   62   0   22   4   5   0   0   12   7  .305  .364  .404  .768 9/78      WSH-CLE     
    5 Steve Finley          1   2007 2007 42-42   43   102    94    9   17   3   0    2    8   1    4   0   0   0   2    0   0  .181  .245  .245  .490 /*89      COL         
    6 Doc Cramer            0   1948 1948 42-42    4     7     4    1    0   0   0    1    3   0    0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .429  .000  .429 /8        DET         
    7 Johnny Cooney         0   1943 1944 42-43   54    53    46    8   11   0   0    4    5   0    3   0   2   0   1    1   0  .239  .314  .239  .553 /837      BRO-TOT     
    8 Cy Williams           0   1930 1930 42-42   21    21    17    1    8   2   0    2    4   0    3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .471  .571  .588 1.159 /879      PHI         
    9 Fielder Jones         0   1914 1915 42-43   12    10     9    1    1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .200  .111  .311 /98       SLM         

Seasons/Careers found: 9.

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