World Series : Toronto Blue Jays vs. Atlanta Braves : NOTEBOOK

By HELENE ELLIOTT

Oct. 18, 1992 12 AM PT

At 41 years 14 days old, Winfield became the oldest player to play in a World Series since Joe Niekro pitched for the Minnesota Twins in the 1987 World Series at 43. Winfield, on Saturday, became the oldest player to start a Series game since Pete Rose, who was 42 years 6 months old on Oct. 16, 1983, and the fourth-oldest outfielder ever to start a game, behind Rose (42 in 1983), Willie Mays (42 in 1973) and Enos Slaughter (42 in 1958 and 41 in 1957).

By beating out a grounder to third in the second inning Saturday, Winfield matched his hit total in his first World Series appearance. Winfield was one-for-22 against the Dodgers in 1981.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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