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He went 39-40 with three winning seasons. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marreco01.shtml\">His stats<\/a> from <em>Baseball Reference<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Marrero recently got a lump sum in lieu of the pension he never got because he stayed in his native Cuba after the revolution. He&#8217;s not doing too well, but sports a curly W cap and a &#8220;CUBA&#8221; t-shirt in the style of the Chicago Cubs in the video that is included in the story linked above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba&#8217;s former MLB star Marrero turns 102 &#8211; BBC News The oldest living Major League Baseball player, Connie Marrero turned 102 today. He played for the Washington Senators in the 1950s. He went 39-40 with three winning seasons. His stats from Baseball Reference. 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