14 Facts About Jimmie Reese

Jimmie Reese played second base, third base, and then coached at several professional levels.

Jimmie Reese played for the Yankees in 1930 and 1931, and was most noted for being the roommate of Babe Ruth.

Jimmie Reese was the primary back-up at second base behind Tony Lazzeri.

Jimmie Reese played the 1932 season with the St Louis Cardinals, who had selected him off of waivers in June.

Jimmie Reese missed most of the season due to injuries and illness, but hit.

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Jimmie Reese all-but retired as a player after the 1938 season, spending the 1939 season with two Western International League teams and playing just 2 games for the 1940 Angels.

Jimmie Reese served in the Army from November 1942 to July 1943 with the 12th Armored Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he managed the baseball team.

Jimmie Reese threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played at Anaheim Stadium.

Jimmie Reese never married, had no children, and was mostly estranged from his extended family.

Jimmie Reese was listed as an Angels coach for 22 years, until his death on July 13,1994, in Santa Ana, California.

Jimmie Reese died peacefully of aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure.

At his death, Jimmie Reese was believed to be the oldest person ever to regularly wear a uniform in an official capacity in the history of organized professional baseball in North America.

Jimmie Reese's record was surpassed in 2016 by Red Schoendienst, who served as a special assistant coach for the St Louis Cardinals, wearing a Cardinals uniform in that role, until his death in 2018 at age 95.

Jimmie Reese was inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2003.