Tim Wakefield

Timothy Stephen Wakefield is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Wakefield began pitching with the Red Sox in 1995. Making him the longest-serving player currently on the team.[1] Wakefield is also the oldest current active player in in the majors, and one of two active knuckleballers, the other being R.A. Dickey.Wakefield started his seventeenth season in a Red Sox uniform as a reliever. Injuries to John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka moved him into the starting rotation.
On May 11, 2011, Wakefield pitched 1.1 innings in relief as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Red Sox 9–3 at the Rogers Centre. He became, at 44 years, 282 days. The oldest player ever to appear for the Red Sox. At the All-Star break, Wakefield had a 5-3 record with a 4.74 ERA. On July 24, 2011, while pitching against the Seattle Mariners, Wakefield recorded his 2,000th strikeout in a Red Sox uniform against Mike Carp. He also recorded his 199th career win in that game.It took Wakefield eight attempts to earn his 200th career win after his 199th, finally doing so in an 18-6 rout over the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on September 13, 2011. The victory came at a time when the Red Sox were in dire need of wins, with the Tampa Bay Rays gaining substantial ground in the race for the American League Wild Card as Boston fell four games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East division standings.