made up this question last night. (answered)

[utterchaos]

Which player spent the highest percentage of his life in the major leagues?

Based on the formula Number Of Seasons Played / Age at Death

Example: Thurman Munson is 48th on the list 11 Seasons / 32.1753 year old = 34.1877%

[bigken117]

Time: 30.36 seconds

mel ott

[Dan Lambskin]

Time: 56.67 seconds

Roberto Clemente

[Accepted as answer by utterchaos on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:44 am EST.]

[walkoffblast]

Time: 1 minutes, 20.17 seconds

clemente?

[iltat]

Time: 4 minutes, 27.77 seconds

Eddie Collins

[utterchaos]

The top 10:

(Using the formula Number Of Seasons Played / Age At Death )

1. Roberto Clemente (18 seasons / 38.40) = 46.88%
2. Ed Delahanty (16 seasons / 35.69) = 44.83%
3. Lou Gehrig (17 seasons / 37.98) = 44.76%
4. King Kelly (16 seasons / 36.88) = 43.38%
5. Met Ott (21 seasons / 49.76) = 42.21%
6. Babe Ruth (22 seasons / 53.56) = 41.08%
7. Herb Pennock (22 seasons / 54.00) = 40.74%
8. Nellie Fox (19 seasons / 47.97) = 39.61%
9. Jake Beckley (20 seasons / 50.92) = 39.27%
10. Val Picinich (18 seasons / 46.27) = 38.90%

Eddie Collins was 29th.