Nate Berkenstock

Nate Berkenstock

Nathan "Nate" Berkenstock (1831 - February 23, 1900) was the earliest-born professional baseball player, nearly four years older than the next-"oldest" player, Harry Wright, who born in 1835 and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Berkenstock played in just one pro league game: the game that decided the first professional baseball championship in the United States, in 1871. He was Jewish.