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Cuba's former pitcher Conrado Marrero, the world's oldest living former major league baseball player, holds up a baseball with his signature at his home. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)





A photo of Conrado Marrero, center, sits on top of a collection of photos of his former teammates of the Cuban baseball team Almendares, at his home in Havana. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)





Conrado Marrero, 102, the world's oldest living former MLB player, is surrounded by family and friends as he blows out the candle on his birthday cake at his home in Havana. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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Oldest living ex-MLB player dies in Cuba at 102

Conrado Marrero, the diminutive Cuban right-hander who pitched for the Washington Senators in the 1950s and in 2011 became the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, has died, his grandson said. He was 102, just two days short of his 103rd birthday.

Grandson Rogelio Marrero confirmed the death Wednesday afternoon.

"Connie" Marrero, as he was known in the States, was renowned for his control and for his presence on the mound despite standing just 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 158 pounds.

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