. "1895-10-14Z"^^ . "Silas Simmons"@en . . . . . "American baseball player" . "1895Z"^^ . "2006Z"^^ . . "Simmons, Silas"@en . . . "2006-10-29Z"^^ . "Silas Joseph \"Si\" Simmons (October 14, 1895 \u2013 October 29, 2006) was an American semi-professional and professional baseball player for African-American teams in the pre-Negro League era, and became the longest-lived professional baseball player in history. The previous record was held by Red Hoff, who died at age 107 in 1998."@en .