:Rollie Stiles

{{short description|American baseball player (1906-2007)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rollie Stiles

|image=Rollie Stiles.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|11|17}}

|birth_place=Ratcliff, Arkansas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2007|7|22|1906|11|17}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 19

|debutyear={{mlby|1930}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear={{mlby|1933}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Record

|stat1value=9-14

|stat2label=ERA

|stat2value=5.92

|stat3label=Innings

|stat3value=298

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns (1930–1933)

|highlights=

}}

Rolland Mays Stiles (November 17, 1906 – July 22, 2007) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from {{mlby|1930}} to {{mlby|1933}}. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9–14 with an earned run average of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State Teachers College. His first game in the major leagues was on June 19, {{mlby|1930}}, and his last game was October 1, {{mlby|1933}}. Stiles' nicknames when playing baseball were "Leapin' Lena", "Lena", and "Rollie", all typical of how he signed autographs for baseball fans.[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8668bcd2 Rollie Stiles]. Article written by Matthew Clifford. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 23, 2019.

Stiles made an appearance and gave a speech at the St. Louis Browns Reunion dinner held at the Missouri Athletic Club on June 8, 2006, in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in his sleep at age 100 on July 22, 2007, at the Bethesda Southgate Nursing Home in St. Louis.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/rollie-stiles-obituary?pid=91329059 Obituary]. Legacy website. Retrieved on June 23, 2019.

Stiles was the last living person to have pitched to Babe Ruth. While he was the oldest living major league ballplayer at the time of his death, Stiles was not the oldest living professional baseball player; that distinction was held by Emilio Navarro of the Negro leagues, who turned 103 years old in 2008.