Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jamie Moyer, at 49 years of age, became the oldest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to win a game when he beat the San Diego Padres, 5-3, at Coors Field, according to USA Today.

“I didn’t think about this day because I thought it would be unfair to my teammates and the game,” Moyer said to the paper. “To me, it was more important that I won for this team.”

Moyer, at 49 years and 152 days, went seven innings without throwing any of his 87 pitches no harder than 79 mph.  Allowing just six hits and no earned runs in the win over the Padres, Moyer surpassed Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who in 1932 was the oldest to win a game at 49 years, 70 days.  Moyer’s victory Tuesday night also marked the 268th of his career, trying Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for 34th on the all-time victory list.

Moyer, who entered the league in 1986, has compiled a 268-206 career record and a 4.23 ERA, including 2411 strikeouts.

Jamie Moyer, 49 years young, has earned himself a spot in the Colorado Rockies’ starting rotation for the 2012 season, according to the Associated Press.

“It is still Jamie Moyer,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “It’s the Jamie Moyer that was pitching prior to the arm injury that cost him the entire 2011 season. It’s the same guy.

“It’s the same worker. It’s the same professional. It’s the same stuff, same velocity, same pitches. When he’s right, same type of effectiveness. You’re going to venture into this.”

Moyer last pitched into the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies, from 2006 to 2010. He went 9-9 with a 4.84 ERA in 2010, but missed all of the 2011 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Phillies cut him loose and he signed in mid-January with the Rockies.

For his career, the lefty Moyer is 267-204 with a 4.24 ERA. He turns 50 on Nov. 18.

Jamie Moyer is closer to Social Security than to the prime of his career — but Moyer, who turns 50 later this year, is still looking to make it in the major leagues. Moyer pitched well for the Colorado Rockies in spring training yesterday, outdueling Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum, and he sees it as a promising sign of things to come.

“I was happy with how things went,” Moyer told the Denver Post. “I threw for strikes and got some ground balls. I believe I have a long way to go yet. I want to prove something to this team, to make this team.”

Moyer has been active in the major leagues for 24 seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2006 to ’10, going 9-9 with a 4.84 ERA in his final season to date. He missed all of 2011 recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Moyer signed in mid-January with the Rockies, his eighth big-league team. The veteran lefty is 267-204 for his career with a 4.24 ERA.

If he pitches into 2012 and ’13, Moyer could join the historical ranks of baseball’s over-50 All-Stars, a handful of legends most notably including Satchel Paige and Minnie Minoso.

The Colorado Rockies have signed long-time pitcher Jamie Moyer to a minor-league contract, according to the Associated Press. Moyer did not play last season because he was recovering from Tommy John’s surgery.

Moyer, 49, will be invited to Colorado’s spring training, pending a physical.

In 24 major league season, the left-hander is 267-204 with a 4.24 career ERA. He last played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010, going 9-9 as a starter.

Jamie Moyer’s Major League Baseball career has spanned 24 seasons, 267 wins, seven teams, more than 17,000 batters faced … and it may not be over yet.  According to Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the 48-year old Moyer has been throwing for scouts and “getting rave reviews”.

“Same as he’s been for the past 15 years — as incredible as that may sound,” one scout told Morosi and Rosenthal. “He has a chance to pitch in the big leagues as a fifth starter and win 10 or 12 games. He’s throwing 81 to 83 miles an hour, but he still knows how to make you look like an idiot.”

Moyer last started in 2010 at a spry 47 years of age, earning a 4.84 ERA and notching 9 wins in 19 starts, and then had Tommy John surgery.  Now he’s healthy and throwing off the mound again with an eye toward earning a spot on someone’s roster.

And, according to Morosi and Rosenthal, teams are paying attention. The two write that their sources tell them that the Mariners, Rangers, Royals, Rockies, Orioles, and Pirates have all scouted Moyer’s latest comeback.

Moyer made his first Major League start June 16, 1986, the day before Len Bias was selected in the NBA Draft.