The atomic number is the number of protons in an atom of an element. In our example, krypton's atomic number is 36. This tells us that an atom of krypton has 36 protons in its nucleus. The interesting thing here is that every atom of krypton contains 36 protons.
exists and is an alternate of . Satchel Paige was born on July 7, 1906 and died on June 8, 1982. Satchel Paige would have been 75 years old at the time of death or 109 years old today. 7 people found this useful.
Paige retired from the Major Leagues in 1953 at about 47 years of age. He came back for a special appearance with Kansas City Athletics in 1965. At about 59 years old, Paige threw three shutout innings. I guess at 59 years old, Satchel Paige chose to forget his age and let his game do the talking. Paige proved to athletes everywhere that age, at least in the world of sports, is irrelevant.