Home Run Records by Age on Baseball Almanac

Home Run Records by Age

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for home runs and ages at which they were hit — including most after forty, before twenty and other miscellaneous records.

"Any schnook can play it, and they do play it, at all levels whether it is stickball in the streets or rockball in the country." - Hall of Fame Catcher / #1 Ranked Home Runs After Forty Carlton Fisk

Home Run Records After Forty & Before Twenty
Record		Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most (After Turning Forty) "The Top Eleven"	1	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	79	79
	2	AL	Carlton Fisk	Chicago	72	72
	3	AL	Darrell Evans	Detroit	49	60
	3	NL	Darrell Evans	Atlanta	11	60
	4	AL	Dave Winfield	Toronto	26	59
				Minnesota	31
				Cleveland	02
	5	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	49	49
	6	NL	Stan Musial	St. Louis	46	46
	7	AL	Ted Williams	Boston	44	44
	8	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	20	42
	8	AL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	22	42
	9	NL	Graig Nettles	San Diego	34	40
				Atlanta	05
				Montreal	01
	10	NL	Hank Sauer	New York	26	39
	10	NL	Hank Sauer	San Francisco	13	39
	11	AL	Harold Baines	Baltimore	34	36
				Chicago	01
				Cleveland	01
Most (By A Teenager) "The Top Ten"	1	AL	Tony Conigliaro	Boston	24
	2	NL	Mel Ott	New York	19
	3	AL	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle	16
	4	NL	Phil Cavarretta	Chicago	14
	5	AL	Mickey Mantle	New York	13
	6	NL	Ed Kranepool	New York	12
	7	AL	Robin Yount	Milwaukee	11
	8	AL	Harmon Killebrew	Washington	8
	9	NL	Cesar Cedeno	Houston	7
	10	NL	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn	7
Home Run Records Oldest & Youngest
Record		Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Oldest Players (To Hit A Home Run) "All HRs by 45+ Yr Olds"	1	NL	Julio Franco	New York	48y 254d	05-04-2007
	2	NL	Julio Franco	New York	48y 038d	09-30-2006
	3	NL	Julio Franco	New York	47y 240d	04-20-2006
	4	NL	Jack Quinn	Philadelphia	46y 357d	06-27-1930
	5	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 355d	08-13-2005
	6	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 345d	08-03-2005
	7	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 318d	07-07-2005
	8	NL	Julio Franco **	Atlanta	46y 308d	06-27-2005
	9	NL	Julio Franco *	Atlanta	46y 299d	06-18-2005
		NL	Julio Franco *	Atlanta	46y 299d	06-18-2005
	11	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 295d	06-14-2005
	12	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 281d	05-31-2005
	13	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	46y 257d	05-07-2005
	14	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 322d	07-11-2004
	15	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 300d	06-19-2004
	16	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 284d	06-03-2004
	17	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 270d	05-20-2004
	18	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 269d	05-19-2004
	19	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 256d	05-06-2004
	20	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	45y 169d	10-03-1897
	21	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	45y 169d	10-03-1897
	22	AL	Carlton Fisk	Chicago	45y 102d	04-07-1993
	23	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	45y 063d	06-19-1897
	24	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 035d	09-27-2003
	25	NL	Julio Franco	Atlanta	45y 017d	09-09-2003
	Oldest Player with a Multiple Home Run Game. Oldest Player to Hit a Grand Slam.
Youngest Players (To Hit A Home Run) "The Top Five HRs"	1	NL	Tommy Brown	Brooklyn	17y 257d	08-20-1945
	2	NL	Tommy Brown	Brooklyn	17y 262d	08-25-1945
	3	AA	Pat Callahan	Indianapolis	17y 264d	07-06-1884
	4	AA	Pat Callahan	Indianapolis	17y 268d	07-10-1884
	5	NL	Danny Murphy	Chicago	18y 021d	09-13-1960
Youngest Players (To Reach 100 HRs) "The Top Ten" (Record Research By) (David Vincent)	1	NL	Mel Ott	New York	22y 132d
	2	AL	Tony Conigliaro	Boston	22y 197d
	3	NL	Eddie Mathews	Boston/Milwaukee	22y 292d
	4	AL	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle	23y 016d
	5	NL	Andruw Jones	Atlanta	23y 062d
	6	NL	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	23y 161d
	7	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	23y 185d
	8	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	23y 191d
	9	AL	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle	23y 206d
	10	NL	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati	23y 230d
Youngest Players (League by League) "To Each Major Plateau" (Record Research By David Vincent)	#100	AL	Tony Conigliaro	Boston	22y 197d	07-23-1967
	#100	NL	Mel Ott	New York	22y 132d	07-12-1931
	#200	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	25y 266d	07-15-1933
	#200	NL	Mel Ott	New York	25y 144d	07-24-1934
	#300	AL	Alex Rodriguez	Texas	27y 249d	04-02-2003
	#300	NL	Andruw Jones	Atlanta	28y 144d	09-14-2005
	#400	AL	Alex Rodriguez	New York	29y 316d	06-08-2005
	#400	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	30y 222d	08-26-2010
	#500	AL	Alex Rodriguez	New York	32y 008d	08-04-2007
	#500	NL	Willie Mays	San Francisco	34y 130d	09-13-1965
	#600	AL	Alex Rodriguez	New York	35y 008d	08-04-2010
	#600	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	37y 081d	04-27-1971
Record		Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Age Related Home Run Records

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Almost every player (minus Darrell Evans, Graig Nettles, Hank Sauer & Harold Baines) who ranks in the top ten for home runs after the age of forty is enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

What do Gary Sheffield, Rusty Staub & Ty Cobb have in common? They are the only three players in Major League history to hit a home run both in their teenage years and after turning forty.

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