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.
Home Run Records After Forty & Before Twenty |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | ||
Most Home Runs
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1 |
NL |
San Francisco |
79 |
79 |
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2 |
AL |
Chicago |
72 |
72 |
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3 |
AL |
Detroit |
49 |
60 |
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NL |
Atlanta |
11 |
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4 |
AL |
Toronto |
26 |
59 |
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AL |
Minnesota |
31 |
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AL |
Cleveland |
0 2 |
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5 |
AL |
Boston |
49 |
49 |
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6 |
NL |
St. Louis |
46 |
46 |
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7 |
AL |
Boston |
44 |
44 |
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8 |
NL |
Atlanta |
20 |
42 |
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AL |
Milwaukee |
22 |
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AL | New York | 11 |
42 |
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AL | Seattle | 29 | ||||
AL | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||
10 |
NL | Graig Nettles |
San Diego |
34 |
40 | |
NL |
Atlanta |
0 5 |
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NL |
Montreal |
0 1 |
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11 |
NL |
New York |
26 |
39 |
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NL |
San Francisco |
13 |
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12 |
AL | Boston | 38 |
38 |
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13 | AL | Harold Baines |
Baltimore |
34 |
36 | |
AL |
Chicago |
0 1 |
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AL |
Cleveland |
0 1 |
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Most Home Runs
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1. |
AL |
Boston |
24 | ||
2. | NL | Bryce Harper | Washington | 22 | ||
NL | Juan Soto | Washington | 22 | |||
4. |
NL |
New York |
19 | |||
5. |
AL |
Seattle |
16 | |||
6. |
NL |
Chicago |
14 | |||
7. |
AL |
New York |
13 | |||
7. |
NL |
New York |
12 | |||
9. |
AL |
Milwaukee |
11 | |||
10. |
AL |
Washington |
8 | |||
NL | Adrian Beltre | Los Angeles | 8 | |||
Home Run Records Oldest & Youngest |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | ||
Oldest Players
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1 |
NL |
New York |
48y 254d |
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2 |
NL |
New York |
48y 038d |
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3 |
NL |
New York |
47y 240d |
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4 |
NL |
Jack Quinn *** |
Philadelphia |
46y 361d |
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5 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 355d |
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6 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 345d |
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7 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 318d |
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8 |
NL |
Julio Franco ** |
Atlanta |
46y 308d |
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9 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 299d |
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NL |
Atlanta |
46y 299d |
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11 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 295d |
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12 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 281d |
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13 |
NL |
Atlanta |
46y 257d |
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14 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 322d |
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15 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 300d |
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16 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 284d |
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17 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 270d |
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18 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 269d |
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19 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 256d |
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20 |
NL |
Chicago |
45y 169d |
10-03-1897 |
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21 |
NL |
Chicago |
45y 169d |
10-03-1897 |
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22 |
AL |
Chicago |
45y 102d |
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23 |
NL |
Chicago |
45y 063d |
06-19-1897 |
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24 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 035d |
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25 |
NL |
Atlanta |
45y 017d |
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Oldest Player with a Multiple Home Run Game
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Youngest Players
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1 |
NL |
Brooklyn |
17y 257d | 08-20-1945 | |
2 |
17y 262d | 08-25-1945 | ||||
3 |
AA |
Indianapolis |
17y 265d | 07-06-1884 | ||
4 |
17y 269d | 07-10-1884 | ||||
5 |
NL |
Chicago |
18y 021d | 09-13-1960 | ||
Youngest Players
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1 |
NL |
New York |
22y 132d | ||
2 |
AL |
Boston |
22y 197d | |||
3 |
NL |
Boston/Milwaukee |
22y 292d | |||
4 |
AL |
Seattle |
23y 016d | |||
5 |
NL |
Atlanta |
23y 062d | |||
6 | NL | Miguel Cabrera | Florida | 23y 127d | ||
7 |
NL |
Cincinnati |
23y 161d | |||
8 | NL | Bryce Harper | Washington | 23y 181d | ||
9 |
NL |
St. Louis |
23y 185d | |||
10 |
NL |
Milwaukee |
23y 191d | |||
11 |
AL |
Seattle |
23y 206d | |||
12 | NL | Giancarlo Stanton | Miami | 23y 225d | ||
13 |
AL |
Los Angeles |
23y 253d | |||
Youngest Players
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#100 |
AL |
Boston |
22y 197d |
07-23-1967 | |
NL |
New York |
22y 132d |
07-12-1931 | |||
#200 |
AL |
Philadelphia |
25y 266d |
07-15-1933 | ||
NL |
New York |
25y 144d |
07-24-1934 | |||
#300 |
AL |
Texas |
27y 249d |
04-02-2003 | ||
NL |
Atlanta |
28y 144d |
09-14-2005 | |||
#400 |
AL |
New York |
29y 316d |
06-08-2005 | ||
NL |
St. Louis |
30y 222d |
08-26-2010 | |||
#500 |
AL | Alex Rodriguez | New York | 32y 008d | 08-04-2007 | |
NL | Willie Mays | San Francisco | 34y 130d | 09-13-1965 | ||
#600 | AL | Alex Rodriguez | New York | 35y 008d | 08-04-2010 | |
NL | Hank Aaron | Atlanta | 37y 081d | 04-27-1971 | ||
#700 |
AL |
Babe Ruth | New York | 39y 157d | 07-13-1934 | |
NL |
Hank Aaron | Atlanta | 39y 166d | 07-21-1973 | ||
Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | ||
Age Related Home Run Records |
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Several of the players (minus Barry Bonds , Darrell Evans , Graig Nettles , Hank Sauer , Harold Baines & Raul Ibanez ) who rank in the top twelve for home runs after the age of forty are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
What do Alex Rodriguez , Gary Sheffield , Rusty Staub and Ty Cobb have in common? They are the only four players in Major League history to hit a home run both in their teenage years and after turning forty.