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 / #2 Ranked Home Runs After Forty Carlton Fisk in The Chicago Tribune (Phil Hersh, 08/11/1985, Source )

Home Run Records After Forty & Before Twenty
Record		Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Home Runs (After Turning Forty) (35+ HRs After Turning 40)	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
		AL		Minnesota	31
		AL		Cleveland	0 2
	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
		AL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	22	42
		AL	Raul Ibanez	New York	11	42
		AL		Seattle	29
		AL		Los Angeles	2
	10	NL	Graig Nettles	San Diego	34	40
		NL		Atlanta	0 5
		NL		Montreal	0 1
	11	NL	Hank Sauer	New York	26	39
	11	NL	Hank Sauer	San Francisco	13	39
	12	AL	David Ortiz	Boston	38	38
	13	AL	Harold Baines	Baltimore	34	36
		AL		Chicago	0 1
		AL		Cleveland	0 1
Most Home Runs (By A Teenager) "The Top Ten"	1.	AL	Tony Conigliaro	Boston	24
	2.	NL	Bryce Harper	Washington	22
		NL	Juan Soto	Washington	22
	4.	NL	Mel Ott	New York	19
	5.	AL	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle	16
	6.	NL	Phil Cavarretta	Chicago	14
	7.	AL	Mickey Mantle	New York	13
	7.	NL	Ed Kranepool	New York	12
	9.	AL	Robin Yount	Milwaukee	11
	10.	AL	Harmon Killebrew	Washington	8
		NL	Adrian Beltre	Los Angeles	8
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 361d	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 * Oldest Pitcher to hit a Home Run
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 Callaghan	Indianapolis	17y 265d	07-06-1884
	4	AA	Pat Callaghan	Indianapolis	17y 269d	07-10-1884
	5	NL	Danny Murphy	Chicago	18y 021d	09-13-1960
Youngest Players (To Reach 100 HRs) "Under-24 100-HR Club"	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	Miguel Cabrera	Florida	23y 127d
	7	NL	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	23y 161d
	8	NL	Bryce Harper	Washington	23y 181d
	9	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	23y 185d
	10	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	23y 191d
	11	AL	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle	23y 206d
	12	NL	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami	23y 225d
	13	AL	Mike Trout	Los Angeles	23y 253d
Youngest Players (League by League) "To Each Major Plateau"	#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
	#700	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	39y 157d	07-13-1934
	#700	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.