only 3 players in mlb history to hit home runs in their 20s 30s and 40s
Chat with our AI personalities
All 4 played baseball for either the New York Yankees or New York Mets. New York and Major League baseball are the common links. All 4 players were all stars.
Ty Cobb hit 2 home runs before his 20th birthday and 6 home runs after his 40th birthday. Rusty Staub hit 6 home runs before his 20th birthday and 2 home runs after his 40th birthday. Gary Sheffield became the third player to accomplish this. He hit 4 home runs as a teenager and, through games played on May 1, 2009, 1 home run as a 40 year old.
Yes, both players hit home runs before they were 20 years old. Ty Cobb hit 1 home run in 1905 at the age of 19 and Staub hit 6 for Houston.
Rusty Staub hit 6 home runs for the Houston Colt 45s in 1963 at the age of 19 and 2 home runs for the New York Mets in the 1984 and 1985 seasons at the age of 40 and 41.Gary Sheffield became the third player to accomplish this. He hit 4 home runs as a teenager with the Milwaukee Brewers and, through games played on May 1, 2009, 1 home run as a 40 year old with the New York Mets.
Among others .... Ty Cobb, Gary Sheffield, Tim Raines, Eddie Collins, and Cap Anson.