Who is the oldest Major League Baseball player ever to hit a home run?

Answer 1

On May 5, 2007 Julio Franco hit a home run off of Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He broke his own record, set last year, as the oldest MLB player to hit a home run. Franco is reported to have been born August 23, 1958. This would have made him 48 years, 255 days old when he hit the home run off of Johnson.

Answer 2

Enos Slaughter, best known for his mad dash to home plate to score the key run in Game 7 of the 1946 World Series, also is the oldest player to hit a home run in a World Series game. In Game 3 of the 1956 World Series, Slaughter, at age 40 years, 162 days, homered for the Yankees in their win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Answer 3

The oldest MLB player to ever hit a homerun was Julio Franco. His first record was made at Petco Park in California against the Padres. When he made this record, he was 47 years old. (i know all of this cuz i was there) The year after that when he was 48, he hit another homerun. I dont know where this was though. Julio Franco made both of these record breaking homeruns while he was on the New York Mets.

Answer 4

Mickey Mantle's "longest home run" of September 10, 1960, was measured at 643 feet after the ball stopped rolling. The longest measured home run in MLB measured where it first hit the ground was by Babe Ruth on July 18, 1921, at 575 feet. Geoff Long hit one at the first Busch Stadium (Sportsman's Park) in St. Louis that cleared the left field light tower. Reggie Jackson hit one that bounced off a light tower in Detroit. Dave Nicholson hit a home run that cleared the roof and an alley before landing on a softball field near Comiskey Park.

Answer 5

To win a league title ... Cy Williams of the 1927 Philadelphia Phillies was 39 years old (born December 21, 1887) when he tied with Hack Wilson of the Cubs for the NL home run title with 30.

To win an MLB title ... Darrell Evans of the 1985 Detroit Tigers was 38 years old (born May 26, 1947) when he won the MLB home run title with 40.

Answer 6

As of the 2007 season, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves was the player to hit a home run in the postseason. He was 43 years old when he hit a home run in Game 5 of the 2001 NLCS.

Answer 7

On July 1, 1916 at the age of 42 years and four months, Honus Wagner remains the oldest player to hit an inside-the-park home run. The in-the-parker came in the fourth inning at Cincinnati.

Answer 8

The longest ever recorded home run was Teddy Williams which was 502ft.

Answer 9

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