Tuesday Trivia: HRs from their teens into their 40s

[cgjackson222]

Name the 7 players who hit home runs as teenagers and after they turned 40 (per Baseball Reference Major League standards)?

As always, please guess rather than look up the answer.

[bk400]

Rickey Henderson?

[bk400]

Martin Dihigo?

[bk400]

Probably too obvious of a guess, but Hank Aaron?

[guy3050]

Rusty Staub

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by bk400

Rickey Henderson?

Excellent guess, as Rickey was still hitting Home Runs when he was 44, but Rickey was 20 years old when he hit is first Big League Home Run.

Originally Posted by bk400

Martin Dihigo?

Whoops, I totally forgot about some of the Negro League starpower, so I've revised the number of answers accordingly. Martin Dihigo is indeed correct, as he hit 2 Home Runs for the Cuban Stars East of the Eastern Colored League, which is recognized as a Major League when he was 19, and hit 2 Home Runs with the New York Cubans when he was 40. Well done!

Originally Posted by bk400

Probably too obvious of a guess, but Hank Aaron?

Excellent guess, but the Indianapolis Clowns, with whom Hank Aaron played when he was 18, are not recognized as a Major League team. Aaron was 20 when he started with the Braves, but he did hit 10 Home Runs in his final season at age 42.

Originally Posted by guy3050

Rusty Staub

I thought Rusty Staub might be one of the harder answers, but you got it! Staub hit 6 Home Runs as a 19 year old with the Houston Colts and was still hitting Home Runs in his early 40s with the Mets. Great job!


5 more names to go (unless someone else thinks of another one I overlooked).

[Cliff Bowman]

This was discussed maybe ten years and all I can remember is Ken Griffey Jr was NOT one of them, he didn’t hit any after he turned 40. I think Alex Rodriguez is on the list.

[Cliff Bowman]

Willie Mays?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

This was discussed maybe ten years and all I can remember is Ken Griffey Jr was NOT one of them, he didn’t hit any after he turned 40. I think Alex Rodriguez is on the list.

Correct about Alex Rodriguez as he hit 5 HRs as a 19 year old with the Mariners and 9 HRs as 40 year old with the Yankees.

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Willie Mays?

Somewhat surprisingly, Willie Mays did not hit any Home Runs with the Birmingham Black Barons when he was 17 (he only had 43 recognized at bats) and he wasn't called up to the Giants until he was 20. But yeah, he was hitting Home Runs with the Mets when he was 42.

4 more to go.

[Beercan collector]

Al Kaline ?
Harmon Killebrew ?