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Oldest players with a multi-HR postseason game

Posted by Andy on September 30, 2011

Having homered in his first plate appearance, Johnny Damon has a chance to become one of the oldest players to have a multi-HR post-season game:

Rk Player Age Date Series Gm# Tm Opp
1 Frank Thomas 38.129 2006-10-03 ALDS 1 OAK MIN
2 Larry Walker 37.309 2004-10-05 NLDS 1 STL LAD
3 Babe Ruth 37.238 1932-10-01 WS 3 NYY CHC
4 Eric Karros 35.334 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 CHC ATL
5 Ted Kluszewski 35.021 1959-10-01 WS 1 CHW LAD
6 Jeff Kent 34.231 2002-10-24 WS 5 SFG ANA
7 Darryl Strawberry 34.214 1996-10-12 ALCS 4 NYY BAL
8 Carlos Delgado 34.110 2006-10-13 NLCS 2 NYM STL
9 Gary Matthews 34.089 1984-10-02 NLCS 1 CHC SDP
10 Tim Salmon 34.057 2002-10-20 WS 2 ANA SFG
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Generated 9/30/2011.

Damon is about a month shy of his 38th birthday.

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6 Responses to “Oldest players with a multi-HR postseason game”

  1. Dr. Doom Says:
    September 30th, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    Do you mean 39th? Because if he's not yet 38, he'd still be younger than Frank Thomas.

  2. Andy Says:
    September 30th, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    No...that's why I said he'd become ONE of the youngest...

  3. Andy Says:
    September 30th, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    Well, Kelly Shoppach is on a short list of catchers with a multi-HR post-season game:

    Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp
    1 Mike Napoli 2008-10-05 ALDS 3 LAA BOS
    2 A.J. Pierzynski 2005-10-04 ALDS 1 CHW BOS
    3 Gary Carter 1986-10-22 WS 4 NYM BOS
    4 Johnny Bench 1976-10-21 WS 4 CIN NYY
    5 Gene Tenace 1972-10-14 WS 1 OAK CIN
    6 Yogi Berra 1956-10-10 WS 7 NYY BRO
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 9/30/2011.
  4. John Autin Says:
    September 30th, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    Looks like I featured the wrong catcher in the day game!

    Shoppach is now 5 for 10 off C.J. Wilson, with 3 HRs and 4 walks. His career regular-season OPS against lefties is .909, with 28 HRs in 416 ABs.

  5. Kingturtle Says:
    September 30th, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    hey! who's the oldest player to call a home run on the next pitch? what is left out of that story is that he hit two that day, and so did gehrig. but also that ruth was 37 years old, which was not young for baseball back then. and whether he called it or not, he was definitely being heckled by 30,000 people, and it sure must have felt good.

  6. Dan Says:
    October 3rd, 2011 at 7:46 am

    One of the OLDEST?

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