MLB History: Five Oldest Pitchers to Hit a Homerun

5) Bartolo Colon

Colon has been the source of joy for Mets fans ever since he came to Flushing in the winter of 2014. His attitude on and off the field is reminiscent of a young child playing little league for the first time. Everything he does is done with an aura of joy and exuberance.

The best part of having Colon on the Met’s has been seeing him at the plate. In his first year with the Met’s, he struggled at the plate but never failed to entertain baseball fans everywhere. Almost every at-bat featured a monster hack by Big Sexy that made his helmet, which never seemed to sit well on his head, to fall off or rotate and momentarily cover his eyes.

It was truly a comedy of errors when Big Bart was at the plate.

It wasn’t until 2015 that Colon came into himself at the plate and had a career high eight hits and four RBI’s. Expectations for Colon were high coming into this season and up until recently, he has not produced any offence.

This all changed, when on May 7, 2016, Bartolo Colon became the fifth oldest pitcher to hit a home run at the age of 42 years, 11 months and 13 days.

This feat will forever be remembered by Gary Cohen’s incredible call:

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