MLB History: Five Oldest Pitchers to Hit a Homerun

4) Warren Spahn

Spahn began his career in 1942 with the Boston Braves as a starting pitcher. Before he could get his feet wet and become established in the league, he enlisted in the US Army and served for three years before getting back into baseball.

When he did return to baseball in 1946, his hitting ability did not take long to show and almost equal his pitching ability. In 1948, Spahn hit his first home run at the age of 27 from there, everything was cake. Each subsequent year, Spahn hit at least one home run and collected at least 10 hits. In addition to procuring hits in his at bats, Spahn also became versed at drawing the occasional walk. In his career, he totaled 94 with a career high of nine in 1965.

In his career, Spahn collected 363 hits and 35 home runs with career highs of 36 hits in 1958 and four home runs in 1955.

Spahn did not stop helping himself at the plate with just singles however. In his career, he totaled a respectable 189 RBI’s with a career high in 1958 and 1961 with 15 RBI’s a piece in each season.

On July 22, 1964 Warren Spahn hit his last Major League home run at the age of 43 years, 2 months and 19 days.

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