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MLB History: Five Oldest Pitchers to Hit a Homerun

By Mike Parchinsky

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1) Jack Quinn

San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean (right) and chief executive officer Larry Baer hold the Commissioners Trophy. Quinn won the trophy twice in his time with the Philadelphia Athletics.
San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean (right) and chief executive officer Larry Baer hold the Commissioners Trophy. Quinn won the trophy twice in his time with the Philadelphia Athletics. /

Of all the players on this list, Quinn is the oldest.

Born on July 1, 1883, Quinn made his Major League debut at the age of 25 with the New York Highlanders.

Quinn began his home run hitting ways in his third season with the Highlanders, by hitting a single home run in the 1911 season. He would not hit another until 1914 when he was a part of the Baltimore Terrapins organization in the Federal League.

Following two years in the Federal League with the Terrapins, Quinn took some time off from baseball.

When he returned to the league, Quinn was a part of the Chicago White Sox for a year then he went back to his first team, the newly renamed, Yankees. After a stretch of three seasons from 1920 to 1923 in which he hit four home runs total, his bat cooled off until 1930 in which he hit his eighth and final Major League home run.

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On June 27, 1930, Jack Quinn hit a home run in a game as a part of the Philadelphia Athletics. His final home run in baseball came at the age of 46 years, 10 months and 26 days.

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