10 players who hit the most home runs after turning 40
Table of Content players who hit the most home runs after turning 40 Top 5 Single-Season Home Run Marks During the 1950s Barry Bonds — 79 Catcher slugs HR in final at-bat of 10-year career in A's season finale Baseball Almanac Throughout that postseason, he batted .415 and hit five home runs. In total during the '70s, "Pops" hit 62.3% of his career home runs. Lee May was one of the more reliable and consistent players of the 1970s, rarely missing games and hitting at least 19 home runs every season of the decade. He was a key piece to the early "Big Red Machine" teams in Cincinnati, and he hit a pair of homers during the 1970 World Series, which was ultimately won by the Orioles. May followed that up by swatting a career-high 39 homers in 1971, but that was his final season with the Reds, who would win two more titles during the '70s. Throughout the decade, May received down-ballot MVP votes five times, and finished in the Top 10 twice. Jackson...