A companion list to yesterday's post...most career HR from Age 30 season onwards:

  Cnt Player             **HR** From  To   Ages   G    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
    1 Barry Bonds         503   1995 2007 30-42 1705  7203  5333 1337 1648 325  36 1236 1747 514  827  78   1  44 106  205  48  .309  .482  .666 1.148 *7/D8     SFG         
    2 Babe Ruth           430   1925 1935 30-40 1403  6106  4834 1249 1622 236  53 1328 1181   0  731  19  72   0   2   51  51  .336  .468  .673 1.141 *97/31    NYY-BSN     
    3 Rafael Palmeiro     414   1995 2005 30-40 1674  7213  6169  994 1737 319  13 1233  921 114  872  50   0  73 124   40  17  .282  .375  .539  .914 *3D       BAL-TEX     
    4 Hank Aaron          413   1964 1976 30-42 1787  7358  6424 1097 1873 303  21 1176  861 169  774  12   2  59 172  137  36  .292  .373  .538  .911 *93D7/84  MLN-ATL-MIL 
    5 Willie Mays         381   1961 1973 30-42 1774  7195  6212 1178 1802 290  49 1091  898 112 1021  26  12  47 147  134  40  .290  .380  .537  .917 *8/39675  SFG-TOT-NYM 
    6 Mark McGwire        354   1994 2001 30-37  931  3826  2980  647  826 118   1  782  769 104  880  46   0  31  67    6   1  .277  .429  .674 1.103 *3/D467   OAK-TOT-STL 
    7 Sammy Sosa          336   1999 2007 30-38 1107  4800  4149  748 1175 197  12  867  579  98 1108  26   0  46  98   17  16  .283  .371  .579  .950 *9D/8     CHC-BAL-TEX 
    8 Jim Thome           318   2001 2009 30-38 1133  4754  3865  742 1054 190   7  838  821 105 1188  33   0  35  70    2   9  .273  .401  .572  .973 *3D       CLE-PHI-CHW 
    9 Mike Schmidt        313   1980 1989 30-39 1320  5556  4639  832 1287 225  28  929  818 138  925  34   0  65 103   57  38  .277  .385  .540  .925 *53/6     PHI         
   10 Willie Stargell     310   1970 1982 30-42 1434  5465  4734  755 1348 271  20  970  636 145 1185  46   0  49  81    6   8  .285  .371  .547  .918 37/9      PIT         

Wow...Barry Bonds had more than 500 HR after he turned 30!

It's not surprising to see Bonds, Ruth, and Aaron all on this list. You don't get over 700 career HR without hitting lots during ALL phases of your career. Seeing Palmeiro was quite surprising to me. He had only 155 HR before the age of 30, this means. (Keep in mind these are all seasonal ages on June 30 and they don't consider each player's specific birthdate.)

Seeing Jim Thome on there makes me wonder how much longer he'll continue. He's 38 now but is having a good year (not great by his standards, but certainly good enough to be an everyday player.) If he can hang on for a couple more years, Thome should reach 600 HR.

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