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Yesterday (May \u00a07), 42-year-old Bartolo Colon<\/strong><\/span> picked up his third win of the season \u2013 going 6 2\/3 innings (three earned runs, six hits, one walk, five strikeouts), as his Mets topped the Padres 6-3 in San Diego.\u00a0\u00a0 Colon also made a bit of history \u2013 at age 42 and 348 days, in his 19^{th<\/sup> MLB season, Colon connected for his first MLB home run. It came in the top of the second inning (off Padres’ starter James Shields) and made Colon the oldest major leaguer ever to collect his first round tripper<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 breaking Hall of Famer Hurler Randy Johnson\u2019s record (40 years and nine days).<\/p>\n}

BBRT would note. however, that when it comes to age-related home run records \u2013 Julio Franco<\/strong><\/span> remains the king.\u00a0 Franco is the oldest player to homer in an MLB game, the oldest to hit a Grand Slam, the oldest to hit a pinch-hit home run and the oldest to record a multi-home game<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 For details on these \u2013 and more of Franco\u2019s career accomplishments, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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