I take that back - if that is correct than Wikipedia is wrong as they have Hank Aaron as the then 2nd (before AROD the other day) at 34 years 5 months and nine days old.
See reference #12:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron#_note-3
wil...
wil, wikipedia should never be used as a definitive reference. My post was meant to bring up only one possible source of the information and not to be a definitive resource.
So I went hunting and found the following:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hi500c.shtml
Since Hank was born Feb. 5, 1934, he would have been 34 years and 159 days old.
Mays was born May 6, 1931 and hit 500 home runs on September 13, 1965 which made him 34 years and 130 days old.
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755
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Giants
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8,612 <SUP>(18)</SUP>
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512
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Braves
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39y <SUP>(19)</SUP>
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101d
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9,199 <SUP>(20)</SUP>
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755
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Dodgers
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36y <SUP>(14)</SUP>
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269d
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7,502 <SUP>(11)</SUP>
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534
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A's
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32y <SUP>(02)</SUP>
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337d
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7,084 <SUP>(05)</SUP>
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589
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Cardinals
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34y <SUP>(07)</SUP>
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212d
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7,320 <SUP>(08)</SUP>
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563
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Royals
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38y <SUP>(16)</SUP>
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122d
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
8,600 <SUP>(17)</SUP>
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573
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Orioles
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35y <SUP>(08)</SUP>
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51d
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6,671 <SUP>(03)</SUP>
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536
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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
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Orioles
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
35y <SUP>(09)</SUP>
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206d
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
7,300 <SUP>(07)</SUP>
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512
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Giants
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35y <SUP>(10)</SUP>
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274d
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
8,280 <SUP>(15)</SUP>
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660
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Astros
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34y <SUP>(03)</SUP>
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130d
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7,533 <SUP>(12)</SUP>
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521
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Braves
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
40y <SUP>(20)</SUP>
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171d
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7,583 <SUP>(13)</SUP>
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583
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Padres
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35y <SUP>(11)</SUP>
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308d
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5,487 <SUP>(01)</SUP>
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504
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Tigers
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40y <SUP>(21)</SUP>
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191d
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11,095 <SUP>(22)</SUP>
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511
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Braves
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
36y <SUP>(13)</SUP>
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152d
</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>
9,249 <SUP>(21)</SUP>
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569
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Indians
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38y<SUP> (17)</SUP>
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230d
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9,116<SUP> (19)</SUP>
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586
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Tigers
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36y <SUP>(12)</SUP>
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13d
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8,427 <SUP>(16)</SUP>
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500
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08-04-2007
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Royals
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32y <SUP>(01)</SUP>
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8d
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7,169 <SUP>(06)</SUP>
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714
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Indians
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34y <SUP>(06)</SUP>
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186d
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5,801 <SUP>(02)</SUP>
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548
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Pirates
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37y <SUP>(15)</SUP>
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203d
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7,336 <SUP>(09)</SUP>
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602
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Reds
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34y <SUP>(04)</SUP>
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143d
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7,036 <SUP>(04)</SUP>
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505
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06-28-2007
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Twins
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39y <SUP>(18)</SUP>
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32d
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7,662 <SUP>(14)</SUP>
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521
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Indians
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41y <SUP>(22)</SUP>
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291d
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7,454 <SUP>(10)</SUP>
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