who is the oldest player to ever hit a home run

Julio Franco is the oldest in a game with >0 home runs. He was 48 years and 254 days old against the Diamondbacks on May 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:

Who is the oldest player to ever hit a home run in a regular-season game?

	NAME	Age	HR	DATE	TM		OPP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP
1	Julio Franco J. Franco	48-254	1	5/4/2007	NYM	@	ARI	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
2	Julio Franco J. Franco	48-038	1	9/30/2006	NYM	@	WSH	5	1	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2	0	0	0	0
3	Julio Franco J. Franco	47-240	1	4/20/2006	NYM	@	SDP	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	46-361	1	6/27/1930	PHA	vs	SLA	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0
5	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-355	1	8/13/2005	ATL	vs	ARI	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	0
6	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-345	1	8/3/2005	ATL	@	CIN	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-318	1	7/7/2005	ATL	vs	CHC	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
8	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-308	1	6/27/2005	ATL	@	FLA	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
9	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-299	2	6/18/2005	ATL	@	CIN	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2	0	0	0	0
10	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-295	1	6/14/2005	ATL	@	TEX	4	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0
11	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-281	1	5/31/2005	ATL	@	WSH	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0
12	Julio Franco J. Franco	46-257	1	5/7/2005	ATL	vs	HOU	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0
13	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-323	1	7/11/2004	ATL	@	PHI	4	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0
14	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-301	1	6/19/2004	ATL	vs	CLE	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
15	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-285	1	6/3/2004	ATL	vs	PHI	4	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0
16	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-271	1	5/20/2004	ATL	vs	ARI	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0
17	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-270	1	5/19/2004	ATL	vs	ARI	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
18	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-257	1	5/6/2004	ATL	vs	SDP	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
19	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	45-102	1	4/7/1993	CWS	@	MIN	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0
20	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-035	1	9/27/2003	ATL	@	PHI	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
21	Julio Franco J. Franco	45-017	1	9/9/2003	ATL	vs	PHI	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
22	Julio Franco J. Franco	44-348	1	8/6/2003	ATL	@	MIL	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
23	Julio Franco J. Franco	44-320	1	7/9/2003	ATL	@	NYM	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	0
24	Julio Franco J. Franco	44-280	1	5/30/2003	ATL	@	NYM	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0
25	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	44-242	1	8/24/1992	CWS	vs	TOR	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0

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