On July 11, 1976 ā Hank Aaron becomes the oldest major leaguer (42 years, 5 months, 7 days) to hit a walk-off homer when he goes deep in the bottom of the tenth inning off Steve Foucault in the Brewersā 5-4 victory over Texas at County Stadium. Milwaukee wins, 6 ā 3 and 5 ā 4, with the wins going toĀ Jim SlatonĀ andĀ Bill Castro.
The āHammerā will hold the elderly distinction until Clevelandās Jason Giambi, who will be a month and 15 days older than Henry, at the time, accomplishes the feat with a pinch-hit game-winning round-tripper in 2013.
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