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Mark McGwire

Birthdate:

10/1/1963

Height / Weight:

6' 5" / 225 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Pomona, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Mark McGwire pushed the limited of home run hitting during his 16 major league seasons. As a rookie with the Oakland Athletics in 1987 his 49 homers set a rookie record for home runs.

In 1997 he hit a total of 58 homers playing with the A’s, 105 games, and with the Cardinals, 51 games. His 58 long balls along with his 52 round-trippers the season before was a record for consecutive seasons by a right-handed swinger, it broke the 2-season record of 107 set by Jimmie Foxx in 1932-1933.

‘Big Red’ McGwire also smashed the record books in 1998 and 1999 with his 70 and then 65 home runs. Mark McGwire finished first and the great Babe Ruth is second in home runs per time at bat.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
17 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1986	OAK (AL)	18	53	10	10	1	0	3	9	4	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.189	.259	SLG
1987	OAK (AL)	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	118	71	131	1	1	8	5	0	8	.289	.370	SLG
1988	OAK (AL)	155	550	87	143	22	1	32	99	76	117	0	0	4	4	1	4	.260	.352	SLG
1989	OAK (AL)	143	490	74	113	17	0	33	95	83	94	1	1	5	3	0	11	.231	.339	SLG
1990	OAK (AL)	156	523	87	123	16	0	39	108	110	116	2	1	9	7	1	9	.235	.370	SLG
1991	OAK (AL)	154	483	62	97	22	0	22	75	93	116	2	1	3	3	1	5	.201	.330	SLG
1992	OAK (AL)	139	467	87	125	22	0	42	104	90	105	0	1	12	5	0	9	.268	.385	SLG
1993	OAK (AL)	27	84	16	28	6	0	9	24	21	19	0	1	5	1	0	1	.333	.467	SLG
1994	OAK (AL)	47	135	26	34	3	0	9	25	37	40	0	0	3	0	0	0	.252	.413	SLG
1995	OAK (AL)	104	317	75	87	13	0	39	90	88	77	1	1	5	11	0	6	.274	.441	SLG
1996	OAK (AL)	130	423	104	132	21	0	52	113	116	112	0	0	16	8	0	1	.312	.467	SLG
1997	STL (NL)	51	174	38	44	3	0	24	42	43	61	2	0	8	5	0	2	.253	.411	SLG
1997	OAK (AL)	105	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	58	98	1	0	8	4	0	5	.284	.383	SLG
1998	STL (NL)	155	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	162	155	1	0	28	6	0	4	.299	.470	SLG
1999	STL (NL)	153	521	118	145	21	1	65	147	133	141	0	0	21	2	0	5	.278	.424	SLG
2000	STL (NL)	89	236	60	72	8	0	32	73	76	78	1	0	12	7	0	2	.305	.483	SLG
2001	STL (NL)	97	299	48	56	4	0	29	64	56	118	0	0	3	3	0	6	.187	.316	SLG
17 years		1874	6187	1167	1626	252	6	583	1414	1317	1596	12	8	150	75	3	78	.263	.394	.SLG

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