289 batting average, 97 runs scored, 28 doubles, a. McGwire also totaled 118 runs batted in, a. With 49 home runs and two games remaining in the regular season for him to reach 50 home runs, he missed the games in order to attend the birth of his first child.
419 on-base percentage (OBP) and 11 doubles (2B). In September, McGwire hit nine more home runs while posting monthly personal bests of a. Three days later, McGwire broke the major-league record of 38, which Frank Robinson and Wally Berger had jointly held. On August 11, he broke Al Rosen's AL rookie record of 37 home runs. Before the All-Star break arrived, he had totaled 33 home runs and earned a spot on the American League All-Star team. He hit just four in the month of April, but followed in May with 15 and another nine in June. Retaining his rookie status in 1987, McGwire took center stage in baseball with his home-run hitting. Rookie home-run record and major-league leader (1987) McGwire debuted in the major leagues in August 1986, hitting three home runs and nine runs batted in in 18 games. Olympic team, McGwire was drafted tenth overall in the 1984 Major League Baseball draft by the Oakland Athletics. Playing career (1984–2001) Oakland Athletics (1984–1997) Īfter three years at USC and a stint on the 1984 U.S. He was a member of the silver medal-winning entry of the United States national team that same year at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with Japan finishing ahead for gold medal. McGwire was selected by the Athletics with the 10th overall selection in the 1984 MLB draft. He played college baseball at the University of Southern California (where he was a teammate of Randy Johnson and Jack Del Rio) under coach Rod Dedeaux. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1981 amateur draft but did not sign. He attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, where he played baseball, golf, and basketball.
In 2010, McGwire publicly admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during a large portion of his career. McGwire was one of several central figures in baseball's steroids scandal. He finished with 583 home runs, which was fifth all-time when he retired. Injuries significantly cut into his playing time in 20 and factored into his decision to retire. McGwire also led the league in runs batted in, twice in bases on balls and on-base percentage and four times in slugging percentage. McGwire surpassed Maris and finished with 70 home runs, a record that Barry Bonds would break three years later with 73. With the Cardinals in 1998, McGwire joined Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa in a chase for the single-season home-run record set by Roger Maris in 1961. A right-handed batter and thrower, McGwire stood 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and weighed 245 pounds (111 kg) during his playing career. Injuries cut short even greater potential, as he reached 140 games played in just eight of 16 total seasons. 394 on-base percentage (OBP) and twice leading the major leagues in bases on balls. He demonstrated exemplary patience as a batter, producing a career. McGwire ranks 11th all-time in home runs with 583, led the major leagues in home runs in five different seasons and set the major-league record for home runs hit in a four-season period from 1996 to 1999 with 245. One of the most prolific home-run hitters in baseball history, McGwire holds the major-league career record for at-bats per home run ratio (10.6), and is the former record holder for both home runs in a single season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by a rookie (49 in 1987).
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Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed Big Mac, is an American former professional baseball first baseman.