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    Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major...
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    During Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing...
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  • Brett Favre go in the second round. McGwire's older brother is former Major League Baseball player Mark McGwire. From his previous marriage to Dana Orlich...
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    in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs. In 1998, Sosa, along with Mark McGwire, achieved international fame for his home run-hitting prowess in pursuit...
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    are a duo of former baseball players consisting of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Both prolific home run hitters, the two were teammates in Major League...
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    Tiger Stadium (the other three are Harmon Killebrew, Frank Howard and Mark McGwire). He hit the homer off Oakland Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart on August...
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  • retired major league baseball star Mark McGwire during a congressional hearing on steroids in baseball: McGwire turned evasive. He had nothing to say about...
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  • July 2021[update]. Barry Bonds - 6.52 Mark McGwire - 7.27 Josh Gibson - 7.80 Mark McGwire - 8.02 Mark McGwire - 8.13 Babe Ruth was the first batter to...
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    legitimacy of his record. Maris' major league record remained unbroken until Mark McGwire surpassed it in 1998; his AL record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge...
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    league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year. However, McGwire was traded from the American...
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    Tiger Stadium (joining Harmon Killebrew, Frank Howard, Cecil Fielder and Mark McGwire). However, the ball struck a light tower on top of the roof and fell...
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    1927, and 1928. He remained the only player to accomplish this until Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa matched his feat in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In doing...
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  • confidence and swagger of a heavily favored team. The "Bash Brothers" duo of Mark McGwire (32 home runs, 99 RBI, .260 batting average) and José Canseco (42 home...
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  • 154 to 162 games. 70, by Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 1998 (162-game schedule) After an epic battle between McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr., who...
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    rookie to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break (the first was Mark McGwire in 1987) and the first Yankee to do so since Alex Rodriguez in 2007....
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  • 56 homers. Both McGwire and Sosa broke the record in September, with McGwire ultimately finishing with 70 homers to Sosa's 66. McGwire's record would last...
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    Central division, 18 games behind the Houston Astros. First baseman Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' single-season home run record this season by hitting...
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    Cooperstown. Seven eligible club members—Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield and Sammy Sosa—have not been...
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  • Jose Canseco and Schaffer as Mark McGwire. It is presented as a rap album written and performed by Canseco and McGwire in the 1980s, when the pair was...
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    which was followed closely by the national media as both Griffey and Mark McGwire entered the summer ahead of the pace of Roger Maris' home run record...
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    including McGwire, Eckersley, and manager La Russa. In a turn of events eerily reminiscent of the A's Roger Maris trade 38 years before, Mark McGwire celebrated...
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    and the 1989 World Series behind the "Bash Brothers", Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, as well as Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley and Rickey Henderson and...
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    states that recent sluggers who surpassed Ruth's 60-home run mark, such as Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds, generated much less excitement than when Ruth...
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  • Brother's Little Helper (category Television episodes directed by Mark Kirkland)
    Mark McGwire guest starred as himself in the episode. Mike Scully, an executive producer and the show runner for the episode, commented that McGwire was...
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  • having used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) between 2001 and 2003. Mark McGwire, dogged by allegations of PED use for years, admitted in January 2010...
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    finished 20th in the American League MVP ballot. In 1987, first baseman Mark McGwire joined Canseco on the Athletics, as an everyday player. In that roster...
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    1998). "Mark McGwire': A Mac For All Seasons". Time. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023. "Mark McGwire Admits Using...
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  • decisions qualify for career rate statistics. Single-season batting leaders Mark McGwire leads in four categories and is second in six. Notes: 100 IP and 10 decisions...
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    consecutive season with 43, Bautista became the first player to do so since Mark McGwire in 1998 and 1999. Bautista also led the majors in slugging percentage...
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    Mathews as well as former first base star, Albert Pujols. Other players – Mark McGwire, José Canseco, Todd Helton, Ryan Howard – have hit 100+ home runs in...
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