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Mark McGwire hits a home run during his last Major League season in 2001
Mark David McGwire, (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1986 through 2001.
In his prime, he was perhaps the Babe Ruth of the 1990s. Like Ruth, he was a big man, and a prolific home run hitter; he hit the ball out of the park once in every 9.42 at bats, beating out Ruth for the highest home run ratio in major-league history. Like Ruth, he had begun as an outstanding pitcher. And like Ruth, he was a superb low ball hitter who learned to golf the ball for titanic home runs, balls that sometimes cleared the fences with 100 feet to spare.
McGwire ended his career with 583 home runs, which was then 5th-most in history. He hit 50 or more home runs four seasons in a row ( 1996- 1999), and led Major League Baseball in homers all four seasons. He also shared the MLB lead in home runs in 1987. Although McGwire led the majors in homers five times, he was a league leader only four times. In 1997, he did not lead either league in homers, as he was traded from the Oakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. They are in the Western Division of the American League. The team is often called the A's . Founded 1893, as the Indianapolis, Indiana franchise in the minor Western Leag to the St. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals was also the name of a National Football League team based in Saint Louis, Missouri, which moved and became the Phoenix Cardinals (now known as the Arizona Cardinals) in 1988. The St. Louis Cardinals are an American Major League Ba in midseason.
In 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, the year when McGwire and Sammy SosaBusch Stadium. Samuel Peralta Sosa better known as Sammy Sosa (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic), is a professional Major League baseball player for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa ended the 2004 season with 574 career home runs, spent much of the season chasing the single-season home run record of Roger MarisRoger Maris ( September 10, 1934 December 14, 1985), American baseball player of Croatian origin is remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961. His record 61 home runs stood until 1998, when Mark McGwire and Samm, the two shared Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated is a popular weekly American sports magazine owned by media giant Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers, the third highest magazine circulation in the United States, and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 magazine's " Sportsmen of the YearSince its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement. The award's trophy, , has been" award.
McGwire worked hard on his defense at first baseBaseball positions First base or 1B is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fiel, and resisted being seen as a one-dimensional player. McGwire also had a sense of baseball history that is rare among modern players. He graciously involved the family of Roger MarisRoger Maris ( September 10, 1934 December 14, 1985), American baseball player of Croatian origin is remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961. His record 61 home runs stood until 1998, when Mark McGwire and Samm when he broke Maris's single season home run record on September 8, 1998. He finished the season with 70 homers, a record that has since broken by Barry Bonds.
McGwire began his career with the Oakland A's and played there until 1997, when he concluded his career with a few years with the St. Louis Cardinals. He won the World Series just once, with the Oakland A's in 1989.
McGwire won a silver medal with the USA amateur baseball team in the 1984 Summer Olympics; that team was coached by Rod Dedeaux , who had also been his college coach at the University of Southern California.
Since he retired, McGwire has kept a low profile. His admission that he used the supplement androstenedione has led to speculation that he also took steroids. He married former pharmaceutical sales rep Stephanie Slemer in Las Vegas on April 20, 2002. They have a son, Max. McGwire has a son, Matthew, by his ex-wife, Kathy.
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