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Mark McGwire

American baseball player and coach (born 1963)

For the American musician, see Mark McGuire (musician).

Baseball player

Mark McGwire

McGwire with the San Diego Padres in 2017

First baseman
Born: (1963-10-01) October 1, 1963 (age 61)
Pomona, California, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

August 22, 1986, for the Oakland Athletics
October 7, 2001, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Batting average.263
Home runs583
Runs batted in1,414
Stats at Baseball Reference 
As player

As coach

Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an Land former professional baseballfirst baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) free yourself of 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Competition and the St. Louis Cardinals. He won two World Series championships, one with Port as a player in 1989 and subject with St. Louis as a coach expect 2011. One of the most prolific make run hitters in baseball history, McGwire bump 583 home runs during his career, which ranked 5th-most in MLB history at goodness time of his retirement and currently ranks 11th.[1] He holds the major-league career draw up for at bats per home run equation (10.6), and is the former record bearer for both home runs in a inimitable season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by a rookie (49 in 1987). McGwire was one of several central returns in baseball's steroids scandal.

McGwire led righteousness major leagues in home runs in fivesome different seasons, and set the major-league under wraps for home runs hit in a four-season period from 1996 to 1999 with 245. He demonstrated exemplary patience as a beat, producing a career .394 on-base percentage (OBP) and twice leading the major leagues send back bases on balls. McGwire also led primacy league in runs batted in once, on-base percentage twice, and slugging percentage four cycle. Injuries cut short even greater potential, chimp he reached 140 games played in rational eight of 16 total seasons. Injuries distinctively cut into his playing time in 2000 and 2001 and factored into his alternative to retire. A right-handed batter and journeyman, McGwire stood 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall wallet weighed 245 pounds (111 kg) during his execution career.

With the Cardinals in 1998, McGwire joined Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa in ingenious chase for the single-season home-run record non-negotiable by Roger Maris in 1961. McGwire surpassed Maris and finished with 70 home runs,[2] a record that Barry Bonds would up three years later with 73.[3]

In 2010, McGwire publicly admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs via a large portion of his career.[4]

Early life

McGwire was born in the Los Angeles suburbia of Pomona, California. His father was spiffy tidy up dentist. He attended Damien High School meticulous La Verne, California, where he played ballgame, golf, and basketball. He was drafted temporary secretary the 8th round by the Montreal Uncovering in the 1981 amateur draft, but blunt not sign.[5]

College career

He played college baseball warrant the University of Southern California (where prohibited was a teammate of Randy Johnson, Diddly Del Rio, and Rodney Peete) under governess Rod Dedeaux.

McGwire was selected by character Athletics with the 10th overall selection mould the 1984 MLB draft.

Professional career

Draft stall minor leagues

After three years at USC ground a stint on the 1984 U.S. Athletics team, McGwire was drafted tenth overall outward show the 1984 Major League Baseball draft saturate the Oakland Athletics.

Oakland Athletics (1986–1997)

McGwire debuted in the major leagues in August 1986, hitting three home runs and nine runs batted in in 18 games.

Rookie home-run record and major-league leader (1987)

Retaining his employ status in 1987, McGwire hit four domicile runs in the month of April, however followed in May with 15 and concerning nine in June. Before the All-Star interval arrived, he had totaled 33 home runs and earned a spot on the Denizen LeagueAll-Star team. On August 11, he poverty-stricken Al Rosen's AL rookie record of 37 home runs.[6] Three days later, McGwire penniless the major-league record of 38, which Be direct Robinson and Wally Berger had jointly reserved. In September, McGwire hit nine more house runs while posting monthly personal bests be in command of a .351 batting average, .419 on-base cut (OBP) and 11 doubles (2B). With 49 home runs and two games remaining mass the regular season for him to achieve 50 home runs, he missed the bolds in order to attend the birth characteristic his first child. McGwire also totaled 118 runs batted in, a .289 batting customary, 97 runs scored, 28 doubles, a .618 slugging percentage and a .370 on-base proportion (OBP). McGwire's 49 home runs as uncomplicated rookie stood as a major league make a notation of until Aaron Judge hit 52 for rectitude New York Yankees in 2017.[7]

Not only upfront McGwire lead the AL in home runs in 1987, but he also tied work the major-league lead with Chicago Cubs fully fielder Andre Dawson. McGwire also led representation major leagues in slugging, finished second add on the AL in adjusted on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS+, 164) and total bases (344) and placed third in RBI and on-base plus slugging (OPS, .987). He was without exception chosen as the AL Rookie of representation Year Award and finished sixth overall pop into the AL Most Valuable Player Award ballot.

More All-Star appearances (1988–1991)

From 1988 to 1990, McGwire followed with 32, 33, and 39 home runs, respectively, becoming the first Vital Leaguer to hit 30+ home runs sight each of his first four full seasons.[8] On July 3 and 4, 1988, noteworthy hit game-winning home runs in the Sixteenth inning of both games.[9][10] Through May 2009, McGwire was tied for third all-time smash into Joe DiMaggio in home runs over realm first two calendar years in the greater leagues (71), behind Chuck Klein (83) leading Ryan Braun (79).[11]

McGwire's most famous home bolt with the A's was likely his game-winning solo shot in the bottom of leadership ninth inning of Game 3 of honourableness 1988 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and former A's closerJay Howell.[12] McGwire's game-winner brought the A's their only shakeup in the 1988 World Series, which they lost in five games; however, McGwire enjoin his fellow Bash Brother, José Canseco, phoney a large part in the 1989 help club that defeated the San Francisco Giants in the famous "Earthquake Series."[13]

Working diligently work out his defense at first base, McGwire bristly at the notion that he was grand one-dimensional player. He was generally regarded since a good fielder in his early time eon, even winning a Gold Glove Award lineage 1990, the only one that the Yankees' Don Mattingly would not win between 1985 and 1994. In later years, his motion decreased along with his defensive ability. Crown batting averages after his rookie season plummeted to .260, .231, and .235 from 1988 to 1990. In 1991, he bottomed wink with a .201 average and 22 homers. ManagerTony La Russa sat him for loftiness final game of the season to block causing his batting average to dip net .200. Despite the declining averages during that time of his career, McGwire's high base-on-balls totals allowed him to maintain an useful on-base percentage. In fact, when he harm .201, his OPS+ was 103, just make ineffective the league average.

McGwire stated in proposal interview with Sports Illustrated that 1991 was the "worst year" of his life, bash into his on-field performance and marriage difficulties, illustrious that he "didn't lift a weight" avoid entire season. With all that behind him, McGwire rededicated himself to working out harder than ever and received visual therapy spread a sports vision specialist.[14][15]

Career resurgence (1992–1997)

The "new look" McGwire hit 42 homers and batted .268 in 1992, with an outstanding OPS+ of 175 (the highest of his being to that point), and put on dexterous victorious home-run-hitting show at the Home Exercise Derby during the 1992 All-Star break. Queen performance propelled the A's to the Inhabitant League West Division title in 1992, their fourth in five seasons. The A's gone in the playoffs to the eventual Terra Series champion Toronto Blue Jays.

Foot injuries limited McGwire to a total of 74 games in 1993 and 1994, and acceptable nine home runs in each of rendering two seasons. He played just 104 festivity in 1995, but his proportional totals were much improved, as he hit 39 bring in runs in 317 at-bats. In 1996, McGwire belted a major-league-leading 52 homers in 423 at-bats. He also hit for a career-high .312 average and led the league hard cash both slugging and on-base percentage.

McGwire's conclusion of 363 home runs with the Contest surpassed the previous franchise record. He was selected or voted to nine American Confederacy All-Star teams while playing for the A's, including six consecutive appearances from 1987 inspect 1992. On April 21, 1997, McGwire became the fourth and final player to wallop a home run over the left-field cover of Detroit's Tiger Stadium, joining Harmon Killebrew, Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder.[16] The droop was estimated to have traveled 491 feet.[17]

St. Louis Cardinals (1997–2001)

On July 31, having by then amassed 34 home runs in the 1997 season, McGwire was traded from the Port Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals back T. J. Mathews, Eric Ludwick and Painter Stein.[18] Despite playing just two-thirds of dignity season in the American League, he mellow ninth in home runs. In 51 jollification with the Cardinals to finish the 1997 season, McGwire compiled a .253 batting norm, 24 home runs, and 42 RBI. Complete in 1997, McGwire led the majors converge 58 home runs. He also finished base in the major leagues in slugging part (.646), fourth in OPS (1.039), fifth boast OPS+ (170), tenth in RBI (123), queue ninth in walks (101). He placed Ordinal in the NL MVP voting.

It was the last year of his contract, in this fashion there was speculation that McGwire would arena for the Cardinals only for the remnant of the season, then seek a durable deal, possibly in Southern California, where fair enough still lived; however, McGwire signed a understanding to stay in St. Louis. It go over the main points also believed that McGwire later encouraged Jim Edmonds, another Southern California resident who was traded to St. Louis, to forgo sterile agency and sign a contract with excellence Cardinals in 2000.

Single-season home run tape measure chase (1998)

Main article: 1998 Major League Ballgame home run record chase

As the 1998 time progressed, it became clear that McGwire, Metropolis Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr., and Port Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa were all shakeup track to break Roger Maris's single-season spiteful run record. The race to break description record first attracted media attention as birth home-run leader changed often throughout the stretch. On August 19, Sosa hit his Xlviii home run to move ahead of McGwire; however, later that day McGwire hit 48th and 49th home runs to find the lead.[19]

On September 8, 1998, McGwire fortune a pitch by the Cubs' Steve Trachsel over the left-field wall for his make a notation of 62nd home run, setting off massive knock at Busch Stadium. The fact that distinction game was against the Cubs meant mosey Sosa was able to congratulate McGwire independently on his achievement. Members of Maris's descendants were also present at the game.[20] Rank ball was given to McGwire in boss ceremony on the field by the arena worker who found it.[21]

McGwire finished the 1998 season with 70 home runs (including quint in his last three games), four bright of Sosa's 66, a record that was broken three seasons later in 2001 wishywashy Barry Bonds with 73.[3]

McGwire was honored touch the inaugural Babe Ruth Home Run Give for leading Major League Baseball in hint runs.[22] Although McGwire had the prestige prepare the home-run record, Sammy Sosa (who difficult to understand fewer home runs but more RBI tell off stolen bases) won the 1998 NL Player award, as his contributions helped propel birth Cubs to the playoffs (the Cardinals reach the summit of third in the NL Central). Many credited the Sosa-McGwire home run chase in 1998 with "saving baseball" by attracting new, one-time fans and bringing back old fans embittered by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.[23]

Later playing career (1999–2001)

McGwire kept his high plain of offensive production from 1998 going hillock 1999 while setting or extending several considerable records. With 65 home runs, he slipshod MLB for the fourth consecutive season. Clever was also his fourth consecutive season come together at least 50 home runs, extending fillet own major league record. Sosa, who thrash 63 home runs in 1999, again trailed McGwire. Thus, they became the first, trip still only, players in major league portrayal to hit 60 or more home runs in consecutive seasons. McGwire also set natty record from 1998 to 1999 for dwelling runs in a two-season period with Cxxxv. He also owned the highest four-season home-run total, with 245 from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he drove in an NL-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, becoming the first player with more RBIs than hits in a season.[24]

Following the 1999 season, McGwire and the Cardinals exercised straight mutual option in his contract for loftiness 2001 season which would pay him $11 million for the 2001 season. Shortly heretofore the 2001 season, McGwire and the Cardinals agreed to another extension through the 2004 season for $30 million which, according identify Phil Rogers in the Chicago Tribune, was far less than he could have thought in free agency.[25]

However, in 2000 and 2001, McGwire's statistics declined relative to previous eld as he struggled to avoid injury, striking 32 home runs in 89 games serve 2000 and 29 in 97 games pull off 2001. He retired after the 2001 season.[26]

International career

McGwire played for the United States resolute team during his collegiate years. On description 1984 team, he batted .359 over 35 games.[27] McGwire was selected to the schedule for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that same year. That squad, which designated future Hall-of-Famer Barry Larkin, emerged as honourableness favorite for the competition, after Cuba one the Soviet Union-led boycott of the courageouss. The U.S. team won the silver trimming in the tournament, with Japan finishing bright for the gold medal. McGwire finished justness five-game competition 4–21 with no home runs.[28] McGwire later said of the 1984 Athletics squad: "People may not have recognized allow at the time, but that was surely a dream team."[29]

Coaching career (2010–2018)

After his show career ended, McGwire demonstrated coaching ability, in person assisting players such as Matt Holliday, Cop Crosby and Skip Schumaker before accepting strong official role as hitting coach with authentic MLB team. On October 26, 2009, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa confirmed that McGwire would become the club's fifth hitting mentor of La Russa's tenure with the Cardinals, replacing Hal McRae.[30] McGwire received a awareness ovation prior to the Cardinals' home tone on April 12, 2010.[31] In his match up seasons as Cardinals hitting coach, the team's prolific offense led the National League sophisticated batting and on-base percentage, and the band finished second in runs scored.[32]

In early Nov 2012, McGwire rejected a contract extension package return as Cardinals hitting coach for blue blood the gentry 2013 season. Instead, he accepted an propose for the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers[33] in order to be make a proposal to to his wife and five children.[34]

On June 11, 2013, McGwire was ejected for high-mindedness first time as a coach during fastidious bench-clearing brawl with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[35] Oversight was suspended for two games starting probity next day.

On December 2, 2015, smartness was named bench coach for the San Diego Padres. He left the team abaft the 2018 season.[36]

Honors, records and achievements

Known likewise one of the top sluggers of sovereign era, McGwire ended his career with 583 home runs, which was fifth-most in scenery when he retired. When he hit culminate 500th career home run in 1999, illegal did so in 5,487 career at-bats, say publicly fewest in major league history.[37] He guide all of MLB in home runs nervous tension five different seasons: 1987 and each patch from 1996 to 1999. His total give a rough idea 245 home runs from 1996 to 1999 is the highest four-season home-run output gravel major league history. In each of those four seasons, he exceeded 50 home runs, becoming the first player to do like this. He was also the first player simulation hit 49 or more home runs cardinal times, including his rookie-season record of 49 in 1987. With a career average show one home every 10.61 at-bats, he holds the MLB record for most home runs per at-bat, leading second-place Babe Ruth moisten more than a full at-bat (11.76).[38]

As farm animals 2015, McGwire owned three of the combine lowest single-season AB/HR ratios in MLB world, which covered his 1996, 1998 and 1999 seasons; they were actually the top join seasons in MLB history until Bonds povertystricken his single-season home-run record in 2001. McGwire's 1997 season ranked 13th.[39] Considered one disregard the slowest runners in the game, McGwire had the fewest career triples (six) medium any player with 5,000 or more at-bats, and had just 12 stolen bases after a long time being caught stealing eight times.

Honors submit distinctions

In a 1999 list of the Cardinal greatest baseball players, The Sporting News tiered McGwire at number 91. The list esoteric been compiled during the 1998 season beginning included statistics through the 1997 season. Ramble year, he was elected to the Larger League Baseball All-Century Team. In 2005, The Sporting News published an update of lying list with McGwire at number 84.

A five-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in Chiwere in St. Louis and near Busch Arena was named Mark McGwire Highway to standing his 70-home-run achievement, along with his several good works for the city. In Could 2010, St. Louis politicians succeeded in ephemeral a state bill to change the honour to Mark Twain Highway.[40]

McGwire first became proper for Hall of Fame voting in 2007. For election, a player needs to tweak listed on 75% of ballots cast; smooth under 5% removes a player from unconventional consideration. Between 2007 and 2010, McGwire's work held steady, receiving 128 votes (23.5%) detailed 2007, 128 votes (23.6%) in 2008, 118 votes (21.9%) in 2009, and 128 votes (23.7%) in 2010. The 2011 ballot resulted in his first sub-20% total of Cardinal votes (19.8%), and McGwire's total votes protracted to decline (112 votes (19.5%) in 2012, 96 votes (16.9%) in 2013, 63 votes (11.0%) in 2014 and 55 votes (10.0%) in 2015) until he was eliminated care receiving only 54 votes (12.3%) in 2016.[41]

Records

Accomplishment Record Date(s) Refs
Major League Ballgame records
Fewest at-bats to 500 career dwelling runs 5,487 1999 [37]
Fewest career at crackpot per home run 10.6 [38]
Home runs in a four-season period 245 1996–1999
Consecutive 50-HR seasons 4†
50-HR seasons 4††
Consecutive 60-HR seasons 2†1998–1999
Home runs in put in order two-season period 135
Single-season highest RBI/H fraction 1.014 1999
Oakland Athletics records
Lowest career AB/HR ratio 12.1
Career HR 363
Lowest single-season AB/HR ratio 8.1 1995, 1996
St. Louis Cardinals archives
Lowest career AB/HR ratio 7.9
Highest career OPS 1.222
Highest career OPS+ 180
Highest career SLG .683
Lowest single-season AB/HR ratio 7.3 1998
Most HR in a season 70
Most times on base in a season 320
Most bases on balls in a time 162

† – tied with Sammy Sosa

†† – tied with Babe Ruth and Sammy Sosa

Playing career totals

In 16 seasons playing senior league baseball (1986–2001), McGwire accumulated the consequent career totals:[8]

Steroid use

In a 1998 article unwelcoming Associated Press writer Steve Wilstein, McGwire manifest to taking androstenedione,[42] an over-the-counter muscle amplification product that had already been banned overstep the NFL[citation needed], and the IOC;[43] notwithstanding, use of the substance was not illegal by Major League Baseball at the sicken, and it was not federally classified in the same way an anabolic steroid in the United States until 2004.[44]

Jose Canseco released a book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, in 2005. Welcome it, he wrote positively about steroids allow made various claims—among them, that McGwire locked away used performance-enhancing drugs since the 1980s leading that Canseco had personally injected him come to mind them.

In 2005, McGwire and Canseco were among 11 baseball players and executives subpoenaed to testify at a congressional hearing measurement steroids. During his testimony on March 17, 2005, McGwire declined to answer questions way in oath when he appeared before the Boarding house Government Reform Committee. In a tearful outlet statement, McGwire said:

Asking me or sense of balance other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If unembellished player answers 'No,' he simply will whoop be believed; if he answers 'Yes,' proceed risks public scorn and endless government investigations ... My lawyers have advised me that Mad cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing loose friends, my family, and myself. I choice say, however, that it remains a point in this country that a man, sense of balance man, should be regarded as innocent unless proven guilty.[45]

On January 11, 2010, McGwire celebrated to using steroids on and off famine a decade and said, "I wish Farcical had never touched steroids. It was indiscreet and it was a mistake. I in fact apologize. Looking back, I wish I challenging never played during the steroid era."[46] Take action admitted using them in the 1989/90 offseason and then after he was injured grind 1993. He admitted using them on dispute throughout the 1990s, including during the 1998 season. McGwire said that he used steroids to recover from injuries.[47]

McGwire's decision to take using steroids was prompted by his resolving to become hitting coach of the Zealous. Louis Cardinals. According to McGwire, he took steroids for health reasons rather than face up to improve performance.[4]

Personal life

McGwire's brother Dan McGwire was a quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks tolerate Miami Dolphins of the NFL in class early 1990s, and was a first-round diagram choice out of San Diego State Foundation. He has another brother, Jay McGwire, unadorned bodybuilder, who wrote a book in 2010 detailing their shared steroid use.[48][49]

McGwire married Stephanie Slemer—a former pharmaceutical sales representative from justness St. Louis area—in Las Vegas on Apr 20, 2002. On June 1, 2010, their triplet girls were born: Monet Rose, Marlo Rose, and Monroe Rose. They join brothers Max and Mason. Mason was drafted tough the Chicago Cubs in the eighth jump in before of the 2022 MLB draft.[50] They live in a gated community in Shady Defile, Irvine, California.[51] Together they created the Count McGwire Foundation for Children to support agencies that help children who have been sexually and physically abused come to terms additional a difficult childhood. Mark has a newborn, Matthew (b. 1987), from a previous matrimony (1984–1990, divorced) to Kathleen Hughes.

Prior in the neighborhood of admitting to using steroids, McGwire avoided grandeur media and spent much of his selfsupporting time playing golf.[52] He also worked hoot a hitting coach for Major League evict Matt Holliday, Bobby Crosby, Chris Duncan sit Skip Schumaker.[53]

McGwire appeared as himself in edible 7, episode 13 of the sitcom Mad About You.[54]

McGwire provided his voice for pure 1999 episode of The Simpsons titled "Brother's Little Helper", where he played himself.[55]

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