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| 5/16/98 | 545
ft. | Busch Stadium | Livan Hernandez, Marlins | The longest measured dinger in Busch Stadium
history. |
| 6/24/97 | 538
ft. | The Kingdome,
Seattle | Randy Johnson, Mariners | Radar caught the pitch coming in at 97 mph;
radar caught the pitch leaving McGwire's bat at 105
mph. |
| 5/12/98 | 527
ft. | Busch Stadium | Paul Wagner, Brewers |
Said Wagner, after the over-the-scoreboard shot: "He has the power of three
men." |
| 9/16/97 | 527
ft. | Busch Stadium | Ramon Martinez, Dodgers | This blast caromed off the facade of the left-field upper deck.
"When I hit it," McGwire said, "I knew I'd hit it
out." |
| 4/20/97 | 514
ft. | Tiger Stadium, Detroit | Brian Moehler, Tigers | McGwire became only the fourth player to clear
the left-field roof. The others: Harmon Killebrew (8/3/62),
Frank Howard (5/18/68) and Cecil Fielder
(8/25/90). |
| 7/17/98 | 511
ft. | Busch Stadium | Brian Bohanon, Dodgers | McGwire's first of two homers on the day; the pair of jacks gives him
42, breaking the record for most homers through July previously shared by Babe
Ruth and Jimmie Foxx.
|
| 8/26/98 | 510
ft. | Busch
Stadium | Justin Speier,
Marlins | After 10 straight solo shots, McGwire finally whacked this towering two-run blast to straightaway center. But the Cardinals blew a 6-0 lead and lost 7-6 in 10 innings.
|
| 9/2/97 | 504
ft. | Busch Stadium | Jaime Navarro, White
Sox | Teammate
Ron Gant, who also homered in the game, on McGwire's off-the-scoreboard poke: "I've hit some
long ones before, but not like Mark has." |
| 8/30/98 | 501
ft. | Busch Stadium | Dennis Martinez, Braves | Seven hours after Sammy Sosa tied him by hitting No. 54, McGwire clubbed his 55th of the year, a three-run shot in the seventh that gave the Cardinals an 8-7 win over the Braves. |
| 9/2/97 | 500
ft. | Pro Player Stadium, Miami | Tony Saunders,
Marlins | McGwire became the first player ever to hit two
homers into the upper deck at Pro Player
Stadium. |
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