CNN/SI - This Week in McGwire HR History

9/10/97:
With a 446-foot shot down the left-field line at Candlestick Park off San Francisco's Shawn Estes, McGwire reaches the 50-homer mark for the second year in a row. He is the sixth player to break 50 twice in a career, joining Babe Ruth ('20-'21, '27-'28), Jimmy Foxx ('32, '38), Mickey Mantle ('56, '61), Willie Mays ('55, '65) and Ralph Kiner ('47, '49). McGwire retrieves the home-run ball from a fan in exchange for two autographed bats.

They Said It: Giants manager Dusty Baker: "I played with the great Hank Aaron, and played against guys like Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, and they never accomplished [50 homers two consecutive years]. Now I'm pulling for him to catch the Babe and Roger Maris."

Mac's stats on September 12, 1997:
AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO
.275 140 477 74 131 27 0 50 110 89 136

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