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0 -- Triples compiled by Mark McGwire in 13 of his 16 seasons. McGwire had four triples in his rookie season of 1987 and finished his career with six. |
Mark McGwire leaves the game as the most consistent home run hitter of all time.
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1 -- McGwire's World Series home run total in 13 games (48 at-bats). The home run was a game-winning shot off the Dodgers' Jay Howell in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 3 in 1988. |
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2 -- McGwire's highest finish in MVP balloting, in 1998. He was in the top 10 in votes five times. |
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2.78 -- McGwire's team-leading ERA his sophomore season at Southern Cal. That staff included Randy Johnson. |
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3 -- Players with at least 200 home runs in each league -- McGwire, Frank Robinson and Fred McGriff. |
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5 -- Three-homer games by McGwire, one fewer than Johnny Mize's all-time record. |
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6 -- Days in 1998 in which Sammy Sosa and McGwire were tied in the home run race -- Aug. 10 (46), Aug. 16 (47), Aug. 31 (55), Sept. 16 (63), Sept. 23 (65) and Sept. 25 (66). |
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7 -- McGwire's career home runs as a pinch hitter. |
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9 -- All-Star Games played in by McGwire, seven for the AL and two for the NL. He was selected but did not play three other times. |
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10.61 -- McGwire's career at-bats per home run ratio, best of all time. |
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13 -- Home runs hit by McGwire in the first round of the 1999 Home Run Derby at Fenway Park. |
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16 -- McGwire's NL record for most home runs in July, set in 1999. He shares the major league mark with Albert Belle, who hit 16 for the White Sox in July, 1998. |
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18 -- Length of McGwire's longest hitting streak, from May 3-21, 1995. |
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39 -- Ballparks in which McGwire, McGriff and Ellis Burks have homered in to share the major league record. McGwire has homered in every major league ballpark he has played in. |
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41 -- McGwire's Team USA uniform number, the only retired jersey in the organization's history. Big Mac led Team USA to a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics. |
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67 -- Multi-homer games by McGwire, second to Babe Ruth's all-time record of 72. |
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119 -- Home runs hit by McGwire at Busch Stadium, just short of Ray Lankford's record of 120. |
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135 -- The record for most home runs in two consecutive seasons, set by McGwire in 1998 (70) and '99 (65). |
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306 -- Solo home runs hit by McGwire, who also had 196 two-run homers, 67 three-run homers and 14 grand slams. |
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522 -- Total home runs hit by the 25 other players taken in the first round of the 1984 draft, led by Jay Bell (193) and Cory Snyder (149). McGwire was taken by Oakland with the 10th overall pick. |
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583 -- McGwire's career home run total, the fifth-highest in major league history behind Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Willie Mays (660) and Frank Robinson (586). |
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1990 -- The year McGwire won his only Gold Glove. |
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5,487 -- At-bats needed by McGwire to reach 500 career home runs, 314 fewer than the second-fastest player to reach the mark, Babe Ruth. |
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$3,005,000 -- The price comic book creator Todd McFarlane paid for McGwire's home run ball No. 70 in 1998. |
