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Mark McGwire
Mark David McGwire (Big Mac)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 1, 1963 in Pomona, CA
High School: Damien (Claremont, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1986
Final Game: October 7, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 OAK AL 22 3B 16 15 123.0 36 10 20 6 1 .833 -2.9 -28.3 -2.9 -0.6 -2.4 0 2.20 1.88 .956 2.74 2.37
1987 OAK AL 23 1B 145 141 1236.2 1273 1173 90 10 91 .992 -4.9 -4.8 -3.9 2.2 -6.1 -1 9.19 8.71 .992 7.28 6.90 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 3B 8 5 52.0 16 2 11 3 0 .813 -0.6 -13.8 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 2.25 1.63 .956 2.77 2.31 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 OF 3 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.50 0.33 1.000 2.30 2.00 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 RF 3 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.50 0.33 1.000 2.10 1.73 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1988 OAK AL 24 1B 154 146 1314.1 1325 1228 88 9 118 .993 -6.4 -5.8 -6.4 -1.9 -4.5 0 9.01 8.55 .992 6.85 6.49 AS,MVP-19
1988 OAK AL 24 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10 AS,MVP-19
1988 OAK AL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 AS,MVP-19
1989 OAK AL 25 1B 141 139 1231.1 1290 1170 114 6 122 .995 10.0 9.7 9.0 3.8 5.2 1 9.38 9.11 .993 7.31 7.09 AS,MVP-25
1989 OAK AL 25 DH 2 AS,MVP-25
1990 OAK AL 26 1B 154 150 1334.2 1429 1329 95 5 126 .997 12.0 10.8 12.0 2.4 9.6 0 9.60 9.25 .992 6.74 6.49 AS,MVP-11,GG
1990 OAK AL 26 DH 2 AS,MVP-11,GG
1991 OAK AL 27 1B 152 142 1262.2 1296 1191 101 4 120 .997 0.4 0.4 0.4 -1.6 2.0 0 9.21 8.50 .992 7.13 6.58 AS
1992 OAK AL 28 1B 139 136 1182.1 1195 1118 71 6 118 .995 4.4 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.0 0 9.05 8.55 .993 7.61 7.19 AS,MVP-4,SS
1993 OAK AL 29 1B 25 25 209.2 211 197 14 0 20 1.000 -1.0 -5.7 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 9.06 8.44 .993 9.57 8.24
1994 OAK AL 30 1B 40 37 300.1 329 307 18 4 26 .988 1.1 4.4 1.1 -0.1 1.2 0 9.74 8.13 .992 9.57 8.49
1994 OAK AL 30 DH 5
1995 OAK AL 31 1B 91 88 754.2 851 775 64 12 65 .986 -1.5 -2.4 -1.5 1.8 -3.3 0 10.01 9.22 .993 9.61 8.32 AS,MVP-16
1995 OAK AL 31 DH 10 AS,MVP-16
1996 OAK AL 32 1B 109 107 896.1 983 913 60 10 118 .990 -3.1 -4.2 -3.1 -3.5 0.4 0 9.77 8.93 .992 9.24 7.92 AS,MVP-7,SS
1996 OAK AL 32 DH 18 AS,MVP-7,SS
1997 TOT MLB 33 1B 151 150 1287.4 1424 1323 94 7 128 .995 -10.2 -9.5 -9.2 -8.0 -1.2 -1 9.91 9.38 .992 9.38 8.08 AS,MVP-16
1997 OAK AL 33 1B 101 101 843.2 950 884 60 6 88 .994 -7.8 -11.1 -6.8 -5.6 -1.2 -1 10.07 9.35 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 STL NL 33 1B 50 49 443.2 474 439 34 1 40 .998 -2.4 -6.5 -2.4 -2.4 0.0 0 9.60 9.46 .993 9.52 8.16
1998 STL NL 34 1B 151 152 1326.1 1435 1326 97 12 128 .992 -16.2 -14.7 -16.2 -8.7 -7.5 0 9.66 9.42 .993 6.78 6.62 AS,MVP-2,SS
1999 STL NL 35 1B 151 150 1257.2 1273 1180 80 13 119 .990 -8.7 -8.3 -8.7 -0.5 -8.2 0 9.02 8.34 .993 7.16 6.62 AS,MVP-5
2000 STL NL 36 1B 70 70 587.0 559 535 23 1 49 .998 2.0 4.1 2.0 -0.5 2.5 0 8.56 7.97 .992 9.25 7.73 AS
2000 STL NL 36 OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 AS
2001 STL NL 37 1B 90 87 724.2 723 686 33 4 60 .994 -2.4 -4.0 -2.4 -0.7 -1.7 0 8.93 7.99 .993 9.26 7.84
15 Seasons 1B 1763 1720 14906.0 15596 14451 1042 103 1408 .993 -24.5 -2.0 -23.5 -12.9 -10.6 -1 9.35 8.79 .992 7.82 7.17
5 Seasons DH 37
2 Seasons 3B 24 20 175.0 52 12 31 9 1 .827 -3.5 -24.0 -3.5 -1.5 -2.1 0 2.21 1.79 .956 2.75 2.35
3 Seasons OF 5 3 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -50.5 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.47 0.20 1.000 2.32 2.00
2 Seasons RF 4 2 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -50.5 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.47 0.25 1.000 2.08 1.78
16 Seasons TOT 1791 1742 15100.0 15649 14464 1073 112 1409 .993 -28.8 -2.3 -27.8 -14.6 -13.3 0 -1 9.26 8.68 .985 7.76 7.09
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 OAK AL 22 18 15 18 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 OAK AL 23 151 148 151 150 0 0 145 0 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0
1988 OAK AL 24 155 146 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1989 OAK AL 25 143 140 143 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1990 OAK AL 26 156 150 156 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1991 OAK AL 27 154 142 154 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1992 OAK AL 28 139 136 139 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 OAK AL 29 27 25 27 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 OAK AL 30 47 42 47 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
1995 OAK AL 31 104 98 104 91 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0
1996 OAK AL 32 130 125 130 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0
1997 OAK AL 33 105 101 105 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 STL NL 33 51 49 51 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 STL NL 34 155 152 155 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 STL NL 35 153 150 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 STL NL 36 89 76 89 76 0 0 70 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
2001 STL NL 37 97 87 97 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
16 Seasons 1874 1782 1874 1792 0 0 1765 4 24 1 1 0 4 5 34 65 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 OAK AL 23 5514 52% 75% 28% 288 93% 5 1175 83 1074 18 104 93 66 13 2 3 10 1 9 0 6 92 4 0 0 83 4 9 2 7 9 67%
1988 OAK AL 24 5804 52% 76% 29% 275 95% 2 1231 85 1129 17 103 87 63 11 0 5 8 1 7 0 3 118 4 0 1 107 7 11 3 8 16 81%
1989 OAK AL 25 5320 53% 77% 30% 260 96% 0 1169 72 1081 13 84 108 82 18 0 6 6 2 3 1 3 122 3 2 3 111 8 11 2 9 16 94%
1990 OAK AL 26 5666 52% 78% 31% 306 97% 1 1328 96 1211 15 126 93 67 13 0 4 5 1 2 2 2 126 1 0 3 116 4 10 5 5 14 93%
1991 OAK AL 27 5684 49% 75% 28% 351 92% 1 1190 99 1071 20 135 101 71 18 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 120 3 2 2 108 7 12 3 9 10 90%
1992 OAK AL 28 5276 49% 77% 28% 283 93% 0 1119 86 1014 21 110 71 57 9 0 7 6 2 3 1 3 118 4 0 1 103 5 14 5 9 15 87%
1993 OAK AL 29 962 49% 76% 31% 54 93% 1 200 17 181 2 23 12 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 18 2 1 0 1 2 50%
1994 OAK AL 30 1360 47% 73% 31% 70 91% 1 309 18 281 8 32 16 11 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 4 26 0 0 0 23 0 2 0 2 6 67%
1995 OAK AL 31 3375 42% 75% 32% 195 92% 3 779 30 730 18 92 63 48 8 0 0 12 3 5 4 4 65 2 0 1 57 3 7 3 4 12 92%
1996 OAK AL 32 4120 54% 77% 33% 202 94% 0 917 55 854 8 88 57 36 12 0 8 10 3 5 2 4 118 1 2 1 105 4 13 4 8 5 60%
1997 OAK AL 33 3988 51% 76% 32% 186 93% 5 885 41 825 18 85 59 40 2 1 1 6 0 5 1 6 88 0 1 1 82 3 6 2 4 5 80%
1997 STL NL 33 1977 54% 76% 32% 111 94% 2 438 36 391 11 38 34 22 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 40 1 0 0 34 1 6 0 6 10 100%
1998 STL NL 34 5951 56% 76% 32% 336 85% 1 1326 79 1226 18 119 99 78 9 2 8 12 1 8 3 9 128 1 3 2 111 7 17 5 12 19 95%
1999 STL NL 35 5812 61% 74% 30% 275 91% 2 1179 77 1076 25 116 79 45 11 1 7 13 3 9 1 10 119 2 3 3 105 9 12 2 10 17 82%
2000 STL NL 36 2601 58% 71% 25% 111 100% 1 534 31 497 6 61 22 16 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 49 0 0 1 46 1 3 1 2 8 100%
2001 STL NL 37 3155 59% 73% 28% 126 96% 0 686 32 640 14 59 33 26 3 1 1 4 0 3 1 3 60 1 0 1 54 2 6 2 4 11 82%
15 Seasons 66565 53% 76% 30% 3429 93% 25 14465 937 13281 232 1375 1027 734 139 9 55 102 18 62 22 60 1409 28 13 20 1263 67 140 39 100 175 86%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1986 OAK AL 22 571 52% 77% 23% 42 71% 0 11 9 0 2 20 18 2 0 1 6 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1987 OAK AL 23 217 57% 75% 32% 16 81% 0 2 2 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 788 53% 76% 26% 58 74% 0 13 11 0 2 31 26 5 0 1 9 0 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 87% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 91 48% 77% 31% 9 11%
1988 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 0% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 94 49% 78% 30% 9 11%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.5% 56% 76% 38% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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