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Mark McGwire

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: October 1, 1963 in Pomona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 8th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Damien HS (La Verne, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Damien HS (La Verne, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: August 22, 1986 (Age 22-325d, 15,220th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 38-006d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Robert Cohen

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Mark David McGwire

Nicknames: Big Mac

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Rookie of the Year
12x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
1989 World Series
Gold Glove
3x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.1

6187

1626

583

.263

1167

RBI

1414

OBP

.394

SLG

.588

OPS

.982

OPS+

163

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	Apr 27	OAK	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	17	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
2	24	Apr 28	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	20	5.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
3	25	Apr 30	OAK		CAL	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	26	May 1	OAK		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
5	27	May 2	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	29 (1)	May 4	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
7	30	May 5	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	31	May 6	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
9	32	May 7	OAK		CLE	W,8-4	GS	30	8.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
10	33	May 8	OAK		CLE	L,3-7	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
11	34	May 10	OAK		MIN	W,15-5	GS	30	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
12	35	May 11	OAK		MIN	W,12-5	GS	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
13	36	May 12	OAK		MIN	W,8-3	GS	27	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
14	37	May 13	OAK		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
15	38	May 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-9	GS	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
16	39	May 17	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
17	40	May 18	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
18	41	May 19	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
19	42	May 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	48	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
20	44 (1)	May 22	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
21	45	May 23	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
22	46	May 24	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	47	May 25	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
24	48	May 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	49	May 27	OAK		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
26	50	May 28	OAK		BOS	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
27	51	May 29	OAK		BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	52	May 31	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	53	Jun 1	OAK		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
30	54	Jun 2	OAK		NYY	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	56 (1)	Jun 4	OAK		KCR	W,8-3	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
32	57	Jun 5	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
33	62 (4)	Jun 10	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
34	63	Jun 11	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	50	11.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
35	64	Jun 12	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
36	65	Jun 13	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-16	GS	39	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	66	Jun 14	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
38	67	Jun 15	OAK	@	MIL	L,9-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
39	68	Jun 16	OAK	@	MIL	W,10-9	GS	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
40	69	Jun 17	OAK	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
41	70	Jun 18	OAK	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	4	1B
42	72 (1)	Jun 20	OAK		TOR	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	13	3	0	16	0	1B
43	73	Jun 21	OAK		TOR	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
44	74	Jun 22	OAK		TOR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
45	75	Jun 23	OAK		TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
46	76	Jun 24	OAK		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
47	77	Jun 25	OAK		DET	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
48	78	Jun 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,18-2	GS	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	79	Jun 28	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
50	80	Jun 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,11-9	GS	39	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	81	Jun 30	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	85 (3)	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	W,8-7	CG	51	11.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
53	86	Jul 5	OAK		CAL	W,16-8	GS	28	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
54	87	Jul 6	OAK		CAL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	8	5	0	13	2	1B
55	88	Jul 7	OAK		CAL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
56	89	Jul 11	OAK		TEX	W,8-3	GS	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	90	Jul 12	OAK		TEX	L,4-8	CG	49	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
58	91	Jul 13	OAK		TEX	L,1-8	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
59	92	Jul 14	OAK		TEX	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
60	93	Jul 15	OAK		SEA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
61	94	Jul 16	OAK		SEA	W,12-5	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
62	96 (1)	Jul 18	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
63	97	Jul 19	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
64	98	Jul 20	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	99	Jul 21	OAK	@	TEX	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	100	Jul 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
67	101	Jul 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
68	102	Jul 24	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
69	103	Jul 25	OAK	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	112 (8)	Aug 4	OAK		MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
71	113	Aug 5	OAK		MIL	L,3-13	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
72	114	Aug 6	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-9	GS	31	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	115	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
74	117 (1)	Aug 9	OAK		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
75	118	Aug 10	OAK		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
76	119	Aug 11	OAK		CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	2	1B
77	120	Aug 12	OAK		MIN	W,11-1	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
78	121	Aug 13	OAK		MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
79	122	Aug 14	OAK		MIN	L,7-13	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
80	125 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	OAK		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
81	126	Aug 17	OAK		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
82	127	Aug 18	OAK		BAL	W,9-6	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	128	Aug 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
84	129	Aug 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
85	130	Aug 22	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	13	0	0	13	4	1B
86	131	Aug 23	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
87	132	Aug 24	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
88	133	Aug 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
89	134	Aug 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,11-12	GF	14	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
90	135	Aug 27	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
91	136	Aug 28	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
92	137	Aug 30	OAK		BOS	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
93	138	Aug 31	OAK		BOS	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	139	Sep 1	OAK		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
95	140	Sep 2	OAK		NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
96	141	Sep 3	OAK		NYY	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
97	142	Sep 4	OAK		NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
98	143	Sep 6	OAK		KCR	W,7-1	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
99	144	Sep 7	OAK		KCR	W,13-6	GS	30	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
100	145	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
101	149 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	7	1	1	9	3	1B
102	152 (2)	Sep 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
103	153	Sep 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
104	156 (2)	Sep 22	OAK	@	SEA	W,13-11	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
105	157	Sep 23	OAK		TEX	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
106	158	Sep 24	OAK		TEX	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
107	159	Sep 26	OAK		SEA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
108	160	Sep 27	OAK		SEA	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
109	161	Sep 28	OAK		SEA	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
							109gm		896.1	913	60	10	983	118