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Mark McGwire
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Career Notes

1996
Hit his 300th career HR (off Olivares), the first of two HRs on the afternoon, on June 25 vs. Detroit ... Named AL Player of the Month for June after hitting .329 in 26 games with 25 RBIs and 14 HRs ... Became the franchise's career home-run leader with 303 on July 2 at Seattle, passing Jimmy Foxx, who hit 302 as a member of the Philadelphia A's ... 52 home runs lead the ML aand were the most ever by an Oakland player ... Tied his own ML record by hitting a home run every 8.13 at-bats ... .312 average is 60 points better than his career average ... Did not play until Apr. 23 due to injuries ... Selected to participate in his eighth All-Star game in 10 years ... Reached 50 home runs in 390 at-bats, bettering Babe Ruths old mark by 48 at-bats.

1995
Mark hit 39 home runs in just 317 at bats ... It was his sixth 30 HR season, the most by an Oakland Athletic ... His average of one HR per 8.1 at bats was the best in major league history, topping Babe Ruth's mark of one per 8.5 at bats in 1920 (54 HR in 458 at bats) ... His career average of one HR per 13.21 at bats is second only to Ruth's 11.76 ... Became one of just seven players in ML history to hit 30 homers with fewer than 400 at bats and his 39 HR are the most ever by a player with fewer that 392 at bats (Hank Aaron, 40 HR in 392 at bats in 1973) ... His average distance of 418 feet per homer was the best in the majors ... His .685 slugging percentage bettered his own club record by 67 points and his team leading 88 walks gave him a .441 on-base pct. which is second best in Oakland history ... Ranks first on the Oakland career charts in HR (277) and slugging (.523), third in RBI (747) and extra base hits (432), fourth in on-base pct. (.369), total bases (1912), walks (673) and strikeouts (833), fifth in runs (621), seventh in games (1094), eighth in at bats (3659), ninth in doubles (150) and 10th in hits (921) ... Ranks second on the Athletics charts in HR, third in slugging, fifth in strikeouts, and ninth in RBI and extra base hits ... His 1041 games at first are an Oakland record and rank second on the all-time A's list.

1994
For the second consecutive season, he was slowed by injuries ... Homered in three consecutive games against Minnesota April 15-17 ... His shot on April 16 gave him 232 for his career, good for second on the all-time Oakland list behind Reggie Jackson and fourth on the all-time Athletics' franchise list (including Philadelphia).

1993
Injuries limited him to only 27 games ... Underwent surgery in Sept. to repair his left heel ... Began the year on a roll with 28 hits (15 going for extra bases) with 24 RBI through his first 25 games ... Missed the next 100 games after being placed on the disabled list May 14 ... His homer total of nine was the second best figure in major league history for a player with 100 or fewer at-bat.

1992
His ratio of a homer every 11.1 plate appearances was a major league best ... Was runner-up in the home run race with 42 ... Pace the American League with a .585 slugging percentage ... Was fourth in the AL Most Valuable player voting ... The united Press International select him as their Comeback Player of the Year ... His .268 average was 67 points higher than his 1991 mark of .201 ... Led Oakland with 104 RBI ... Only four men in history have reached 200 home runs faster than McGwire (Kiner, Ruth, Killebrew and Mathews) ... Reached 40 homers and 100 RBI in a season for the second and third time respectively ... Went 2-for-19 with a homer and an RBI against Toronto in the AL Championship Series.

1991
Ended his streak of 30-plus homers at four years with only 22 ... His .201 average was a career low ... Committed only four errors in 1,297 chances at first base ... Finished sixth in the league with 93 walks.

1990
Became the first player to slug 30-plus homers in his first four full seasons ... Paced the A's with 108 RBI and 156 games played ... Was the major league leader in walks with 110 ... Batted a disappointing .154 against Boston in the AL Championship Series and .214 with no RBI in the World Series against the Reds ... Won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award ... Selected as the AL All-Star starter at first for the third straight season.

1989
His 33 homers ranked third in the AL and first the A's ... Finished 10th in the league with 94 RBI ... Had the best home run ratio in the league (once every 14.8 at-bats) .... Spent time on the disabled list in early April with a herniated disc in his back ... Hit safely in seven of nine post season games ... Interestingly, was the only A's regular not to homer in the World Series against San Francisco.

1988
Ranked second on the club with 32 homers and 99 RBI ... Finished third in the league with 32 homers ... Back stiffness limited him to only nine of Oakland's final 16 games, which prevented him from reaching the century mark in RBI ... Started at first for the AL in the All-Star Game ... Hit .333 against Boston in the AL Championship Series ... His dramatic homer in the ninth inning off Jay Howell in Game 3 of the World Series against the Dodgers gave the A's a 2-1 victory ... That home run was his only hit in 16 at-bats during the World Series.

1987
Was the unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year ... His 49 home runs led the AL and tied the major league high ... Set a rookie home run record ... Became Oakland's all-time single season home run king ... His .618 slugging percentage was tops in the big leagues ... His 118 RBI ranked third in the AL ... Finished sixth in the AL Most Valuable Player voting ... Tallied 33 homers and 68 RBI at the All-Star break ... Selected to the AL All-Star team.

1986
Concluded his minor league season with a .311 average, 148 hits, 23 homers, and 112 RBI ... Posted his first big league hit on Aug. 24 and his first home run the following day ... Hit just .189 in 53 at-bats in his first taste of big league pitching.


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