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Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' single season home run record of 61 in 1998. McGwire would finish the year with 70 home runs setting the new single season home run record. In 2001 Barry Bonds broke this record by hitting 73 home runs.
He's a hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals
No ballplayer compares to Babe Ruth. Babe Rut played in an era when early in his career he was hitting more home runs than entire teams. It would be like Mark McGwire hitting 180 home runs.
Currently, hitting coach Mark McGwire.
Mark McGwire's record of hitting 70 home runs in a single season is recognized by Major League Baseball, but it has been overshadowed by controversy regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs during his career. McGwire set this record in 1998.
For his career, McGwire averaged a home run once every 10.61 at bats, the lowest at bats per home run ratio in baseball history (Babe Ruth is second at 11.76). In 1987, he broke the single-season home run record for rookies, with 49. In 1998, McGwire broke the single-season home run record by hitting 70, but his mark was later eclipsed by Barry Bonds with 73 in 2001.
In 1998, Mark McGwire broke Maris' record by nine home runs. McGwire hit 70 and Maris hit 61.
The groundskeeper Tom Forneris retrieved Mark McGwire's home run ball number 62 (1998). The baseball was returned to McGwire, and was later sent to the baseball HOF in Cooperstown.
Mark McGwire hit his first home run on August 25, 1986, in Detroit, off Tigers pitcher Walt Terell.
Mark McGwire's birth name is Mark David McGwire.
Chances are that the baseball was retrieved, and given to Mark McGwire. If the baseball was never retrieved, it would be difficult to impossible to prove that the baseball was mark McGwire's first home run baseball. To determine the value of the baseball it would have to sell on the market, and the selling price would be the value. See Related questions below for the values of other Mark McGwire Home Run baseballs.
Mark McGwire home run baseballsThe year Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris's record in 1998 McGwire hit 70 Home runs, and hit 65 the following year in 1999. Mark McGwire's 63rd Home Run ball sold for $50,000. at the same auction that saw McGwire's 70th Home Run ball sell at a record $3 million in 1999. Keep in mind this is also before the steroid scandal, and both baseballs might sell at a much lower price today.The groundskeeper Tom Forneris retrieved Mark McGwire's home run ball number 62 (1998). The baseball was returned to McGwire, and was later sent to the baseball HOF in Cooperstown.