Roger Maris
In 1998, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs to break Roger Maris' single season record.
Mark McGwire played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998 when he broke the single-season home run record of 61 held by Roger Maris. He would finish the season with 70, a record that has since been broken by Barry Bonds, who hit 73 in 2001.
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.
The Oakland Athletics single season home run record was broken by Mark McGwire. McGwire belted 57 home runs in the 1997 season. Mark McGwire also holds the all-time home run record for the Oakland Athletics, in his time as an Athletic, he hit 368 home runs. The previous record holder was Jimmie Foxx.
he doesnt have the single season rushing record he has the career rushing record and that was set against the seattle seahawks
Jackie Robinson holds the Cardinals' single season record for the number of the most runs batted in. He has held this prestigious record since he claimed it in 2004.
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.
Barry Bonds* Holds both records. He broke Hank Aaron's record of homers in 2007 and has 762 and broke McGwire's single-season record in 2001 and has 73. But note the asterisk.
At 8:18 pm on September 8, 1998 Mark MacGwire hit home run number 62 to break Roger Maris' single season home run record. McGwire would finish the season with 70 home runs.
Mark Mcgwire hit 70 home runs in 1998, the year he broke Roger Maris' single season home run record of 61.
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.
Mark McGwire