Mark McGwire was traded on July 31, 1997 from the Oakland A's to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Mark McGwire with 58. He hit 34 for the Oakland Athletics and then was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals where he hit another 24.
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.
Probably in the 1989-1990 offseason. He released a statement saying: "I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again," McGwire said in his statement. "I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season." See link below for his full statement.