What years did Mark McGwire play?

Mark McGwire played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 2001.

Was Mark McGwire a pitcher?

No. Mark McGwire was a position player (First Baseman).

How many home runs did Mark McGwire hit?

Mark McGwire hit 583 career home runs with 1626 hits.

Mark McGwire

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1986-2001)

AVG .263

HR 583

RBI 1,414

H 1,626

OPS .982

PIV 44,531

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 215 lb
Born: 10/1/1963 in Pomona, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1986-08-22
Last Game: 2001-10-07
Awards: 12× All-Star · Rookie of the Year · Gold Glove · 3× Silver Slugger

Full name: Mark David McGwire

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,874	6,187	1,167	1,626	252	6	583	1,414	12	1,317	1,596	.263	.394	.588	.982	44,531

Career AVG .263 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .394 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +18.7% above league average.

Career SLG .588 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — +44.1% above league average.

Career OPS .982 vs. league average .740 across their career seasons — +32.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1986	OAK	AL	18	53	10	10	1	0	3	9	0	4	18	.189	.257 (-27%)	.325 (-21%)	.395 (-4%)	.720 (-12%)	-104.6
1987	OAK	AL	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	118	1	71	131	.289	.262 (+10%)	.331 (+12%)	.415 (+49%)	.746 (+32%)	3644.8
1988	OAK	AL	155	550	87	143	22	1	32	99	0	76	117	.260	.254 (+2%)	.317 (+11%)	.377 (+27%)	.695 (+19%)	2215.1
1989	OAK	AL	143	490	74	113	17	0	33	95	1	83	94	.231	.254 (-9%)	.319 (+6%)	.375 (+25%)	.694 (+16%)	1592.6
1990	OAK	AL	156	523	87	123	16	0	39	108	2	110	116	.235	.257 (-9%)	.324 (+14%)	.385 (+27%)	.710 (+21%)	2538.2
1991	OAK	AL	154	483	62	97	22	0	22	75	2	93	116	.201	.255 (-21%)	.323 (+2%)	.384 (avg)	.708 (+1%)	282.6
1992	OAK	AL	139	467	87	125	22	0	42	104	0	90	105	.268	.255 (+5%)	.322 (+20%)	.377 (+55%)	.699 (+39%)	3664.7
1993	OAK	AL	27	84	16	28	6	0	9	24	0	21	19	.333	.265 (+26%)	.332 (+41%)	.403 (+80%)	.735 (+62%)	964.2
1994	OAK	AL	47	135	26	34	3	0	9	25	0	37	40	.252	.269 (-7%)	.338 (+22%)	.424 (+12%)	.763 (+16%)	550.8
1995	OAK	AL	104	317	75	87	13	0	39	90	1	88	77	.274	.266 (+3%)	.337 (+30%)	.417 (+64%)	.755 (+49%)	3426.1
1996	OAK	AL	130	423	104	132	21	0	52	113	0	116	112	.312	.269 (+16%)	.340 (+37%)	.426 (+71%)	.767 (+56%)	5498.0
1997	OAK	AL	105	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	58	98	.284	.266 (+7%)	.336 (+14%)	.419 (+50%)	.756 (+34%)	2447.1
1997	SLN	NL	51	174	38	44	3	0	24	42	2	43	61	.253	.266 (-5%)	.336 (+22%)	.419 (+63%)	.756 (+45%)	2447.1
1998	SLN	NL	155	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	1	162	155	.299	.266 (+12%)	.335 (+40%)	.420 (+79%)	.755 (+62%)	7529.4
1999	SLN	NL	153	521	118	145	21	1	65	147	0	133	141	.278	.271 (+3%)	.344 (+23%)	.433 (+61%)	.778 (+44%)	5318.0
2000	SLN	NL	89	236	60	72	8	0	32	73	1	76	78	.305	.270 (+13%)	.344 (+40%)	.437 (+71%)	.782 (+57%)	3077.0
2001	SLN	NL	97	299	48	56	4	0	29	64	0	56	118	.187	.263 (-29%)	.332 (-5%)	.426 (+15%)	.758 (+6%)	357.9
Career · 17 seasons			1,874	6,187	1,167	1,626	252	6	583	1,414	12	1,317	1,596	.263	—	—	—	—	45,449

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
42	129	13	28	2	0	5	14	18	33	.217

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2001	NLDS2	SLN	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	.091
2000	NLCS	SLN	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
2000	NLDS1	SLN	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	.500
1992	ALCS	OAK	6	20	1	3	0	1	3	5	4	.150
1990	ALCS	OAK	4	13	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	.154
1990	WS	OAK	4	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	4	.214
1989	ALCS	OAK	5	18	3	7	1	1	3	1	4	.389
1989	WS	OAK	4	17	0	5	1	0	1	1	3	.294
1988	ALCS	OAK	4	15	4	5	0	1	3	1	5	.333
1988	WS	OAK	5	17	1	1	0	1	1	3	4	.059

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	934	3009	573	789	285	701	.262
Away	940	3178	594	837	298	713	.263

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2001-10-07	STL	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001-10-05	STL	HOU	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
2001-10-04	STL	MIL	W	4	1	2	1	5	0	1
2001-10-03	STL	MIL	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
2001-10-02	STL	MIL	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001-09-30	STL	PIT	W	3	1	1	0	0	1	0
2001-09-29	STL	PIT	W	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
2001-09-28	STL	PIT	W	3	2	1	1	1	2	1
2001-09-26	STL	HOU	W	4	2	2	2	3	0	2
2001-09-25	STL	HOU	W	2	0	0	0	0	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1763	1720	14451	1042	103	1408
3B	24	20	12	31	9	1
OF	4	2	1	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1986	OAK	3B	16	15	10	20	6	1
1987	OAK	1B	145	141	1173	90	10	91
1987	OAK	3B	8	5	2	11	3	0
1987	OAK	OF	3	2	1	0	0	0
1988	OAK	1B	154	146	1228	88	9	118
1988	OAK	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989	OAK	1B	141	139	1170	114	6	122
1990	OAK	1B	154	150	1329	95	5	126
1991	OAK	1B	152	142	1191	101	4	120
1992	OAK	1B	139	136	1118	71	6	118
1993	OAK	1B	25	25	197	14	0	20
1994	OAK	1B	40	37	307	18	4	26
1995	OAK	1B	91	88	775	64	12	65
1996	OAK	1B	109	107	913	60	10	118
1997	OAK	1B	101	101	884	60	6	88
1997	SLN	1B	50	49	439	34	1	40
1998	SLN	1B	151	152	1326	97	12	128
1999	SLN	1B	151	150	1180	80	13	119
2000	SLN	1B	70	70	535	23	1	49
2001	SLN	1B	90	87	686	33	4	60

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
First Base	1763
Third Base	24
Right Field	4
Designated Hitter	37

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1999	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1999	Player of the Month	July
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-08-07
1998	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
1998	Player of the Month	April
1998	Player of the Month	May
1998	Player of the Month	September
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-04-04
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-05-23
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-09-26
1998	Silver Slugger	1B
1998	TSN All-Star	1B
1997	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
1997	Player of the Month	September
1997	Player of the Week	Week of 1997-08-16
1996	Player of the Month	June
1996	Silver Slugger	1B
1996	TSN All-Star	1B
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-06-10
1993	Player of the Week	Week of 1993-05-08
1992	Player of the Week	Week of 1992-04-11
1992	Silver Slugger	1B
1992	TSN All-Star	1B
1990	Gold Glove	1B
1989	Player of the Week	Week of 1989-04-07
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-06-27
1987	Rookie of the Year
1987	TSN Rookie Player of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2001	SLN	NL	$11,000,000
2000	SLN	NL	$9,333,333
1999	SLN	NL	$9,358,667
1998	SLN	NL	$8,928,354
1997	OAK	AL	$7,150,000
1996	OAK	AL	$7,050,000
1995	OAK	AL	$6,925,000
1994	OAK	AL	$3,000,000
1993	OAK	AL	$4,000,000
1992	OAK	AL	$2,700,000
1991	OAK	AL	$2,850,000
1990	OAK	AL	$1,500,000
1989	OAK	AL	$510,500
1988	OAK	AL	$250,000
1987	OAK	AL	$72,500
1986	OAK	AL	$60,000
Total Career Earnings			$74,688,354

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	1982, 1983, 1984

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	115.0	448	0
1998	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	272.0	448	2
1997	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	6.0	392	0
1996	Most Valuable Player	AL	7th	100.0	392	0
1995	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	7.0	392	0
1992	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	155.0	392	1
1990	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	29.0	392	0
1989	Most Valuable Player	AL	25th	1.0	392	0
1988	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	6.0	392	0
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	109.0	392	0
1987	Rookie of the Year	AL	1st	140.0	140	28

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