Mark McGwire

1B · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1986–2001 BORN: POMONA, USA
ROY 1987 All-Star ×12 Gold Glove 1990 Silver Slugger ×3
Career
1626 H · 583 HR · 1414 RBI · 12 SB
.263 AVG · .982 OPS · 1874 G
2001 Season
.187 AVG · 29 HR · 64 RBI · 0 SB
.316 OBP · .492 SLG · .808 OPS
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Mark McGwire was a first baseman in MLB. Across 1874 career games, with a .263 batting average and 583 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 OAK 18 53 10 10 1 0 3 9 0 4 18 .189 .259 .377 .636
1987 OAK 151 557 97 161 28 4 49 118 1 71 131 .289 .370 .618 .987
1988 OAK 155 550 87 143 22 1 32 99 0 76 117 .260 .352 .478 .830
1989 OAK 143 490 74 113 17 0 33 95 1 83 94 .231 .339 .467 .806
1990 OAK 156 523 87 123 16 0 39 108 2 110 116 .235 .370 .489 .859
1991 OAK 154 483 62 97 22 0 22 75 2 93 116 .201 .330 .383 .714
1992 OAK 139 467 87 125 22 0 42 104 0 90 105 .268 .385 .585 .970
1993 OAK 27 84 16 28 6 0 9 24 0 21 19 .333 .467 .726 1.193
1994 OAK 47 135 26 34 3 0 9 25 0 37 40 .252 .413 .474 .887
1995 OAK 104 317 75 87 13 0 39 90 1 88 77 .274 .441 .685 1.125
1996 OAK 130 423 104 132 21 0 52 113 0 116 112 .312 .467 .730 1.198
1997 OAK 105 366 48 104 24 0 34 81 1 58 98 .284 .383 .628 1.012
1997 STL 51 174 38 44 3 0 24 42 2 43 61 .253 .411 .684 1.095
1998 STL 155 509 130 152 21 0 70 147 1 162 155 .299 .470 .752 1.222
1999 STL 153 521 118 145 21 1 65 147 0 133 141 .278 .424 .697 1.120
2000 STL 89 236 60 72 8 0 32 73 1 76 78 .305 .483 .746 1.229
2001 STL 97 299 48 56 4 0 29 64 0 56 118 .187 .316 .492 .808
Career Totals 1874 6187 1167 1626 252 6 583 1414 12 1317 1596 .263 .394 .588 .982
Awards & Achievements
  • Gold Glove (1): 1990
  • Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1): 1999
  • MLB Players Choice Man of the Year (1): 1997
  • MLB Players Choice Player of the Year (1): 1998
  • Player of the Month (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1998, 1998, 1999
  • Player of the Week (10): 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1998, 1998, 1999
  • Rookie of the Year (1): 1987
  • Silver Slugger (3): 1992, 1996, 1998
  • TSN All-Star (3): 1992, 1996, 1998
  • TSN Rookie Player of the Year (1): 1987
All-Star Selections

1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1986$60,000
1987$72,500
1988$250,000
1989$510,500
1990$1,500,000
1991$2,850,000
1992$2,700,000
1993$4,000,000
1994$3,000,000
1995$6,925,000
1996$7,050,000
1997$7,150,000
1998$8,928,354
1999$9,358,667
2000$9,333,333
2001$11,000,000

Career Total: $74,688,354 (16 seasons)

Average: $4,668,022

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.