Mark McGwire
1986–2001 · bats R / throws R · ALS, NLS, Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
1,874G
.263AVG
.394OBP
.588SLG
More career statistics
1,626H
583HR
1,414RBI
12SB
15Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,874 | 7,660 | 6,187 | 1,167 | 1,626 | 252 | 6 | 583 | 1,414 | 1,317 | 1,596 | 12 | 8 | 75 | 78 | 3,639 | .263 | .394 | .588 | .982 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1995-05-03 to 1995-05-21
62longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1996-09-22 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1997-04-26 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1997-04-26 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 934 | 3777 | 789 | 285 | 701 | 686 | 772 | .262 | .391 | .591 |
| Away | 940 | 3883 | 837 | 298 | 713 | 631 | 824 | .263 | .378 | .586 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 |
| April | 249 | 1050 | 228 | 77 | 199 | 201 | 207 | .275 | .409 | .609 |
| May | 334 | 1405 | 307 | 116 | 281 | 263 | 256 | .273 | .406 | .630 |
| June | 346 | 1423 | 299 | 107 | 249 | 237 | 315 | .259 | .377 | .576 |
| July | 316 | 1310 | 272 | 93 | 228 | 194 | 265 | .250 | .356 | .542 |
| August | 297 | 1209 | 246 | 82 | 211 | 207 | 276 | .252 | .375 | .542 |
| September | 303 | 1163 | 254 | 100 | 225 | 200 | 252 | .272 | .390 | .639 |
| October | 28 | 96 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 23 | .228 | .344 | .506 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-brewers | 135 | 533 | 108 | 36 | 93 | 90 | 108 | .252 | .371 | .550 |
| kansas-city-royals | 118 | 478 | 117 | 30 | 80 | 79 | 80 | .302 | .410 | .608 |
| new-york-yankees | 116 | 470 | 89 | 24 | 67 | 74 | 97 | .231 | .347 | .470 |
| minnesota-twins | 113 | 466 | 109 | 32 | 73 | 79 | 80 | .289 | .403 | .597 |
| detroit-tigers | 107 | 448 | 107 | 43 | 101 | 61 | 93 | .285 | .375 | .670 |
| texas-rangers | 107 | 426 | 82 | 31 | 73 | 83 | 71 | .244 | .387 | .560 |
| baltimore-orioles | 105 | 418 | 94 | 30 | 80 | 64 | 80 | .269 | .378 | .549 |
| chicago-white-sox | 105 | 420 | 89 | 32 | 75 | 55 | 82 | .251 | .343 | .551 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  Athletics | 18 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 9 | – | .189 | – | – |
| 1987 | Athletics | 151 | 557 | 161 | 49 | 118 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1988 | Athletics | 155 | 550 | 143 | 32 | 99 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1989 | Athletics | 143 | 490 | 113 | 33 | 95 | 1 | .231 | – | – |
| 1990 | Athletics | 156 | 523 | 123 | 39 | 108 | 2 | .235 | – | – |
| 1991 | Athletics | 154 | 483 | 97 | 22 | 75 | 2 | .201 | – | – |
| 1992 | Athletics | 139 | 467 | 125 | 42 | 104 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1993 | Athletics | 27 | 84 | 28 | 9 | 24 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1994 | Athletics | 47 | 135 | 34 | 9 | 25 | – | .252 | – | – |
| 1995 | Athletics | 104 | 317 | 87 | 39 | 90 | 1 | .274 | – | – |
| 1996 | Athletics | 130 | 423 | 132 | 52 | 113 | – | .312 | – | – |
| 1997 | Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 540 | 148 | 58 | 123 | 3 | .274 | – | – |
| 1998 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 155 | 509 | 152 | 70 | 147 | 1 | .299 | – | – |
| 1999 | St. Louis Cardinals | 153 | 521 | 145 | 65 | 147 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 236 | 72 | 32 | 73 | 1 | .305 | – | – |
| 2001 | St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 299 | 56 | 29 | 64 | – | .187 | – | – |