Mark McGwire stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2001

First Baseman · #25

Age 63 · 6' 5"

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Mark McGwire played 16 MLB seasons, 1986 to 2001.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,874
AB
6,187
R
1,167
H
1,626
HR
583
RBI
1,414
SB
12
AVG
.263

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1986ATH18531010390.189
1987ATH15155797161491181.289
1988ATH1555508714332990.260
1989ATH1434907411333951.231
1990ATH15652387123391082.235
1991ATH154483629722752.201
1992ATH13946787125421040.268
1993ATH278416289240.333
1994ATH4713526349250.252
1995ATH104317758739901.274
1996ATH130423104132521130.312
1997ATH/STL15654086148581233.274
1998STL155509130152701471.299
1999STL153521118145651470.278
2000STL89236607232731.305
2001STL97299485629640.187

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
42
AB
129
R
13
H
28
HR
5
RBI
14
SB
0
AVG
.217

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,660
TB
3,639
XBH
841
HBP
75
IBB
150
GIDP
147
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1986ATH582041000
1987ATH641344815860
1988ATH6352635544150
1989ATH5872295035230
1990ATH6502565579130
1991ATH5851854433130
1992ATH57127364512100
1993ATH10761151500
1994ATH17264120330
1995ATH4222175211590
1996ATH54830973816140
1997ATH/STL6573498591690
1998STL6813839162880
1999STL66136387221120
2000STL3211764071250
2001STL364147333370

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
58.7
RC
1,422.2
RC/27
8.00
ISOP
.325
SECA
.539
BB/K
0.83
AB/HR
10.6
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1986ATH-0.253.1890.20.217.70
1987ATH4.8124.48.2.3290.50.511.40
1988ATH2.491.65.8.2180.40.717.20
1989ATH3.276.15.2370.40.914.80
1990ATH5.598.76.3.2540.51.013.40
1991ATH1.364.64.3.1820.40.8220
1992ATH6.2104.67.8.3170.50.911.10
1993ATH1.426.812.5.3930.61.19.30
1994ATH1.4287.3.2220.50.9150
1995ATH5.292.910.2.4100.71.18.10
1996ATH6.2132.711.7.4180.71.08.10
1997ATH/STL4.9134.28.9.3720.60.69.30
1998STL7.2170.812.5.4540.81.17.30
1999STL5.0146.810.1.4180.70.980
2000STL4.180.612.7.4410.81.07.40
2001STL0.148.15.1.3040.50.510.30

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
63 yearsOct 1, 1963
Height
6' 5"
Debut
1986
Birthplace
Pomona, CA
College
USC
AL Rookie of the Year
1987
AL Silver Slugger
2x
AL Gold Glove
1990
All awards (4)
  • 1x AL Rookie of the Year
  • 2x AL Silver Slugger
  • 1x AL Gold Glove
  • 1x NL Silver Slugger

Latest performance

Mark McGwire

Oct 14 · @ ARI · L 2-1

AB
3
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
3
AVG
.184

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Oct 14atARIL 2-130000
Sat, Oct 13vsARIW 4-140100
Fri, Oct 12vsARIL 5-310000
Tue, Oct 09atARIL 1-030000
Sun, Oct 07vsHOUL 9-210000
Fri, Oct 05vsHOUL 2-140000

What were Mark McGwire's career stats?

Mark McGwire played 16 seasons for the Athletics and the Cardinals. He was a career .263 hitter with 1,626 hits, 583 home runs and 1,414 RBI. His best season was 1993: a .333 batting average, 9 home runs and 24 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1986 to 2001

Mark McGwire led MLB in home runs (1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) and OPS (1995, 1996, 1998); finished top 10 in a stat 22 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 11th in home runs (583)
  • 63rd in rbi (1,414)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Mark McGwire

Playoff series

Mark McGwire played 4 games across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Mark McGwire's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGABAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HRHR: Home runs hit.RBIRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2001ARILost 1-3411100

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.