Mark McGwire Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
18	7660	.263	.394	.588	163	58.8

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1986	OAK	22	18	58	10	1	0	3	4	18	1	0	1	.189	.259	.377	88	-0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2
1987	OAK	23	151	641	161	28	4	49	71	131	5	1	1	.289	.370	.618	152	41.3	0.6	-6.6	4.2
1988	OAK	24	155	635	143	22	1	32	76	117	4	0	0	.260	.352	.478	143	30.8	-2.3	-11.9	2.5
1989	OAK	25	143	587	113	17	0	33	83	94	3	1	1	.231	.339	.467	142	28.0	-3.7	-5.9	2.6
1990	OAK	26	156	650	123	16	0	39	110	116	7	2	1	.235	.370	.489	148	35.1	-3.7	-4.0	3.6
1991	OAK	27	154	585	97	22	0	22	93	116	3	2	1	.201	.330	.383	115	11.2	-1.1	0.6	1.7
1992	OAK	28	139	571	125	22	0	42	90	105	5	0	1	.268	.385	.585	172	47.4	-2.8	-10.4	4.3
1993	OAK	29	27	107	28	6	0	9	21	19	1	0	1	.333	.467	.726	180	10.9	-0.7	-0.6	1.1
1994	OAK	30	47	172	34	3	0	9	37	40	0	0	0	.252	.413	.474	135	8.4	-0.8	-3.5	0.6
1995	OAK	31	104	422	87	13	0	39	88	77	11	1	1	.274	.441	.685	192	50.7	-1.0	1.6	5.4
1996	OAK	32	130	548	132	21	0	52	116	112	8	0	0	.312	.467	.730	201	76.1	-0.2	-5.7	7.2
1997	OAK	33	105	433	104	24	0	34	58	98	4	1	0	.284	.383	.628	171	40.8	-4.1	-8.8	3.1
1997	SLN	33	51	224	44	3	0	24	43	61	5	2	0	.253	.411	.684	163	18.9	-0.5	-3.5	1.6
1998	SLN	34	155	681	152	21	0	70	162	155	6	1	0	.299	.470	.752	211	97.4	-7.4	-9.6	8.4
1999	SLN	35	153	661	145	21	1	65	133	141	2	0	0	.278	.424	.697	184	77.6	-4.7	-0.3	7.3
2000	SLN	36	89	321	72	8	0	32	76	78	7	1	0	.305	.483	.746	191	42.0	-4.4	2.6	4.1
2001	SLN	37	97	364	56	4	0	29	56	118	3	0	0	.187	.316	.492	120	11.2	-1.6	-6.1	0.7
Career			1874	7660	1626	252	6	583	1317	1596	75	12	8	.263	.394	.588	163	627.1	-38.0	-72.1	58.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1984	MOD	A+	CLF	16	63	.000	.000	.000	.303			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	MOD	A+	CLF	138	596	.000	.000	.000	.308			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	OAK	MLB	AL	18	58	.262	.319	.412	.219	96	-1.1	1.6	0.2	88	16	0.1	0.4	-0.7	0.2
1986	HUN	AA	SOU	55	249	.000	.000	.000	.348			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	TAC	AAA	PCL	78	330	.000	.000	.000	.376			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	OAK	MLB	AL	151	641	.266	.332	.426	.291	94	56.5	18.9	-11.5	152	11	-6.6	0.6	41.3	4.2
1988	OAK	MLB	AL	155	635	.264	.327	.400	.274	95	27.8	16.6	-10.6	143	10	-11.9	-2.3	30.8	2.5
1989	OAK	MLB	AL	143	587	.261	.323	.384	.214	95	22.5	15.3	-9.8	142	8	-5.9	-3.7	28.0	2.6
1990	OAK	MLB	AL	156	650	.261	.327	.390	.223	94	38.5	17.4	-11.2	148	8	-4.0	-3.7	35.1	3.6
1991	OAK	MLB	AL	154	585	.261	.327	.397	.214	97	6.2	15.8	-10.1	115	7	0.6	-1.1	11.2	1.7
1992	OAK	MLB	AL	139	571	.263	.328	.391	.252	97	50	14.8	-9.5	172	11	-10.4	-2.8	47.4	4.3
1993	OAK	MLB	AL	27	107	.277	.340	.420	.333	96	16	3.1	-1.9	180	16	-0.6	-0.7	10.9	1.1
1994	OAK	MLB	AL	47	172	.284	.354	.470	.291	96	11.7	5.2	-3.3	135	11	-3.5	-0.8	8.4	0.6
1995	OAK	MLB	AL	104	422	.266	.336	.422	.232	97	52.1	12.6	-8	192	13	1.6	-1.0	50.7	5.4
1996	OAK	MLB	AL	130	548	.274	.343	.442	.308	100	68.3	16.9	-10.8	201	10	-5.7	-0.2	76.1	7.2
1997	OAK	MLB	AL	105	433	.271	.339	.428	.293	101	30.8	11.9	-8.1	171	8	-8.8	-4.1	40.8	3.1
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	51	224	.261	.329	.410	.220	98	24.2	6.0	-4.2	163	8	-3.5	-0.5	18.9	1.6
1998	SLN	MLB	NL	155	681	.262	.329	.412	.285	100	89.9	17.7	-12.9	211	11	-9.6	-7.4	97.4	8.4
1999	SLN	MLB	NL	153	661	.269	.337	.428	.250	100	64.5	17.9	-13.2	184	8	-0.3	-4.7	77.6	7.3
2000	SLN	MLB	NL	89	321	.268	.347	.436	.313	113	33.3	10.1	-6.1	191	13	2.6	-4.4	42.0	4.1
2001	SLN	MLB	NL	97	364	.266	.330	.432	.171	103	2.9	10.8	-6.8	120	10	-6.1	-1.6	11.2	0.7

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1984	MOD	A+	CLF	63	55	7	11	3	0	1	17	1	8	21	0	0	.200	.302	.309	.109	0	0
1985	MOD	A+	CLF	596	489	95	134	23	3	24	235	106	96	108	1	2	.274	.397	.481	.207	0	0
1986	TAC	AAA	PCL	330	280	42	89	21	5	13	159	59	42	67	1	1	.318	.408	.568	.250	2	2
1986	HUN	AA	SOU	249	195	40	59	15	0	10	104	53	46	45	3	0	.303	.436	.533	.231	1	1
1986	OAK	MLB	AL	58	53	10	10	1	0	3	20	9	4	18	0	1	.189	.259	.377	.189	0	0
1987	OAK	MLB	AL	641	557	97	161	28	4	49	344	118	71	131	1	1	.289	.370	.618	.329	8	0
1988	OAK	MLB	AL	635	550	87	143	22	1	32	263	99	76	117	0	0	.260	.352	.478	.218	4	1
1989	OAK	MLB	AL	587	490	74	113	17	0	33	229	95	83	94	1	1	.231	.339	.467	.237	11	0
1990	OAK	MLB	AL	650	523	87	123	16	0	39	256	108	110	116	2	1	.235	.370	.489	.254	9	1
1991	OAK	MLB	AL	585	483	62	97	22	0	22	185	75	93	116	2	1	.201	.330	.383	.182	5	1
1992	OAK	MLB	AL	571	467	87	125	22	0	42	273	104	90	105	0	1	.268	.385	.585	.317	9	0
1993	OAK	MLB	AL	107	84	16	28	6	0	9	61	24	21	19	0	1	.333	.467	.726	.393	1	0
1994	OAK	MLB	AL	172	135	26	34	3	0	9	64	25	37	40	0	0	.252	.413	.474	.222	0	0
1995	OAK	MLB	AL	422	317	75	87	13	0	39	217	90	88	77	1	1	.274	.441	.685	.410	6	0
1996	OAK	MLB	AL	548	423	104	132	21	0	52	309	113	116	112	0	0	.312	.467	.730	.418	1	0
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	224	174	38	44	3	0	24	119	42	43	61	2	0	.253	.411	.684	.431	2	0
1997	OAK	MLB	AL	433	366	48	104	24	0	34	230	81	58	98	1	0	.284	.383	.628	.344	5	0
1998	SLN	MLB	NL	681	509	130	152	21	0	70	383	147	162	155	1	0	.299	.470	.752	.454	4	0
1999	SLN	MLB	NL	661	521	118	145	21	1	65	363	147	133	141	0	0	.278	.424	.697	.418	5	0
2000	SLN	MLB	NL	321	236	60	72	8	0	32	176	73	76	78	1	0	.305	.483	.746	.441	2	0
2001	SLN	MLB	NL	364	299	48	56	4	0	29	147	64	56	118	0	0	.187	.316	.492	.304	6	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
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Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2001-08-23	2001-09-01	DTD	9	8	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2001-04-16	2001-05-28	15-DL	42	36	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
2000-10-23	2000-10-23	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery		2000-10-23	-
2000-07-07	2000-09-08	15-DL	63	56	Right	Knee	Inflammation	Patellar Tendinitis	-	-
1996-07-27	1996-08-01	DTD	5	4	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
1996-04-01	1996-04-23	15-DL	22	18	-	Foot	Inflammation		-	-
1995-08-06	1995-08-26	15-DL	20	19	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
1995-07-18	1995-08-02	15-DL	15	13	Left	Foot	Contusion		-	-
1994-04-30	1994-06-18	15-DL	49	43	Left	Foot	Stress Fracture	Heel	-	-
1993-09-10	1993-10-04	DTD	24	24	Left	Foot	Surgery	Plantar Fascia and Bone Spur	1993-09-24	-
1993-05-14	1993-09-03	60-DL	112	101	Left	Foot	Recovery From Strain	Partial Tear Plantar Fascia	-	-
1993-05-05	1993-05-05	DTD	0	0	Left	Foot	Strain	Partial Tear Plantar Fascia	-	-
1992-08-22	1992-09-13	15-DL	22	20	Right	Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-	-
1989-04-11	1989-04-26	15-DL	15	14	-	Low Back	Cartilage Injury	Herniated Disc	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
1986	OAK	$
1987	OAK	$72,500
1988	OAK	$250,000
1989	OAK	$455,000
1990	OAK	$1,500,000
1991	OAK	$2,850,000
1992	OAK	$2,700,000
1993	OAK	$4,000,000
1994	OAK	$3,000,000
1995	OAK	$6,900,000
1996	OAK	$7,000,000
1997	OAK	$7,100,000
1998	OAK	$8,333,333
1999	OAK	$8,833,333
2000	SLN	$9,333,333
2001	SLN	$11,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
15 yr	Previous	$73,327,499
15 yr	Total	$73,327,499

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 47 d	Robert Cohen

Details

2 years/$30M (2002-03). Retired 11/01, leaving 2002-03 extension unsigned. 02:$14M, 03:$16M. Attendance bonus of $2 per fan for each fan beyond 2.8 million. About 25% of $30M deferred at "reasonable" interest rate. 2002-03 extension negotiated without an agent.
3 years/$28.5M (1998-2000), plus 2001 mutual option. Signed extension with St. Louis 9/16/97. $1M signing bonus. 98:$8M, 99:$8.5M, 00:$9M, 01:$11M mutual option ($2M buyout). Attendance bonus of $1 per fan for each fan beyond 2.8 million. Bonus worth $586,493 in 2000.
5 years/$28M (1993-97). Re-signed by Oakland as a free agent 12/24/92. $7M signing bonus. 93:$2.6M, 94:$1.6M, 95:$5.5M, 96:$5.6M, 97:$5.7M. Acquired by St. Louis in trade with Oakland 7/31/97.
1 year/$2.7M (1992). Re-signed by Oakland 2/92 (avoided arbitration, $2.85M-$2.45M).
1 year/$2.85M (1991). Re-signed by Oakland 2/91 (avoided arbitration $3.3M-$2M).
1 year/$1.5M (1990). Re-signed by Oakland 2/90 (avoided arbitration, $1.72M-$1M). May earn up to $170,000 in performance bonuses.
1 year/$455,000 (1989). Received $55,500 in bonuses.
1 year/$250,000 (1988)
1 year/$72,500 (1987)
1 year/$60,000 (1986).
Drafted by Oakland 1984 (1-10) (USC). $125,000 signing bonus. Drafted by Montreal 1981 (8-198) (did not sign).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2019-07-22 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Alek Thomas: hitting machine or more of a hitting alien, sent from another planet to destroy baseballs? (Leon from Los Angeles)	All I can think of now is Mark McGwire distracting everyone from MLB's data-gathering on that Simpsons episode by hitting a huge dinger. (Darius Austin)
2014-07-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Ben! One of the quintessential records of my youth was the rookie HR record set by Mark McGwire in 1987. McGwire even had a white IROC-Z with a 49 IN 87 license plate. I realized this morning that Jose Abreu is currently on pace to break that record. Where does this rate on your scale? (scatterbrian from CA)	It's not insignificant, but it's not appointment viewing. If I were watching a highlight show and they did a live look-in because he was one away from the record, I wouldn't be upset. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-08-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Sure with the PEDs, but some players who used were never all that disdained: be it Marlon Byrd or Andy Pettitte or Mark McGwire and all talent levels in between. A-Rod just seems so universally hated in a way that only Bonds and maybe Clemens reached. (Jim Clancy from Exhibition Stadium)	Yes, the perception certainly has to do with other factors. A-Rod has a long history of saying/doing the wrong/unpopular thing at the wrong time. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-08-05 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What I don't understand is why this is such a punitive environment? For many PEDs, we have no idea if they are actually PEDs. Wouldn't it make more sense if MLB and MLBPA instead engaged in programs in service to the health of players? To build trust would enable everyone to figure out which supplements are used quickly and figure out if there are any dangerous effects. Let them use PEDs that are safe like advil or caffeine. (Steve from Baltimore, MD)	An interesting premise. I think that it's far easier for the sides to work from, "Let's err on the side of being safe." In other words, it's harder to go backwards on this matter. Look at what occurred with Mark McGwire and Androstenedione. It was banned in the NFL and then after MLB banned it, it loomed over McGwire well before his admission to using other PEDs. I guess the very unscientific answer is, it's messy (Maury Brown About Biogenesis and Business)
2013-03-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Following up on steroids, can you envision a steroid regimen coupled with a conditioning program that actually reduced injury risk? Thanks. (Matt from SD, CA)	Absolutely. If a player intelligently configured his intake volume with a balanced conditioning regimen, then he could see huge benefits with respect to injury risk. Known users like Ken Caminiti and Mark McGwire credited steroids with keeping them on the field, moreso than actually hitting home runs. The benefit of feeling 100% every day during the long-haul of a season is a tremendous benefit that should not be underestimated. (Doug Thorburn)

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2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Mark McGwire sure looks strange with a gray goatee. (Clay Davenport)
2009-11-02 17:00:00	2009 WS Game Five	I was thinking Mark McGwire. (Dan Malkiel)
2009-10-16 13:00:00	NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One	And back to the well for another one which Steve already touched upon... Toni (Oakland, CA): (not about this game) Jay I've been thinking a lot about the 1989 A's (20 year anniversary of Loma Prieta) and do you see any of the players from that team making the HoF outside of Rickey? Dave Parker maybe? And do you think Mark McGwire ever get in? Well, Dennis Eckersley is already in. Parker - I don't see it. His candidacy is like the canned goods at the Kwik-E-Mart: maybe the official expiration date hasn't been reached yet, but everyone's made up their minds pretty firmly on the subject. McGwire, I think, will eventually be there. It may take 30 years of genetic mutant 80 homer a year guys, and a 20-part Barbara Walters interview, but i think eventually the voters will have enough perspective to tackle the steroids issue with a bit more rationality than they can muster these days. (Jay Jaffe)

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