After breaking Roger Maris' longstanding record the previous year, another similarly stratospheric total in 1999 didn't appear to be in the cards for McGwire. He did hit a home run on Opening Day ...

S T. L O U I S, June 6 -- St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, baseball's single season home-run king who is stuck in a career worst 0-for-29 slump, is thinking about retiring at the end of ...

In a sport obsessed with statistics, Mark McGwire leaves baseball with no definitive number to call his own. He announced his retirement Sunday in a faxed statement that said in part: “After ...

While we wait for baseball to return, Joe Posnanski will count down his top 60 moments in baseball history — think of it as a companion piece to The Baseball 100 — with a series of essays on the most ...

Yankees’ Aaron Judge Ties HR Record Set by Mark McGwire originally appeared on Athlon Sports. “Big Mac” was truly amazing with the Cardinals near the end of his career. He hit a combined 135 home runs ...

There is little doubt baseball fans in 1998 were captivated by the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa with little thought to their home run totals showing any suspicions of ...

JUPITER, Fla. — Mark McGwire’s first day on the job began with a wrong turn into the media room instead of the spring-training clubhouse. It ended with another apology for steroid use. The St. Louis ...

Mark McGwire came into the big leagues as a record breaker. His 49 home runs in 1987 is still the most ever. He won the Rookie of the Year award, which followed the Rookie of the Year award that Jose ...

PHOENIX, AZ - APRIL 24: Bench coach Mark McGwire #25 of the San Diego Padres hits gound balls during infield practice prior to a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on April 24, 2017 ...

In another phenomenal season at the plate for New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, he has now tied a record Mark McGwire set in his time with the St. Louis Cardinals. “Big Mac” was truly amazing with ...