My Take
I'll be honest, Mark McGwire is one of those guys I can't think about without a little ache mixed in with the awe. That summer of 1998, when he and Sammy Sosa were chasing Roger Maris, was pure electricity, and watching this 6-foot-5 redheaded slab of a man launch baseballs into orbit felt genuinely mythic at the time. Big Mac had the most violent, beautiful uppercut swing of his era, and that 70-homer season made him a folk hero. Of course, the legacy got complicated later, and I won't pretend that part doesn't sit heavy. But strip it all back and you've got a Bash Brothers Athletic, a World Series ring, a Rookie of the Year start, and a guy who, for one feverish stretch, made the whole country stop and watch. I still find him fascinating, flaws and all.
Overview
Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals from 1986 to 2001. He won two World Series championships, one with Oakland as a player in 1989 and one with St. Louis as a coach in 2011.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mark McGwire
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・マグワイア
- Reading
- まーく・まぐわいあ
- Born
- October 1, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rabbit
- Origin
- Pomona, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Damien High School
- University
- University of Southern California
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Player of the Year
- 1997 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award
- 1990 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- 1998 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 1987 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
- Major League Baseball All-Star
- 1992 Silver Slugger Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.