McGwire '98 vs. Maris '61

Home runs by Mark McGwire ('98) and Roger Maris ('61)
Final standing through 1998. See game-by-game details

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Game data

	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
1		0	0	3/31	1	1	Dodgers	Martinez	364	5	4
2		0	0	4/2	1	2	Dodgers	Lankford	368	12	3
3		0	0	4/3	1	3	Padres	Langston	364	5	2
4		0	0	4/4	1	4	Padres	Wengert	419	6	3
5		0	0	4/5	0	4	Padres
6		0	0	4/7	0	4	@Rockies
7		0	0	4/8	0	4	@Rockies
8		0	0	4/9	0	4	@Rockies
9		0	0	4/10	0	4	@Giants
10		0	0	4/11	0	4	@Giants
11	4/26	1	1	4/12	0	4	@Giants
12		0	1	4/13	0	4	@Giants
13		0	1	4/14	3	7	Arizona	Suppan/Suppan/Manuel	424/347/462	3/5/8	2/1/2
14		0	1	4/16	0	7	Arizona
15		0	1	4/16	0	7	Arizona
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
16		0	1	4/17	1	8	Phillies	Whiteside	419	4	2
17	5/3	1	2	4/18	0	8	Phillies
18		0	2	4/19	0	8	Phillies
19		0	2	4/21	1	9	@Expos	Moore	437	3	2
20	5/6	1	3	4/22	0	9	@Expos
21		0	3	4/23	0	9	@Expos
22		0	3	4/24	0	9	@Phillies
23		0	3	4/25	1	10	@Phillies	Spradlin	419	7	1
24		0	3	4/26	0	10	@Phillies
25		0	3	4/27	0	10	Expos
26		0	3	4/29	0	10	Expos
27		0	3	4/30	1	11	@Cubs	Pisciotta	371	8	2
28		0	3	5/1	1	12	@Cubs	Beck	362	9	2
29	5/17	1	4	5/2	0	12	@Cubs
30	5/19	1	5	5/3	0	12	@Cubs
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
31	5/20	1	6	5/5	0	12	@Pirates
32	5/21	1	7	5/6	0	12	@Pirates
33		0	7	5/7	0	12	@Mets
34		0	7	5/8	1	13	@Mets	Reed	358	3	2
35	5/24	1	8	5/11	0	13	Brewers
36		0	8	5/12	1	14	Brewers	Wagner	527	5	3
37		0	8	5/13	0	14	Braves
38	5/28	1	9	5/14	1	15	Braves	Millwood	381	4	2
39		0	9	5/15	0	15	Marlins
40	5/30	2	11	5/16	1	16	Marlins	Hernandez	545	4	1
41	5/31	1	12	5/17	0	16	Marlins
42		0	12	5/18	1	17	Marlins	Sanchez	478	4	1
43	6/2	1	13	5/19	3	20	@Phillies	Green/Green/Gomes	440/471/451	3/5/8	2/2/2
44	6/3	1	14	5/20	0	20	@Phillies
45	6/4	1	15	5/21	0	20	@Phillies
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
46		0	15	5/22	1	21	Giants	Gardner	425	6	2
47		0	15	5/23	2	23	Giants	Rodriquez/Johnstone	366/477	4/5	1/3
48	6/6	1	16	5/24	1	24	Giants	Nen	397	12	2
49	6/7	1	17	5/25	1	25	Rockies	Thomson	433	1	1
50		0	17	5/27	0	25	Rockies
51		0	17	5/28	0	25	Rockies
52	6/9	1	18	5/29	1	26	@Padres	Miceli	388	9	2
53		0	18	5/30	1	27	@Padres	Ashby	423	1	1
54		0	18	5/31	0	27	@Padres
55	6/11	2	20	6/1	0	27	@Padres
56		0	20	6/2	0	27	@Dodgers
57	6/13	1	21	6/3	0	27	@Dodgers
58	6/14	1	22	6/4	0	27	@Dodgers
59		0	22	6/5	1	28	Giants	Hershiser	409	1	2
60		0	22	6/6	0	28	Giants
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
61	6/17	1	23	6/7	0	28	Giants
62	6/18	1	24	6/8	1	29	@White Sox	Bere	356	4	2
63	6/19	1	25	6/9	0	29	@White Sox
64	6/20	1	26	6/10	1	30	@White Sox	Parque	409	3	3
65		0	26	6/12	1	31	@Arizona	Benes	438	3	4
66	6/22	1	27	6/13	0	31	@Arizona
67		0	27	6/14	0	31	@Arizona
68		0	27	6/16	0	31	@Astros
69		0	27	6/17	1	32	@Astros	Lima	347	3	1
70		0	27	6/18	1	33	@Astros	Reynolds	449	5	1
71		0	27	6/19	0	33	Arizona
72		0	27	6/20	0	33	Arizona
73		0	27	6/21	0	33	Arizona
74	7/1	1	28	6/22	0	33	Tigers
75	7/2	2	30	6/23	0	33	Tigers
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
76		0	30	6/24	1	34	@Indians	Wright	433
77	7/4	1	31	6/25	1	35	@Indians	Burba	461
78	7/5	1	32	6/26	0	35	@Twins
79		0	32	6/27	1	36	@Twins	Trombley	431	7	2
80		0	32	6/28	0	36	@Twins
81		0	32	6/30	1	37	Royals	Rusch	472	7	1
82	7/9	1	33	7/1	0	37	Royals
83		0	33	7/2	0	37	Royals
84	7/13	1	34	7/3	0	37	@Reds
85		0	34	7/4	0	37	@Reds
86	7/15	1	35	7/5	0	37	@Reds
87		0	35	7/9	0	37	Astros
88		0	35	7/10	0	37	Astros
89		0	35	7/11	1	38	Astros	Wagner	485	11	2
90		0	35	7/12	2	40	Astros	Bergman/Elarton	405/415	1/7	1/1
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
91		0	35	7/13	0	40	Reds
92	7/21	1	36	7/14	0	40	Reds
93		0	36	7/15	0	40	Reds
94		0	36	7/16	0	40	Dodgers
95	7/25	2	38	7/17	2	42	Dodgers	Bohanon/Osuna	511/425	1/8	1/1
96	7/25	2	40	7/18	0	42	Dodgers
97		0	40	7/19	0	42	Dodgers
98		0	40	7/20	1	43	@Padres	Boehringer	458	5	2
99		0	40	7/21	0	43	@Padres
100		0	40	7/22	0	43	@Giants
101		0	40	7/23	0	43	@Giants
102		0	40	7/24	0	43	@Rockies
103		0	40	7/25	0	43	@Rockies
104		0	40	7/26	1	44	@Rockies	Thomson	452	4	1
105		0	40	7/28	1	45	Brewers	Myers	408	8	1
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
106	8/4	1	41	7/29	0	45	Brewers
107		0	41	7/30	0	45	Brewers
108		0	41	7/31	0	45	@Braves
109		0	41	8/1	0	45	@Braves
110		0	41	8/2	0	45	@Braves
111		0	41	8/3	0	45	@Brewers
112		0	41	8/4	0	45	@Brewers
113		0	41	8/5	0	45	@Brewers
114	8/11	1	42	8/7	0	45	Cubs
115	8/12	1	43	8/8	1	46	Cubs	Clark	374	4	1
116	8/13	1	44	8/9	0	46	Cubs
117	8/13	1	45	8/10	0	46	Mets
118	8/15	1	46	8/11	1	47	Mets	Jones	464	4	1
119	8/16	2	48	8/12	0	47	Mets
120		0	48	8/14	0	47	Pirates
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
121		0	48	8/15	0	47	Pirates
122		0	48	8/16	0	47	Pirates
123	8/20	1	49	8/18	0	47	@Cubs
124		0	49	8/19	2	49	@Cubs	Karchner/Mulholland		8/10	1/1
125	8/22	1	50	8/20	1	50	@Mets	Blair	369	7	1
126		0	50	8/20	1	51	@Mets	Reed	385	1	1
127		0	50	8/21	0	51	@Mets
128		0	50	8/21	0	51	@Mets
129	8/26	1	51	8/22	1	52	@Pirates	Cordova	477	1	1
130		0	51	8/23	1	53	@Pirates	Rincon	393	8	1
131		0	51	8/24	0	53	@Pirates
132		0	51	8/25	0	53	Marlins
133		0	51	8/26	1	54	Marlins	Speier	509	8	2
134		0	51	8/27	0	54	Braves
135	9/2	2	53	8/28	0	54	Braves
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
136		0	53	8/29	0	54	Braves
137		0	53	8/30	1	55	Braves	Martinez	501	7	3
138		0	53	8/31	0	55	@Marlins
139		0	53	9/1	2	57	@Marlins	Hernandez/Pall	450/472	7/9	1/1
140	9/6	1	54	9/2	2	59	@Marlins	Edmondson/Stanifer	497/458	7/8	2/2
141	9/7	1	55	9/4	0	59	Reds
142		0	55	9/5	1	60	Reds	Reyes	381	1	2
143	9/9	1	56	9/6	0	60	Reds
144		0	56	9/7	1	61	Cubs	Morgan	430	1	1
145		0	56	9/8	1	62	Cubs	Trachsel	341	4	1
146		0	56	9/9	0	62	@Reds
147		0	56	9/10	0	62	@Reds
148		0	56	9/11	0	62	@Astros
149		0	56	9/12	0	62	@Astros
150		0	56	9/13	0	62	@Astros
	Maris			McGwire '98
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
151	9/16	1	57	9/14	0	62	Pirates
152	9/17	1	58	9/15	1	63	Pirates	Christiansen	385	9	1
153		0	58	9/15	0	63	Pirates
154		0	58	9/16	0	63	Pirates
155	9/20	1	59	9/18	1	64	@Brewers	Roque	341	4	2
156		0	59	9/19	0	64	@Brewers
157		0	59	9/20	1	65	@Brewers	Karl	423	1	2
158		0	59	9/22	0	65	Astros
159	9/26	1	60	9/23	0	65	Astros
160		0	60	9/24	0	65	Expos
161		0	60	9/25	1	66	Expos	Bennett	375	5	2
162		0	60	9/26	2	68	Expos	Hermanson/Bullinger	403/435	4/7	1/2
163	10/1	1	61	9/27	2	70	Expos	Thurman/Pavano	377/370	3/7	1/3
Game	Date	HR	Total	Date	HR	Total	Vs.	Pitcher	Distance	Inn.	RBI
	Maris			McGwire '98

Credits

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This page is dedicated to Jim Dedman, 1951-1998, a baseball fan.

Maris records are from Spink Official Baseball Guide, 1962.

McGwire records are from STATS, Inc.

McGwire distances and situations are from news accounts and the St. Louis Cardinals. Your mileage may vary.

Many thanks to Benjamin Zober and the Society for American Baseball Research for the Spink guide.

Note: Sosa's 1998 Cubs, McGwire's 1998 Cardinals and Maris's 1961 Yankees each played 163 games, one more than the usual. Tie games that are suspended are replayed, and individual statistics from both games count. No player hit a home run in the "extra game."

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