most home runs before all star break in a season 1998

Mark McGwire smashed the most homers before the All-Star Game in 1998, with 37 homers.

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most home runs by a player before all star break in a season 1998

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	37	1998	STL	80	268	70	83	12	0	87	88	4	78	0	0	362	206	49	0	2	16	4	.310	.483	.769	1.252
2	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	35	1998	SEA	88	345	76	103	20	3	79	44	4	64	8	1	395	234	58	0	2	9	9	.299	.382	.678	1.061
3	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	33	1998	CHC	83	333	67	108	15	0	81	35	0	80	10	7	372	222	48	0	4	4	9	.324	.384	.667	1.051
4	Greg Vaughn G. Vaughn	30	1998	SDP	87	321	65	95	18	4	74	41	3	53	3	2	367	211	52	0	2	3	4	.296	.379	.657	1.036
5	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	28	1998	ATL	83	309	65	94	16	0	72	35	13	74	1	2	359	194	44	0	2	5	6	.304	.396	.628	1.023
6	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	27	1998	SEA	88	377	64	117	15	3	70	22	8	72	24	8	410	219	45	1	2	0	5	.310	.359	.581	.940
7	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	26	1998	TEX	87	351	61	103	24	1	101	21	4	72	1	1	384	207	51	0	8	5	13	.293	.333	.590	.923
8	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	26	1998	BAL	88	341	53	100	18	1	72	42	5	52	6	6	389	198	45	0	1	2	6	.293	.378	.581	.959
9	Vinny Castilla V. Castilla	25	1998	COL	89	352	57	108	14	2	75	21	6	43	5	7	380	201	41	0	1	7	14	.307	.355	.571	.926
10	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	24	1998	TOR	77	284	53	67	11	0	48	43	1	70	21	9	330	150	35	0	2	1	4	.236	.336	.528	.865
11	Jim Thome J. Thome	23	1998	CLE	83	304	66	99	29	1	73	62	0	93	0	0	370	199	53	0	4	6	6	.326	.435	.655	1.090
12	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	21	1998	BOS	77	309	49	101	16	0	56	25	5	79	0	0	340	180	37	0	1	6	6	.327	.385	.583	.968
13	Chipper Jones C. Jones	21	1998	ATL	88	337	69	104	15	3	69	51	1	51	7	2	394	188	39	1	4	0	13	.309	.397	.558	.955
14	Moises Alou M. Alou	20	1998	HOU	84	312	49	98	18	4	73	37	2	48	5	1	356	184	42	0	5	2	5	.314	.385	.590	.975
15	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	20	1998	CLE	76	298	56	90	20	1	71	35	2	64	4	0	340	172	41	0	5	1	11	.302	.374	.577	.951
16	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	19	1998	HOU	72	266	67	74	17	0	55	56	4	52	11	5	326	148	36	0	0	5	6	.278	.411	.556	.967
17	Jeromy Burnitz J. Burnitz	19	1998	MIL	85	318	55	86	15	1	59	43	3	93	6	0	370	160	35	1	5	5	6	.270	.358	.503	.861
18	Damion Easley D. Easley	19	1998	DET	83	325	50	95	16	2	62	18	10	63	6	5	355	172	37	0	2	1	6	.292	.346	.529	.876
19	Javy Lopez J. Lopez	19	1998	ATL	70	260	37	80	12	1	61	18	4	42	1	2	287	151	32	1	4	0	6	.308	.357	.581	.937
20	Raul Mondesi R. Mondesi	19	1998	LAD	85	336	53	97	18	4	52	15	3	61	6	3	356	180	41	0	2	2	5	.289	.323	.536	.859
21	Henry Rodriguez H. Rodriguez	19	1998	CHC	79	271	36	65	15	1	54	38	0	77	1	1	311	139	35	0	2	7	3	.240	.331	.513	.844
22	Darin Erstad D. Erstad	18	1998	ANA	86	368	58	115	28	3	59	25	5	55	11	5	401	203	49	0	3	5	1	.313	.362	.552	.913
23	Mike Stanley M. Stanley	18	1998	TOR	79	277	44	73	13	0	38	43	4	63	1	0	326	140	31	0	2	3	5	.264	.368	.505	.874
24	Albert Belle A. Belle	18	1998	CWS	87	327	52	91	22	1	66	43	0	50	2	4	378	169	41	0	8	1	11	.278	.354	.517	.871
25	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	18	1998	SFG	85	300	58	85	25	1	59	77	4	51	14	6	385	166	44	0	4	15	12	.283	.431	.553	.985

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