what year did mark mcgwire break the home run record

Mark McGwire smashed his most homers in a season in 1998, with 70 home runs.

NAMEHRSEASONTMGABRH2B3BRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
70
1998
155
509
130
152
21
0
147
162
6
155
1
0
681
383
91
0
4
28
8
.299
.470
.752
1.222
176
91.7
.492
205
90.7
2Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
65
1999
153
521
118
145
21
1
147
133
2
141
0
0
661
363
87
0
5
21
12
.278
.424
.697
1.120
150
64.2
.453
169
61.5
3Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
58
1997
TOT
156
540
86
148
27
0
123
101
9
159
3
0
657
349
85
0
7
16
9
.274
.393
.646
1.039
134
52.9
.429
161
51.4
4Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
52
1996
130
423
104
132
21
0
113
116
8
112
0
0
548
309
73
0
1
16
14
.312
.467
.730
1.198
142
71.8
.489
190
68.5
5Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
49
1987
151
557
97
161
28
4
118
71
5
131
1
1
641
344
81
0
8
8
6
.289
.370
.618
.987
124
45.2
.411
157
46.2
6Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
42
1992
139
467
87
125
22
0
104
90
5
105
0
1
571
273
64
0
9
12
10
.268
.385
.585
.970
106
44.3
.420
170
45.3
7Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
39
1995
104
317
75
87
13
0
90
88
11
77
1
1
422
217
52
0
6
5
9
.274
.441
.685
1.125
99
46.7
.466
183
45.9
8Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
39
1990
156
523
87
123
16
0
108
110
7
116
2
1
650
256
55
1
9
9
13
.235
.370
.489
.859
103
30.1
.379
143
32.2
9Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
33
1989
143
490
74
113
17
0
95
83
3
94
1
1
587
229
50
0
11
5
23
.231
.339
.467
.806
84
19.8
.358
131
20.5
10Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
32
2000
89
236
60
72
8
0
73
76
7
78
1
0
321
176
40
0
2
12
5
.305
.483
.746
1.229
85
42.8
.494
195
41.7
11Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
32
1988
155
550
87
143
22
1
99
76
4
117
0
0
635
263
55
1
4
4
15
.260
.352
.478
.830
97
27.4
.369
137
27.3
12Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
29
2001
97
299
48
56
4
0
64
56
3
118
0
0
364
147
33
0
6
3
7
.187
.316
.492
.808
49
3.6
.339
104
2.1
13Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
22
1991
154
483
62
97
22
0
75
93
3
116
2
1
585
185
44
1
5
3
13
.201
.330
.383
.714
70
3.6
.326
106
3.8
14Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
9
1994
47
135
26
34
3
0
25
37
0
40
0
0
172
64
12
0
0
3
3
.252
.413
.474
.887
30
8.1
.389
135
8
15Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
9
1993
27
84
16
28
6
0
24
21
1
19
0
1
107
61
15
0
1
5
0
.333
.467
.726
1.193
27
14.3
.492
211
14.6
16Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
3
1986
18
53
10
10
1
0
9
4
1
18
0
1
58
20
4
0
0
0
0
.189
.259
.377
.636
5
-1.6
.285
78
-1.5

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