who in 1998 had the most home runs before july 1998 mlb season

Mark McGwire smashed the most home runs in 1998, with 37 home runs.

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Data note: Home Runs: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	HR	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	75	257	66	82	12	0	87	79	3	74	0	0	341	205	49	0	2	14	3	.319	.481	.798	1.279
2	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	33	83	327	70	92	17	2	72	41	4	64	6	1	374	212	52	0	2	9	8	.281	.366	.648	1.015
3	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	33	79	318	64	104	12	0	79	33	0	76	10	7	355	215	45	0	4	4	9	.327	.386	.676	1.062
4	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	27	78	294	63	91	15	0	70	30	10	68	1	2	336	187	42	0	2	3	6	.310	.390	.636	1.026
5	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	27	83	355	60	110	14	3	66	22	8	68	22	8	387	211	44	1	1	0	5	.310	.363	.594	.957
6	Greg Vaughn G. Vaughn	27	82	301	61	89	18	3	68	40	3	48	3	2	346	194	48	0	2	3	4	.296	.382	.645	1.026
7	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	24	77	284	53	67	11	0	48	43	1	70	21	9	330	150	35	0	2	1	4	.236	.336	.528	.865
8	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	24	82	334	58	99	24	1	96	19	4	68	1	1	364	197	49	0	7	3	13	.296	.335	.590	.925
9	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	24	83	323	51	95	18	1	68	40	5	51	5	6	369	187	43	0	1	1	6	.294	.379	.579	.958
10	Vinny Castilla V. Castilla	23	84	335	54	101	14	2	72	20	5	41	5	7	361	188	39	0	1	7	13	.301	.349	.561	.910
11	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	21	77	309	49	101	16	0	56	25	5	79	0	0	340	180	37	0	1	6	6	.327	.385	.583	.968
12	Jim Thome J. Thome	21	78	286	62	95	29	1	68	56	0	85	0	0	346	189	51	0	4	6	5	.332	.436	.661	1.097
13	Damion Easley D. Easley	19	78	302	47	88	15	2	60	18	10	60	6	5	332	164	36	0	2	1	6	.291	.349	.543	.892
14	Javy Lopez J. Lopez	19	67	249	37	77	11	1	58	18	3	39	1	2	275	147	31	1	4	0	6	.309	.358	.590	.948
15	Mike Stanley M. Stanley	18	74	260	42	68	12	0	37	38	4	58	1	0	304	134	30	0	2	0	5	.262	.362	.515	.877
16	Moises Alou M. Alou	18	79	291	47	93	16	4	67	37	1	46	4	1	334	171	38	0	5	2	5	.320	.392	.588	.980
17	Jeromy Burnitz J. Burnitz	18	80	297	52	81	15	1	58	43	3	86	6	0	349	152	34	1	5	5	4	.273	.365	.512	.877
18	Chipper Jones C. Jones	18	83	317	62	95	14	2	65	48	1	49	7	2	370	167	34	0	4	0	12	.300	.389	.527	.916
19	Henry Rodriguez H. Rodriguez	18	74	252	33	58	14	1	49	37	0	72	0	0	291	128	33	0	2	6	3	.230	.326	.508	.834
20	Darin Erstad D. Erstad	17	81	345	56	109	26	3	57	24	5	52	10	5	377	192	46	0	3	4	1	.316	.366	.557	.923
21	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	17	67	248	61	69	16	0	50	52	3	48	10	5	303	136	33	0	0	5	5	.278	.409	.548	.958
22	Albert Belle A. Belle	17	82	309	50	85	20	1	63	41	0	48	2	4	358	158	38	0	8	1	11	.275	.352	.511	.863
23	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	17	81	287	54	82	24	0	58	72	4	49	14	6	367	157	41	0	4	15	12	.286	.431	.547	.978
24	Tony Clark T. Clark	17	76	292	45	83	17	0	57	29	2	66	2	1	325	151	34	0	2	1	9	.284	.351	.517	.868
25	Travis Lee T. Lee	17	81	317	41	90	13	1	46	35	0	71	3	1	353	156	31	0	1	2	9	.284	.354	.492	.846

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