On August 14, 1987, Mark McGwire of the Oakland A’s hits his 39th home run, setting a record for the most home runs by a major league rookie off future hall of farmer Don Sutton. McGwire’s two-run shot in the sixth inning gives the A’s a 5-3 lead over the California Angels. The A’s eventually…
Oakland A’s first baseman Mark McGwire breaks Al Rosen’s American League rookie record, established in 1950, and ties the major league mark shared by Frank Robinson (1956) and Wally Berger (1930) when he hits his 38th homer of the season. The unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year will finish the season with 49 homers, smashing the existing major league record.
At Seattle, Oakland’s super rookie Mark McGwire belts his 38th homer, a solo shot off Mike Moore, to tie the major league rookie record for homers in a season.
On July 5, 1987, Mark McGwire of the Oakland A’s becomes the first rookie to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break. McGwire’s latest long ball helps the A’s to a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. McGwire’s teammate, Jose Canseco, adds a pair of home runs. The Oakland infielder will finish the…
On June 28, 1987, rookie slugger Mark McGwire of the Oakland A’s hits two home runs, giving him a record-tying five longballs over his last two games. McGwire’s latest home run barrage helps lift the A’s to a 10-0 win over the Cleveland Indians.
In a seven-game day, American League batters combined to hit a record 28 home runs. The A’s contribute five round-trippers to the new mark when Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco, known as the Bash Brothers, both go deep twice, with teammate Reggie Jackson adding another in the team’s 10-0 rout of Cleveland.
One day after hitting three home runs in Oakland’s 13 – 3 rout of the Indians, A’s rookie 1B Mark McGwire hits two more in a 10 – 0 Oakland romp to tie the major-league record of five homers in two games. McGwire’s nine runs in two games ties an American League record set in 1937.
On June 27, 1987 A’s rookie Mark McGwire hits three home runs and drives in five runs helping to defeat the Indians, 13 – 3. He will finish the season with 49 round-trippers, far surpassing the rookie record of 38, once shared by Frank Robinson and Wally Berger.
A’s rookie Mark McGwire hits his first major league home run, going deep in the fifth inning off of Walt Terrell in Oakland’s 8-4 victory at Tiger Stadium. The round-tripper is the first of 583 round-trippers that Big Mac will hit during his 16-year career.
The New York Mets select 17-year-old Shawn Abner with the first pick in the annual June free-agent draft. Thirteen members of the U.S. Olympic team are drafted in the first round‚ including Mark McGwire by the A’s with the 10th pick.
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