Mark McGwire: A Biography

by Jonathan Hall

MARK McGWIRE FIRST BASE BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT HEIGHT: 6'4" WEIGHT: 250 BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1963 IN CALIFORNIA DRAFTED: OAKLAND'S FIRST ROUND (TENTH OVERALL) IN 1984 Throughout the 1998 season, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671032739
• ISBN13: 9780671032739
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

this Man belongs in the Hall of Fame Period

Big Mac truly saved Baseball along with Sammy Sosa back in the summer of 1998. He was a Great Hitter all through His career & He deserves his place in cooperstown. this Book is a solid Read.MCgwire was always bad from his Days in Oakland through the End in St Louis. Big Mac is the truth & he should be a Hall of Famer easily.

Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire, the only person to hit 70 homeruns in a single season. He did this in his last season of profesional base ball in 1998 on the St. Louis Cardinals. He was on the Oakland A's for 12 years and was on the St. Louis Cardinals for 4 years. He played first base. He bats right and throws roght also. he is 6'4", just like my dad. Mark weighs about 250 pounds. Born October 1, 1963 in California. McGwire went to the University on Southern California. He was Oaklands first draft pick.(tenth over all). Throughtout the 1998 season the nation watched Mcgwire to see if he would break the 62 home runs in a season. Indead he did and everybody congradulated him. But best of all. His best friend and fan, Sammy Sosa. Many people said he took steroroids, but i do not belive that and neither does this author.

The best biography I've ever read.

Mark started off as a rookie in 1986. He was drafted to the Oakland A's. When Mark was a kid he actually hated baseball and loved golf, but his parent's told him they really wanted him to play baseball so Mark finally agreed and at his first at bat he hit a home run. When Mark was in his teenage years he was asked to join the California All-star team and he hit a ball into Mexico. It just happened to be that they were playing on the border of California and Mexico. In high school he had to quit the team he was playing on because of a knee injury but Mark was so good in baseball he was awarded a scholarship. In Mark's professional years he is probably going to be most famous for hitting 62, home runs but when he started he was horrible .Mark said it was a slump but the media thought different but after he starting hitting well, he was right. It was a slump. I really enjoyed reading the book Mark McGwire because it was very interesting and exciting I would recommend this book to anyone.

Great summary of McGwire's Record Breaking Season and Career

This book is a an excellent re-cap of Mark McGwire's career and a thorough look at his head to head competition with Sammy Sosa. The writer does a very good job of portraying McGwire as hero to both parents and children. A perfect book for anyone interested in this fine baseball player.