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Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire reached this amazing plateau faster than anyone else and did it only one year after breaking the single season home run record! Travel back to that amazing day with Baseball Almanac and imagine number five-hundred!
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"Growing up as a kid, you don't think about things like that. At least I didn't. You just think about playing ball in your yard." - Mark McGwire
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500th Home Run
Box Score
August 5, 1999
Busch Stadium |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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Quilvio Veras |
2b |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Tony Gwynn |
rf |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Reggie Sanders |
lf |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Phil Nevin |
3b |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Wally Joyner |
1b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Eric Owens |
cf |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Trevor Hoffman |
p |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Ben Davis |
c |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris Gomez |
ss |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Andy Ashby |
p |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Ruben Rivera |
cf |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Totals |
36 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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J.D. Drew |
cf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Willie McGee |
rf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mark McGwire |
1b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Ray Lankford |
lf |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
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Fernando Tatis |
3b |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Edgar Renteria |
ss |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Craig Paquette |
2b |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Eli Marrero |
c |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Larry Luebbers |
p |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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a-Thomas Howard |
ph |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Juan Acevedo |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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b-Placido Polanco |
ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Mohler |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Manny Aybar |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
32 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
Hitting &
Baserunning Notes
a: Walked for Luebbers
in 5th inning.
b: Grounded to shortstop for Acevedo in 7th inning.
Double Plays: Gomez-Veras-Joyner
Doubles: Nevin, Gwynn, Hoffman, Lankford.
Errors: Marrero, Renteria, Paquette.
GIDP: Renteria.
Home Runs: McGwire 2.
Left on Base: San Diego 6, St. Louis 5.
Sacrifice: Ashby.
Sacrifice Fly: Gomez.
Stolen Bases: Sanders 2, Veras, Owens 2, Drew. |
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Line Score |
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
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San Diego |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
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St. Louis |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Andy Ashby |
7.2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Trevor Hoffman |
1.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Larry Luebbers |
5.0 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
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Juan Acevedo |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Mike Mohler |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Manny Aybar |
1.0 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Pitching Notes
IBB: Marrero (by Ashby), Joyner (by Aybar).
Losing Pitcher: Luebbers.
Save: Hoffman.
Winning Pitcher: Ashby. |
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Game Notes
Attendance: 45,106
Length of Game: 2:47.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Nelson, 1B: Mark Hirschbeck, 2B: Wally
Bell, 3B: Mark Wegner. |
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