Here are some of the home run milestones in Mark McGwire's
career
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First homer -- Aug. 25, 1986, off Walt Terrell of the Detroit
Tigers at Detroit.
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No. 100 -- July 5, 1989, off Charlie Liebrandt of the Kansas City
Royals at Oakland.
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No. 200 -- June 10, 1992, off Chris Bosio of the Milwaukee
Brewers at Milwaukee.
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No. 300 -- June 25, 1996, off Omar Olivares of the Detroit Tigers
at Oakland.
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No. 303 -- Sets Athletics' franchise record, July 2, 1996, off
David Wells of the Seattle Mariners at Seattle.
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No. 365 -- Aug. 8, 1997, first homer as a member of the St. Louis
Cardinals, off Mark Leiter of the Philadelphia Phillies at St.
Louis.
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No. 400 -- May 8, 1998, off Rick Reed of the New York Mets at New
York.
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No. 449 -- Sets new single-season record of 62 homers, Sept. 8,
1998, off Steve Trachsel of the Chicago Cubs at St. Louis.
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No. 457 -- Sets new single-season record of 70 homers in final
at-bat of the season, Sept. 27, 1998, off Carl Pavano of the
Montreal Expos at St. Louis.
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No. 500 -- Aug. 5, 1999, off Andy Ashby of the San Diego Padres
at St. Louis.
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No. 535 -- Passes Jimmie Foxx for ninth on career list, May 14,
2000, off Carlos Perez of the Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis.
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No. 537 -- Passes Mickey Mantle for eighth on career list, May
18, 2000, off Curt Schilling of the Philadelphia Phillies at
Philadelphia.
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No. 549 -- Passes Mike Schmidt for seventh on career list, June
23, 2000, off Matt Herges of the Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis.
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No. 564 -- Passes Reggie Jackson for sixth on career list, July
14, 2001, off Jose Lima of the Detroit Tigers at St. Louis.
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No. 574 -- Passes Harmon Killebrew for fifth on career list, Aug.
11, 2001, off Glendon Rusch of the New York Mets at New York.
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No. 583 -- Final home run, Oct. 4, 2001, off Rocky Coppinger of
the Milwaukee Brewers at Milwaukee.
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