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Encyclopedia > 1998 Major League Baseball season

Home Run Record

Mark McGwire set the single season home run record by hitting 70. Sammy Sosa hit 66 home runs, which also beat Roger Maris' previous home run record of 61, set in 1961. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) is a former professional baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and St. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... Samuel Sammy Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder/designated hitter for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. ... Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for breaking Babe Ruths 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961 on the last day of the season. ...



 

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