If 1998 was Major League Baseball's finest season, then no small part in that accolade was Mark McGwire. "Big Mac" captivated ball fans across the World as he and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris's 1961 HR mark.

Detailed below are McGwire's big 70, together with final stats for the opponents he scored against, to give some context to his achievement.

Homer Details						Game Stats
Date	Opp	No.	Inning	Situation	Pitcher	W/L	Score	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	Avg
31 Mar	LAD	1	5th inn	3 on 2 out	Ramon Martinez	W	6-0	4	1	2	4	0	2	2	.500
02 Apr	LAD	2	12th inn	2 on 2 out	Frank Lankford	W	8-5	4	1	2	3	3	2	0	.500
03 Apr	SDP	3	5th inn	1 on 0 out	Mark Langston	L	13-5	4	1	1	2	1	2	1	.417
04 Apr	SDP	4	6th inn	2 on 0 out	Don Wengert	W	8-6	4	2	2	3	1	1	3	.438
14 Apr	ARZ	5	3rd inn	1 on 1 out	Jeff Suppan	W	15-5	3	4	3	5	2	0	0	.404
		6	5th inn	0 on 2 out	Jeff Suppan
		7	8th inn	1 on 1 out	Barry Manuel
17 Apr	PHI	8	4th inn	1 on 2 out	Matt Whiteside	W	8-5	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	.385
21 Apr	@MON	9	3rd inn	1 on 2 out	Trey Moore	W	5-3	4	1	1	2	1	2	2	.355
25 Apr	@PHI	10	7th inn	1 on 2 out	Jerry Spradlin	W	8-5	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	.333
30 Apr	@CHC	11	8th inn	1 on 1 out	Marc Pisciotta	L	8-3	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	.318
01 May	@CHC	12	9th inn	1 on 2 out	Rod Beck	L	6-5	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	.322
08 May	@NYM	13	3rd inn	1 on 1 out	Rick Reed	L	9-2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	.311
12 May	MIL	14	5th inn	2 on 0 out	Paul Wagner	W	6-5	5	1	1	3	0	1	3	.301
14 May	ATL	15	4th inn	0 on 0 out	Kevin Millwood	L	7-3	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.306
16 May	FLR	16	4th inn	0 on 0 out	Livan Hernandez	W	5-4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.310
18 May	FLR	17	4th inn	0 on 0 out	Jesus Sanchez	L	7-3	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	.301
19 May	@PHI	18	3rd inn	1 on 1 out	Tyler Green	W	10-8	5	3	3	6	0	2	1	.312
		19	5th inn	1 on 0 out	Tyler Green
		20	8th inn	1 on 0 out	Wayne Gomes
22 May	SFR	21	6th inn	1 on 1 out	Mark Gardner	W	4-3	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	.310
23 May	SFR	22	4th inn	0 on 1 out	Rich Rodriguez	W	11-10	4	4	3	4	1	0	0	.322
		23	5th inn	2 on 1 out	John Johnstone
24 May	SFR	24	12th inn	1 on 2 out	Robb Nen	L	9-6	6	1	2	2	3	3	3	.323
25 May	COL	25	1st inn	0 on 2 out	John Thomson	L	6-1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.323
29 May	@SDP	26	9th inn	1 on 1 out	Dan Miceli	W	8-3	4	2	2	4	1	2	2	.323
30 May	@SDP	27	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Andy Ashby	L	3-2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.324
05 Jun	SFR	28	1st inn	1 on 1 out	Orel Hershiser	L	3-2	4	1	2	2	1	2	0	.324
08 Jun	@CHW	29	4th inn	1 on 0 out	Jason Bere	L	8-6	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	.323
10 Jun	@CHW	30	3rd inn	2 on 1 out	Jim Parque	L	10-8	4	2	1	3	2	2	1	.320
12 Jun	@ARZ	31	3rd inn	3 on 1 out	Andy Benes	W	9-4	5	1	1	4	0	1	2	.317
17 Jun	@HOU	32	3rd inn	0 on 2 out	Jose Lima	L	6-5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	.316
18 Jun	@HOU	33	5th inn	0 on 0 out	Shane Reynolds	W	7-6	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	.317
24 Jun	@CLE	34	4th inn	0 on 1 out	Jaret Wright	L	14-3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.316
25 Jun	@CLE	35	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Dave Burba	L	8-2	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.320
27 Jun	@MIN	36	7th inn	1 on 2 out	Mike Trombley	W	7-2	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	.313
30 Jun	KCR	37	7th inn	0 on 0 out	Glendon Rusch	L	6-1	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.319
11 Jul	HOU	38	11th inn	1 on 1 out	Billy Wagner	W	4-3	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	.306
12 Jul	HOU	39	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Sean Bergman	W	6-4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	.310
		40	7th inn	0 on 0 out	Scott Elarton
17 Jul	LAD	41	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Brian Bohanon	W	4-1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	.306
		42	8th inn	0 on 1 out	Antonio Osuna
20 Jul	@SDP	43	5th inn	1 on 0 out	Brian Boehringer	W	13-1	4	1	4	3	1	0	0	.311
26 Jul	@COL	44	4th inn	0 on 2 out	John Thomson	W	3-1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.296
28 Jul	MIL	45	8th inn	0 on 1 out	Mike Myers	L	13-10	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	.300
08 Aug	CHC	46	4th inn	0 on 0 out	Mark Clark	W	9-8	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	.288
11 Aug	NYM	47	4th inn	0 on 0 out	Bobby Jones	L	8-3	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.286
19 Aug	@CHC	48	8th inn	0 on 1 out	Matt Karchner	W	8-6	4	2	2	2	2	0	2	.287
		49	10th inn	0 on 1 out	Terry Mulholland
20 Aug	@NYM	50	7th inn	0 on 0 out	Willie Blair	W	2-0	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.286
20 Aug	@NYM	51	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Rick Reed	L	5-4	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	.289
22 Aug	@PIT	52	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Francisco Cordova	L	14-4	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	.292
23 Aug	@PIT	53	8th inn	0 on 2 out	Ricardo Rincon	L	4-3	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	.295
26 Aug	FLR	54	8th inn	1 on 0 out	Justin Speier	L	7-6	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	.293
30 Aug	ATL	55	7th inn	2 on 0 out	Dennis Martinez	W	8-7	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	.295
01 Sep	@FLR	56	7th inn	0 on 0 out	Livan Hernandez	W	7-1	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	.296
		57	9th inn	0 on 1 out	Donn Pall
02 Sep	@FLR	58	7th inn	1 on 2 out	Brian Edmondson	W	14-4	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	.299
		59	8th inn	1 on 2 out	Robby Stanifer
05 Sep	CIN	60	1st inn	1 on 1 out	Dennis Reyes	W	7-0	4	1	1	2	0	3	3	.296
07 Sep	CHC	61	1st inn	0 on 2 out	Mike Morgan	W	3-2	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.296
08 Sep	CHC	62	4th inn	0 on 2 out	Steve Trachsel	W	6-3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	.297
15 Sep	PIT	63	9th inn	0 on 1 out	Jason Christiansen	L	8-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.294
18 Sep	@MIL	64	4th inn	1 on 0 out	Rafael Roque	W	5-2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	.292
20 Sep	@MIL	65	1st inn	1 on 1 out	Scott Karl	W	11-6	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	.294
25 Sep	MON	66	5th inn	1 on 2 out	Shayne Bennett	W	6-5	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.293
26 Sep	MON	67	4th inn	0 on 1 out	Dustin Hermanson	L	7-6	5	2	2	3	0	1	2	.294
		68	7th inn	1 on 2 out	Kirk Bullinger
27 Sep	MON	69	3rd inn	0 on 2 out	Mike Thurman	W	6-3	3	2	3	4	1	0	0	.299
		70	7th inn	2 on 2 out	Carl Pavano

Mnemonic	Team	Record	Per Cent	League
ARZ	Arizona Diamondbacks	65-97	.401	NL West
ATL	Atlanta Braves *	106-56	.654	NL East
CHC	Chicago Cubs *	90-73	.552	NL Central
CHW	Chicago White Sox	80-82	.494	AL Central
CIN	Cincinnati Reds	77-85	.475	NL Central
CLE	Cleveland Indians *	89-73	.549	AL Central
COL	Colorado Rockies	77-85	.475	NL West
FLR	Florida Marlins	54-108	.333	NL East
HOU	Houston Astros *	102-60	.630	NL Central
KCR	Kansas City Royals	72-89	.447	AL Central
LAD	Los Angeles Dodgers	83-79	.512	NL West
MIL	Milwaukee Brewers	74-88	.457	NL Central
MIN	Minnesota Twins	70-92	.432	AL Central
MON	Montreal Expos	65-97	.401	NL East
NYM	New York Mets	88-74	.543	NL East
PHI	Philadelphia Phillies	75-87	.463	NL East
PIT	Pittsburgh Pirates	69-93	.426	NL Central
SDP	San Diego Padres *	98-64	.605	NL West
SFR	San Francisco Giants	89-74	.546	NL West
	* = made play-offs

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