Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire is an American former professional baseball player who set a then-record 70 home runs in the 1998 major-league season. His career later became closely associated with baseball’s performance-enhancing drug controversy.

1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase: The 1998 contest in which Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa pursued Roger Maris’s single-season home-run record. McGwire hit 70 home runs during this nationally followed race.
Jose Canseco: Jose Canseco is a Cuban-born former professional baseball player and author of the 2005 memoir Juiced. Canseco’s book named McGwire among players who used performance-enhancing drugs.
Performance-enhancing drugs in baseball: The use of substances to enhance athletic performance in baseball, including anabolic steroids and human growth hormone. McGwire’s admission made his career a prominent case in baseball’s drug controversy.
Hank Aaron: Hank Aaron was an American baseball player who held Major League Baseball’s career home-run record from 1974 to 2007. Aaron’s durable career record contrasts with McGwire’s single-season milestone.
First baseman: A first baseman is a baseball player who primarily defends the area around first base. McGwire played first base throughout most of his major-league career.
1998 Major League Baseball season: The 1998 season of Major League Baseball, marked by a record-setting home-run race and expanded playoff field. McGwire’s record-setting season unfolded amid unprecedented attention to baseball’s home-run totals.
Bud Selig: Bud Selig is an American baseball executive who served as Major League Baseball commissioner from 1998 to 2015. Selig led the league during McGwire’s record chase and the later steroid investigations.
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: A committee of the United States House of Representatives that conducted a 2008 hearing on drug use in baseball. McGwire testified at its hearing and acknowledged using steroids during his playing career.
Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth was an American baseball player whose power hitting transformed the sport in the 1920s. Ruth’s earlier home-run records provide a historical comparison for McGwire’s power-hitting fame.
Home run: A home run is a hit that allows the batter to circle all bases and score without being put out. Home runs were the defining statistic of McGwire’s public reputation.

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