How Mark McGwire's Home Runs Per Hit Compares to Similar Players
Mark McGwire posted a career Home Runs Per Hit of .359, well above the league average of .090 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Home Runs Per Hit season came in 2001, posting .518, well above the league average of .125 that year. The lowest point came in 1988 at .224, well above the league average of .094 that year. The Home Runs Per Hit trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .448 in 1999 to .444 in 2000 and .518 in 2001. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 15 seasons.
Mark McGwire Lifetime Home Runs Per Hit
Stats similar to Home Runs Per Hit for Mark McGwire
| Mark McGwire
Home Runs Per Hit |
|---|
| Career | 0.359 |
| Season Avg. | 0.359 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.359 |
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Mark McGwire Home Runs Per Hit Per Season
Mark McGwire's Home Runs Per Hit for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mark McGwire Home Runs Per Hit by Team
Mark McGwire's career Home Runs Per Hit totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mark McGwire Home Runs Per Hit Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mark McGwire's career Home Runs Per Hit shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Mark McGwire Home Runs Per Hit Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mark McGwire's seasonal Home Runs Per Hit alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mark McGwire Home Runs Per Hit — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mark McGwire's MLB career with Home Runs Per Hit alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
