Mark McGwire followed a 15-homer May with a 9-homer June as the Oakland Athletics rookie first baseman used those two months to establish himself as Major League Baseball's next big home run hitter.

As a scrawny rookie in 1987, Mark McGwire led the American League with 49 home runs. So there's certainly a bit of validity to what the former slugger told The Athletic's Jayson Stark. McGwire was ...

Mark McGwire came into the big leagues as a record breaker. His 49 home runs in 1987 is still the most ever. He won the Rookie of the Year award, which followed the Rookie of the Year award that Jose ...

New York Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge has seen his home-run pace decline recently. He entered Saturday having homered just twice since his two-dinger effort on May 2, and one of those came on ...

Aaron Judge caught and passed Mark McGwire in just one sun-splashed afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Judge became the first rookie in major league history to hit 50 home runs, breaking Mark McGwire’s ...

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge circled the bases for the 50th time this season, breaking Mark McGwire’s major league record for home runs by a rookie, and returned to the Yankees dugout to exchange handshakes ...