1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
Home run log
The following table outlines home runs that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit during 1998 season.

1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase

Section Title: Home run log
Table Section Text: The following table outlines home runs that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit during 1998 season.

Date	Batter	Distance (ft)	Hit Against (Pitcher)	Hit Against (Team)	McGwire Total	Sosa Total

March 31	McGwire	364	Ramón Martínez	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	0

April 2	McGwire	368	Frank Lankford	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	0

April 3	McGwire	364	Mark Langston	San Diego Padres	3	0

April 4	McGwire	419	Don Wengert	San Diego Padres	4	0

April 4	Sosa	371	Marc Valdes	Montreal Expos	4	1

April 11	Sosa	350	Anthony Telford	Montreal Expos	4	2

April 14	McGwire	424	Jeff Suppan	Arizona Diamondbacks	5	2

April 14	McGwire	347	Jeff Suppan	Arizona Diamondbacks	6	2

April 14	McGwire	462	Barry Manuel	Arizona Diamondbacks	7	2

April 15	Sosa	430	Dennis Cook	New York Mets	7	3

April 17	McGwire	419	Matt Whiteside	Philadelphia Phillies	8	3

April 21	McGwire	437	Trey Moore	Montreal Expos	9	3

April 23	Sosa	420	Dan Miceli	San Diego Padres	9	4

April 24	Sosa	430	Ismael Valdez	Los Angeles Dodgers	9	5

April 25	McGwire	419	Jerry Spradlin	Philadelphia Phillies	10	5

April 27	Sosa	434	Joey Hamilton	San Diego Padres	10	6

April 30	McGwire	371	Marc Pisciotta	Chicago Cubs	11	6

May 1	McGwire	362	Rod Beck	Chicago Cubs	12	6

May 3	Sosa	370	Cliff Politte	St. Louis Cardinals	12	7

May 8	McGwire	358	Rick Reed	New York Mets	13	7

May 12	McGwire	527	Paul Wagner	Milwaukee Brewers	14	7

May 14	McGwire	381	Kevin Millwood	Atlanta Braves	15	7

May 16	McGwire	545	Liván Hernández	Florida Marlins	16	7

May 16	Sosa	441	Scott Sullivan	Cincinnati Reds	16	8

May 18	McGwire	478	Jesus Sanchez	Florida Marlins	17	8

May 19	McGwire	440	Tyler Green	Philadelphia Phillies	18	8

May 19	McGwire	471	Tyler Green	Philadelphia Phillies	19	8

May 19	McGwire	451	Wayne Gomes	Philadelphia Phillies	20	8

May 22	McGwire	425	Mark Gardner	San Francisco Giants	21	8

May 22	Sosa	440	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	21	9

May 23	McGwire	366	Rich Rodriguez	San Francisco Giants	22	9

May 23	McGwire	477	John Johnstone	San Francisco Giants	23	9

May 24	McGwire	397	Robb Nen	San Francisco Giants	24	9

May 25	McGwire	433	John Thomson	Colorado Rockies	25	9

May 25	Sosa	410	Kevin Millwood	Atlanta Braves	25	10

May 25	Sosa	420	Mike Cather	Atlanta Braves	25	11

May 27	Sosa	460	Darrin Winston	Philadelphia Phillies	25	12

May 27	Sosa	400	Wayne Gomes	Philadelphia Phillies	25	13

May 29	McGwire	388	Dan Miceli	San Diego Padres	26	13

May 30	McGwire	423	Andy Ashby	San Diego Padres	27	13

June 1	Sosa	430	Ryan Dempster	Florida Marlins	27	14

June 1	Sosa	410	Oscar Henriquez	Florida Marlins	27	15

June 3	Sosa	370	Liván Hernández	Florida Marlins	27	16

June 5	McGwire	409	Orel Hershiser	San Francisco Giants	28	16

June 5	Sosa	370	Jim Parque	Chicago White Sox	28	17

June 6	Sosa	410	Carlos Castillo	Chicago White Sox	28	18

June 7	Sosa	380	James Baldwin	Chicago White Sox	28	19

June 8	McGwire	356	Jason Bere	Chicago White Sox	29	19

June 8	Sosa	340	LaTroy Hawkins	Minnesota Twins	29	20

June 10	McGwire	409	Jim Parque	Chicago White Sox	30	20

June 12	McGwire	438	Andy Benes	Arizona Diamondbacks	31	20

June 13	Sosa	410	Mark Portugal	Philadelphia Phillies	31	21

June 15	Sosa	420	Cal Eldred	Milwaukee Brewers	31	22

June 15	Sosa	410	Cal Eldred	Milwaukee Brewers	31	23

June 15	Sosa	415	Cal Eldred	Milwaukee Brewers	31	24

June 17	McGwire	437	José Lima	Houston Astros	32	24

June 17	Sosa	430	Bronswell Patrick	Milwaukee Brewers	32	25

June 18	McGwire	449	Shane Reynolds	Houston Astros	33	25

June 19	Sosa	380	Carlton Loewer	Philadelphia Phillies	33	26

June 19	Sosa	380	Carlton Loewer	Philadelphia Phillies	33	27

June 20	Sosa	366	Matt Beech	Philadelphia Phillies	33	28

June 20	Sosa	500	Toby Borland	Philadelphia Phillies	33	29

June 21	Sosa	380	Tyler Green	Philadelphia Phillies	33	30

June 24	McGwire	433	Jaret Wright	Cleveland Indians	34	30

June 24	Sosa	390	Seth Greisinger	Detroit Tigers	34	31

June 25	McGwire	461	Dave Burba	Cleveland Indians	35	31

June 25	Sosa	400	Brian Moehler	Detroit Tigers	35	32

June 27	McGwire	431	Mike Trombley	Minnesota Twins	36	32

June 30	McGwire	472	Glendon Rusch	Kansas City Royals	37	32

June 30	Sosa	364	Alan Embree	Arizona Diamondbacks	37	33

July 9	Sosa	432	Jeff Juden	Milwaukee Brewers	37	34

July 10	Sosa	428	Scott Karl	Milwaukee Brewers	37	35

July 11	McGwire	485	Billy Wagner	Houston Astros	38	35

July 12	McGwire	405	Sean Bergman	Houston Astros	39	35

July 12	McGwire	415	Scott Elarton	Houston Astros	40	35

July 17	McGwire	511	Brian Bohanon	Los Angeles Dodgers	41	35

July 17	McGwire	425	Antonio Osuna	Los Angeles Dodgers	42	35

July 17	Sosa	440	Kirt Ojala	Florida Marlins	42	36

July 20	McGwire	452	Brian Boehringer	San Diego Padres	43	36

July 22	Sosa	365	Miguel Batista	Montreal Expos	43	37

July 26	McGwire	452	John Thomson	Colorado Rockies	44	37

July 26	Sosa	420	Rick Reed	New York Mets	44	38

July 27	Sosa	347	Willie Blair	Arizona Diamondbacks	44	39

July 27	Sosa	438	Alan Embree	Arizona Diamondbacks	44	40

July 28	McGwire	408	Mike Myers	Milwaukee Brewers	45	40

July 28	Sosa	390	Bob Wolcott	Arizona Diamondbacks	45	41

July 31	Sosa	375	Jamey Wright	Colorado Rockies	45	42

August 5	Sosa	374	Andy Benes	Arizona Diamondbacks	45	43

August 8	McGwire	374	Mark Clark	Chicago Cubs	46	43

August 8	Sosa	400	Rich Croushore	St. Louis Cardinals	46	44

August 10	Sosa	361	Russ Ortiz	San Francisco Giants	46	45

August 10	Sosa	480	Chris Brock	San Francisco Giants	46	46

August 11	McGwire	464	Bobby Jones	New York Mets	47	46

August 16	Sosa	360	Sean Bergman	Houston Astros	47	47

August 19	Sosa	368	Kent Bottenfield	St. Louis Cardinals	47	48

August 19	McGwire	398	Matt Karchner	Chicago Cubs	48	48

August 19	McGwire	409	Terry Mulholland	Chicago Cubs	49	48

August 20	McGwire	369	Willie Blair	New York Mets	50	48

August 20	McGwire	393	Rick Reed	New York Mets	51	48

August 21	Sosa	430	Orel Hershiser	San Francisco Giants	51	49

August 22	McGwire	477	Francisco Córdova	Pittsburgh Pirates	52	49

August 23	McGwire	393	Ricardo Rincón	Pittsburgh Pirates	53	49

August 23	Sosa	440	José Lima	Houston Astros	53	50

August 23	Sosa	380	José Lima	Houston Astros	53	51

August 26	McGwire	509	Justin Speier	Florida Marlins	54	51

August 26	Sosa	438	Brett Tomko	Cincinnati Reds	54	52

August 28	Sosa	414	John Thomson	Colorado Rockies	54	53

August 30	McGwire	501	Dennis Martínez	Atlanta Braves	55	53

August 30	Sosa	482	Darryl Kile	Colorado Rockies	55	54

August 31	Sosa	364	Brett Tomko	Cincinnati Reds	55	55

September 1	McGwire	450	Liván Hernández	Florida Marlins	56	55

September 1	McGwire	472	Donn Pall	Florida Marlins	57	55

September 2	McGwire	497	Brian Edmondson	Florida Marlins	58	55

September 2	McGwire	458	Rob Stanifer	Florida Marlins	59	55

September 2	Sosa	363	Jason Bere	Cincinnati Reds	59	56

September 4	Sosa	374	Jason Schmidt	Pittsburgh Pirates	59	57

September 5	McGwire	381	Dennys Reyes	Cincinnati Reds	60	57

September 5	Sosa	417	Sean Lawrence	Pittsburgh Pirates	60	58

September 7	McGwire	430	Mike Morgan	Chicago Cubs	61	58

September 8	McGwire	341	Steve Trachsel	Chicago Cubs	62	58

September 11	Sosa	464	Bill Pulsipher	Milwaukee Brewers	62	59

September 12	Sosa	430	Valerio de los Santos	Milwaukee Brewers	62	60

September 13	Sosa	480	Bronswell Patrick	Milwaukee Brewers	62	61

September 13	Sosa	480	Eric Plunk	Milwaukee Brewers	62	62

September 15	McGwire	385	Jason Christiansen	Pittsburgh Pirates	63	62

September 16	Sosa	434	Brian Boehringer	San Diego Padres	63	63

September 18	McGwire	423	Rafael Roque	Milwaukee Brewers	64	63

September 20	McGwire	423	Scott Karl	Milwaukee Brewers	65	63

September 23	Sosa	344	Rafael Roque	Milwaukee Brewers	65	64

September 23	Sosa	410	Rod Henderson	Milwaukee Brewers	65	65

September 25	Sosa	462	José Lima	Houston Astros	65	66

September 25	McGwire	375	Shayne Bennett	Montreal Expos	66	66

September 26	McGwire	403	Dustin Hermanson	Montreal Expos	67	66

September 26	McGwire	435	Kirk Bullinger	Montreal Expos	68	66

September 27	McGwire	377	Mike Thurman	Montreal Expos	69	66

September 27	McGwire	370	Carl Pavano	Montreal Expos	70	66

Sentence(s)

Sosa hit a 462 foot home run against Houston Astros's pitcher José Lima, in his 66th home run of the season.

final_sentence: Sosa hit a 462 foot home run against Houston Astros's pitcher José Lima, in his 66th home run of the season.