A More Than Average Guy

Mark McGwire is on pace to break Roger Maris’ home run record, but he already averages more homers per 162 games than anyone in history:

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Player Games HR HR/162 G Mark McGwire 1,480 432 47.28 Babe Ruth 2,503 714 46.21 Juan Gonzalez 1,054 287 44.11 Albert Belle 1,181 304 41.70 Ken Griffey Jr. 1,320 334 40.99 Ralph Kiner 1,472 369 40.61 Jose Canseco 1,546 380 39.82 Mike Piazza 785 185 38.18 Harmon Killebrew 2,435 573 38.12 Frank Thomas 1,181 274 37.59

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Note: Roger Maris averaged 30.45 homers per 162 games and Henry Aaron averaged 37.08